Department of the Treasury February 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Request for Nominations to the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee
Document Number: 05-3824
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-28
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC), was established to provide continued input into the development and implementation of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) strategy for electronic tax administration. The ETAAC provides an organized public forum for discussion of electronic tax administration issues in support of the overriding goal that paperless filing should be the preferred and most convenient method of filing tax and information returns. ETAAC members convey the public's perception of IRS electronic tax administration activities, offer constructive observations about current or proposed policies, programs, and procedures, and suggest improvements. This document seeks nominations of individuals to be considered for selection as Committee members. The Director, Electronic Tax Administration (ETA) will assure that the size and organizational representation of the ETAAC obtains balanced membership and includes representatives from various groups including: (1) Tax practitioners and preparers, (2) transmitters of electronic returns, (3) tax software developers, (4) large and small businesses, (5) employers and payroll service providers, (6) individual taxpayers, (7) financial industry (payers, payment options and best practices), (8) system integrators (technology providers), (9) academic (marketing, sales or technical perspectives), (10) trusts and estates, (11) tax exempt organizations, and (12) state and local governments. We are soliciting nominations from professional and public interest groups, IRS officials, the Department of the Treasury, and Congress. Members serve a three-year term on the ETAAC to allow a change in membership. The change of members on the Committee ensures that different perspectives are represented. All travel expenses within government guidelines will be reimbursed.
Open Meeting of the Area 4 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the States of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, and Wisconsin)
Document Number: 05-3823
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-28
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Area 4 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Establishment of the Trinity Lakes Viticultural Area (2001R-032P)
Document Number: 05-3714
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-02-28
Agency: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This Treasury decision establishes the ``Trinity Lakes'' viticultural area in Trinity County, California. The viticultural area consists of approximately 96,000 acres surrounding Trinity and Lewiston Lakes and a portion of the Trinity River basin below Lewiston Dam. We designate viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the origin of their wines and to allow consumers to better identify wines they may purchase.
Proposed Information Collections; Comment Request
Document Number: 05-3713
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-28
Agency: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, we invite comments on the proposed or continuing information collections listed below in this notice.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project
Document Number: 05-3695
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-28
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning an existing final and temporary regulations, IA-62-91 (TD 8482), Capitalization and Inclusion in Inventory of Certain Costs (Sec. Sec. 1.263A-2 and 1.263A-3).
Financial Literacy and Education Commission's National Strategy Information Gathering Public Meetings
Document Number: 05-3821
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-25
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Department of Treasury
This notice announces six information-gathering public meetings to be held at various locations on behalf of a financial education national strategy working group of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission (Commission), established by the Financial Literacy and Education Improvement Act (Title V of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003).
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits
Document Number: 05-3697
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-02-25
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations relating to the application of the unified partnership audit procedures to disputes regarding the ownership of residual interests in a Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC). These regulations will affect taxpayers that invest in REMIC residual interests.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project
Document Number: 05-3696
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-25
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning existing final regulations, REG-208156-91 (TD 8929), Accounting for Long-Term Contracts (Sec. 1.460-1).
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Forms 4070, 4070A, 4070PR, and 4070A-PR
Document Number: 05-3694
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-25
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form 4070, Employee's Report of Tips to Employer, Form 4070A, Employee's Daily Record of Tips; Forma 4070PR, Informe al Patrono de Propinas Recibidas por el Empleado; Forma 4070A-PR, Registro Diario de Propinas del Empleado.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Revenue Procedure 2002-15
Document Number: 05-3693
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-25
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Revenue procedure 2002-15, Automatic Relief for Late Initial Entity Classification ElectionsCheck the Box.
Art Advisory Panel-Notice of Availability of Report of 2004 Closed Meetings
Document Number: 05-3692
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-25
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. I section 10(d), of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and 5 U.S.C. section 552b, the Government in the Sunshine Act, a report summarizing the closed meeting activities of the Art Advisory Panel during 2004 has been prepared. A copy of this report has been filed with the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Management.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 05-3653
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-25
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Department of Treasury
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 05-3652
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-25
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Department of Treasury
Cuban Assets Control Regulations
Document Number: 05-3651
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-02-25
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Foreign Assets Control Office, Department of Treasury
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is amending the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR part 515 (the ``CACR''), to clarify the meaning of the term ``payment of cash in advance,'' which is used in the restrictions on payment and financing terms for authorized exports from the United States to Cuba.
