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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Internal Revenue Service</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of the Treasury</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Guidance Regarding Treatment of Amounts Required to be Capitalized in Certain Transactions to Which Section 1.263(a)-5 Applies</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>These regulations provide guidance on the extent to which section 263(a) of the Internal Revenue Code requires taxpayers to capitalize amounts paid to acquire, create, or enhance intangible assets. These regulations provide guidance regarding capitalized facilitative costs paid or incurred in transactions the treatment of which is reserved or not otherwise addressed in section 1.263(a)-5(g). The regulations are needed to provide certainty to taxpayers as to the treatment of those costs.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Other</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
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            <CFR>26 CFR 1.263(a)-0</CFR>
            <CFR>26 CFR 1.263(a)-5</CFR>
            <CFR>26 CFR 1.446-8</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>26 U.S.C. 7805</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>26 U.S.C. 263</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>26 U.S.C. 446</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>REG-127272-20 (NPRM)

Drafter attorney: Alicia Lee-Won (202) 317-7003

Reviewer attorney: Sean Dwyer (202) 317-7003

Treasury attorney: Heather Harman, (202) 622-2623, Dan Perinth, (202) 679-2039

CC: ITA</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Alicia</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Lee-Won</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Attorney</TITLE>
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                    <NAME>Internal Revenue Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>IRS</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 317-7003</PHONE>
                <FAX>855 576-2336</FAX>
                <EMAIL>alicia.s.lee-won@irscounsel.treas.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1111 Constitution Ave, NW, Room 4509,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20224</ZIP>
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