18 CFR § 367.2550 - Account 255, Accumulated deferred investment tax credits.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s367.2550"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "18 CFR § 367.2550 - Account 255, Accumulated deferred investment tax credits."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "367.2550"
section_name: "Account 255, Accumulated deferred investment tax credits."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "U"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 2005, FEDERAL POWER ACT AND NATURAL GAS ACT"
part_number: "367"
part_name: "UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR CENTRALIZED SERVICE COMPANIES SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 2005, FEDERAL POWER ACT AND NATURAL GAS ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 717 16 U.S.C. 791a and 42 U.S.C. 16451-16463."
regulatory_source: "Order 684, 71 FR 65226, Nov. 7, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "367"
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# 367.2550 Account 255, Accumulated deferred investment tax credits.
This account must be credited with all investment tax credits deferred by companies that have elected to follow deferral accounting, partial or full, rather than recognizing in the income statement the total benefits of the tax credit as realized. After this election, a company may not transfer amounts from this account, except as authorized in this account and in accounts 411.4, Investment tax credit adjustments, service company property (§ 367.4114) or 411.5, Investment tax credit adjustments, other income and deductions (§ 367.4115), or with approval of the Commission.