Qualified Interests
Document Number: 05-3589
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-02-25
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations amending the regulations under the gift tax special valuation rules to provide that a unitrust or annuity interest payable for a specified term of years to the grantor, or to the grantor's estate if the grantor dies prior to the expiration of the term, is a qualified interest for the specified term. The final regulations also clarify that the exception treating a spouse's revocable successor interest as a retained qualified interest applies only if the spouse's annuity or unitrust interest, standing alone, would constitute a qualified interest that meets the requirements of Sec. 25.2702-3(d)(3), but for the grantor's revocation power.
Reorganizations Under Section 368(a)(1)(E) and Section 368(a)(1)(F)
Document Number: 05-3588
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-02-25
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations regarding reorganizations under section 368(a)(1)(E) and section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Internal Revenue Code. The regulations affect corporations and their shareholders.
Modification of Check the Box
Document Number: 05-3587
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-02-25
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations that clarify that qualified REIT subsidiaries, qualified subchapter S subsidiaries, and single owner eligible entities that are disregarded as entities separate from their owners are treated as separate entities for purposes of any Federal tax liability for which the entity is liable. These regulations affect disregarded entities that are liable for Federal taxes with respect to tax periods during which they were not disregarded or because they are successors or transferees of taxable entities.
The Rome Savings Bank, Rome, MHC, New Rome Bancorp, Inc., Rome, NY; Approval of Conversion Applications
Document Number: 05-3548
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-24
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision, Thrift Supervision Office, Department of Treasury
First Federal of Northern Michigan Bancorp, Inc., Alpena, MI; Approval of Conversion Application
Document Number: 05-3547
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-24
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision, Thrift Supervision Office, Department of Treasury
Joint Guidance on Overdraft Protection Programs
Document Number: 05-3499
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-24
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions, Federal Reserve System, National Credit Union Administration, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury, Comptroller of the Currency
The OCC, Board, FDIC, and NCUA (the Agencies), are issuing final Joint Guidance on Overdraft Protection Programs (guidance). This guidance is intended to assist insured depository institutions in the responsible disclosure and administration of overdraft protection services.
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; System of Records
Document Number: 05-3474
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-24
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, gives notice of a proposed new system of records entitled ``Treasury/IRS 00.009Taxpayer Assistance Center (TAC) Recorded Quality Review Records.''
Public Meeting of the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform
Document Number: 05-3571
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-23
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Department of Treasury
This notice advises all interested persons of two public meetings of the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform.
Uniform Capitalization of Interest Expense in Safe Harbor Sale and Leaseback Transactions
Document Number: 05-3463
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-02-23
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains amendments to regulations relating to the capitalization of interest expense incurred in sale and leaseback transactions under the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (ERTA) safe harbor leasing provisions. The regulations affect taxpayers that provide purchase money obligations in connection with these transactions.
Adjustment To Net Unrealized Built-in Gain
Document Number: 05-3462
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-02-23
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations under section 1374 that provide for an adjustment to the amount that may be subject to tax under section 1374 in certain cases in which an S corporation acquires assets from a C corporation in an acquisition to which section 1374(d)(8) applies. These final regulations provide guidance to certain S corporations that acquire assets from a C corporation in a carryover basis transaction.
Open Meeting of the Earned Income Tax Credit Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
Document Number: 05-3461
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-23
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Earned Income Tax Credit Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Committee will be discussing issues pertaining to the IRS administration of the Earned Income Tax Credit.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Revenue Procedure 2001-21
Document Number: 05-3460
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-23
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Revenue Procedure 2001-21, Debt Roll-Ups.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project; Withdrawal
Document Number: 05-3459
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-23
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document withdraws a notice and request for comments that was published in the Federal Register on February 2, 2005 (70 FR 5510) that solicited comments on proposed regulations (REG-154000-04) relating to Diesel Fuel and Kerosene Excise Tax and Dye Injection (OMB No. 1545-1418).
Notification of Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee March 2005 Public Meeting
Document Number: 05-3412
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-23
Agency: United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
Pursuant to United States Code, Title 31, section 5135 (b)(8)(C), the United States Mint announces the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) public meeting scheduled for March 15, 2005. The purpose of this meeting is to advise the Secretary of the Treasury on designs pertaining to the coinage of the United States and for other purposes.
