The Tax Section of the American Bar Association recently commented on a set of proposed rules that appear in Notice 2015-54.  When adopted, these rules would limit the ability of U.S. persons to transfer appreciated property to a partnership in a tax-free transaction when the partnership has a non-U.S. person as a partner.  The I.R.S. is concerned that through special allocations of gain, built-in appreciation in contributed assets may escape taxation.  The Tax Section makes a case for additional guidance concerning the methods proposed to eliminate that result.  Philip R. Hirschfeld and Nina Krauthamer discuss the I.R.S. proposal and A.B.A. comments.