In a United States (US) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Office of Chief Counsel Memorandum (FAA 20204201F), the IRS has advised that the Internal Revenue Code1 Section 704(c) anti-abuse rule applies to contributions that a US corporate taxpayer made of high-value, low-basis assets to a partnership formed with a related foreign entity. The partnership used the “traditional method,” with curative allocations limited to gain on the disposition of the contributed property, for making allocations with respect to the built-in gain for purposes of Section 704(c). The IRS determined that it may exercise its authority to apply a “curative method” that would cure the...