LIFO; price indexes; department stores. The November 2003 Bureau of Labor Statistics price indexes are accepted for use by department stores employing the retail inventory and last-in, first-out inventory methods for valuing inventories for tax years ended on, or with reference to, November 30, 2003.

This document contains corrections to proposed regulations (REG-146893-02 and REG-115037-00, 2003-44 I.R.B. 967) under section 482 of the Code that provide guidance regarding the treatment of controlled services transactions and the allocation of income from intangibles.