IRS Issues Private Letter Ruling on Nuclear Decommissioning Fund Transfers

March 9, 2026, 3:51 PM UTC

The IRS issued a private letter ruling on I.R.C. §§468A, 671, and 1001 confirming that assets transferred from qualified nuclear decommissioning funds to nonqualified funds will be disqualified, deemed distributed to the transferor, and included in gross income at fair market value, while the municipal utility recipient will not recognize income from the transfer or from subsequent decommissioning cost collections. [PLR 202610014]

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