Assumption of Partner Liabilities

This document contains temporary regulations regarding a partnership's assumption of a partner's liabilities in a transaction occurring after October 18, 1999, and before June 24, 2003. These temporary regulations affect partners and partnerships and clarify the tax treatment of an assumption by a partnership of a partner's liability. The text of these temporary regulations also serves as the text of the proposed regulations set forth in a notice of proposed rulemaking on this subject in the Proposed Rules section of this issue of the Federal Register.