SECTION 6. APPLICATION IN

CASE OF SHORT TAXABLE YEAR

.01 Special rule for Specified Coop- erative with a short taxable year. In the case of a Specified Cooperative with a short taxable year, subject to the rules of application described in section 3 of this revenue procedure, the W-2 wages of the Specified Cooperative for the short taxable year shall include only those wages paid during the short taxable year to employees of the Specified Cooperative, only those elective deferrals (within the meaning of section 402(g)(3)) made during the short taxable year by employees of the Specified Cooperative, and only compensation actually deferred under section 457 during the short taxable year with respect to employees of the Specified Cooperative. See §1.199A-11(e) of the regulations.

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.02 Method required for a short tax- able year and modifications required in application of method. The W-2 wages of a Specified Cooperative with a short taxable year shall be determined under the tracking wages method described in section 5.03 of this revenue procedure. In applying the tracking wages method in the case of a short taxable year, the Specified Cooperative must apply the method as follows—

(1) For purposes of section 5.03(1) of this revenue procedure, the total amount of wages subject to Federal income tax withholding and reported on Form W-2 must include only those wages subject to Federal income tax withholding that are actually or constructively paid to employees during the short taxable year and reported on Form(s) W-2 for any calendar year(s) containing any day within that short taxable year;

(2) For purposes of section 5.03(2) of this revenue procedure, only the portion of the total amounts reported in Box 12, Codes D, E, F, G, or S on Forms W-2, that are actually deferred or contributed during the short taxable year are included in W-2 wages; and

(3) For purposes of this section 6.02, if, at the time the Specified Cooperative files its income tax return, the Specified Cooperative has paid wages during the short taxable year that are reportable but not yet reported as W-2 wages in a Form W-2 filed with the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Specified Cooperative may include these wages as W-2 wages for the short taxable year, but only if such wages are properly included in a Form W-2 filed with the SSA on or before the 60th day after the due date (including extensions) for the Form W-2.