Guidance – Rev Proc 2009-39 re automatic consent for changes in accounting method
Revenue Procedure 2009-39 amplifies, clarifies, and modifies Rev. Proc. 2008-52, which provides procedures for taxpayers to obtain automatic consent for the changes in method of accounting described in its APPENDIX. This revenue procedure also clarifies and modifies Rev. Proc. 97-27, as amplified and modified by Rev. Proc. 2002-19, as amplified and clarified by Rev. Proc. 2002-54, and as modified by Rev. Proc. 2007-67, which provides the general procedures for obtaining non-automatic consent for changes in method of accounting.
Revenue Procedure 2009-39 will be in IRB 2009-38, dated September 21, 2009.
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