Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - Income Taxes › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES › Subchapter Subchapter O— - Gain or Loss on Disposition of Property › Part PART III— - COMMON NONTAXABLE EXCHANGES › § 1045
If you (not a corporation) sell qualified small business stock you owned for more than 6 months and choose to use this rule, you only have to report gain if what you got from the sale is more than the cost of any qualified small business stock you buy during the 60-day period that starts on the sale date. If part of that cost was already used under this rule, subtract it first. Qualified small business stock — means what section 1202(c) defines. If gain is not reported, it reduces the basis of the new stock in the order you bought it. The holding periods for the sold and replacement stock ignore section 1223, and only the first 6 months of the replacement stock’s holding period count for applying section 1202(c)(2). Rules like subsections (f)–(k) of section 1202 also apply.
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26 U.S.C. § 1045
Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73