[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 22, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 15887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6601]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
26 CFR Part 1
[REG-149335-08]
RIN 1545-BI57
Sales-Based Royalties and Vendor Allowances; Hearing
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of public hearing on proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This document provides notice of public hearing on a notice of
proposed rulemaking relating to the capitalization and allocation of
royalties that are incurred only upon the sale of property produced or
property acquired for resale (sales-based royalties) and adjusting the
cost of merchandise inventory for an allowance, discount, or price
rebated based on merchandise sales (sales-based vendor allowances). The
regulations modify the simplified production method and the simplified
resale method of allocating capitalized costs between ending inventory
and cost of goods sold. The regulations affect taxpayers that incur
capitalizable sales-based royalties and earn sales-based vendor
allowances.
DATES: The public hearing is being held on Wednesday, April 13, 2011,
at 10 a.m. The IRS must receive outlines of the topics to be discussed
at the hearing by Monday, March 28, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The public hearing is being held in the auditorium, Internal
Revenue Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. Send
submissions to: CC: PA: LPD: PR (REG-149335-08), room 5203, Internal
Revenue Service, P. O. Box 7604, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC
20044. Submissions may be hand-delivered Monday through Friday between
the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. to CC: PA: LPD: PR (REG-149335-08),
Courier's Desk, Internal Revenue Service, 1111 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC. Alternatively, taxpayers may submit electronic
outlines of oral comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Concerning the proposed regulations,
John Roman Faron at (202) 622-4930; concerning submissions of comments,
the hearing, and/or to be placed on the building access list to attend
the hearing, Richard A. Hurst at [email protected]
or (202) 622-7180 (not toll-free numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject of the public hearing is the
notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-149335-08) that was published in the
Federal Register on Friday, December 17, 2010 (75 FR 78940).
Persons, who wish to present oral comments at the hearing that
submitted written comments, must submit an outline of the topics to be
discussed and the amount of time to be devoted to each topic (signed
original and eight (8) copies) by Monday, March 28, 2011.
A period of 10 minutes is allotted to each person for presenting
oral comments. After the deadline for receiving outlines has passed,
the IRS will prepare an agenda containing the schedule of speakers.
Copies of the agenda will be made available, free of charge, at the
hearing or in the Freedom of Information Reading Room (FOIA RR) (Room
1621) which is located at the 11th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
entrance, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
Because of access restrictions, the IRS will not admit visitors
beyond the immediate entrance area more than 30 minutes before the
hearing starts. For information about having your name placed on the
building access list to attend the hearing, see the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
LaNita Van Dyke,
Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Legal Processing Division,
Associate Chief Counsel (Procedure and Administration).
[FR Doc. 2011-6601 Filed 3-21-11; 8:45 am]
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