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- This document contains final regulations relating to the effect of certain administration expenses on the valuation of property that qualifies for either the estate tax marital deduction under section 2056 of the Internal Revenue Code or the estate tax charitable deduction under section 2055. The regulations distinguish between estate transmission expenses, which reduce the value of property for marital and charitable deduction purposes, and estate management expenses, which generally do not reduce the value of property for these purposes.
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- General Revision of Regulations Relating to Withholding of Tax on Certain U.S. Source Income Paid to Foreign Persons and Related Collection, Refunds, and Credits; Revision of Information Reporting and Backup Withholding Regulations; and Removal of Regulations Under Part 35a and of Certain Regulations Under Income Tax Treaties
- This document contains final regulations relating to the withholding of income tax under sections 1441, 1442, and 1443 on certain U.S. source income paid to foreign persons, the related tax deposit and reporting requirements under section 1461, and the related requirements governing collection, refunds, and credits of withheld amounts under sections 1461 through 1463 and sections 6402 and 6413. Additionally, this document contains final regulations relating to the statutory exemption under sections 871(h) and 881(c) for portfolio interest. This document removes temporary employment tax regulations under the Interest and Dividend Compliance Act of 1983 and amends existing regulations under sections 6041A and 6050N. This document finalizes changes to the proposed regulations contained in project number INTL-52-86, published on February 29, 1988, under sections 6041, 6042, 6044, 6045, and 6049. This document also finalizes proposed regulations contained in project number IA-33-95, published on December 21, 1995 , relating to the effective date of certain temporary employment tax regulations. This document finalizes related changes to the regulations under sections 163(f), 165(j), 3401, 3406, 6109, 6114, 6413, and 6724. This document removes certain regulations under income tax treaties.
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- Reissuance of Mortgage Credit Certificates
- This document contains final regulations relating to the reissuance of mortgage credit certificates. Changes to the applicable law were made by the Tax Reform Act of 1984. The regulations provide guidance to issuers and holders of mortgage credit certificates.
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- Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Excise Tax; Registration Requirements
- This document contains final regulations relating to the taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. This document also removes obsolete excise tax regulations. The regulations reflect and implement certain changes made by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (the 1993 Act). The regulations affect certain blenders, enterers, industrial users, refiners, terminal operators, and throughputters. The regulations also affect certain persons that sell, buy, or use diesel fuel for a nontaxable use.
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- Determination of Interest Expense Deduction of Foreign Corporations
- This document contains Income Tax Regulations relating to the determination of the interest expense deduction of foreign corporations and applies to foreign corporations engaged in a trade or business within the United States. This action is necessary because of changes to the applicable tax law made by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, and because of changes in international financial markets.
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- Regulations on effectively connected income and the branch profits tax.
- This document contains final Income Tax Regulations relating to the determination of effectively connected income under section 864 and final and temporary Income Tax Regulations relating to the branch profits tax and branch-level interest tax under section 884 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Code). Section 884 was added to the Code by section 1241 of the Tax Reform Act of 1986. This document also contains conforming changes to sections 861, 871 and 897.
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- Regulations Under Section 1258 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; Netting Rule For Certain Conversion Transactions
- This document contains final regulations relating to conversion transactions. These regulations provide that certain gains and losses from positions of the same conversion transaction may be netted for purposes of determining the amount of gain that is recharacterized as ordinary income. These regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 and affect persons who enter into conversion transactions.
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- Controlling corporation's basis adjustment in its controlled corporation's stock following a triangular reorganization.
- This document contains final regulations under sections 358, 1032, and 1502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The final regulations provide rules for adjusting the basis of a controlling corporation in the stock of a controlled corporation as the result of certain triangular reorganizations involving the stock of the controlling corporation. They also generally provide that the use of the controlling corporation's stock provided by the controlling corporation pursuant to the plan of reorganization is treated as a disposition of those shares by the controlling corporation.
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- Distributions of Stock and Stock Rights
- This document contains final regulations amending regulations under section 305(c) of the Internal Revenue Code relating to constructive distributions on preferred stock. The final regulations concern the treatment of stock redeemable at a premium by the issuer. The regulations generally treat a call premium as giving rise to a constructive distribution only if redemption pursuant to the call provision is more likely than not to occur. The final regulations also reflect 1990 amendments to section 305(c).
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- Treatment of Acquisition of Certain Financial Institutions; Certain Tax Consequences of Federal Financial Assistance to Financial Institutions
- This document contains final regulations relating to Federal financial assistance, as defined in section 597(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, that is received by a financially troubled bank or thrift institution, and to acquisitions of financially troubled bank or thrift institutions in which Federal financial assistance is provided. This document also contains final regulations under section 7507. These regulations provide guidance concerning the proper tax treatment of various transactions involving the receipt of Federal financial assistance.
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- Exempt Organizations Not Required To File Annual Returns: Integrated Auxiliaries Of Churches
- This document contains final regulations that exempt certain integrated auxiliaries of churches from filing information returns. These regulations incorporate the rules of Rev. Proc. 86-23 (1986-1 C.B. 564), into the regulations defining integrated auxiliary for purposes of determining what entities must file information returns. The new definition focuses on the sources of an organization's financial support in addition to the nature of the organization's activities.
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- Excise Tax On Self-Dealing By Private Foundations.
