[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 26, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 26CFR1.148-5A]

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                       TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE
 
    CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1--INCOME TAXES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1.148-5A  Yield and valuation of investments.

    (a) through (b)(2)(ii) [Reserved]. For guidance see Sec. 1.148-5.
    (b)(2)(iii) Permissive application of single investment rules to 
certain yield restricted investments for all purposes of section 148. 
For all purposes of section 148, an issuer may treat all of the yield 
restricted nonpurpose investments in a refunding escrow and a sinking 
fund that is reasonably expected as of the issue date to be maintained 
to reduce the yield on the investments in the refunding escrow as a 
single investment

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having a single yield, determined under Sec. 1.148(b)(2).
    (b) (2)(iv) through (c)(1) [Reserved]. For guidance see Sec. 1.148-
5.
    (c)(2) Manner of payment--(i) In general. Except as otherwise 
provided in Sec. 1.148-5(c)(2)(ii), an amount is paid under Sec. 1.148-
5(c) if it is paid to the United States at the same time and in the same 
manner as rebate amounts are required to be paid or at such other time 
or in such manner as the Commissioner may prescribe. For example, yield 
reduction payments must be made on or before the date of required rebate 
installment payments as described in Sec. 1.148-3(f). The date a payment 
is required to be paid is determined without regard to Sec. 1.148-3(h). 
An amount that is paid untimely is not taken into account under this 
paragraph (c) unless the Commissioner determines that the failure to pay 
timely is not due to willful neglect. The provisions of Sec. 1.148-3(i) 
apply to payments made under Sec. 1.148-5(c).
    (c)(2)(ii) through (c)(3)(i) [Reserved] For guidance see Sec. 1.148-
5.
    (c)(3)(ii) Exception to yield reduction payments rule for advance 
refunding issues. Section 1.148-5(c)(1) does not apply to investments 
allocable to gross proceeds of an advance refunding issue, other than--
    (A) Transferred proceeds to which Sec. 1.148-5(c)(3)(i)(C) applies;
    (B) Replacement proceeds to which Sec. 1.148-5(c)(3)(i)(F) applies; 
and
    (C) Transferred proceeds to which Sec. 1.148-5(c)(3)(i)(E) applies, 
but only to the extent necessary to satisfy yield restriction under 
section 148(a) on those proceeds treating all investments allocable to 
those proceeds as a separate class.
    (d)(1) through (d)(3)(i) [Reserved]. For guidance see Sec. 1.148-5.
    (d)(3)(ii) Exception to fair market value requirement for 
transferred proceeds allocations, universal cap allocations, and 
commingled funds. Section 1.148-5(d)(3)(i) does not apply if the 
investment is allocated from one issue to another issue as a result of 
the transferred proceeds allocation rule under Sec. 1.148-9(b) or the 
universal cap rule under Sec. 1.148-6(b)(2), provided that both issues 
consist exclusively of tax-exempt bonds. In addition, Sec. 1.148-
5(d)(3)(i) does not apply to investments in a commingled fund (other 
than a bona fide debt service fund) unless it is an investment being 
initially deposited in or withdrawn from a commingled fund described in 
Sec. 1.148-6(e)(5)(iii).
    (e)(1) through (e)(2)(ii)(A) [Reserved]. For guidance see 
Sec. 1.148-5.
    (e)(2)(ii)(B) External commingled funds. For any semiannual period, 
a commingled fund satisfies the 10 percent requirement of Sec. 1.148-
5(e)(2)(ii)(B) if--
    (1) Based on average amounts on deposit, this requirement was 
satisfied for the prior semiannual period; and
    (2) The fund does not accept deposits that would cause it to fail to 
meet this requirement.
    (iii) Special rule for guaranteed investment contracts. For a 
guaranteed investment contract, a broker's commission or similar fee 
paid on behalf of either an issuer or the provider is treated as an 
administrative cost and, except in the case of an issue that satisfies 
section 148(f)(4)(D)(i), is not a qualified administrative cost to the 
extent that the present value of the commission, as of the date the 
contract is allocated to the issue, exceeds the present value of annual 
payments equal to .05 percent of the weighted average amount reasonably 
expected to be invested each year of the term of the contract. For this 
purpose, present value is computed using the taxable discount rate used 
by the parties to compute the commission or, if not readily 
ascertainable, a reasonable taxable discount rate.

[T.D. 8538, 59 FR 24045, May 10, 1994. Redesignated by T.D. 8718, 62 FR 
25507, May 9, 1997]