Internal Revenue Service March 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This document provides notice of the availability of the application package for the 2022 Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program.

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 the burden related to completing forms that authenticate an electronic signature and employment tax return.

This document contains a notice that the IRS has made available a supplemental grant opportunity in Grants.gov for organizations interested in applying for an 18-month Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) matching grant. The budget and the period of performance for the supplemental grant will be July 1, 2021-December 31, 2022. The application period runs from March 15, 2021, through April 16, 2021. Organizations currently receiving a grant for 2021 are not eligible to apply.

This document contains corrections to the final regulations (Treasury Decision 9936), that were published in the Federal Register on Friday, January 15, 2021. The final regulations regarding the determination of whether a foreign corporation is treated as a passive foreign investment company (``PFIC'') for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code (``Code''), and the application and scope of certain rules that determine whether a United States person that indirectly holds stock in a PFIC is treated as a shareholder of the PFIC.

This document provides a notice of public hearing on proposed regulations relating to the foreign tax credit and relating to foreign- derived intangible income, including guidance on 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; transition rules relating to the impact on loss accounts of net operating loss carrybacks allowed by reason of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act; the definition of foreign branch category and financial services income; the time at which foreign taxes accrue and can be claimed as a credit; and clarification on the rules relating to foreign-derived intangible income.

This document contains a correction to a notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-111950-20) that was published in the Federal Register on January 15, 2021. The proposed regulations regarding the determination of whether a foreign corporation is treated as a passive foreign investment company (``PFIC'') for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code (``Code'').

An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Toll-Free Phone Lines 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.

An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Toll-Free Phone Lines 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.

An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Taxpayer Assistance Center Improvements 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.

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 affordable care act internal claims and appeals and external review disclosures.

An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Taxpayer 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. Due to a processing error, we will not be able to meet the 15-calendar notice threshold, but this meeting will still be open. This meeting will still be held via teleconference.

Meeting of the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC) will be held virtually and by teleconference (a portion of which will be open to the public).