Internal Revenue Bulletin 1998-28 (PDF rendition): IRS Announcements

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EMPLOYEE PLANS
T.D. 8769, page 4.
Final regulations under section 411(d) of the Code permit
taxpayers to amend qualified plans or other employee pen-
sion benefit plans to eliminate plan provisions for benefit dis-
tributions before retirement but after age 70
1
⁄
2
if certain con-
ditions are satisfied.
Rev. Proc. 98–42, page 9.
Minimum funding standards and limitations on deduc-
tions; retroactive amendment of money purchase pen-
sion plan. This procedure provides guidance regarding the
application of the minimum funding standards of section 412
of the Code and the limitations on deductions under section
404 of the Code to retroactive plan amendments of qualified
money purchase pension plans, which relate to changes in
the plan qualification requirements made by the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act, the Small Business Job Protection
Act of 1996, and the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.
Announcement 98–63, page 12.
REG–209463–82, 1998–4 I.R.B. 27, which amended the
existing proposed regulations that make changes to the
rules that apply if a trust is named as a beneficiary of an em-
ployee’s benefit under a retirement plan, is corrected.
EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
Announcement 98–67, page 15.
A list is given of organizations now classified as private foun-
dations.
EXCISE TAX
Announcement 98–57, page 11.
This announcement provides additional excise tax changes
made by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 by imposing a tax
and a floor stocks tax on kerosene. The announcement also
provides a replacement rate table for claims, procedure for
filing claims for kerosene, and a reminder of delayed deposit
rules for 1998.
Announcement 98–65, page 14.
T.D. 8748, 1998–8 I.R.B. 24, relating to gasoline and diesel
fuel excise tax, is corrected.
ADMINISTRATIVE
Announcement 98–58, page 12.
New Form 5305–RB, Roth Individual Retirement Annuity En-
dorsement, is now available.
Announcement 98–59, page 12.
Announcement 98–47, 1998–23 I.R.B. 5, providing supple-
mental tables of income tax rates and exempt personal ser-
vice income under new income tax treaties and protocols, is
corrected.
Announcement 98–64, page 14.
T.D. 8739, 1997–51 I.R.B. 8, relating to taxpayer identifying
numbers, is corrected.
Announcement 98–66, page 15.
REG–209276–87, 1998–11 I.R.B. 18, relating to the abate-
ment of interest attributable to unreasonable errors or de-
lays by an officer or employee of the IRS, is corrected.
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Bulletin No. 1998–28
July 13, 1998
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July 13, 199841998–28 I.R.B.
Section 404.—Deduction for
Contributions of an Employer to
an Employee’s Trust or Annuity
Plan and Compensation Under a
Deferred-Payment Plan
A revenue procedure provides guidance regard-
ing the application of the limitations on deductions
under § 404 of the Internal Revenue Code with re-
spect to certain retroactive amendments of qualified
money purchase pension plans. See Rev. Proc.
98–42, page 9.
Section 411.—Minimum Vesting
Standards
26 CFR 411(d)(4): Section 411(d)(6) protected
benefits.
T.D. 8769
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
26 CFR Parts 1 and 602
Permitted Elimination of
Preretirement Optional Forms of
Benefit
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service
(IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Final regulations.
SUMMARY: This document contains
final regulations that permit an amend-
ment to a qualified plan or other em-
ployee pension benefit plan that elimi-
nates plan provisions for benefit
distributions before retirement but after
age 70
1
⁄
2
. These regulations affect em-
ployers that maintain qualified plans and
other employee pension benefit plans,
plan administrators of these plans and
participants in these plans.
EFFECTIVE DATE: These regulations
are effective, June 5, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CON-
TACT: Thomas Foley, (202) 622-6050
(not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Paperwork Reduction Act
The collection of information con-
tained in these final regulations has been
reviewed and approved by the Office of
Management and Budget in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507(d)) under the con-
trol number 1545-1545. The collection of
information in these final regulations is in
§1.411(d)–4. Responses to this collection
of information are required in order to ob-
tain a benefit. Specifically, this informa-
tion is required for a taxpayer who wants
to amend a qualified plan to eliminate cer-
tain preretirement optional forms of bene-
fit. This information will be used to de-
termine whether taxpayers have amended
a qualified plan.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor,
and a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a valid control number.
The estimated average burden per
recordkeeper for master and prototype
plan employers is 10 minutes. The esti-
mated average burden per recordkeeper
for master and prototype plan sponsors is
30 minutes. The estimated average bur-
den per recordkeeper for employers with
individually designed plans is 30 minutes.
Comments concerning the accuracy of
this burden estimate and suggestions for
reducing this burden should be sent to the
Internal Revenue Service,Attn: IRS
Clearance Officer, OP:FS:FP, Washing-
ton, DC 20224, and to the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, Attn: Desk Offi-
cer for the Department of the Treasury,
Office of Information and Regulatory Af-
fairs, Washington, DC 20503.
Books or records relating to a collec-
tion of information must be retained as
long as their contents may become mater-
ial in the administration of any internal
revenue law. Generally, tax returns and
tax return information are confidential, as
required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.
Background
This document contains amendments to
the Income Tax Regulations (26 CFR part
1) under section 411(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986. The final regula-
tions permit taxpayers to amend qualified
plans to eliminate plan provisions for ben-
efit distributions before retirement but
after age 70
1
⁄
2
, if certain conditions are
satisfied.
Section 411(d)(6) generally provides
that a plan will not be treated as satisfying
the requirements of section 411 if the ac-
crued benefit of a participant is decreased
by a plan amendment. Under section
411(d)(6)(B), a plan amendment that
eliminates an optional form of benefit will
be treated as reducing accrued benefits to
the extent that the amendment applies to
benefits accrued as of the later of the
adoption date or the effective date of the
amendment. However, section 411(d)-
(6)(B) also permits the Secretary to pro-
vide in regulations that this rule will not
apply to an amendment that eliminates an
optional form of benefit.
Section 401(a)(9) provides that, in
order for a plan to be qualified under sec-
tion 401(a), distributions from the plan
must commence no later than the “re-
quired beginning date.” Prior to 1997,
section 401(a)(9)(C) generally provided
that the required beginning date is April 1
following the calendar year in which the
employee attains age 70
1
⁄
2
. Consequently,
in order to satisfy section 401(a)(9), qual-
ified plans, other than certain church and
governmental plans, have provided for
distributions to commence no later than
April 1 following the calendar year that
an employee attains age 70
1
⁄
2
. These dis-
tributions commence without regard to
whether the employee has retired from
employment with the employer maintain-
ing the plan.