- This document contains final regulations that clarify the definition of self-dealing for private foundations. These regulations modify the application of the self-dealing rules to the provision by a private foundation of directors' and officers' liability insurance to disqualified persons. In general, these regulations provide that indemnification by a private foundation or provision of insurance for purposes of covering the liabilities of the person in his/her capacity as a manager of the private foundation is not self-dealing. Additionally, the amounts expended by the private foundation for insurance or indemnification generally are not included in the compensation of the disqualified person for purposes of determining whether the disqualified person's compensation is reasonable.
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- Notice, Consent, and Election Requirements of Sections 411(a)(11) and 417
- This document contains regulations that provide guidance concerning the notice and consent requirements under section 411(a)(11) and the notice and election requirements under section 417. The text of the temporary regulations also serves as the text of the proposed regulations set forth in the notice of proposed rulemaking on this subject in the Proposed Rules section of this issue of the Federal Register.
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- Special Rules for Determining Sources of Scholarships and Fellowship Grants
- This document contains a final Income Tax Regulation that provides guidance for determining the source of scholarships, fellowship grants, grants, prizes and awards. The final regulation will affect both individuals and withholding agents. It will provide guidance concerning whether scholarships, fellowships, other grants, prizes and awards are U.S. source income subject to tax and withholding.
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- Adjustments Required by Changes in Method of Accounting
- This document contains final regulations relating to the requirements for changes in method of accounting. These regulations clarify the Commissioner's authority to prescribe terms and conditions for effecting a change in method of accounting. The regulations affect taxpayers changing a method of accounting for federal income tax purposes.
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- Presumptions Where Owner of Large Amount of Cash is not Identified AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
- This document contains final regulations regarding the presumptions that arise where the owner of a large amount of cash or its equivalent is not identified. The final regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 and the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988, and incorporate the rules of current 301.6867-1T, relating to cash, cash equivalents, specific cash equivalents and the value of cash equivalents. In addition, several new items have been added to the list of specific cash equivalents. The final regulations affect individuals who are found in possession of a large amount of cash or its equivalent and the true owners of that cash or its equivalent.
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- Authority of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to Require Employer Identification Numbers from Policyholders and Reinsured Companies for Purposes of the Federal Crop Insurance Act
- This document withdraws the notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on August 31, 1992, that relates to the authority of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) to require policyholders and reinsured companies to furnish employer identification numbers for purposes of administering the Federal Crop Insurance Act.
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- FUTA Taxation of Amounts Under Employee Benefit Plans
- This document contains proposed regulations under section 3306(r)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to when amounts deferred under or paid from certain nonqualified deferred compensation plans are taken into account as "wages" for purposes of the employment taxes imposed by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA). The regulations provide guidance to taxpayers who must comply with section 3306(r)(2), which was added to the Code by section 324 of the Social Security Amendments of 1983.
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- Requirements for Tax Exempt Section 501(c)(5) Organizations
- This document contains proposed regulations clarifying certain requirements of section 501(c)(5). The requirements are being clarified to provide needed guidance to organizations as to the requirements an organization must meet in order to be exempt from tax as an organization described in section 501(c)(5).
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- Allocation of Accrued Benefits Between Employer and Employee Contributions
- This document contains proposed regulations that provide guidance on calculation of an employee's accrued benefit derived from the employee's contributions to a qualified defined benefit pension plan. These regulations are issued to reflect changes to the applicable law made by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA '87) and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (OBRA '89). OBRA '87 and OBRA '89 amended the law to change the accumulation of employee contributions and the conversion of those accumulated contributions to employee-derived accrued benefits.
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- FICA Taxation of Amounts Under Employee Benefit Plans
- This document contains proposed regulations under section 3121(v)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, relating to when amounts deferred under or paid from certain nonqualified deferred compensation plans are taken into account as "wages" for purposes of the employment taxes imposed by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). The regulations provide guidance to taxpayers who must comply with section 3121(v)(2), which was added to the Code by section 324 of the Social Security Amendments of 1983.
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- Loans to plan participants
- This document contains proposed Income Tax Regulations under section 72(p) of the Internal Revenue Code relating to loans made from a qualified employer plan to plan participants or beneficiaries. Section 72(p) was added by section 236 of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, and amended by the Technical Corrections Act of 1982, the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988. These regulations provide guidance to the public with respect to this provision, and affect any plan participant or beneficiary who receives a loan from a qualified employer plan.
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- Notice, Consent, and Election Requirements under Sections 411(a)(11) and 417
- In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations that provide guidance concerning the notice and consent requirements under section 411(a)(11) and the notice and election requirements of section 417. The text of those temporary regulations also serves as the text of these proposed regulations.
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- Diesel Fuel Excise Tax; Dye Injection Systems
- This document withdraws the notice of proposed rulemaking as it relates to diesel fuel dye injection systems, which was published on March 14, 1996. It affects certain enterers, refiners, terminal operators, and throughputters.
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- Credit for Employer Social Security Taxes Paid on Employee Tips
- This document withdraws the notice of proposed rulemaking relating to the credit for employer FICA taxes paid with respect to certain tips received by employees of food or beverage establishments. The proposed regulations were published in the Federal Register on December 23, 1993. Changes to the law made by the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 have made these proposed regulations obsolete.
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- Compromises
- In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations relating to the compromise of tax liabilities. These regulations provide additional guidance regarding the compromise of internal revenue taxes. The temporary regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 and the Taxpayer bill of Rights II. The text of the temporary regulations also serves as the text of these proposed regulations.
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