Section 50 · Other special rules

(a) Recapture in case of dispositions, etc. Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary— (1) Early disposition, etc. (A) General rule If, during any taxable year, investment credit property is disposed of, or otherwise ceases to be investment credit property with respect to the taxpayer, before the close of the recapture period, then the tax under this chapter for such taxable year shall be increased by the recapture percentage of the aggregate decrease in the credits allowed under section 38 for all prior taxable years which would have resulted solely from reducing to zero any credit determined under this subpart with respect to such property. (B) Recapture percentage For purposes of subparagraph (A), the recapture percentage shall be determined in accordance with the following table: If the property ceases to be investment credit property within— The recapture percentage is: (i) One full year after placed in service 100 (ii) One full year after the close of the period described in clause (i) 80 (iii) One full year after the close of the period described in clause (ii) 60 (iv) One full year after the close of the period described in clause (iii) 40 (v) One full year after the close of the period described in clause (iv) 20 (2) Property ceases to qualify for progress expenditures (A) In general If during any taxable year any building to which section 47(d) applied ceases (by reason of sale or other disposition, cancellation or abandonment of contract, or otherwise) to be, with respect to the taxpayer, property which, when placed in service, will be a qualified rehabilitated building, then the tax under this chapter for such taxable year shall be increased by an amount equal to the aggregate decrease in the credits allowed under section 38 for all prior taxable years which would have resulted solely from reducing to zero the credit determined under this subpart with respect to such building. (B) Certain excess credit recaptured Any amount which would have been applied as a reduction under paragraph (2) of section 47(b) but for the fact that a reduction under such paragraph cannot reduce the amount taken into account under section 47(b)(1) below zero shall be treated as an amount required to be recaptured under subparagraph (A) for the taxable year during which the building is placed in service. (C) Certain sales and leasebacks Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, a sale by, and leaseback to, a taxpayer who, when the property is placed in service, will be a lessee to whom the rules referred to in subsection (d)(5) apply shall not be treated as a cessation described in subparagraph (A) to the extent that the amount which will be passed through to the lessee under such rules with respect to such property is not less than the qualified rehabilitation expenditures properly taken into account by the lessee under section 47(d) with respect to such property. (D) Coordination with paragraph (1) If, after property is placed in service, there is a disposition or other cessation described in paragraph (1), then paragraph (1) shall be applied as if any credit which was allowable by reason of section 47(d) and which has not been required to be recaptured before such disposition, cessation, or change in use were allowable for the taxable year the property was placed in service. (E) Special rules Rules similar to the rules of this paragraph shall apply in cases where qualified progress expenditures were taken into account under the rules referred to in section 48(b), 48A(b)(3), 48B(b)(3), 48C(b)(2), 48D(b)(5), or 48E(e). (3) Certain expansions in connection with advanced manufacturing facilities (A) In general If there is a an applicable transaction by an applicable taxpayer before the close of the 10-year period beginning on the date such taxpayer placed in service investment credit property which is eligible for the advanced manufacturing investment credit under section 48D(a), then the tax under this chapter for the taxable year in which such transaction occurs shall be increased by 100 percent of the aggregate decrease in the credits allowed under section 38 for all prior taxable years which would have resulted solely from reducing to zero any credit determined under section 46 which is attributable to the advanced manufacturing investment credit under section 48D(a) with respect to such property. (B) Exception Subparagraph (A) shall not apply if the applicable taxpayer demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the applicable transaction has been ceased or abandoned within 45 days of a determination and notice by the Secretary. (C) Regulations and guidance The Secretary shall issue such regulations or other guidance as the Secretary determines necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this paragraph, including regulations or other guidance which provide for requirements for recordkeeping or information reporting for purposes of administering the requirements of this paragraph. (4) Payments to prohibited foreign entities (A) In general If there is an applicable payment made by a specified taxpayer before the close of the 10-year period beginning on the date such taxpayer placed in service investment credit property which is eligible for the clean electricity investment credit under section 48E(a), then the tax under this chapter for the taxable