Reg. § 1.1245-6 Relation of section 1245 to other sections.
(a) General The provisions of section apply notwithstanding any other provision of subtitle A of the Code. Thus, unless an exception or limitation under section applies, gain under section is recognized notwithstanding any contrary nonrecognition provision or income characterizing provision. For example, since section overrides section (relating to property used in the trade or business), the gain recognized under section upon a disposition will be treated as ordinary income and only the remaining gain, if any, from the disposition may be considered as gain from the sale or exchange of a capital asset if section is applicable. See example (2) of . For effect of section on basis provisions of the Code, see .
(b) Nonrecognition sections overridden The nonrecognition provisions of subtitle A of the Code which section overrides include, but are not limited to, sections , , , , , , and . See section for the extent to which section overrides sections , , , 371(a), , , , , , , and 1081 (b)(1) and (d)(1)(A). For limitation on amount of adjustments reflected in adjusted basis of property disposed of by an organization exempt from income taxes (within the meaning of section ), see .
(c) Normal retirement of asset in multiple asset account Section does not require recognition of gain upon normal retirements of section property in a multiple asset account as long as the taxpayer's method of accounting, as described in (relating to accounting treatment of asset retirements), does not require recognition of such gain.
(d) Installment method
(1) Gain from a disposition to which section applies may be reported under the installment method if such method is otherwise available under section 453 of the Code. In such case, the income (other than interest) on each installment payment shall be deemed to consist of gain to which section applies until all such gain has been reported, and the remaining portion (if any) of such income shall be deemed to consist of gain to which section does not apply. For treatment of amounts as interest on certain deferred payments, see section .
(2) The provisions of this paragraph may be illustrated by the following example:
Example: Jones contracts to sell an item of section property for $10,000 to be paid in 10 equal payments of $1,000 each, plus a sufficient amount of interest so that section does not apply. He properly elects under section to report under the installment method gain of $2,000 to which section applies and gain of $1,000 to which section applies. Accordingly, $300 of each of the first 6 installment payments and $200 of the seventh installment payment is ordinary income under section , and $100 of the seventh installment payment and $300 of each of the last 3 installment payments is gain under section .
(e) Exempt income The fact that section provides for recognition of gain as ordinary income does not change into taxable income any income which is exempt under section (relating to income of states, etc.), 892 (relating to income of foreign governments), or 894 (relating to income exempt under treaties).
(f) Treatment of gain not recognized under section 1245 Section does not prevent gain which is not recognized under section from being considered as gain under another provision of the Code, such as, for example, section (relating to liability in excess of basis), section (relating to collapsible corporations), section (relating to liabilities in excess of basis), section (relating to amortization in excess of depreciation), or section (relating to gain from sale of depreciable property between certain related persons). Thus, for example, if section property, which has an adjusted basis of $1,000 and a recomputed basis of $1,500, is sold for $1,750 in a transaction to which section applies, $500 of the gain would be recognized under section and the remaining $250 of the gain would be treated as ordinary income under section .
[T.D. 6832, 30 FR 8584, July 7, 1965, as amended by T.D. 7084, 36 FR 269, Jan. 8, 1971; T.D. 7400, 41 FR 5101, Feb. 4, 1976]