This document contains final regulations relating to information reporting by brokers for transactions involving debt instruments and options, including the reporting of original issue discount (OID) on tax-exempt obligations, the treatment of certain holder elections for reporting a taxpayer's adjusted basis in a debt instrument, and transfer reporting for section 1256 options and debt instruments. The regulations in this document provide guidance to brokers and payors and to their customers.
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Reporting of Original Issue Discount on Tax-Exempt Obligations; Basis and Transfer Reporting by Securities Brokers for Debt Instruments and Options
This document contains final regulations relating to information reporting by brokers for transactions involving debt instruments and options, including the reporting of origina...
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81 FR 8149
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“Reporting of Original Issue Discount on Tax-Exempt Obligations; Basis and Transfer Reporting by Securities Brokers for Debt Instruments and Options,” thefederalregister.org (February 18, 2016), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2016-03429/reporting-of-original-issue-discount-on-tax-exempt-obligations-basis-and-transfer-reporting-by-securities-brokers-for-de.