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This document contains proposed regulations relating to the excise tax on certain sales of designated drugs by manufacturers, producers, and importers during statutorily defined periods. The proposed regulations would provide substantive rules that relate to the imposition and calculation of the tax. The proposed regulations would affect manufacturers, producers, and importers of designated drugs that sell such drugs during statutorily defined periods.

This document withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking that appeared in the Federal Register on February 2, 2023, regarding coverage of certain preventive services under the Affordable Care Act.

This document contains final regulations that address when tax-exempt bonds are treated as retired for certain Federal income tax purposes. The final regulations are necessary to unify and to clarify existing guidance on this subject. The final regulations affect State and local governments that issue tax-exempt bonds.

This document contains final regulations that affect affiliated groups of corporations that file consolidated Federal income tax returns. These regulations modify the consolidated return regulations and the controlled group of corporations regulations to reflect statutory changes, update language to remove antiquated or regressive terminology, and enhance clarity. Additionally, this document withdraws certain temporary regulations.

This document contains final regulations regarding supervisory approval of certain penalties assessed by the IRS. The final regulations are necessary to address uncertainty regarding various aspects of supervisory approval of penalties that have arisen due to recent judicial decisions. The final regulations affect the IRS and persons assessed certain penalties by the IRS.

This document contains corrections to REG-116017-24, which was published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. REG- 116017-24 contained proposed regulations that would provide certain administrative requirements for unincorporated organizations taking advantage of modifications to the rules governing elections to be excluded from the application of partnership tax rules.

This document contains a correction to TD 10012, which was published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. TD 10012 contains final regulations that modify existing regulations to allow certain unincorporated organizations that are owned in whole or in part by applicable entities to be excluded from the application of partnership tax rules.

This document sets forth final rules relating to the energy credit, including rules for determining whether investments in energy property are eligible for the energy credit and for implementing certain amendments made by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The final regulations impact taxpayers who invest in energy property eligible for the energy credit.

This document contains proposed regulations relating to the determination of taxable income or loss and foreign currency gain or loss with respect to a qualified business unit. The proposed regulations include an election that is intended to reduce the compliance burden of accounting for certain disregarded transactions between a qualified business unit and its owner. This document also includes a request for comments relating to the treatment of partnerships and controlled foreign corporations.

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 guidance for taxpayers regarding information collection requirements related to requests for ruling and determination letters.

This document cancels a public hearing on the proposed rule that related to the payment of tax by commercially acceptable means and reflect changes to the law made by the Taxpayer First Act that would allow the IRS to directly accept payments of tax by credit or debit card, without having to connect taxpayers to third-party payment processors.

This document extends the period to submit comments for a notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-112129-23), while retaining the deadline to submit requests to speak at, and outlines for, the public hearing for the proposed rulemaking which was published in the Federal Register on Friday, September 13, 2024. The proposed regulations relate to the corporate alternative minimum tax, which is imposed on the adjusted financial statement income of certain corporations for applicable taxable years beginning after 2022.

This document sets forth proposed regulations relating to the definition of qualified nonpersonal use vehicles. Qualified nonpersonal use vehicles are excepted from the substantiation requirements that apply to certain listed property. These proposed regulations add unmarked vehicles used by firefighters or members of a rescue squad or ambulance crew as a new type of qualified nonpersonal use vehicle. These regulations affect governmental units that provide firefighter or rescue squad or ambulance crew member employees with unmarked qualified nonpersonal use vehicles and the employees who use those vehicles.

This document contains proposed regulations regarding previously taxed earnings and profits of foreign corporations and related basis adjustments. The proposed regulations affect foreign corporations with previously taxed earnings and profits and their shareholders.

This notice of filing announces that a petition was filed requesting that di-isobutyl carbinol be added to the list of taxable substances. This notice of filing also requests comments on the petition. This notice of filing is not a determination that the list of taxable substances is modified.

This document contains final regulations that amend existing regulations relating to the disclosure of specified return information to the Bureau of the Census (Bureau). The final regulations ensure the efficient and appropriate transfer of return information to the Bureau and permit the disclosure of additional return information pursuant to a request from the Secretary of Commerce. These regulations require no action by taxpayers and have no effect on their tax liabilities.

This document contains corrections to the final regulations (TD 10009), published in the Federal Register on October 23, 2024. The final regulations implement the advanced manufacturing investment credit and special 10-year credit recapture rule established by the CHIPS Act of 2022 to incentivize the manufacture of semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment within the United States.

This document contains proposed regulations that would provide certain administrative requirements for unincorporated organizations taking advantage of modifications to the rules governing elections to be excluded from the application of partnership tax rules. These proposed regulations would affect unincorporated organizations and their members, including tax-exempt organizations, the District of Columbia, State and local governments, Indian Tribal governments, Alaska Native Corporations, the Tennessee Valley Authority, rural electric cooperatives, and certain agencies and instrumentalities. The proposed regulations would also update the procedure for obtaining permission to revoke a section 761(a) election.

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 information collection requirements related to the orphan drug credit.

This document announces the extension of certain timeframes under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code for group health plans, disability and other welfare plans, pension plans, and participants, beneficiaries, qualified beneficiaries, and claimants of these plans affected by Hurricane Helene, Tropical Storm Helene, or Hurricane Milton.

This document contains final regulations regarding the sale of a taxpayer's property that the IRS seizes by levy. The final regulations amend existing regulations to better allow the IRS to maximize sale proceeds for the benefit of the taxpayer whose property the IRS has seized and the public fisc. The final regulations affect all sales of property the IRS seizes by levy.

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 tax treatment of salvage and reinsurance.

Notice of open season for recruitment of IRS Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) Members.

This notice is provided in accordance with IRC section 6039G of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, as amended. This listing contains the name of each individual losing United States citizenship (within the meaning of section 877(a) or 877A) with respect to whom the Secretary received information during the quarter ending September 30, 2024. For purposes of this listing, long-term residents, as defined in section 877(e)(2), are treated as if they were citizens of the United States who lost citizenship.

This document sets forth proposed rules that would amend the regulations regarding coverage of certain preventive services under the Public Health Service Act. Specifically, this document proposes rules that would provide that medical management techniques used by non- grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers offering non-grandfathered group or individual health insurance coverage with respect to such preventive services would not be considered reasonable unless the plan or issuer provides an easily accessible, transparent, and sufficiently expedient exceptions process that would allow an individual to receive coverage without cost sharing for the preventive service that is medically necessary with respect to the individual, as determined by the individual's attending provider, even if such service is not generally covered under the plan or coverage. These proposed rules also contain separate requirements that would apply to coverage of contraceptive items that are preventive services under the Public Health Service Act. Specifically, these proposed rules would require plans and issuers to cover certain recommended over-the-counter contraceptive items without requiring a prescription and without imposing cost-sharing requirements. In addition, the proposed rules would require plans and issuers to cover certain recommended contraceptive items that are drugs and drug-led combination products without imposing cost-sharing requirements, unless a therapeutic equivalent of the drug or drug-led combination product is covered without cost sharing. Finally, this document proposes to require a disclosure pertaining to coverage and cost-sharing requirements for over-the-counter contraceptive items in plans' and issuers' Transparency in Coverage internet-based self-service tools or, if requested by the individual, on paper. These proposed rules would not modify Federal conscience protections related to contraceptive coverage for employers, plans and issuers.