Internal Revenue Service January 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This document contains proposed regulations under section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). These regulations would provide rules relating to the determination of whether the normal retirement age under a governmental plan (within the meaning of section 414(d) of the Code) that is a pension plan satisfies the requirements of section 401(a) and whether the payment of definitely determinable benefits that commence at the plan's normal retirement age satisfies these requirements. These regulations would affect sponsors and administrators of governmental pension plans, as well as participants in such plans.

This document contains proposed amendments to the regulation relating to the user fee for the special enrollment examination to become an enrolled agent. The charging of user fees is authorized by the Independent Offices Appropriations Act (IOAA) of 1952. This document also contains a notice of public hearing on this proposed regulation. The proposed regulation affects individuals taking the enrolled agent special enrollment examination.

The 2015 inflation adjustment factor is used in determining the availability of the credit for Indian coal production under section 45. Section 186 of Division Q of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. 114-113) extends the credit period for the Indian coal production credit from a 9-year period beginning on January 1, 2006, to an 11-year period beginning on January 1, 2006. This provision is effective for coal produced in the United States or a possession thereof after December 31, 2014.

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 Revenue Procedure 2003-39, section 1031 LKE (Like-Kind Exchanges) Auto Leasing Programs.

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 8824, Like-Kind Exchanges.

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)).

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 5316, Application for Group or Pooled Trust Ruling.

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 4136, Credit for Federal Tax Paid on Fuels.

The IRS is continuing its program of reviewing detections of potential violations of security policies to determine whether there has been an actual violation. This review includes matching data from existing IRS systems of records such as:

In the Federal Register notice that was originally published on December 28, 2015, (Volume 80, Number 248, Page 80878), the meeting date is now changed. The new dates for the meeting are, Thursday, March 3, 2016 and Friday, March 4, 2016.

In the Federal Register notice that was originally published on December 28, 2015, (Volume 80, Number 248, Page 80880), the meeting date is now changed. The new dates for the meeting are, Monday, February 29, 2016 and Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

In the Federal Register notice that was originally published on December 28, 2015, (Volume 80, Number 248, Page 80879), the meeting date is now changed. The new dates for the meeting are, Monday, February 29, 2016 and Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

This document contains corrections to a notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-134219-08) that was published in the Federal Register on Friday, November 20, 2015 (80 FR 72649). The proposed regulations are relating to relief from joint and several liability under section 6015 of the Internal Revenue Code.

This document withdraws proposed regulations that would implement the statutory exception to the ``contemporaneous written acknowledgement'' requirement for substantiating charitable contribution deductions of $250 or more. The withdrawal affects persons that make charitable contributions and organizations that receive charitable contributions.

This document cancels a public hearing on proposed regulations providing guidance to nonresident alien individuals and foreign corporations that hold certain financial products providing for payments that are contingent upon or determined by reference to U.S. source dividend payments.