Section 1404 of the Small Business Job
Protection Act of 1996, Public Law 104–
188 (SBJPA), amended the definition of
required beginning date that applies to an
employee who is not a 5-percent owner.
Section 401(a)(9)(C)(i), as amended, pro-
vides that, in the case of such an em-
ployee, the required beginning date is
April 1 of the calendar year following the
later of the calendar year in which the em-
ployee attains age 70
1
⁄
2
or the calendar
year in which the employee retires. Ac-
cordingly, except in the case of 5-percent
owners, a plan is no longer required to
provide for distributions that commence
prior to retirement in order to satisfy sec-
tion 401(a)(9).
The right to commence benefit distrib-
utions in any form at a particular time is
an optional form of benefit within the
Part I. Rulings and Decisions Under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

meaning of section 411(d)(6)(B) and
§1.411(d)–4, Q&A–1(b). In enacting sec-
tion 1404 of the SBJPA, Congress did not
alter the application of section 411(d)(6).
Thus, except to the extent authorized
by regulations, a plan amendment that
eliminates the right to commence prere-
tirement benefit distributions in a plan
after age 70
1
⁄
2
(or restricts the right by
adding an additional condition) violates
section 411(d)(6) if the amendment ap-
plies to benefits accrued as of the later of
the adoption or effective date of the
amendment.
On July 2, 1997, a notice of proposed
rulemaking under section 411(d)(6) was
published in the Federal Register(62
F.R. 35752 [REG–107644–97 (1997–32
I.R.B. 24)]). The proposed regulations
would allow amendment of qualified
plans to eliminate the right to commence
preretirement benefit distributions after
age 70
1
⁄
2
, as required under section
401(a)(9) before its amendment by the
SBJPA. On October 28, 1997, a public
hearing was held on the proposed regula-
tions. In general, most of the comments
received with respect to the proposed reg-
ulations did not relate to the proposed
amendments to the regulations under sec-
tion 411(d)(6), but rather to the other is-
sues related to the SBJPA amendment to
section 401(a)(9). Many of those issues
are addressed in Notice 97–75 (1997–51
I.R.B. 18). Those comments that ad-
dressed the amendments to the proposed
regulations under section 411(d)(6) were
generally favorable. Thus, after consider-
ation of the comments received, the final
regulations retain the structure and sub-
stance of the proposed regulations, with
the changes or clarifications discussed
below.
Overview
1. Permitted Elimination of
Preretirement Distributions After
Age 70
1
⁄
2
The legislative history to section 1404
of the SBJPA indicates that the reason for
amending the definition of required be-
ginning date was that it is inappropriate to
require all participants to commence dis-
tributions by age 70
1
⁄
2
without regard to
whether the participant is still employed
by the employer. Because section 1404
did not alter the application of section
411(d)(6) to plan provisions allowing or
requiring preretirement distributions after
age 70
1
⁄
2
, an employer’s choices for
amending its plan to implement the
SBJPA change to the definition of re-
quired beginning date would be limited if
the IRS and Treasury did not grant relief
from section 411(d)(6).
Under previously-issued administrative
guidance, one approach that is available
to employers is to give employees the op-
tion of commencing distributions at age
70
1
⁄
2
or deferring commencement until
after retirement. See Announcement 97–
24 (1997–11 I.R.B. 24) and Revenue Pro-
cedure 97–41 (1997–33 I.R.B. 51). An-
other alternative available to employers is
to amend the plan to eliminate the right to
preretirement distributions solely with re-
spect to future accruals. However, under
this second approach, each current partic-
ipant would retain the right to receive pre-
retirement distributions after age 70
1
⁄
2
with respect to a portion of his or her ac-
crued benefit.
The IRS and Treasury recognize the
potential complexity of administering
plans (particularly defined benefit plans)
that adopt either of these approaches. In
addition, an employer may not have cho-
sen voluntarily to offer preretirement dis-
tributions to employees who have attained
age 70
1
⁄
2
but instead may have included
these provisions in its plan solely to com-
ply with section 401(a)(9) prior to its
amendment by the SBJPA. Therefore, the
proposed regulations set forth a proposal
to provide relief from section 411(d)(6)
for certain plan amendments that elimi-
nate preretirement distributions com-
mencing at age 70
1
⁄
2
. After consideration
of the comments received with respect to
the proposed regulations, the final regula-
tions provide this relief using the same
approach.
2. Conditions on the Relief From Section
411(d)(6)
a. Protection for Employees Who Are
Near Age 70
1
⁄
2
Under the regulations, an amendment
to eliminate a preretirement age 70
1
⁄
2
dis-
tribution option is permitted to apply only
to benefits with respect to employees who
attain age 70
1
⁄
2
in or after a calendar year,
specified in the amendment, that begins
after the later of December 31, 1998, or
the adoption date of the amendment. The
relief from section 411(d)(6) is limited to
distributions to employees who attain age
70
1
⁄
2
after calendar year 1998 because em-
ployees who were near age 70
1
⁄
2
at the
time of enactment of the SBJPA may have
had an expectation of receiving preretire-
ment distributions in the near future and
may have made plans that took into ac-
count these expected distributions.
b. Optional Forms of Benefit for
Participants Retiring After Age 70
1
⁄
2
A plan using this relief generally may
not preclude an employee who retires
after the calendar year in which the em-
ployee attains age 70
1
⁄
2
from receiving an
optional form of benefit that would have
been available if the employee had retired
in the calendar year in which the em-
ployee attained age 70
1
⁄
2
. Two of the com-
mentators on the proposed regulations re-
quested clarification that this requirement
does not impose special additional re-
strictions with respect to employees over
age 70
1
⁄
2
that would require plan sponsors
to retain all plan options in effect during
the year any employee attained age 70
1
⁄
2
.
In response to these comments, the final
regulations clarify that no such special ad-
ditional restrictions are being imposed.
