Department of the Treasury February 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of one newly-designated entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism.''

This document contains final regulations under section 367(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) concerning gain recognition agreements filed by United States persons with respect to transfers of stock or securities to foreign corporations. The regulations finalize temporary regulations published on February 5, 2007 (TD 9311). The regulations primarily affect United States persons that transfer (or have transferred) stock or securities to foreign corporations and that will enter (or have entered) into a gain recognition agreement with respect to such a transfer.

Notice for Recruitment of IRS Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) Members.

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 8883, Asset Allocation Statement Under Section 338.

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 1120X, Amended U.S. Corporation Income Tax Return.

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 regulation, REG-209823-96 (TD 8791), Guidance Regarding Charitable Remainder Trusts and Special Valuation Rules for Transfers of Interests and Trusts.

In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), OTS may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. On October 1, 2008, OTS requested public comment for 60 days (73 FR 57205) on a proposal to extend, with revisions, the Thrift Financial Report (TFR), which is currently an approved collection of information. The notice described regulatory reporting revisions proposed for the TFR, Schedule SCConsolidated Statement of Condition, Schedule SOConsolidated Statement of Operations, Schedule VAConsolidated Valuation Allowances and Related Data, Schedule PDConsolidated Past Due and Nonaccrual, Schedule LDLoan Data, Schedule CCConsolidated Commitments and Contingencies, Schedule CFConsolidated Cash Flow Information, Schedule DIConsolidated Deposit Information, Schedule SI Supplemental Information, Schedule FSFiduciary and Related Services, Schedule HCThrift Holding Company, Schedule CSSSubordinate Organization Schedule, and Schedule CCRConsolidated Capital Requirement, and on a proposed new schedule, Schedule FVConsolidated Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis. The changes were proposed on a phased-in basis over 2009. The revisions would eliminate 3 lines from the TFR, eliminate Schedule CSS in its entirety, revise 24 existing items, add 240 new items (including a new Schedule FV), and eliminate confidential treatment of Schedule FS and Schedule HC data. After considering the comments received on the proposal, OTS has adopted most of the proposed revisions, with limited exceptions in response to certain comments, on the phased-in basis that had been proposed. OTS continues to evaluate certain other proposed revisions in light of the comments received thereon and will not implement these revisions on their proposed effective dates. OTS is submitting the adopted revisions to OMB for review and approval.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of two newly-designated entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, ``Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions with Significant Narcotics Traffickers.'' In addition, OFAC is publishing changes to the identifying information associated with five persons previously designated pursuant to Executive Order 12978.