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Revenue Procedure 2011-46 provides a book safe harbor method of accounting for taxpayers using the nonaccrual-experience (NAE) method of accounting under § 448(d)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code and § 1.448-2 of the Income Tax Regulations. In general, under the NAE … Continue reading →

IRS Establishes Safe Harbor Election for Allocating Success-Based Fees Paid On Certain Business Transactions
The Internal Revenue Service is establishing a new safe harbor that businesses may elect to use when allocating success-based fees paid in connection with a business organizsatoin under Treasury Regulation § 1.263(a)-5(e)(3) of the Income Tax Regulations.
Revenue Procedure 2011-29 will be published in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2011-18 on May 2. It will provide that in lieu of maintaining the documentation required by § 1.263(a)-5(f), electing taxpayers may elect to treat 70 percent of the success-based fee as an amount that does not facilitate the transaction. The remaining portion of the fee must be capitalized as an amount that facilitates the transaction.
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