Thus, to the extent a section 411(d)(6)
protected benefit may otherwise be elimi-
nated or reduced under §1.411(d)–4, that
protected benefit can be reduced or elimi-
nated for all employees without violating
section 411(d)(6), even if that benefit
would have been available to an em-
ployee who retired in the calendar year in
which the employee attained age 70
1
⁄
2
.
c. Timing of Plan Amendment
An amendment to eliminate a preretire-
ment age 70
1
⁄
2
distribution option must be
adopted no later than the last day of the
remedial amendment period that applies
to the plan for changes under the SBJPA.
The relief provided is available only to
employers that adopt the amendment
within this specified time period because
the relief is intended to simplify the im-
plementation of section 401(a)(9), as
amended by the SBJPA, for employers
that do not voluntarily provide preretire-
ment distributions for an extended period
after the enactment of the SBJPA.
The IRS and Treasury have determined
that it is appropriate to provide an exten-
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sion of the period for collectively bar-
gained plans to implement an amendment
permitted by these regulations. This was
suggested by a commentator who noted
that it might not be possible to amend a
collectively bargained plan until the expi-
ration of all applicable collective bargain-
ing agreements that are in effect when the
final regulations are issued. Accordingly,
under the final regulations, §1.411(d)–4,
Q&A–10(b)(3) has been amended so that,
in the case of a plan maintained pursuant
to one or more collective bargaining
agreements between employee represen-
tatives and one or more employers ratified
before, September 3, 1998,the amend-
ment deadline is extended to the last day
of the twelfth month beginning after the
date on which the last of such collective
bargaining agreements terminates (deter-
mined without regard to any extensions
on or after, September 3, 1998,if later
than the last day of the remedial amend-
ment period for the plan for changes
under the SBJPA.
3. Circumstances Under Which No Relief
Is Required
Many employers do not need relief
under section 411(d)(6) in order to imple-
ment the SBJPA change in the definition
of required beginning date in their plans.
The regulations include an example of
such a plan, a profit-sharing plan that per-
mits an employee to elect distribution
after age 59
1
⁄
2
at any time and in any
amount. The example illustrates that this
plan may be amended to implement the
SBJPA change in the definition of re-
quired beginning date without violating
section 411(d)(6). In this example, the
section 411(d)(6) relief in these regula-
tions is not required because the optional
forms of benefit in the plan that reflect the
pre-SBJPA mandatory distribution re-
quirements of section 401(a)(9) are en-
compassed by the optional forms of bene-
fit provided under the general elective
distribution provisions of the plan. The
right to commence distributions at age
70
1
⁄
2
continues to be available under the
plan even after the plan is amended to im-
plement the SBJPA change in the required
beginning date.
Effective Date
These regulations are effective June 5,
1998.
Special Analyses
It has been determined that this Trea-
sury decision is not a significant regula-
tory action as defined in EO 12866.
Therefore, a regulatory assessment is not
required. It also has been determined that
section 553(b) of the Administrative Pro-
cedure Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 5) does not
apply to these regulations. Further, it is
hereby certified, pursuant to sections
603(a) and 605(b) of the Regulatory Flex-
ibility Act, that the collection of informa-
tion in these regulations does not have a
significant economic impact on a substan-
tial number of small entities. The burden
imposed by the collection of information
is the burden of amending a plan to mod-
ify the provisions reflecting section
401(a)(9). The cost of the amendment
varies depending upon whether the small
entity involved maintains an individually
designed plan or uses a master or proto-
type plan. For an individually designed
plan, the small entity maintaining the plan
will be responsible for arranging to have
the amendment made. Most small entities
with individually designed plans will
have the amendment done by a skilled
outside service provider, such as a con-
sulting firm or law firm. The time re-
quired to make such an amendment is es-
timated at 30 minutes, which is not a
significant economic impact, even for a
very small entity. Moreover, most very
small entities that maintain a qualified
plan use a master or prototype plan. For
master and prototype plans, the plan
sponsor drafts a single amendment for all
of the employers participating in the plan.
The average time required for the amend-
ment per employer participating in a mas-
ter or prototype plan is estimated to be 10
minutes, which certainly is not a substan-
tial economic impact. Therefore, a regu-
latory flexibility analysis under the Regu-
latory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 6)
is not required. Pursuant to section
7805(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, the
notice of proposed rulemaking preceding
these regulations was submitted to the
Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration for comment on
its impact on small business.
Drafting Information
The principal author of these regula-
tions is Cheryl Press, Office of the Asso-
ciate Chief Counsel (Employee Benefits
and Exempt Organizations), IRS. How-
ever, other personnel from the IRS and
Treasury Department participated in their
development.
*****
Amendments to the Regulations
Accordingly, 26 CFR parts 1 and 602
are amended as follows:
PART 1—INCOME TAXES
Paragraph 1. The authority citation for
part 1 is amended by revising the entry for
§1.411(d)–4 to read as follows:
Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805. * * *
§1.411(d)–4 also issued under 26
U.S.C. 411(d)(6). * * *
Par. 2. Section 1.411(d)–4 is amended
by adding Q&A–10 to read as follows:
§1.411(d)–4 Section 411(d)(6) protected
benefits.
*****
Q–10. If a plan provides for an age
70
1
⁄
2
distribution option that commences
prior to retirement from employment with
the employer maintaining the plan, to
what extent may the plan be amended to
eliminate this distribution option?
A–10. (a) In general.The right to
commence benefit distributions in a par-
ticular form and at a particular time prior
to retirement from employment with the
employer maintaining the plan is a sepa-
rate optional form of benefit within the
meaning of section 411(d)(6)(B) and
Q&A–1 of this section, even if the plan
provision creating this right was included
in the plan solely to comply with section
401(a)(9), as in effect for years before
January 1, 1997. Therefore, except as
otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of
this Q&A–10 or any other Q&A in this
section, a plan amendment violates sec-
tion 411(d)(6) if it eliminates an age 70
1
⁄
2
distribution option (within the meaning of
paragraph (c) of this Q&A–10) to the ex-
tent that it applies to benefits accrued as
of the later of the adoption date or effec-
tive date of the amendment.
