Capital expenditures
General rule
No deduction shall be allowed for—
Any amount paid out for new buildings or for permanent improvements or betterments made to increase the value of any property or estate. This paragraph shall not apply to—
expenditures for the development of mines or deposits deductible under section 616,
research and experimental expenditures deductible under section 174 or 174A,
soil and water conservation expenditures deductible under section 175,
expenditures by farmers for fertilizer, etc., deductible under section 180,
expenditures for removal of architectural and transportation barriers to the handicapped and elderly which the taxpayer elects to deduct under section 190,
expenditures for tertiary injectants with respect to which a deduction is allowed under section 193,
expenditures for which a deduction is allowed under section 179,
expenditures for which a deduction is allowed under section 179B,
expenditures for which a deduction is allowed under section 179C,
expenditures for which a deduction is allowed under section 179D, or
expenditures for which a deduction is allowed under section 179E.
Any amount expended in restoring property or in making good the exhaustion thereof for which an allowance is or has been made.
Repealed. Pub. L. 101–508, title XI, § 11801(a)(16), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–520]
Intangible drilling and development costs in the case of oil and gas wells and geothermal wells
Expenditures in connection with certain railroad rolling stock
Repealed. Pub. L. 97–34, title II, § 201(c), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 219]
Railroad ties
Certain interest and carrying costs in the case of straddles
General rule
Interest and carrying charges defined
For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “interest and carrying charges” means the excess of—
the sum of—
interest on indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry the personal property, and
all other amounts (including charges to insure, store, or transport the personal property) paid or incurred to carry the personal property, over
the sum of—
the amount of interest (including original issue discount) includible in gross income for the taxable year with respect to the property described in subparagraph (A),
any amount treated as ordinary income under section 1271(a)(3)(A), 1276, or 1281(a) with respect to such property for the taxable year,
the excess of any dividends includible in gross income with respect to such property for the taxable year over the amount of any deduction allowable with respect to such dividends under section 243 or 245, and
any amount which is a payment with respect to a security loan (within the meaning of section 512(a)(5)) includible in gross income with respect to such property for the taxable year.
For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “interest” includes any amount paid or incurred in connection with personal property used in a short sale.
Exception for hedging transactions
Application with other provisions
Subsection (c)
Section 1277 or 1282
Payments in lieu of dividends in connection with short sales
In general
If—
a taxpayer makes any payment with respect to any stock used by such taxpayer in a short sale and such payment is in lieu of a dividend payment on such stock, and
the closing of such short sale occurs on or before the 45th day after the date of such short sale,
then no deduction shall be allowed for such payment. The basis of the stock used to close the short sale shall be increased by the amount not allowed as a deduction by reason of the preceding sentence.
Longer period in case of extraordinary dividends
Extraordinary dividend
Special rule where risk of loss diminished
The running of any period of time applicable under paragraph (1)(B) (as modified by paragraph (2)) shall be suspended during any period in which—
the taxpayer holds, has an option to buy, or is under a contractual obligation to buy, substantially identical stock or securities, or
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, a taxpayer has diminished his risk of loss by holding 1 or more other positions with respect to substantially similar or related property.
Deduction allowable to extent of ordinary income from amounts paid by lending broker for use of collateral
In general
Paragraph (1) shall apply only to the extent that the payments or distributions with respect to any short sale exceed the amount which—
is treated as ordinary income by the taxpayer, and
is received by the taxpayer as compensation for the use of any collateral with respect to any stock used in such short sale.
Exception not to apply to extraordinary dividends
Application of this subsection with subsection (g)
Special rules for intangible drilling and development costs incurred outside the United States
In the case of intangible drilling and development costs paid or incurred with respect to an oil, gas, or geothermal well located outside the United States—
subsection (c) shall not apply, and
such costs shall—
at the election of the taxpayer, be included in adjusted basis for purposes of computing the amount of any deduction allowable under section 611 (determined without regard to section 613), or
if subparagraph (A) does not apply, be allowed as a deduction ratably over the 10-taxable year period beginning with the taxable year in which such costs were paid or incurred.
This subsection shall not apply to costs paid or incurred with respect to a nonproductive well.
Source
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 77; Pub. L. 86–779, § 6(c),Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2025 Amendment
Effective Date of 2014 Amendment
Effective Date of 2006 Amendment
Effective Date of 2005 Amendment
Effective Date of 2004 Amendment
Effective Date of 1997 Amendment
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Effective Date of 1986 Amendment
In general.—
The amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 243, 291, 381, 616, and 617 of this title] shall apply to costs paid or incurred after
Transition rule.—
The amendments made by this section shall not apply with respect to intangible drilling and development costs incurred by United States companies pursuant to a minority interest in a license for Netherlands or United Kingdom North Sea development if such interest was acquired on or before
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Effective Date of 1983 Amendment
Effective Date of 1982 Amendment
Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
In general.—
The amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 57, 465, 751, and 1254 of this title] shall apply with respect to wells commenced on or after
Election.—
The taxpayer may elect to capitalize or deduct any costs to which section 263(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [formerly I.R.C. 1954] applies by reason of the amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 57, 465, 751, and 1254 of this title]. Any such election shall be made before the expiration of the time for filing claim for credit or refund of any overpayment of tax imposed by chapter 1 of such Code [section 1 et seq. of this title] with respect to the taxpayer’s first taxable year to which the amendments made by this section apply and for which he pays or incurs costs to which such section 263(c) applies by reason of the amendments made by this section. Any election under this paragraph may be changed or revoked at any time before the expiration of the time referred to in the preceding sentence, but after the expiration of such time such election may not be changed or revoked.”
Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Effective Date of 1971 Amendment
The amendment made by subsection (b) [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years ending after
The amendments made by subsection (c) [amending this section] shall apply to taxable years beginning after