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Internal Revenue Service Accounting Methods

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Be Wary of Relying on Recent Tax Decisions for Recent Transactions

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At issue in Continuing Life Thousand Oaks, LLC. v. Commissioner, affirmed May 21, 2024, was the year of inclusion in gross income of an income item. The disputed years were 2008, 2009, and 2010 -- taxable years that preceded...more

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Sound familiar? IRS releases year-end procedural accounting method guidance regarding the treatment of R&D expenditures under...

Not unlike the last minute procedural guidance released at the end of last year addressing Section 174, on December 22, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

A fickle friend: Released on the same day, IRS rulings grant and deny 9100 relief

On December 1, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released two private letter rulings (PLRs) that considered taxpayer requests to file an extension of time to make a regulatory election within the meaning of Treas. Reg....more

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Timing or permanent? The Tax Court faces this question in its denial of an IRS-proposed section 481(a) adjustment

In Hyatt Hotels Corp. v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2023-122, the Tax Court determined a taxpayer’s treatment of income and expenses related to its customer loyalty program did not implicate timing and, therefore, was not a...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Government cleans up List of Automatic Changes in Rev. Proc. 2023-24

On June 15, 2023, the IRS released Rev. Proc. 2023-24, List of Automatic Changes, which provides an update to the list of tax accounting method changes a taxpayer may file under the IRS’s automatic procedures....more

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A Timely Update: The IRS and Treasury release Rev. Proc. 2022-14 updating list of automatic accounting method changes

Section 446(e) requires a taxpayer to obtain IRS consent prior to changing its accounting method. A change in method of accounting may include either a change in an overall plan of accounting for gross income or deductions...more

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Last minute addition to your summer reading list: Rev. Proc. 2021-34, IRS guidance for implementing the final Section 451...

On August 12, 2021, the IRS released Rev. Proc. 2021-34, setting forth procedural guidance to implement the final Section 451 regulations (Final Regulations). The revenue procedure not only provides the terms and conditions...more

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Rev. Proc. 2021-26 provides accounting method change procedures for CFCs seeking to use the alternative depreciation system

Recently released Revenue Procedure 2021-26 (the Revenue Procedure) provides taxpayers with guidance regarding accounting method changes made on behalf of foreign corporations. The Revenue Procedure: ..Allows controlled...more

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IRS releases Rev. Proc. 2019-37 enabling taxpayers to file automatic changes to comply with recently released income recognition...

On September 6, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (Service) issued Rev. Proc. 2019-37, which grants advance consent to taxpayers seeking to change a method of accounting to comply with the new proposed regulations under...more

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IRS issues simplified procedures for insurance companies to change methods of accounting to comply with amended Section 846

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released two revenue procedures that relate to the implementation of accounting method changes as a result of the revisions to Section 846 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as...more

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IRS appears to walk back disregard of certain accounting method changes in proposed section 965 regulations–does it make a...

On August 1, 2018, the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations implementing section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) (referred to as the “transition tax”). Section 965...more

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Missed opportunity - IRS releases narrow guidance for taxpayers seeking to correct accounting methods subsequent to ASC 606...

On May 10, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Rev. Proc. 2018-29, 2018-21 I.R.B. 1, which provides automatic accounting method change procedures for taxpayers seeking to align methods of income recognition for...more

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IRS releases updated automatic changes in methods of accounting list

On May 10, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Rev. Proc. 2018-31, which provides an updated list of automatic changes in methods of accounting. As was the case with its predecessor, Rev. Proc. 2017-30, the list...more

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IRS releases Notice 2018-26 - retroactively disregarding certain accounting method changes and entity classification elections

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2018-26, which provides guidance under section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code regarding the “transition tax.” Section 965 imposes a transition tax...more

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IRS Releases Updated Automatic Changes in Methods of Accounting List

On April 19, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Rev. Proc. 2017-30, 2017-17 I.R.B. 1, which provides an updated list of automatic changes in methods of accounting. As was the case with its predecessor, Rev....more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

IRS Announces Disagreement with Ninth Circuit’s Holding on Completed Contract Method of Accounting

The IRS recently announced its disagreement with the Ninth Circuit’s ruling that, with respect to planned communities, the 95% test under the completed contract method of accounting applies on a development-wide basis rather...more

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Christmas Comes Early: IRS Provides Additional Year of Relief for Taxpayers Seeking to Implement Tangible Property Rules

On December 20, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) issued Notice 2017-6, which provides relief for a taxpayer seeking to change accounting methods in connection with the final tangible property regulations...more

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Final US Treasury Regulations Provide Additional Flexibility in Determining the Tax Implications of Money Market Fund Share...

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Final U.S. Treasury regulations under Section 446 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code’), providing for the use of the net asset value (“NAV”) accounting method for transactions in money market fund...more

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Filing Form 3115? New IRS Guidance

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If you are about to file a Form 3115 requesting a change in accounting method, you should be aware that the IRS released new guidance yesterday in the form of Revenue Procedure 2015-33. This new revenue procedure modifies...more

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IRS Simplifies Accounting Method Changes Under “Repair Regs”

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In new Rev. Proc. 2015-20, the IRS permits a “small business taxpayer” to use a simplified procedure to change its method of accounting under the final tangible property regulations for tax years beginning on or after January...more

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