Department of Treasury June 7, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This document contains proposed regulations modifying the new markets tax credit program to facilitate and encourage investments in non-real estate businesses in low-income communities. The regulations will affect taxpayers claiming the new markets tax credit and businesses in low-income communities relying on the program. This document also provides a notice of a public hearing on these proposed regulations. The Treasury Department and the IRS have published separately in this issue of the Federal Register an advance notice of proposed rulemaking REG-114206-11 requesting comments on additional modifications to the new markets tax credit program to facilitate and encourage investments in non-real estate businesses in low-income communities.

This document describes corrections to final regulations (TD 9524) that were published in the Federal Register on Monday, May 9, 2011 (76 FR 26583) relating to withholding by government entities. These regulations reflect changes in the law made by the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation act of 2005 that require Federal, State, and local government entities to withhold income tax when making payments to persons providing property or services. These regulations affect Federal, State, and local government entities that will be required to withhold and report tax from payments to persons providing property or services and also affect the person receiving payments for property or services from the government entities.

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 split-dollar life insurance arrangements.

This document contains a correction to a notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-151687-10) that was published in the Federal Register on Monday, May 9, 2011 (76 FR 26678). The proposed regulation provides guidance relating to withholding by government entities on payments to persons providing property or services.

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)).