Title 26 › Subtitle A — Income Taxes › CHAPTER 1 — NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES › Subchapter K — Partners and Partnerships › PART I — DETERMINATION OF TAX LIABILITY › § 705
Start with the partner’s original basis from contributing to or buying the interest (rules under sections 722 or 742). Then increase that basis by the partner’s share of the partnership’s taxable income, any tax-exempt partnership income, and any extra depletion amounts. Decrease the basis (but not below zero) by partnership distributions and by the partner’s share of partnership losses and nondeductible expenses. Also decrease it (but not below zero) by the partner’s depletion deduction for partnership oil or gas property, only up to the partner’s share of that property’s adjusted basis under section 613A(c)(7)(D). The Secretary must write rules saying when, if the partnership ends, a partner’s adjusted basis can instead be figured by using the partner’s share of the partnership property’s adjusted basis.
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26 U.S.C. § 705
Title 26, Internal Revenue Code
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Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110