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I did a search for Tax Court opinions with "interest shortfall" and found the fascinating story, told by the inimitable Judge Holmes, of "Boris Putanec [who] entered into a complicated and carefully structured CARDS transaction that he hoped would bring to life more than $100 million in losses. We can't grant him his wish. The deal is the stuff of tax wizardry, while the Code treats us all as mere muggles."
https://www.ustaxcourt.gov/opinions/2016/TCMemo_2016-221.pdf
There's no OID going on here, but what you have may be just another variation on an old tax shelter. Whenever I see LPL I know it's through a financial adviser who can do almost anything with almost anyone. (Check out the fines and penalties they have paid, on their Wikipedia page.)
If this client walked into my office, I would be reminded of the lyrics written by a Nobel Price for Literature winner: ""Something is happening here/ But you don't know what it is/ Do you, Mr. Jones?"
I would look for a reason that someone would be reporting all that OID for seven years, just to end up with a loss in 2024. Were there losses that canceled out the interest income? Was he banking the ordinary income, knowing that it would turn into a capital loss that he needed to offset a large capital gain down the road? I would be concerned about playing the role of "useful idiot" by putting on a 1040 the results of a scheme engineered by someone else.