Department of Treasury January 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Application for Determination for Terminating Plan, and Distributable Benefits From Employee Pension Benefit Plans
Document Number: 2022-01841
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-31
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, 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 continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning guidance on the application for determination for terminating plan, and distributable benefits from employee pension benefit plans.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Reporting Requirements for Widely Held Fixed Investment Trusts
Document Number: 2022-01879
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-31
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, 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 continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning reporting requirements for widely held fixed investment trusts.
Proposed Collection; Requesting Comments on Form 8569
Document Number: 2022-01908
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-31
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, 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. Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form 8569, Geographic Availability Statement.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 5498-ESA
Document Number: 2022-01907
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-31
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, 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. Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form 5498-ESA, Coverdell ESA Contribution Information.
Proposed Collection; Requesting Comments for Notice 2007-52
Document Number: 2022-01906
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-31
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. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning Notice 2007-52, Qualifying Advanced Coal Project Program.
Proposed Collection; Requesting Comments on Relief for Service in Combat Zone and for Presidentially Declared Disaster
Document Number: 2022-01905
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-31
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, 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 information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning Relief for Service in Combat Zone and for Presidentially Declared Disaster.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request; Reverse Mortgage Products: Guidance for Managing Compliance and Reputation Risks
Document Number: 2022-01700
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-28
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 comment on the renewal of an information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and respondents are not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning renewal of its information collection titled ``Reverse Mortgage Products: Guidance for Managing Compliance and Reputation Risks'' (Guidance).
Quarterly Publication of Individuals, Who Have Chosen to Expatriate
Document Number: 2022-01510
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-26
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
Notification of Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee February 15, 2022, Public Meeting
Document Number: 2022-01473
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-26
Agency: United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
Guidance on Passive Foreign Investment Companies and Controlled Foreign Corporations Held by Domestic Partnerships and S Corporations and Related Person Insurance Income
Document Number: 2022-00067
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2022-01-25
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains proposed regulations regarding the treatment of domestic partnerships and S corporations that own stock of passive foreign investment companies (``PFICs'') and their domestic partners and shareholders (the ``proposed regulations''). The proposed regulations also provide guidance regarding the determination of the controlling domestic shareholders of foreign corporations, the owner of a controlled foreign corporation (``CFC'') or qualified electing fund (``QEF'') that makes an election under section 1411, the treatment of S corporations with accumulated earnings and profits under subpart F of part III of subchapter N of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code (``subpart F'' of the ``Code''), and the determination and inclusion of related person insurance income (``RPII'') under section 953(c). The proposed regulations affect United States persons that own, directly or indirectly, stock in certain foreign corporations.
Guidance Under Section 958 on Determining Stock Ownership
Document Number: 2022-00066
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-01-25
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations regarding the treatment of domestic partnerships for purposes of determining amounts included in the gross income of their partners with respect to foreign corporations. The final regulations affect United States persons that own stock of foreign corporations through domestic partnerships and domestic partnerships that are United States shareholders of foreign corporations.
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
Document Number: 2022-01013
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-20
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions, Federal Reserve System, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the OCC, the Board, and the FDIC (the agencies) may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), of which the agencies are members, has approved the agencies' publication for public comment of a proposal to revise and extend the Country Exposure Report (FFIEC 009) and the Country Exposure Information Report (FFIEC 009a), which are currently approved collections of information. The revisions to the FFIEC 009 and the FFIEC 009a are proposed to take effect as of the December 31, 2022, report date. At the end of the comment period for this notice, the FFIEC and the agencies will review any comments received to determine whether to modify the proposal in response to comments. As required by the PRA, the agencies will then publish a second Federal Register notice for a 30-day comment period and submit the final FFIEC 009 and FFIEC 009a to OMB for review and approval.
Agency Information Collection Requirements; Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request; Climate Risk Range of Practice Questionnaire
Document Number: 2022-00843
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-18
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 the renewal of an information collection as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning the renewal of its information collection titled, ``Climate Risk Range of Practice Questionnaire.''
Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB Review; Libor Self-Assessment
Document Number: 2022-00842
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-18
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 the renewal of an information collection as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning renewal of a collection of information titled, ``Libor Self-Assessment.'' The OCC also is giving notice that it has sent the collection to OMB for review.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request; Leasing
Document Number: 2022-00838
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-18
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 (PRA). In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and respondents are not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning the renewal of its information collection titled, ``Leasing.''
Agency Information Collection Requirements; Information Collection Renewals; Comment Requests; Request for a Religious Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement; and Request for a Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
Document Number: 2022-00836
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-18
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 the renewal of two information collections as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning the renewal of its information collections titled, ``Request for a Religious Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement;'' and ``Request for a Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement.''
Proposed Collection; Requesting Comments on Forms CT-1 and CT-1X
Document Number: 2022-00644
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-14
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, 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. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form CT-1, Employer's Annual Railroad Retirement Tax Return, and Form CT-1X, Adjusted Employer's Annual Railroad Retirement Tax Return or Claim for Refund.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Publication 3319
Document Number: 2022-00497
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-13
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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 information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning Low-Income Taxpayer Clinics 2022 Grant Application Package and Guidelines.
