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Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project
Document Number: 2012-1407
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-25
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 debt instruments with original discount; imputed interest on deferred payment sales or exchanges of property.
Annual Stress Test
Document Number: 2012-1274
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-01-24
Agency: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This proposed rule would implement section 165(i) of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank Act'') which requires certain companies to conduct annual stress tests pursuant to regulations prescribed by their respective primary financial regulatory agencies. Specifically, this proposed rule would require national banks and Federal savings associations with total consolidated assets of more than $10 billion to conduct an annual stress test as prescribed by this proposed rule. In addition to the annual stress test requirement, such institutions would be subject to certain reporting and disclosure requirements.
Guidance Regarding Deduction and Capitalization of Expenditures Related to Tangible Property; Hearing
Document Number: 2012-1256
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-01-23
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document changes the date of a public hearing on proposed regulations relating to the deduction and capitalization of expenditures related to tangible property.
Damages Received on Account of Personal Physical Injuries or Physical Sickness
Document Number: 2012-1255
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-01-23
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations relating to the exclusion from gross income for amounts received on account of personal physical injuries or physical sickness. The final regulations reflect amendments under the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996. The final regulations affect taxpayers receiving damages on account of personal physical injuries or physical sickness and taxpayers paying these damages.
Determination of Governmental Plan Status
Document Number: 2012-1253
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-01-23
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document announces a public hearing on proposed regulations, (REG-157714-06) relating to the determination of governmental plans.
Indian Tribal Government Plans
Document Number: 2012-1252
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-01-23
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document announces a public hearing on proposed regulations, (REG-133223-08) relating to Indian tribal government plans.
Dividend Equivalents From Sources Within the United States
Document Number: 2012-1234
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-01-23
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains temporary regulations relating to dividend equivalents for purposes of section 871(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). The regulations provide guidance to nonresident aliens and foreign corporations that hold notional principal contracts (NPCs) providing for payments determined by reference to payments of dividends from sources within the United States. 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 in this issue of the Federal Register.
Dividend Equivalents From Sources Within the United States
Document Number: 2012-1231
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-01-23
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations that provide guidance on the definition of the term ``specified notional principal contract'' for purposes of section 871(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) beginning after March 18, 2012 through December 31, 2012. The text of those regulations also serves as the text of the proposed regulations. The preamble to the temporary regulations explains the amendments added by the temporary regulations. The preamble to this notice of proposed rulemaking explains the proposed regulations, which provide guidance to nonresident aliens and foreign corporations that hold certain financial products providing for payments that are contingent upon or determined by reference to payments of dividends from sources within the United States. This document also provides a notice of a public hearing on these proposed regulations.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2012-1199
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-23
Agency: Department of the Treasury
Pricing for 2012 Annual Sets and America the Beautiful Quarters® Bags & Rolls
Document Number: 2012-1024
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-20
Agency: United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The United States Mint is announcing 2012 pricing for annual sets and the America the Beautiful Quarters[supreg] Bags and Rolls. Please see the table below.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2012-1018
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-20
Agency: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The OCC, 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 a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning its information collection titled, ``Recordkeeping Requirements for Securities Transactions12 CFR parts 12 and 151.''
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2012-1017
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-20
Agency: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The OCC, 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 a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning its information collection titled, ``International RegulationPart 28.''
Unblocking of One Specially Designated National or Blocked Person Pursuant to Executive Order 13315, as Amended
Document Number: 2012-963
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-19
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of an entity whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, ``Blocking Property of the Former Iraqi Regime, Its Senior Officials and Their Family Members, and Taking Certain Other Actions,'' as amended by Executive Order 13350 of July 30, 2004.
Unblocking of One Specially Designated National or Blocked Person Pursuant to Executive Order 13315, as Amended
Document Number: 2012-960
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-19
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of an individual whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, ``Blocking Property of the Former Iraqi Regime, Its Senior Officials and Their Family Members, and Taking Certain Other Actions,'' as amended by Executive Order 13350 of July 30, 2004.
