Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that gain or loss from any closing transaction with respect to, and gain on lapse of, an option in property shall be treated as a gain or loss from the sale or exchange of a capital asset held not more than six months.
Defines "closing transaction" as any termination of the taxpayer's obligation under an option in property other than through the exercise or lapse of the option.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Reported to House from the Committee on Ways and Means with amendment, H. Rept. 94-1192.
Reported to House from the Committee on Ways and Means with amendment, H. Rept. 94-1192.
Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House.
Measure considered in House.
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended, roll call #515 (396-2).
Roll Call #515 (House)Measure passed House, amended, roll call #515 (396-2).
Roll Call #515 (House)Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
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