237. The loss of a taxpayer from the disposition of a particular property is not allowable where(a) during the period that begins 30 days before and ends 30 days after the time of disposition, the taxpayer or a person affiliated with the taxpayer acquires a property, in this section referred to as the “substituted property”, that is, or is identical to, the particular property; and
(b) at the end of the 30 days following the time of disposition, the taxpayer or a person affiliated with the taxpayer owns or has a right to acquire the substituted property.
For the purposes of the first paragraph, a right to acquire a property, other than a right, as security only, derived from a hypothec, mortgage, agreement of sale or similar obligation, is deemed to be a property that is identical to the property.
1972, c. 23, s. 223; 1975, c. 22, s. 38; 1977, c. 26, s. 22; 1990, c. 59, s. 115; 1997, c. 3, s. 71; 2000, c. 5, s. 63; 2005, c. 1, s. 76.