Department of Treasury December 8, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Guidance Necessary To Facilitate Electronic Tax Administration-Updating of Section 7216 Regulations
Document Number: E5-7018
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-08
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains proposed regulations to update the rules regarding the disclosure and use of tax return information by tax return preparers. The proposed regulations announce new and additional rules for taxpayers to consent electronically to the disclosure or use of their tax return information by tax return preparers. The proposed rules provide guidelines for tax return preparers using or disclosing information obtained in the process of preparing income tax returns.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 13614
Document Number: E5-7017
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-12-08
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 13614, Interview and Intake Sheet.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project
Document Number: E5-7016
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-12-08
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 the Tip Rate Determination Agreement (Gaming Industry).
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project
Document Number: E5-7015
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-12-08
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 Temp and final regulation, REG-133446-03, Guidance on Passive Foreign Company (PFIC) Purging Elections.
Employer Comparable Contributions to Health Savings Accounts Under Section 4980G; Correction
Document Number: E5-7013
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-08
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains corrections to a notice of proposed rulemaking that was published in the Federal Register on Friday, August 26, 2005 (70 FR 50233) providing guidance on employer comparable contributions to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) under section 4980G.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E5-7012
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-12-08
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Department of Treasury
Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best Practices for U.S.-Based Charities
Document Number: 05-23854
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-12-08
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Department of Treasury
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (``Treasury'') is publishing for public comment a revised version of its Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best Practices for U.S.-Based Charities (``Guidelines''), which were originally released in November 2002. Although Treasury is soliciting public comment on these Guidelines, they immediately replace the 2002 Guidelines. Treasury will consider all comments received on or before February 1, 2006, in finalizing the revised version of the Guidelines for republication in the Federal Register and on Treasury's Web site.
Guidance on Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC) Purging Elections
Document Number: 05-23630
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-08
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains temporary regulations that provide certain elections for taxpayers that continue to be subject to the PFIC excess distribution regime of section 1291 even though the foreign corporation in which they own stock is no longer treated as a PFIC under section 1297(a) or (e). The regulations are necessary to provide guidance about purging the PFIC taint for such foreign corporations. The regulations will affect U.S. persons that hold stock in a PFIC. The text of these 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.
Guidance on Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC) Purging Elections
Document Number: 05-23629
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-08
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations that provide specific elections that give relief to certain United States persons that continue to be subject to the PFIC excess distribution regime of section 1291 even though the foreign corporation in which they hold stock no longer satisfies the definition of a PFIC under section 1297(a). The final regulations affect U.S. persons owning stock in a PFIC.
Guidance on Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC) Purging Elections
Document Number: 05-23628
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-08
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 certain elections for taxpayers, who in limited circumstances, continue to be subject to the excess distribution regime of section 1291 even though the foreign corporation in which they own stock is no longer treated as a PFIC under section 1297(e). The regulations are necessary to provide guidance about purging the PFIC taint for such foreign corporations. The regulations will affect U.S. persons that hold stock in a PFIC. The text of those temporary regulations also serves as the text of these proposed regulations. This document also provides notice of a public hearing on these proposed regulations.
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