(b) Permitted elimination of age 70
1
⁄
2
distribution option.An amendment of a
plan will not violate the requirements of
section 411(d)(6) merely because the
amendment eliminates an age 70
1
⁄
2
distrib-
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ution option to the extent that the option
provides for distribution to an employee
prior to retirement from employment with
the employer maintaining the plan, pro-
vided that—
(1) The amendment eliminating this
optional form of benefit applies only to
benefits with respect to employees who
attain age 70
1
⁄
2
in or after a calendar year,
specified in the amendment, that begins
after the later of—
(i) December 31, 1998; or
(ii) The adoption date of the amend-
ment;
(2) The plan does not, except to the ex-
tent required by section 401(a)(9), pre-
clude an employee who retires after the
calendar year in which the employee at-
tains age 70
1
⁄
2
from receiving benefits in
any of the same optional forms of benefit
(except for the difference in the timing of
the commencement of payments) that
would have been available had the em-
ployee retired in the calendar year in
which the employee attained age 70
1
⁄
2
;
and
(3) The amendment is adopted no later
than—
(i) The last day of the remedial amend-
ment period that applies to the plan for
changes under the Small Business Job
Protection Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 1755);
or
(ii) Solely in the case of a plan main-
tained pursuant to one or more collective
bargaining agreements between employee
representatives and one or more employ-
ers ratified before September 3, 1998,the
last day of the twelfth month beginning
after the date on which the last of such
collective bargaining agreements termi-
nates (determined without regard to any
extension thereof on or after September 3,
1998, if later than the date described in
paragraph (b)(3)(i) of this Q&A–10. For
purposes of this paragraph (b)(3)(ii), the
rules of §1.410(b)–10(a)(2) apply for pur-
poses of determining whether a plan is
maintained pursuant to one or more col-
lective bargaining agreements, except that
September 3, 1998,is substituted for
March 1, 1986, as the date before which
the collective bargaining agreements must
be ratified.
(c) Age 70
1
⁄
2
distribution option.For
purposes of this Q&A-10, an age 70
1
⁄
2
dis-
tribution option is an optional form of
benefit under which benefits payable in a
particular distribution form (including
any modifications that may be elected
after benefit commencement) commence
at a time during the period that begins on
or after January 1 of the calendar year in
which an employee attains age 70
1
⁄
2
and
ends April 1 of the immediately following
calendar year.
(d) Examples.The provisions of this
section are illustrated by the following ex-
amples:
Example 1.Plan A, a defined benefit plan, pro-
vides each participant with a qualified joint and sur-
vivor annuity (QJSA) that is available at any time
after the later of age 65 or retirement. However, in
accordance with section 401(a)(9) as in effect prior
to January 1, 1997, Plan A provides that if an em-
ployee does not retire by the end of the calendar year
in which the employee attains age 70
1
⁄
2
, then the
QJSA commences on the following April 1. On
October 1, 1998, Plan A is amended to provide that,
for an employee who is not a 5-percent owner and
who attains age 70
1
⁄
2
after 1998, benefits may not
commence before the employee retires but must
commence no later than the April 1 following the
later of the calendar year in which the employee re-
tires or the calendar year in which the employee at-
tains age 70
1
⁄
2
. This amendment satisfies this
Q&A–10 and does not violate section 411(d)(6).
Example 2.Plan B, a money purchase pension
plan, provides each participant with a choice of a
QJSA or a single sum distribution commencing at
any time after the later of age 65 or retirement. In
addition, in accordance with section 401(a)(9) as in
effect prior to January 1, 1997, Plan B provides that
benefits will commence in the form of a QJSA on
April 1 following the calendar year in which the em-
ployee attains age 70
1
⁄
2
, except that, with spousal
consent, a participant may elect to receive annual in-
stallment payments equal to the minimum amount
necessary to satisfy section 401(a)(9) (calculated in
accordance with a method specified in the plan)
until retirement, at which time a participant may
choose between a QJSA and a single sum distribu-
tion (with spousal consent). On June 30, 1998, Plan
B is amended to provide that, for an employee who
is not a 5-percent owner and who attains age 70
1
⁄
2
after 1998, benefits may not commence prior to re-
tirement but benefits must commence no later than
April 1 after the later of the calendar year in which
the employee retires or the calendar year in which
the employee attains age 70
1
⁄
2
. The amendment fur-
ther provides that the option described above to re-
ceive annual installment payments prior to retire-
ment will not be available under the plan to an
employee who is not a 5-percent owner and who at-
tains age 70
1
⁄
2
after 1998. This amendment satisfies
this Q&A–10 and does not violate section 411(d)(6).
Example 3.Plan C, a profit-sharing plan, con-
tains two distribution provisions. Under the first
provision, in any year after an employee attains age
59
1
⁄
2
, the employee may elect a distribution of any
specified amount not exceeding the balance of the
employee’s account. In addition, the plan provides a
section 401(a)(9) override provision under which, if,
during any year following the year that the em-
ployee attains age 70
1
⁄
2
, the employee does not elect
an amount at least equal to the minimum amount
necessary to satisfy section 401(a)(9) (calculated in
accordance with a method specified in the plan),
Plan C will distribute the difference by December 31
of that year (or for the year the employee attains age
70
1
⁄
2
, by April 1 of the following year). On Decem-
ber 31, 1996, Plan C is amended to provide that, for
an employee other than an employee who is a 5-per-
cent owner in the year the employee attains age 70
1
⁄
2
,
in applying the section 401(a)(9) override provision,
the later of the year of retirement or year of attain-
ment of age 70
1
⁄
2
, is substituted for the year of attain-
ment of age 70
1
⁄
2
. After the amendment, Plan C still
permits each employee to elect to receive the same
amount as was available before the amendment. Be-
cause this amendment does not eliminate an optional
form of benefit, the amendment does not violate sec-
tion 411(d)(6). Accordingly, the amendment is not
required to satisfy the conditions of paragraph (b) of
this Q&A-10.
(e) Effective date. This Q&A-10 ap-
plies to amendments adopted and effec-
tive after, June 5, 1998.
PART 602—OMB CONTROL
NUMBERS UNDER THE
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
Par. 3. The authority citation for part
602 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805.
Par. 4. In §602.101, paragraph
(c) is amended by adding an
entry in numerical order to the table to
read as follows:
§602.101 OMB Control numbers.
*****
(c) * * *
CFR part or sectionCurrent OMB
where identified control No.
and described
*****
1.411(d)–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1545–1545
*****
Michael P. Dolan,
Deputy Commissioner of
Internal Revenue.
Approved May 11, 1998.
Donald C. Lubick,
Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury.
