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The three-out-of-five-years rule under § 183 is absolute and binding upon the IRS.

A. True
B. False

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The Three-Fifths Compromise related to the counting of enslaved individuals for both representation in Congress and the distribution of taxes among states, not to a modern tax law provision.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement about the three-out-of-five-years rule under § 183 seems to be mistakenly referring to a tax law provision, but it is juxtaposed with the Three-Fifths Compromise which is related to American history. Specifically, the Three-Fifths Compromise was a constitutional agreement that addressed the contentious issue of how enslaved people would be counted for taxation and representation purposes. The compromise determined that three out of every five enslaved individuals would be counted towards a state's population. This had the combined effect of inflating the representation of slave-holding states in the House of Representatives while also affecting the apportionment of taxes between the states.

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