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Level 6
January 3, 2025

Step up basis for securities owned in a US brokerage by non-US residents

  • January 3, 2025
  • 2 replies
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Hello,

Does step up basis apply in this case? Beneficiary is a US person in CA. Parents are non US residents with a brokerage in the US. 

2 replies

sjrcpa
Level 15
January 3, 2025

Who died?

The more I know the more I don’t know.
IRonMaN
Level 15
January 3, 2025

Are you sure he died --------- I thought who's on first. 😉

Slava Ukraini!
BobKamman
Level 15
January 7, 2025

Where is CA?  Canada or California? Or maybe Central America.   In any case, Rev. Rul. 84-139 says real estate gets stepped-up basis.  Same logic (although there's little to be found in its reading of Section 1014) would apply to personal property.