Notice of Funds Availability Inviting Applications for the Community Development Financial Institutions Program-Technical Assistance Component: New Application Deadline
Document Number: 05-3224
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-22
Agency: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
On December 3, 2004, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (the ``Fund'') announced in a Notice of Funds Availability (``NOFA'') for the Technical Assistance Component of the CDFI Program (69 FR 70307) that the deadline for applications for Technical Assistance grants for the FY 2005 funding round of the Technical Assistance Component was 5 p.m. ET on January 25, 2005. This notice is to announce that the Fund has established a new application deadline for the FY 2005 funding round of the Technical Assistance Component of the CDFI Program: Technical Assistance Component applications may be submitted up to 5 p.m. ET on March 7, 2005. Interested parties should review the December 3, 2004 NOFA for details on the FY 2005 funding round of the Technical Assistance Component and the application process. The December 3, 2004 NOFA, the Technical Assistance Component application, and other related documents may be found on the Fund's Web site at https://www.cdfifund.gov. Interested parties also must note the following information that is specific to applications that are submitted in response to this NOFA amendment: Any entity that submitted a Technical Assistance Component application in response to the December 3, 2004 NOFA may not submit another application in response to this notice unless the application was rejected by the Fund for reason of incompleteness or lateness. If the Fund rejected the application due to incompleteness or lateness, it may be submitted in response to this notice and will be reviewed for funding so long as it meets the Fund's requirements as set forth in the December 3, 2004 NOFA. The Fund will review applications in accordance with the policies, procedures and requirements set forth in the December 3, 2004 NOFA. Applications that were submitted in response to the December 3, 2004 NOFA will be reviewed first. Applications submitted in response to this notice will be reviewed after applications submitted in response to the December 3, 2004 NOFA are reviewed. The Fund will make its funding decisions for applications submitted in response to this notice after funding decisions are made regarding applications made in response to the December 3, 2004 NOFA, subject to funding availability. If an applicant under this notice is required to submit a ``Certification of Material Change Form,'' it must do so by February 28, 2005. Refer to the December 3, 2004 NOFA for further information. All other information and requirements set forth in the December 3, 2004 NOFA for the FY 2005 funding round of the Technical Assistance Component shall remain effective, as published.
Guidance Under Section 1502; Miscellaneous Operating Rules for Successor Persons; Succession to Items of the Liquidating Corporation
Document Number: 05-3220
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-02-22
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains proposed regulations under section 1502 that provide guidance regarding the manner in which the intercompany items of a liquidating member are succeeded to, and taken into account, in cases in which more than one distributee member acquires the assets of the liquidating corporation in a complete liquidation to which section 332 applies. This document also contains proposed regulations under section 1502 that provide guidance regarding the manner in which such distributee members succeed to the items (including items described in section 381(c)) of the liquidating corporation. These regulations apply to corporations filing consolidated returns.
Open Meeting of the Area 2 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the States of Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, W. Virginia and the District of Columbia)
Document Number: 05-3219
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-18
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Area 2 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Open Meeting of the Area 5 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the States of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas)
Document Number: 05-3218
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-18
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Area 5 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Open Meeting of the Joint Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
Document Number: 05-3217
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-18
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Joint Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted via teleconference. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Guidance on Overdraft Protection Programs
Document Number: 05-3195
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-18
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision, Thrift Supervision Office, Department of Treasury
OTS is issuing this final Guidance on Overdraft Protection Programs (Guidance). This Guidance is intended to assist savings associations in the responsible disclosure and administration of overdraft protection services.
Public Meeting of the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform
Document Number: 05-3086
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-16
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Department of Treasury
This notice advises all interested persons of a public meeting of the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform.
Open Meeting of the Small Business/Self Employed-Taxpayer Burden Reduction Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
Document Number: 05-3002
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-16
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Small Business/Self EmployedTaxpayer Burden Reduction Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The TAP will be discussing issues pertaining to increasing compliance and lessening the burden for Small Business/Self Employed individuals.
Open Meeting of the Area 1 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the States of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine)
Document Number: 05-3001
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-16
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Area 1 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Proposed Collection: Comment Request for Customer Satisfaction and Opinion Surveys and Focus Group Interviews
Document Number: 05-2859
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-15
Agency: United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the United States Mint, a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, is soliciting comments on the United States Mint customer satisfaction and opinion surveys and focus group interviews.
