772.5.4.1. Where a synthetic disposition arrangement is entered into in respect of a property owned by a taxpayer and the synthetic disposition period of the arrangement is 30 days or more, the following rules apply:(a) for the purpose of determining whether the period referred to in the first paragraph of section 772.5.2 is one year or less, the period is deemed to begin immediately before the particular time referred to in that section or, if it is earlier, at the end of the synthetic disposition period of the arrangement; and
(b) for the purposes of section 772.5.4.2, the taxpayer is deemed not to own the property during the synthetic disposition period of the arrangement.