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Toll-Free Project Committee
Document Number: 2012-763
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-18
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Toll-Free Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Refund Processing Communications Project Committee
Document Number: 2012-762
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-18
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Refund Processing Communications Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Face-to-Face Service Methods Project Committee
Document Number: 2012-761
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-18
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Face-to-Face Service Methods Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Small Business/Self-Employed Decreasing Non-Filers Project Committee
Document Number: 2012-760
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-18
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Small Business/ Self-Employed Decreasing Non-Filers Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Open meeting of Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Taxpayer Burden Reduction Project Committee
Document Number: 2012-759
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-18
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Taxpayer Burden Reduction Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Tax Forms and Publications Project Committee
Document Number: 2012-758
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-18
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Tax Forms and Publications Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Bankruptcy Compliance Project Committee
Document Number: 2012-757
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-18
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Bankruptcy Compliance Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Return Processing Delays Project Committee
Document Number: 2012-756
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-18
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Return Processing Delays Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
Document Number: 2012-723
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-18
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of one individual and one entity whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).
Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Pursuant to Executive Order 12978
Document Number: 2012-722
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-18
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 15 individuals and 29 entities whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, ``Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers''.
Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
Document Number: 2012-721
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-17
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of three individuals whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2012-719
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-17
Agency: Department of the Treasury
Actions Taken Pursuant to Executive Order 13382 Related to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL)
Document Number: 2012-680
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-17
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing on OFAC's list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons the names of ten newly-designated entities, along with one individual, whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382 of June 28, 2005, ``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters.''
Allocation and Apportionment of Interest Expense
Document Number: 2012-597
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-01-17
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains temporary regulations that provide guidance regarding the allocation and apportionment of interest expense. These temporary regulations provide guidance concerning the allocation and apportionment of interest expense by corporations owning a 10 percent or greater interest in a partnership, as well as the allocation and apportionment of interest expense using the fair market value method. These temporary regulations also update the interest allocation regulations to conform to the statutory changes made by section 216 of the legislation commonly referred to as the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act (EJMAA), enacted on August 10, 2010, affecting the affiliation of certain foreign corporations for purposes of section 864(e). These regulations affect taxpayers that allocate and apportion interest expense. The text of these temporary regulations also serves as the text of the proposed regulations (REG-113903-10) set forth in the notice of proposed rulemaking on this subject published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
Allocation and Apportionment of Interest Expense
Document Number: 2012-595
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-01-17
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
In the Rules and Regulations section in this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations that provide guidance relating to the allocation and apportionment of interest expense. The temporary regulations provide guidance concerning the allocation and apportionment of interest expense by corporations owning a 10 percent or greater interest in a partnership, as well as the allocation and apportionment of interest expense using the fair market value asset method. The temporary regulations also update the interest allocation regulations to conform to the changes made to the applicable law by the legislation commonly referred to as the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act (EJMAA), enacted on August 10, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-226, 124 Stat. 2389 (2010)), which affect corporations owning certain foreign corporations engaged in the conduct of a trade or business in the United States. The text of those temporary regulations published in this issue of the Federal Register also serves as the text of these proposed regulations. This document also provides a notice of public hearing on these proposed regulations.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2012-579
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-13
Agency: Department of the Treasury
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2012-536
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-13
Agency: Department of the Treasury
Proposed Establishment of the Middleburg Virginia Viticultural Area; Comment Period Reopening
Document Number: 2012-525
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-01-13
Agency: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is reopening the comment period for Notice No. 123, Proposed Establishment of the Middleburg Virginia Viticultural Area, a notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on November 8, 2011. TTB is taking this action in response to a request from a local wine industry organization.
Debt Management Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: 2012-386
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-13
Agency: Department of the Treasury
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2012-466
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-12
Agency: Department of the Treasury
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2012-442
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-12
Agency: Department of the Treasury
Reporting, Procedures and Penalties Regulations; Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Regulations
Document Number: 2012-156
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-01-12
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is issuing regulations to implement Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011 (``Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations''). OFAC intends to supplement this part 590 with a more comprehensive set of regulations, which may include additional interpretive and definitional guidance and additional general licenses and statements of licensing policy. OFAC also is amending other regulations to clarify the availability of general licenses on OFAC's Web site.
Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation
Document Number: 2012-338
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-01-11
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of the Treasury
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of the Treasury gives notice of an amendment to update its Privacy Act regulations to add an exemption from certain provisions of the Privacy Act for a system of records related to the Office of Civil Rights and Diversity.
