Reforestation Expense Election

§ 194. Treatment of reforestation expenditures(a) Allowance of deductionIn the case of any qualified timber property with respect to which the taxpayer has made (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary) an election under this subsection, the taxpayer shall be entitled to a deduction with respect to the amortization of the amortizable basis of qualified timber property based on a period of 84 months. Such amortization deduction shall be an amount, with respect to each month of such period within the taxable year, equal to the amortizable basis at the end of such month divided by the number of months (including the month for which the deduction is computed) remaining in the period. Such amortizable basis at the end of the month shall be computed without regard to the amortization deduction for such month. The 84-month period shall begin on the first day of the first month of the second half of the taxable year in which the amortizable basis is acquired. (b) Treatment as expenses(1) Election to treat certain reforestation expenditures as expenses(A) In generalIn the case of any qualified timber property with respect to which the taxpayer has made (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary) an election under this subsection, the taxpayer shall treat reforestation expenditures which are paid or incurred during the taxable year with respect to such property as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account. The reforestation expenditures so treated shall be allowed as a deduction. (B) Dollar limitationThe aggregate amount of reforestation expenditures which may be taken into account under subparagraph (A) with respect to each qualified timber property for any taxable year shall not exceed—(i) except as provided in clause (ii) or (iii), $10,000, (ii) in the case of a separate return by a married individual (as defined in section 7703), $5,000, and (iii) in the case of a trust, zero. (2) Allocation of dollar limit(A) Controlled groupFor purposes of applying the dollar limitation under paragraph (1)(B)—(i) all component members of a controlled group shall be treated as one taxpayer, and (ii) the Secretary shall, under regulations prescribed by him, apportion such dollar limitation among the component members of such controlled group. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “controlled group” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1563(a), except that the phrase “more than 50 percent” shall be substituted for the phrase “at least 80 percent” each place it appears in section 1563(a)(1). (B) Partnerships and S corporationsIn the case of a partnership, the dollar limitation contained in paragraph (1)(B) shall apply with respect to the partnership and with respect to each partner. A similar rule shall apply in the case of an S corporation and its shareholders.