(Filed by the Office of the Federal Register on June
4, 1998, 8:45 a.m., and published in the issue of the
Federal Register for June 5, 1998, 63 F.R. 30621)
1998–28 I.R.B.7July 13, 1998

Section 412.—Minimum Funding
Standards
A revenue procedure provides guidance regard-
ing the application of the minimum funding stan-
dards of § 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with re-
spect to certain retroactive amendments of qualified
money purchase pension plans. See Rev. Proc.
98–42, page 9.
July 13, 199881998–28 I.R.B.

1998–28 I.R.B.9July 13, 1998
Rev. Proc. 98–42
26 CFR 601.601: Rules and regulations.
(Also, Part I §§ 404, 412.)
Section 1. Purpose
This revenue procedure provides guid-
ance regarding the application of the min-
imum funding standards under § 412 of
the Internal Revenue Code and the limita-
tions on deductions under § 404 to quali-
fied money purchase pension plans. If the
requirements described in this revenue
procedure are satisfied, a future plan
amendment related to recent changes in
the law that is made retroactively effec-
tive will be deemed to have been adopted
and put into effect as of the amendment’s
retroactive effective date for purposes of
applying §§ 412 and 404 to a money pur-
chase pension plan.
Part I. Background
Section 2. The § 401(b) Remedial
Amendment Period
.01 The Uruguay Round Agreements
Act, Pub. L. 103–465 (GATT), the Small
Business Job Protection Act of 1996, Pub.
L. 104–188 (SBJPA) (including § 414(u)
and the Uniformed Services Employment
and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994,
Pub. L. 103–353 (USERRA)), and the
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Pub. L.
105–34 (TRA ’97) made a number of
changes to the plan qualification require-
ments. Some of these changes require
plans to be amended to retain qualified
status. Other changes are optional; that is,
employers may choose, but are not re-
quired, to amend their plans as a result of
these changes.
.02 In Rev. Proc. 97–41, 1997–33
I.R.B. 51, the Service provided a remedial
amendment period under § 401(b) that
permits plan amendments to be made
retroactively effective if they are adopted
on or before the last day of the first plan
year beginning on or after January 1,
1999, and they amend plan provisions re-
lated to GATT and SBJPA qualification
changes that are effective before the first
day of that plan year (“disqualifying pro-
visions”). (A later date applies in the case
of governmental plans, as defined in
§ 414(d).) Those amendments of disqual-
ifying provisions that are required to be
made to retain qualified status as a result
of GATT and SBJPA qualification changes
must be made retroactively effective as of
the date on which the qualification change
became effective with respect to the plan.
Operational compliance prior to actual
amendment is required if the qualification
change is effective before the first day of
the first plan year beginning on or after
January 1, 1998. Those amendments of
disqualifying provisions that are not re-
quired but that amend plan provisions that
are integrally related to SBJPA qualifica-
tion changes may be made retroactively
effective as of the first day on which the
plan was operated in accordance with the
amended plan provision.
.03 Rev. Proc. 98–14, 1998–4 I.R.B.
22, provides that the remedial amendment
period for GATT and SBJPA qualification
changes also will apply to plan amend-
ments of disqualifying provisions that re-
late to TRA ’97, conditioned on a plan’s
operational compliance with the TRA ’97
plan amendments throughout the remedial
amendment period.
Section 3. Application of the Minimum
Funding Standards Under § 412 and the
Limitations on Deductions Under § 404
to Money Purchase Pension Plans
.01 Section 412 provides minimum
funding standards applicable to pension
plans that are or were qualified plans
under § 401. The requirements of § 412
apply both to defined contribution pen-
sion plans (that is, money purchase pen-
sion plans, including target benefit plans)
and defined benefit plans, but they do not
apply to profit-sharing or stock bonus
plans.
.02 Under § 412(b), a plan that is sub-
ject to § 412 is required to establish and
maintain a funding standard account. The
minimum required contribution for a plan
under § 412 for a plan year is determined
with reference to this account. For a plan
year, the funding standard account must
reflect charges for the normal cost of the
plan for the plan year, credits for amounts
considered contributed by the employer to
or under the plan for the plan year, and
charges and credits for certain amortiza-
tion bases.
.03 Section 404 limits deductible con-
tributions to qualified plans. Under
§ 404, contributions paid by an employer
under a qualified plan are deductible only
under § 404(a), subject to the limits of §
404(a), and only if they would otherwise
be deductible under Chapter 1 of Subtitle
A of the Code. Section 404(a)(1)(A) sets
forth the general limit on deductions for
contributions to a qualified pension plan.
Under § 404(a)(1)(A), the deductible
limit for a qualified money purchase pen-
sion plan is, generally, the normal cost of
the plan, or, if greater, the minimum re-
quired contribution under § 412.
Part II. Guidance
Section 4. Treatment of Retroactive Plan
Amendments Adopted Pursuant to Rev.
Proc. 97–41 and Rev. Proc. 98–14 for
Purposes of Applying §§ 412 and 404 to
Money Purchase Pension Plans
.01 If, pursuant to Rev. Proc. 97–41
(and, if applicable, Rev. Proc. 98–14), an
amendment of a disqualifying provision
under a money purchase pension plan
which is related to SBJPA, GATT, or TRA
’97 is made retroactively effective, then
the amendment will be deemed to have
been adopted and put into effect as of the
amendment’s retroactive effective date
for purposes of applying the minimum
funding standards under § 412 and the
limitations on deductions under § 404.
The preceding sentence shall apply with
respect to a plan year of a money pur-
chase pension plan only if: a) the contri-
bution required under § 412 (taking into
account the preceding sentence) is made
to the plan within 8
1
⁄
2
months after the
close of such plan year, b) the contribu-
tion is allocated to the accounts of partici-
pants in accordance with the plan, as
amended, as of a date within such plan
year, and c) all amendments described in
the preceding sentence are in fact adopted
by the end of the remedial amendment pe-
riod provided under Rev. Proc. 97–41 and
Rev. Proc. 98–14 for GATT, SBJPA, and
TRA ’97 changes.
.02 Section 4.01 of this revenue proce-
dure applies to money purchase pension
plans and not to defined benefit plans.
Thus, as noted in section 8 of Rev. Proc.
97–41, except to the extent required by
Part III. Administrative, Procedural, and Miscellaneous

July 13, 1998101998–28 I.R.B.
