
448(a) generally prohibits C corporations, partnerships with a C corporation as a partner, and tax shelters from using the cash method.

448 requirement to use overall accrual method of accounting Additionally, all of the provisions require that the small business not be a tax shelter under Sec.

448(c), which provides the aggregate average gross receipts test for 2020, it has increased to $26 million due to inflation indexing. All of the provisions now rely on the same definition of small business found in Sec. 471, and expanded the exception for small construction contracts from the requirement to use the percentage- of- completion (PCM) method under Sec. 263A, exempted certain taxpayers from the requirement to keep inventories under Sec. 448, expanded the exception from the uniform capitalization rules under Sec. Thus, the TCJA expanded the number of taxpayers eligible to use the cash method under Sec. 263A, 448, 460, and 471 that generally exempt taxpayers from applying the accounting methods under these provisions for tax years beginning after Dec. 115- 97, provided several favorable small business provisions under Secs. The law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), P.L. Although the small taxpayer rules apply to businesses with aggregate average gross receipts that do not exceed $25 million (indexed for inflation), some of the proposed regulations will affect larger taxpayers as well. 263A, 448, 460, and 471, which generally provide that taxpayers meeting the definition of a small taxpayer are not subject to these statutes. 5, 2020, regarding the small taxpayer rules under Secs.

The IRS published proposed regulations ( REG- 132766- 18) on Aug.
