Computation and Characterization of Income and Earnings and Profits under the Dollar Approximate Separate Transactions Method of Accounting (DASTM) INTL-29-91 Final
ICR 199508-1545-012
OMB: 1545-1051
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Computation and
Characterization of Income and Earnings and Profits under the
Dollar Approximate Separate Transactions Method of Accounting
(DASTM) INTL-29-91 Final
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
For taxable years after the final
regulations are effective, taxpayers operating in hyperinflationary
currencies must use the U.S. dollar as their functional currency
and compute income using the Dollar Approximate Separate
Transaction Method (DASTM). Small taxpayers may elect an
alternative method by which to compute income or loss. For prior
taxable years in which income was computed using profit and loss
method, taxpayers may elect to recompute their income using
DASTM.
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