Open Meeting of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness (PCJC)
Document Number: 2012-131
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-09
Agency: Department of the Treasury
The President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness will meet on January 17, 2012, at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC, beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will be open to the public via live webcast at http:[sol][sol]www.whitehouse.gov/live.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: 2012-37
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-06
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the United States Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) gives notice of proposed alterations to its Privacy Act system of records entitled ``Treasury/BEP .021Investigative Files.''
Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
Document Number: 2012-36
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-06
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 11 individual(s) and 28 entities) whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).
Pricing for 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters® Products and American Eagle Silver Dollars
Document Number: 2012-29
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-06
Agency: United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The United States Mint is announcing 2012 pricing for America the Beautiful Quarters[supreg] products and American Eagle Silver Proof and Uncirculated Coins, as follows:
Pricing for America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated CoinsTM
Document Number: 2012-28
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-06
Agency: United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The United States Mint is announcing the re-pricing of the America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins. The price of the America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins will be lowered from $229.95 to $204.95.
Pricing for 2012 Products Featuring $1 Coins
Document Number: 2012-27
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-06
Agency: United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The United States Mint is announcing 2012 pricing for products featuring $1 coins, as follows:
Pricing for 2011 American Eagle Silver Uncirculated Coins
Document Number: 2012-24
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-06
Agency: United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The United States Mint is announcing the re-pricing of the 2011 American Eagle Silver Uncirculated Coins. The price of the 2011 American Eagle Silver Uncirculated Coins will be lowered from $50.95 to $45.95.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Renewal of Suspicious Activity Reporting by the Securities and Futures Industry
Document Number: 2011-33855
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-05
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FinCEN invites comment on the renewal of an information collection requirement for the recordkeeping and reporting of suspicious activity activities by the Securities and Futures Industry,\1\ Office of Management and Budget Control Number 1506-0019. The report, (BSA-SAR) \2\ will be used by the securities and futures industry to report suspicious activity to the Department of the Treasury. This request for comments also covers 31 CFR 1026.320 and 31 CFR 1023.320. This request for comments is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Privacy Act of 1974; Amended System of Records
Document Number: 2011-33816
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-05
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the United States Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) gives notice of alterations to its Privacy Act system of records entitled ``Treasury/BEP .027Access Control and Alarm Monitoring Systems (ACAMS).''
Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds: Termination; Western Bonding Company
Document Number: 2011-33739
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-05
Agency: Fiscal Service, Public Debt Bureau, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This is Supplement No. 4 to the Treasury Department Circular 570; 2011 Revision, published July 1, 2011, at 76 FR 38892.
Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds: Amendment-Evergreen National Indemnity Company
Document Number: 2011-33738
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-01-05
Agency: Department of the Treasury
This is Supplement No. 5 to the Treasury Department Circular 570, 2011 Revision, published July 1, 2011, at 76 FR 38892.
United States Savings Bonds, Series EE and I
Document Number: 2011-33762
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-01-04
Agency: Fiscal Service, Public Debt Bureau, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This rule increases the amount of book-entry Series EE and Series I savings bonds a person may acquire each year.
Assessment of Fees on Large Bank Holding Companies and Nonbank Financial Companies Supervised by the Federal Reserve Board To Cover the Expenses of the Financial Research Fund
Document Number: 2011-33659
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-01-03
Agency: Department of the Treasury
The Department of the Treasury is issuing a proposed rule to implement Section 155 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Pub. L. 111-203 or ``Dodd-Frank Act''), which directs the Department to establish by regulation an assessment schedule for bank holding companies with total consolidated assets of $50 billion or greater and nonbank financial companies supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (``the Board'') to collect assessments equal to the total expenses of the Office of Financial Research (``OFR'' or ``the Office''). Included in the Office's expenses are expenses of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (``FSOC'' or ``the Council''), as provided under Section 118 of the Dodd-Frank Act, and certain expenses of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (``FDIC''), as provided under Section 210 of the Dodd-Frank Act. The proposed rule outlines the key elements of Treasury's assessment program, which will collect semiannual assessment fees from these companies beginning on July 20, 2012.
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