{
  "id": "ELE_INVENTORY_AS_DEPRECIABLE",
  "name": "Election to Treat Real Property Inventory as Depreciable",
  "category": "deduction",
  "jurisdiction": "federal",
  "eligibility_type": "opportunity",
  "eligibility": {
    "description": "Taxpayers holding real estate inventory who have excluded debt discharge income and wish to prioritize basis reduction on those specific assets.",
    "requires_entity_type": null,
    "min_age": null,
    "max_age": null
  },
  "parameters": {},
  "entity_specific": false,
  "entity_types": null,
  "conflicts": [],
  "actionability": {
    "retroactive_status": "deadline_passed",
    "retroactive_note": "Action required during tax year — verify if still applicable",
    "forward_status": "available"
  },
  "description": "Taxpayers may elect to treat real property held for sale to customers (inventory) as depreciable property for the purpose of basis reduction following debt discharge.",
  "irc_reference": "IRC §1017(b)(3)(E)",
  "deadline": "",
  "savings_potential": "medium",
  "benefits": "business",
  "discovered_by": "discovery_engine_v1",
  "calculator_implemented": false
}