Revenue Procedure 2020-11 provides relief to additional taxpayers who took out federal or private student loans to finance attendance at a nonprofit or for-profit school.  The IRS will not assert that taxpayers within the scope of the revenue procedure must recognize gross income as a result of the discharge of their student loans.  Additionally, the IRS will not assert that a creditor must file information returns and furnish payee statements for the discharge of any indebtedness within the scope of the revenue procedure.  To avoid confusion, the IRS strongly recommends that these creditors not furnish students nor the IRS with a Form 1099-C.

Revenue Procedure 2020-11 will be in IRB 2020-6, dated February 3, 2020.