The IRS has released final regulations dealing with the revisions made to the unrelated business income tax (UBIT) by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in 2017.[1] TCJA added IRC §512(a)(6) which provides:
(6) Special rule for organization with more than 1 unrelated trade or business
In the case of any organization with more than 1 unrelated trade or business—
(A) unrelated business taxable income, including for purposes of determining any net operating loss deduction, shall be computed separately with respect to each such trade or business and without regard to subsection (b)(12),
(B) the unrelated business taxable income of such organization shall be the sum of the unrelated business taxable income so computed with respect to each such trade or business, less a specific deduction under subsection (b)(12), and
(C) for purposes of subparagraph (B), unrelated business taxable income with respect to any such trade or business shall not be less than zero.
The IRS had initially released Notice 2018-67 dealing with these issues in August of 2018, followed up by proposed regulations (REG-106864-18) that were issued in April 2020. These regulations are now being finalized with some modifications.
The key provisions are found in new Reg. §1.512(a)-6, with some modifications made to Reg. §§1.170A-9, 1.509(a)-3, 1.512(a)-1, 1.512(b)-1 and 1.513-1.
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