§ 412(c)(12) or as otherwise provided by
the Commissioner, future amendments
may not be anticipated in determining the
minimum funding standards under § 412
or the limitations on deductions under
§ 404 for a defined benefit plan, even
though the amendments are adopted be-
fore the end of the remedial amendment
period.
Section 5. Example
Employer O maintains Plan X, a quali-
fied money purchase pension plan that is
maintained on a calendar plan year basis.
Plan X benefits three employees: A and
B, who are husband and wife and are each
highly compensated, and C, who is unre-
lated to A and B. Plan X provides that the
employer will contribute annually 10% of
each employee’s compensation for the
plan year, with compensation limited to
the amount that may be taken into account
under § 401(a)(17). Plan X also contains
the family aggregation rules, as in effect
prior to their repeal by SBJPA. As a re-
sult, under Plan X, the amount that may
be contributed on behalf of A and B may
not, in total, exceed 10% of the
§ 401(a)(17) limit. Plan X does not have
a funding deficiency or provide past ser-
vice credit; the normal cost of Plan X for
a year is the 10% required contribution.
A and B each receive $90,000 of com-
pensation for the 1997 plan year, and C
receives $70,000. The § 401(a)(17) limit
for the 1997 plan year is $160,000. Tak-
ing Plan X’s family aggregation provi-
sions into account, the normal cost of
Plan X for 1997 would be $23,000 (that
is, $16,000, or 10% of $160,000, plus
$7,000). However, Employer O expects
to amend Plan X within the remedial
amendment period to eliminate the plan’s
family aggregation provisions effective as
of the first day of the 1997 plan year. Em-
ployer O therefore disregards the plan’s
family aggregation provisions and con-
tributes $25,000 for the 1997 plan year on
August 15, 1998. This amount is allo-
cated, as of December 31, 1997, as fol-
lows: $9,000 each for A and B and $7,000
for C. Employer O amends Plan X by
December 31, 1999, to eliminate Plan X’s
family aggregation provisions, effective
as of the first day of the 1997 plan year.
Pursuant to this revenue procedure, this
plan amendment is deemed to have been
adopted and put into effect as of the first
day of the 1997 plan year for purposes of
applying §§ 412 and 404 to Plan X. Ac-
cordingly, the normal cost under § 412 of
Plan X for 1997 is $25,000. This is also
the normal cost of Plan X for purposes of
§ 404.
Section 6. Effective Date
This revenue procedure is effective
July 13, 1998, but may be relied upon as
provided in section 4.
Drafting Information
The principal author of this revenue
procedure is James Flannery of the Em-
ployee Plans Division. For further infor-
mation regarding this revenue procedure,
contact the Employee Plans Division’s
telephone assistance service between the
hours of 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Eastern time,
Monday through Thursday, on (202) 622-
6074/75. (These telephone numbers are
not toll-free.)

1998–28 I.R.B.11July 13, 1998
Part IV. Items of General Interest
Changes to Excise Taxes
Announcement 98-57
PurposeTo announce excise tax changes made by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-34). The changes in-
clude:
• A tax on kerosene effective beginning July 1, 1998 (new IRS No. 35(Form 720)), and
• A floor stocks tax on kerosene held on July 1, 1998 (new IRS No. 103(Form 720)).
Also included in this announcement are:
• A replacement for the Rate Table for Fuel Tax Claimsfor Form 8849 (Rev. January 1997), Claim for
Refund of Excise Taxes;
• Procedures for filing a claim for the nontaxable use of kerosene and sales of kerosene by registered ul-
timate vendors; and
• A reminder of delayed deposit due dates for certain taxes.
Kerosene tax,The rate for undyed kerosene is $.244 per gallon. Generally, the rules that apply to taxable fuel apply to
New IRS No. 35kerosene.
Floor stocksA floor stocks tax is:
tax on kerosene,
New IRS No. 103• Imposed on kerosene held by any person on July 1, 1998.
• Imposed at a rate of $.244 per gallon.
• Payable by deposit at an authorized depositary by August 31, 1998.
• Reported on Form 720 for the third quarter, generally due October 31, 1998.
The floor stocks tax does not apply—
• To the extent tax on the kerosene has been or will be imposed under Code section 4081 or 4091.
• To kerosene that has been dyed by the earlier of (1) the time of sale or (2) September 30, 1998.
• To kerosene held for any exempt use.
• If the total amount of kerosene held on July 1, 1998, is not more than 2,000 gallons. Kerosene held for
an exempt use is not included in figuring the 2,000-gallon threshold.
See Form 720 and its instructions.
Form 8849You may continue to use Form 8849 (Rev. January 1997) until an updated version is available. The fol-
lowing table shows the current rates for fuel tax claims. Do not use the table in the Instructions of Form
8849 (Rev. April 1997).
Rate Table for Fuel Tax Claims(as of 10/01/97)
Line No.RateLine No.Rate
3a.1847c.4854 MCF
b.138a.15
c.14242b.194
d.153229a.175
4.184b.219
5a.1310a.03956
b.14242b.0297
c.15322c.02152
6a-c.24411a.1875
7a (LPG only).136b.17
b (LPG only).062

July 13, 1998121998–28 I.R.B.
Kerosene claimsClaims for nontaxable use of taxed kerosene and for sales by registered ultimate vendors of kerosene may
be made on Form 8849 as follows:
• Use line 12, Other Claims,to make a claim for kerosene.
• Follow the format for line 6 on Form 8849 (Rev. January 1997).
• Registered ultimate vendors who sell the fuel for use by a state or on a farm are to provide the same in-
formation as outlined in the instructions for line 6c. See the Instructions for Form 8849(Rev. April
1997).
Delayed deposits of Any deposit of. . . that would be is instead due
certain excise taxestaxes on eitherdue . . .on . . .
Fuel (all IRS Nos.)After July 31, 1998,Oct. 5, 1998
orand before Oct. 1, 1998,*
Transportation of property by air
Transportation of persons by airAfter Aug. 14, 1998, and before Oct. 5, 1998
orOct. 1, 1998,*
Use of international air travel facilities
* Includes the September rule deposit due Sept. 28 or 29
New Form 5305–RB Now Available
Announcement 98–58
Form 5305–RB,Roth Individual Retirement Annuity Endorsement, is a new model annuity endorsement agreement. Section 302 of
the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 created the Roth individual retirement annuity (Roth IRA). A Roth IRA is established after the con-
tract, which includes Form 5305-RB, is executed by both the annuitant and the issuer. The form meets the requirements of section
408A of the Internal Revenue Code.