year in which such applicable payment occurs shall be increased by 100 percent of the aggregate decrease in the credits allowed under section 38 for all prior taxable years which would have resulted solely from reducing to zero any credit determined under section 46 which is attributable to the clean electricity investment credit under section 48E(a) with respect to such property. (B) Applicable payment For purposes of this paragraph, the term “applicable payment” means, with respect to any taxable year, a payment or payments described in section 7701(a)(51)(D)(i)(II). (C) Specified taxpayer For purposes of this paragraph, the term “specified taxpayer” means any taxpayer who has been allowed a credit under section 48E(a) for any taxable year beginning after the date which is 2 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph. (5) Carrybacks and carryovers adjusted In the case of any cessation described in paragraph (1) or (2), any applicable transaction to which paragraph (3)(A) applies, or any applicable payment to which paragraph (4)(A) applies, the carrybacks and carryovers under section 39 shall be adjusted by reason of such cessation or applicable transaction. (6) Subsection not to apply in certain cases Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to— (A) a transfer by reason of death, or (B) a transaction to which section 381(a) applies. For purposes of this subsection, property shall not be treated as ceasing to be investment credit property with respect to the taxpayer by reason of a mere change in the form of conducting the trade or business so long as the property is retained in such trade or business as investment credit property and the taxpayer retains a substantial interest in such trade or business. (7) Definitions and special rules (A) Investment credit property For purposes of this subsection, the term “investment credit property” means any property eligible for a credit determined under this subpart. (B) Transfer between spouses or incident to divorce In the case of any transfer described in subsection (a) of section 1041— (i) the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not apply, and (ii) the same tax treatment under this subsection with respect to the transferred property shall apply to the transferee as would have applied to the transferor. (C) Special rule Any increase in tax under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) shall not be treated as tax imposed by this chapter for purposes of determining the amount of any credit allowable under this chapter. (D) Applicable transaction For purposes of this subsection— (i) In general The term “applicable transaction” means, with respect to any applicable taxpayer, any significant transaction (as determined by the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Defense) involving the material expansion of semiconductor manufacturing capacity of such applicable taxpayer in the People’s Republic of China or a foreign country of concern (as defined in section 9901(7) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021). (ii) Exception Such term shall not include a transaction which primarily involves the expansion of manufacturing capacity for legacy semiconductors (as defined in section 9902(a)(6) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021). (E) Applicable taxpayer For purposes of this subsection, the term “applicable taxpayer” means any taxpayer who has been allowed a credit under section 48D(a) for any prior taxable year.

(c) Basis adjustment to investment credit property (1) In general For purposes of this subtitle, if a credit is determined under this subpart with respect to any property, the basis of such property shall be reduced by the amount of the credit so determined. (2) Certain dispositions If during any taxable year there is a recapture amount determined with respect to any property the basis of which was reduced under paragraph (1), the basis of such property (immediately before the event resulting in such recapture) shall be increased by an amount equal to such recapture amount. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “recapture amount” means any increase in tax (or adjustment in carrybacks or carryovers) determined under subsection (a). (3) Special rule In the case of any energy credit or clean electricity investment credit— (A) only 50 percent of such credit shall be taken into account under paragraph (1), (B) only 50 percent of any recapture amount attributable to such credit shall be taken into account under paragraph (2), and (C) paragraph (1) shall not apply for purposes of determining eligible basis under section 42. (4) Recapture of reductions (A) In general For purposes of sections 1245 and 1250, any reduction under this subsection shall be treated as a deduction allowed for depreciation. (B) Special rule for section 1250 For purposes of section 1250(b), the determination of what would have been the depreciation adjustments under the straight line method shall be made as if there had been no reduction under this section. (5) Adjustment in basis of interest in partnership or S corporation The adjusted basis of— (A) a partner’s interest in a partnership, and (B) stock in an S corporation, shall be appropriately adjusted to take into account adjustments made under this subsection in the basis of property held by the partnership or S corporation (as the case may be).