[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 26, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
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[CITE: 26CFR1.71-2]

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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. 1.71-2  Effective date; taxable years ending after March 31, 1954, 
subject to the Internal Revenue Code of 1939.

    Pursuant to section 7851(a)(1)(C), the regulations prescribed in 
Sec. 1.71-1, to the extent that they relate to payments under a written 
separation agreement executed after August 16, 1954, and to the extent 
that they relate to payments under a decree for support received after 
August 16, 1954, under a decree entered after March 1, 1954, shall also 
apply to taxable years beginning before January 1, 1954, and ending 
after August 16, 1954, although such years are subject to the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1939.