Notification of Inflation Adjustments for Civil Money Penalties
Document Number: 2022-00109
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-01-12
Agency: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document announces changes to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC) maximum civil money penalties as adjusted for inflation. The inflation adjustments are required to implement the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.
Proposed Extension of Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment; Comment Request for Form 1094-B and Form 1095-B
Document Number: 2022-00338
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-11
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the 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. Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form 1094-B, Transmittal of Health Coverage Information Returns and Form 1095-B, Health Coverage.
Proposed Extension of Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment; Comment Request for Form 5754
Document Number: 2022-00335
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-11
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the 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. Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form 5754, Statement by Person(s) Receiving Gambling Winnings.
Proposed Extension of Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment; Comment Request for Form 5310-A
Document Number: 2022-00330
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-11
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the 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. Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form 5310-A, Notice of Plan Merger or Consolidation, Spinoff, or Transfer of Plan Assets or Liabilities, Notice of Qualified Separate Lines of Business.
Proposed Extension of Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment; Comment Request for Form 5495
Document Number: 2022-00209
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-10
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the 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. Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form 5495, Request for Discharge from Personal Liability Under Internal Revenue Code Section 2204 or 6905.
Proposed Extension of Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment; Comment Request for Form 8882
Document Number: 2022-00236
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-10
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the 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. Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form 8882, Credit for Employer-Provided Child Care Facilities and Services.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Tip Rate Determination Agreement (Gaming Industry)
Document Number: 2022-00070
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-07
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, 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 continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning guidance on the tip rate determination agreement (gaming industry).
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 2290 and 2290-SP
Document Number: 2022-00122
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-07
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue service, 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. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning form 2290Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax Return and form 2290-SP, Declaracion del Impuesto sobre el Uso de Vehiculos Pesados en las Carreteras.
Proposed Collection; Requesting Comments on Section 6708, Failure To Maintain List of Advisees With Respect to Reportable Transactions
Document Number: 2022-00106
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-07
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, 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. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning the collection of information in Treasury Decision (TD) 9764, Section 6708 Failure to Maintain List of Advisees with Respect to Reportable Transactions.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Distilled Spirits Credit
Document Number: 2022-00024
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-06
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, 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 continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning guidance on the distilled spirits credit.
Pricing for the 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball and Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Programs
Document Number: 2022-00048
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-06
Agency: United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The United States Mint is announcing pricing for the 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball and Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Programs as shown below in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request; Covered Savings Associations
Document Number: 2021-28591
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-05
Agency: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (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 an information collection renewal 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 the renewal of its information collection titled ``Covered Savings Associations.''
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Work Opportunity Credit
Document Number: 2021-28590
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-01-05
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Internal Revenue Service, 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 continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning guidance on the work opportunity credit.
Guidance Related to the Foreign Tax Credit; Clarification of Foreign-Derived Intangible Income
Document Number: 2021-27887
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-01-04
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations relating to the foreign tax credit, including the disallowance of a credit or deduction for foreign income taxes with respect to dividends eligible for a dividends-received deduction; the allocation and apportionment of interest expense, foreign income tax expense, and certain deductions of life insurance companies; the definition of a foreign income tax and a tax in lieu of an income tax; the definition of foreign branch category income; and the time at which foreign taxes accrue and can be claimed as a credit. This document also contains final regulations clarifying rules relating to foreign-derived intangible income (FDII). The final regulations affect taxpayers that claim credits or deductions for foreign income taxes, or that claim a deduction for FDII.
Guidance on the Transition From Interbank Offered Rates to Other Reference Rates
Document Number: 2021-28452
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-01-04
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations that provide guidance on the tax consequences of the transition away from the use of certain interbank offered rates in debt instruments, derivative contracts, and other contracts. The final regulations are necessary to address the possibility that a modification of the terms of a contract to replace such an interbank offered rate with a new reference rate could result in the realization of income, deduction, gain, or loss for Federal income tax purposes or could have other tax consequences. The final regulations will affect parties to contracts that reference certain interbank offered rates.
Federal Government Participation in the Automated Clearing House
Document Number: 2021-28048
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-01-03
Agency: Fiscal Service, Public Debt Bureau, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) is adopting the changes we proposed in an August 2021 notice of proposed rulemaking for our regulation governing the use of the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network. Consistent with past practice, our regulation adopts, with some exceptions, the Nacha Operating Rules & Operating Guidelines (Operating Rules & Guidelines) developed and published by Nacha as the rules governing the use of the ACH Network by Federal agencies. We are issuing this final rule to address changes that Nacha has made since its publication of the 2019 Operating Rules & Guidelines. These changes include amendments set forth in the 2020 and 2021 Operating Rules & Guidelines, including supplement #1-2021.
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