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News Releases for November 2004

IRS Simplifies Tax Deposit Rules for Small Businesses
IR-2004-143 — Increasing the minimum threshold for unemployment deposits reduces burden for more than 4 million small businesses.

IRS Officials Urge Care for Those Making a Car Donation; New Law Changes Rules at End of the Year
IR-2004-142 — With tax law changes affecting charitable donations, taxpayers can find the answers from the IRS and state agencies.

IRS and Treasury Issue Proposed Regulations on Partnership Transfers
IR-2004-141 — Regulations on determining when a transfer of consideration constitutes a disguised sale of a partnership interest.

IRS Names Henry V. Singleton Industry Director of Retailers, Food, Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare
IR-2004-140 — IRS Appoints Henry V. Singleton to lead office to specialize in retail, food, pharmaceutical, and healthcare industry issues.

2005 Standard Mileage Rates Set
IR-2004-139—The Standard Mileage Rate has been increased by 3 cents.

Treasury and IRS Issue Guidance on New Requirements for Disclosing Reportable Transactions
IR-2004-138 — The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 provides new rules relating to tax shelters.

$73 Million in Refund Checks Go Undelivered
IR-2004-137 — The IRS is looking for more than 87,000 taxpayers whose refunds checks were returned to the agency.

IRS and Puerto Rico Announce Partnership
IR-2004-136 — This is the latest development in an effort to enable federal, state and commonwealth tax agencies to combat abusive tax avoidance transactions.

IRS Selects Three New ETAAC Members
IR-2004-135 — Nora Daly, James Gottfried, and Linda Lueck join the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC).

IRS Reminds Certain Taxpayers of Nov. 10 Deadline
IR-2004-134 — U.S. Uniformed Services and Foreign Service personnel are reminded that Nov. 10 is the deadline to file amended returns to recoup capital gains taxes paid on the sale of a personal residence.

IRS Revises Application Form for Charitable Organizations
IR-2004-133 — New form streamlines application process and will help IRS spot potentially abusive charities.

IRS Seeks Applications for TE/GE Advisory Committee
IR-2004-132 — Committee provides avenue for public input into critical tax administration areas.

News Release and Fact Sheet Archive
News releases and fact sheets from November 2002 forward and an archive of news releases and fact sheets in PDF format back to 1997.



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