LB&I Directives provide administrative guidance to LB&I examiners to ensure consistent tax administration and on matters relating to internal operations. The Directives do not establish Service position on legal issues and are not legal guidance.

LB&I (formerly LMSB) directives

2020

Date Title
10-10-19 LB&I and SB/SE Joint Directive on the Work Opportunity Tax Credit per Internal Revenue Code Section 51 (IRC § 51)

2018

Date Title
11-29-18 LB&I Directive on Amended Return/Claim for Refund Relating to Internal Revenue Code Section 199 (IRC § 199)
08-24-18 IRC Section 807: LB&I Directive Related to Principle Based Reserves for Variable Annuity Contracts (AG 43/VM-21) and Life Insurance Contracts VM-20)

 2017

Date Title
09-11-17 Activities under I.R.C §41 for Taxpayers that Expense Research and Development Costs on their Financial Statements pursuant to ASC 730

2015

Date Title
03-16-15 LB&I Directive on the I.R.C. § 199 Definition of "Manufactured, Produced, Grown, or Extracted"

2014

Date Title
10-24-14 LB&I Directive Related to § 166 Deductions for Eligible Debt and Eligible Debt Securities
10-14-14 Allocating Mixed Service Costs Under I.R.C. Section 263A to Certain Self-Constructed Property of Electric and Natural Gas Utilities
07-17-14 I.R.C. §446: LB&I Directive for Hedging of Variable Annuity Guaranteed Minimum Benefits (GMxB) by Insurance Companies

2013

Date Title
10-29-13 Updated Guidance for Examiners on I.R.C. § 199 Benefits and Burdens of Ownership Analysis in Contract Manufacturing Arrangements

2012

Date Title
12-07-12 Guidance for Computing and Substantiating the Credit for Increasing Research Activities under Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code for Activities involved in Developing New Pharmaceutical Drugs and Therapeutic Biologics
07-30-12 I.R.C. §166: LB&I Directive Related to Partial Worthlessness Deduction for Eligible Securities Reported by Insurance Companies
01-23-12 Wireless Telecommunication Assets

2011

Date Title
04-14-11 I.R.C. §475: Field Directive related to Mark-to-Market Valuation

Frequently Asked Questions for I.R.C. § 475

2006

Date Title
07-31-06 Industry Director Directive on Deductibility of Casino Complimentary Goods and Services
03-16-06 Industry Director Directive on Treatment of Semiconductor Assembly and Test Activities as Manufacturing
01-12-2006 Examination of Multiple Parties in Intermediary Transaction Tax Shelters as described in Notice 2001-16

2005

Date Title
08-26-05 Industry Director Directive Amended Returns/Refund Claims Containing Invalid IRC § 280(C)(3) Elections
03-04-05 Field Guidance on the Planning and Examination of the Cyclical Overhauls, Betterments, and Rebuilds of Locomotives for Class I Railroads
03-04-05 Field Guidance on the Planning and Examination of the Cyclical Overhauls, Betterments, and Rebuilds of Freight Cars for Class I Railroads

2004

Date Title
04-30-04

Planning and Examination of Research Credit Issues in a Branded Pharmaceutical Company

04-16-04

Timber Casualty Losses

2003

Date Title
10-17-03 Examination of Legally Mandated Research and Experimentation Expenses in the Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industries

2002

Date Title
02-25-02 Audit Procedures for Golf Course Land Improvements - Change in Accounting Method
02-07-02 Depreciable Golf Course Land Improvements and the Impact of Rev. Rul. 2001-60

2001

Date Title
12-12-01 Conformity Election for Bank Bad Debts