The IRS Identifies Certain Basket Derivatives as Reportable Transactions
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Key takeaways
- IRS Notices 2015-47 and 2015-48 identify as reportable transactions certain derivative contracts that reference a basket of assets and give one of the parties the right to change the reference assets.
- Parties to contracts covered by these Notices have reporting and document retention obligations under the U.S. Treasury Regulations.