Shared National Credit Data Collection Modernization Extension of Comment Period
Document Number: 05-2847
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-15
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions, Federal Reserve System, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision, Comptroller of the Currency
On December 20, 2004, the federal banking agencies (Board, FDIC, OCC, and OTS, collectively referred to as ``the Agencies'') published a proposal for public comment to standardize and expand the data collected from regulated institutions in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Shared National Credit (SNC) examinations. By standardizing and expanding the collection of data, the Agencies will be able to use advanced credit risk analytics that will be beneficial to the reporting banks and the Agencies. The Agencies are extending the comment period to give the public additional time to submit comments on the proposal.
Testimony or Production of Records in a Court or Other Proceeding
Document Number: 05-2816
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-02-14
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations replacing the existing regulation that establishes the procedures to be followed by IRS officers and employees upon receipt of a request or demand for disclosure of IRS records or information. The purpose of the final regulations is to provide specific instructions and to clarify the circumstances under which more specific procedures take precedence. The final regulations extend the application of the regulation to former IRS officers and employees as well as to persons who are or were under contract to the IRS. The final regulations affect current and former IRS officers, employees and contractors, and persons who make requests or demands for disclosure.
Open Meeting of the Area 6 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the States of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming)
Document Number: 05-2815
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-14
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Area 6 committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service. The TAP will use citizen input to make recommendations to the Internal Revenue Service.
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Multilingual Initiative (MLI) Issue Committee Will Be Conducted (Via Teleconference)
Document Number: 05-2814
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-14
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Multilingual Initiative (MLI) Issue Committee will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Open Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
Document Number: 05-2813
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-14
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The TAP will be discussing issues pertaining to lessoning the burden for individuals. Recommendations for IRS systemic changes will be developed.
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program; Technical Amendments to “Make Available” Provision and “Insurer Deductible” Definition
Document Number: 05-2810
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-02-14
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Department of Treasury
The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is issuing this final rule as part of its implementation of Title I of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (Act). The Act established a temporary Terrorism Insurance Program (Program) under which the Federal Government will share the risk of insured loss from certified acts of terrorism with commercial property and casualty insurers until the Program ends on December 31, 2005. This final rule makes minor technical changes to Subpart A of Part 50 of Title 31. One change conforms existing regulations to the June 18, 2004 determination by the Secretary of the Treasury to extend the ``make available'' provisions of section 103(c) of the Act through the third year of the Program (calendar year 2005). A second change clarifies the definition of the insurer deductible for Program Year 3 for certain newly formed insurers to more closely parallel the language of the Act.
Return of Partnership Income
Document Number: 05-2725
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-02-11
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations that authorize the Commissioner to provide exceptions to the requirements of section 6031(a) of the Internal Revenue Code for certain partnerships by guidance published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin. The regulations adopt the rules of the temporary regulations without any changes.
Proposed Establishment of the Niagara Escarpment Viticultural Area (2004R-589P)
Document Number: 05-2489
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-02-09
Agency: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau proposes to establish the ``Niagara Escarpment'' viticultural area in Niagara County, New York. We designate viticultural areas to allow bottlers to better describe the origin of wines and to allow consumers to better identify the wines they may purchase. We invite comments on this proposed addition to our regulations.
Proposed Collection: Comment Request
Document Number: 05-2254
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-07
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt, Public Debt Bureau, Department of Treasury
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). Currently the Bureau of the Public Debt within the Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning the Special Form of Assignment for U.S. Registered Definitive Securities and U.S. Bearer Securities.
Proposed Collection: Comment Request
Document Number: 05-2253
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-07
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt, Public Debt Bureau, Department of Treasury
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). Currently the Bureau of the Public Debt within the Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning the Release.
Proposed Collection: Comment Request
Document Number: 05-2252
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-07
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt, Public Debt Bureau, Department of Treasury
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). Currently the Bureau of the Public Debt within the Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning the Disclaimer and Consent with Respect to United States Savings Bonds/ Notes.
Proposed Collection: Comment Request
Document Number: 05-2251
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-02-07
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt, Public Debt Bureau, Department of Treasury
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). Currently the Bureau of the Public Debt within the Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning the Stop Payment/Replacement Check Request.
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