Internal Revenue Service December 28, 2018 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Investing in Qualified Opportunity Funds; Correction
Document Number: 2018-28207
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2018-12-28
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains a correction to notice of proposed rulemaking and notice of public hearing (REG-115420-18) that was published in the Federal Register on Monday, October 29, 2018. The proposed regulations are providing guidance under new section 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code relating to gains that may be deferred as a result of a taxpayer's investment in a qualified opportunity fund.
Rules Regarding Certain Hybrid Arrangements
Document Number: 2018-27714
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2018-12-28
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains proposed regulations implementing sections 245A(e) and 267A of the Internal Revenue Code (``Code'') regarding hybrid dividends and certain amounts paid or accrued in hybrid transactions or with hybrid entities. Sections 245A(e) and 267A were added to the Code by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Public Law 115-97 (2017) (the ``Act''), which was enacted on December 22, 2017. This document also contains proposed regulations under sections 1503(d) and 7701 to prevent the same deduction from being claimed under the tax laws of both the United States and a foreign country. Further, this document contains proposed regulations under sections 6038, 6038A, and 6038C to facilitate administration of certain rules in the proposed regulations. The proposed regulations affect taxpayers that would otherwise claim a deduction related to such amounts and certain shareholders of foreign corporations that pay or receive hybrid dividends.
Limitation on Deduction for Business Interest Expense
Document Number: 2018-26257
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2018-12-28
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This notice of proposed rulemaking provides rules regarding the limitation on the deduction for business interest expense after the enactment of recent tax legislation. Specifically, these regulations provide general rules and definitions. The regulations also provide rules for calculating the limitation in consolidated group, partnership, and international contexts. The regulations affect taxpayers that have deductible business interest expense, other than certain small businesses, electing real property trades or businesses, electing farming businesses, and certain utility businesses. This document also withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking relating to the disallowance of a deduction for certain interest paid or accrued by a corporation. This document also provides notice of a public hearing on the proposed regulations.
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