Two concepts that you don’t often see together!

While only of direct interest to a few taxpayers, a Revenue Procedure addressing draft picks and player contracts issued this week does make for interesting reading.

Tax professionals know that the sale or exchange of property gives rise to taxable gain or loss if the amount received is more or less than the taxpayer’s basis in the property, absent the application of a nonrecognition provision of the Internal Revenue Code. Player contracts and draft picks are property. Therefore. . .