SECTION 14. DEFERRED

COMPENSATION (§ 404).

01 Deferred compensation (1) Description of change . This change applies to a taxpayer using an overall accrual method of accounting that wants to change its method of accounting to treat bonuses or vacation pay as follows ( see § 404(a)(5) and § 1.404(b)-1T, Q&A 2):

(a) Applicability (i) Bonuses (A) Bonuses not subject to capitaliza- tion under § 263A . If by the end of the taxable year all the events have occurred that establish the fact of the liability to pay a bonus and the amount of the liability can be determined with reasonable accuracy ( see § 1. 446-1(c)(1)(ii)), and the bonus is otherwise deductible, but the bonus is received by the employee after the 15 ^th day of the 3 ^rd calendar month after the end of that taxable year, to treat the bonus as deductible in the taxable year of the employer in which or with which ends the taxable year of the employee in which the bonus is includible in the gross income of the employee; or

(B) Bonuses that are subject to capital- ization under § 263A . If by the end of the taxable year all the events have occurred that establish the fact of the liability to pay a bonus and the amount of the liability can be determined with reasonable accuracy ( see § 1. 446-1(c)(1)(ii)), and the bonus is otherwise deductible (without regard to § 263A), but the bonus is received by the employee after the 15 ^th day of the 3 ^rd calendar month after the end of that taxable year, to treat the bonus as capitalizable (within the meaning of § 1. 263A-1(c) (3)) in the taxable year of the employer in which or with which ends the taxable year of the employee in which the bonus is includible in the gross income of the employee.

(ii) Vacation pay (A) Vacation pay not subject to capital- ization under § 263A . If by the end of the

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meaning of § 401(k) or to a defined contribution plan as matching contributions with the meaning of § 401(m) when the contributions are attributable to compensation earned by plan participants after the end of a taxable year as required by Rev. Rul. 2002-46, 2002-2 C. B. 117, as modified by Rev. Rul. 2002-73, 2002-2 C.B. 805. (2) Designated automatic accounting method change number . The designated automatic accounting method change number for a change under this section 14. 02 is “29. ” (3) Contact information . For further information regarding a change under this section, contact John Ricotta at 202-3174102 or Joyce Kahn at 202-317-4148 (not toll-free numbers).