Department of the Treasury June 2, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This document contains proposed regulations under section 1248 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) that provide guidance for determining the earnings and profits attributable to stock of controlled foreign corporations (or former controlled foreign corporations) that are (were) involved in certain nonrecognition transactions. The proposed regulations are necessary in order to supplement and clarify existing guidance in the regulations under section 1248. The proposed regulations affect persons subject to the regulations under section 1248, as well as persons to which regulations under other Code provisions, such as section 367(b), apply to the extent that those regulations incorporate the principles of the proposed regulations. In addition, the proposed regulations provide that with respect to the sale by a foreign partnership of the stock of a corporation, the partners in such foreign partnership shall be treated as selling or exchanging their proportionate share of the stock of such corporation for purposes of section 1248.

An open meeting of the Joint Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is reviewing public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service brought forward by the Area and Issue Committees.

This is Supplement No. 16 to the Treasury Department Circular 570, 2005 Revision, published July 1, 2005, at 70 FR 38502.