Copies of Form 5305–RB are available at most IRS offices. Applicants may order the form by telephone or they may use other IRS
electronic information services to get copies.
Request by—Number or Address
Telephone1-800-TAX-FORM
(1-800-829-3676)
Personal computer:
World Wide Web www.irs.ustreas.gov
File Transfer Protocolftp.irs.ustreas.gov
Telnet iris.irs.ustreas.gov
Direct Dial (by modem)703-321-8020
Announcement 98–47,
Supplemental Tables of Income
Tax Rates and Exempt Personal
Service Income Under New
Income Tax Treaties and
Protocols; Correction
Announcement 98–59
The following corrections should be
made to Table 1 of Announcement 98–47.
This announcement was published on
page 5 of Internal Revenue Bulletin
1998–23.
Under column 6 for residents of
Switzerland, the rate of withholding
should be corrected to read “15.” It cur-
rently reads “18.”
In footnote k,the first sentence should
be corrected to read: “This is the rate for
royalties for the use of, or the right to use,
industrial, commercial, and scientific
equipment.”
Required Distributions From
Qualified Plans and Individual
Retirement Plans; Correction
Announcement 98–63
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service,
Treasury.
ACTION: Correction to notice of pro-
posed rulemaking.
SUMMARY: This document contains

corrections to REG–209463–82, which
was published in the Federal Registeron
Tuesday, December 30, 1997 (62 F.R.
67780 [1998–4 I.R.B. 27]). The amend-
ments to existing proposed regulations
make changes to the rules that apply if a
trust is named as a beneficiary of an em-
ployees benefit under a retirement plan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CON-
TACT: Thomas Foley, (202) 622-6030
(not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The notice of proposed rulemaking that
is the subject of these corrections is under
section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue
Code.
Need for Correction
As published, REG–209463–82 con-
tains errors which may prove to be mis-
leading and are in need of clarification.
Correction of Publication
Accordingly, the publication of the no-
tice of proposed rulemaking (REG-
209463-82), which is the subject of FR
Doc. 97-33393, is corrected as follows:
§1.409(a)(9)–1 [Corrected]
1. On page 67783, § 1.409(a)(9)–1 is
corrected as set out in the following table:
1998–28 I.R.B.13July 13, 1998
SectionLocationIncorrect Corrected
LanguageLanguage
1.409(a)(9)–1Q&A D–5, column 2,“paragraph (b) of“paragraph(b) of
paragraph (a) of A, line 10D–5A are met,”this D–5 are met,”
1.409(a)(9)–1Q&A D–5, column 2, “paragraph (b) of this “paragraph (b) of this
paragraph (a) of A., line 24D–5A are not met,”D–5 are not met,”
1.409(a)(9)–1Q&A D–5, column 3, “5A are satisfied with “5 are satisfied with
paragraph (c) of A., line 10 respect to such”respect to such”
from the top of the column
1.409(a)(9)–1Q&A D–6, column 3, “requirements of paragraph (b)“requirements of paragraph
paragraph (a) of A., line 3of D–5A” (b) of D–5”
1.409(a)(9)–1Q&A D–6, column 3, “5A of this section are satisfied “5 of this section are satis-
paragraph (a) of A., line 13 with”fied with”
from the bottom of the paragraph
SectionLocationIncorrect Corrected
LanguageLanguage
1.409(a)(9)–1Q&A D–6, column 3, paragraph “paragraph (b) of D–5A“paragraph (b) of D–5 of
(a) of A., line 8 from the bottom of this section are”this section are”
of the paragraph
1.409(a)(9)–1 Q&A D–7, column 1, paragraph “(2) of this D–7A:” “(2) of this D–7:”
(a) introductory text of A.,
last line of the paragraph
1.409(a)(9)–1Q&A D–7, column 1, paragraph “and (3) of D–5A of this “and (3) of D–5 of this
(a)(2)(ii) of A., line 5section are”section are”
1.409(a)(9)–1Q&A D–7, column 1, paragraph “paragraph (b)(1), (2), and “paragraph (b)(1), (2) and
(b)(1) of A., second line from (3) of D–5A of” (3) of D–5 of”
the bottom of the column
1.409(a)(9)–1Q&A D–7, column 2, paragraph “(a)(1), (a)(2), or (b) of“(a)(1), (a)(2), or (b) of
(c)(1) of A., line 6this D–7A, a plan”this D–7, a plan”this D–7, a plan”
2. On page 67784, § 1.409(a)(9)–1 is corrected as set out in the following table:

SectionLocationIncorrect Corrected
LanguageLanguage
1.409(a)(9)–1Q&A D–7, column 2, paragraph “requirements of paragraph (b) “requirements of paragraph
(c)(1) of A., line 10 from the of D–5A”(b) of D–5”
bottom of the paragraph
July 13, 1998141998–28 I.R.B.
Cynthia E. Grigsby,
Chief, Regulations Unit,
Assistant Chief Counsel (Corporate).
(Filed by the Office of the Federal Register on
March 24, 1998, 8:45 a.m., and published in the
issue of the Federal Register for March 25, 1998, 63
F.R. 14391)
IRS Adoption Taxpayer
Identification Numbers;
Correction
Announcement 98–64
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service
(IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Correction to final and tempo-
rary regulations.
SUMMARY: This document contains
corrections to Treasury Decision 8739,
which was published in the Federal Reg-
isteron Monday, November 24, 1997 (62
F.R. 62518 [1997–51 I.R.B. 8]) relating to
taxpayer identifying numbers.
DATES: This correction is effective No-
vember 24, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CON-
TACT: Michael L. Gompertz, (202) 622-
4910 (not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The final and temporary regulations
that are the subject of these corrections
are under section 6109 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
Need for Correction
As published, TD 8739 contain errors
which may prove to be misleading and are
in need of clarification.
Correction of Publication
Accordingly, the publication of the
final and temporary regulations (T.D.
8739), which was the subject of F.R. Doc.
