Title 26

SECTION 49.4261-9

49.4261-9 Mileage awards.

§ 49.4261-9 Mileage awards.

(a) Tax imposed. Any amount paid (and the value of any other benefit provided) to an air carrier (or any related person) for the right to provide mileage awards for or other reductions in the cost of any transportation of persons by air is an amount paid for taxable transportation and is therefore subject to the tax imposed by section 4261(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. See section 4261(e)(3)(A).

(b) [Reserved]

(c) Applicability date. This section applies to amounts paid on and after January 19, 2021.

[T.D. 9948, 86 FR 5003, Jan. 19, 2021]

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