Code of Federal Regulations Title 26. Internal Revenue § 26.1.267A–7 Applicability dates

(1)Sections 1.267A–2(a)(4) (payments pursuant to interest-free loans and similar arrangements), (b) (disregarded payments), (c) (deemed branch payments), and (e) (branch mismatch transactions), 1.267A–4 (imported mismatch rule), and 1.267A–5(b)(5) (structured payments), except as provided in paragraph (b)(5) of this section, apply to taxable years beginning on or after December 20, 2018.

(2)Section 1.267A–5(a)(20) (defining structured arrangement), as well as the portions of §§ 1.267A–1 through 1.267A–3 that relate to structured arrangements and that are not otherwise described in paragraph (b) of this section, apply to taxable years beginning on or after December 20, 2018. However, in the case of a specified payment made pursuant to an arrangement entered into before December 22, 2017, § 1.267A–5(a)(20), and the portions of §§ 1.267A–1 through 1.267A–3 that relate to structured arrangements and that are not otherwise described in paragraph (b) of this section, apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.

(3) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(4) of this section, the rules provided in § 1.267A–5(a)(12)(ii) (swaps with significant nonperiodic payments) apply to notional principal contracts entered into on or after April 8, 2021. However, taxpayers may apply the rules provided in § 1.267A–5(a)(12)(ii) to notional principal contracts entered into before April 8, 2021.

(4) For a notional principal contract entered into before April 8, 2021, the interest equivalent rules provided in § 1.267A–5(b)(5)(ii)(B) (applied without regard to the references to § 1.267A–5(a)(12)(ii)) apply to a notional principal contract entered into on or after April 8, 2020.

(5)Section 1.267A–5(b)(5)(ii)(B) (interest equivalent rules) applies to transactions entered into on or after April 8, 2020.