97–30550, is corrected as follows:
§301.6109–1 [Corrected]
1. On page 62520, column 2,
§301.6109–1(h)(2)(iii), line 1, the lan-
guage “(iii) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i),
(a)(1)(ii)(A),” is corrected to read “(iii)
Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) introduc-
tory text, (a)(1)(ii)(A),”. On the last two
lines of the paragraph, the language
“(a)(1)(ii) introductory text, and
(a)(1)(ii)(A) and (B).” is corrected to read
“(a)(1)(ii) introductory text, (a)(1)(ii)(A)
and (a)(1)(ii)(B).”.
§301.6109–1T [Corrected]
2. On page 62520, column 3,
§301.6109–1T(h), the last three lines of
the paragraph, the language “further guid-
ance prior to November 24, 1997, see
§301.6109–1(a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii)(A) and
(a)(1)(ii)(B).” is corrected to read “guid-
ance applicable prior to November 25,
1997, see §301.6109–1(a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii)
introductory text, (a)(1)(ii)(A) and
(a)(1)(ii)(B).”.
Cynthia E. Grigsby,
Chief, Regulations Unit,
Assistant Chief Counsel (Corporate).
(Filed by the Office of the Federal Register on
March 17, 1998, 8:45 a.m., and published in the
issue of the Federal Register for March 18, 1998, 63
F.R. 13124)
Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Excise
Tax; Special Rules for Alaska;
Definitions; Correction
Announcement 98–65
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service,
Treasury.
ACTION: Correction to final regulations.
SUMMARY: This document contains
corrections to the final regulations (T.D.
8748), which were published in the Fed-
eral Registeron Friday, January 2, 1998
(63 F.R. 24 [1998–8 I.R.B. 24]). The reg-
ulations relate to gasoline and diesel fuel
excise tax.
DATES: This correction is effective Janu-
ary 2, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CON-
TACT: Frank Boland (202) 622-3130,
(not a toll-free call).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The final regulations that are the sub-
ject of this correction are under section
6416.
Need for Correction
As published, final regulations (T.D.
8748) contain errors that may prove to be
misleading and are in need of clarifi-
cation.
Correction of Publication
Accordingly, the publication of the
final regulations (T.D. 8748), which are
the subject of F.R. Doc. 97–33988, is cor-
rected as follows:
PART 48—[Corrected]
1. On page 26, column 1, amendatory
instruction “Par. 6a.” is added to read as
follows:
§48.6416(a)–3 [Amended]
Par. 6a. In §48.6416(a)–3, paragraph
(b)(3)(ii) is amended by removing the last
sentence.
2. On page 26, column 1, amendatory
instruction “Par. 6b.” is added to read as
follows:
§48.6416(b)(3)–2 [Amended]
Par. 6b.In §48.6416(b)(3)–2, para-
graph (d)(6) is amended by removing the
language “and §48.6416(b)(4)–1”.
3. On page 67784, § 1.409(a)(9)–1 is corrected as set out in the following table:

Cynthia E. Grigsby,
Chief, Regulations Unit,
Assistant Chief Counsel (Corporate).
(Filed by the Office of the Federal Register on
March 30, 1998, 8:45 a.m., and published in the
issue of the Federal Register for March 31, 1998, 63
F.R. 15292)
Abatement of Interest;
Correction
Announcement 98–66
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service
(IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Correction to notice of pro-
posed rulemaking.
SUMMARY: This document contains a
correction to REG–209276–87, which
was published in the Federal Registeron
Thursday, January 8, 1998 (63 F.R. 1086
[1998–11 I.R.B. 18]), relating to the
abatement of interest attributable to un-
reasonable errors or delays by an officer
or employee of the IRS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CON-
TACT: David Auclair, (202) 622-4910
(not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The notice of proposed rulemaking that
is the subject of this correction is under
section 6404 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
Need for Correction
As published, REG–209276–87 con-
tains an error which may prove to be mis-
leading and is in need of clarification.
Correction of Publication
Accordingly, the publication of the no-
tice of proposed rulemaking (REG–
209276–87), which is the subject of F.R.
Doc. 98–19, is corrected as follows:
On page 1087, column 3, in the pream-
ble under the paragraph reading “Expla-
nation of Provisions”, the first full para-
graph in the column is corrected to read:
The provisions of the regulations are
proposed to apply to interest accruing with
respect to deficiencies or payments of any
tax described in section 6212(a) for tax-
able years beginning after July 30, 1996.
Cynthia E. Grigsby,
Chief, Regulations Unit,
Assistant Chief Counsel (Corporate).
(Filed by the Office of the Federal Register on
March 4, 1998, 8:45 a.m., and published in the issue
of the Federal Register for March 5, 1998, 63 F.R.
10798)
Foundations Status of Certain
Organizations
Announcement 98–67
The following organizations have
failed to establish or have been unable to
maintain their status as public charities or
as operating foundations. Accordingly,
grantors and contributors may not, after
this date, rely on previous rulings or des-
ignations in the Cumulative List of Orga-
nizations (Publication 78), or on the pre-
sumption arising from the filing of notices
under section 508(b) of the Code. This
listing does notindicate that the organiza-
tions have lost their status as organiza-
tions described in section 501(c)(3), eligi-
ble to receive deductible contributions.
Former Public Charities.The following
organizations (which have been treated as
organizations that are not private founda-
tions described in section 509(a) of the
Code) are now classified as private foun-
dations:
A Life Recovery Center Inc., Tallahassee,
FL
AEAONMS Health and Medical
Research Foundation Inc., Detroit, MI
APPLESProject Inc., Kent, OH
Able Abilities Enterprises Inc., Malvern,
AR
Academics Behavior and Cooperation
Inc., Abilene, TX
Act V Inc., Alexandria, VA
Adult Basic Education Council of
Lauderdale County Inc., Ripley, TN
African American Arts Alliance,
Laplume, PA
African-Americans in Horse Racing Inc.,
Baltimore, MD
Afrikasian Scholars Foundation Inc.,
Silver Spring, MD
Agape Full of Love Learning Center Inc.,
Pittsburgh, PA
Agape Parc Inc., Charlotte, NC
Agricultural Improvement Project,
Chicago, IL
Alamance Childrens Theater Inc.,
Burlington, NC
Alpha Kappa PSI Foundation,
Indianapolis, IN
Alternative Program Associates
Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA
American Friends of the Institute of
Talmudic Studies, Inc., Lakewood, NJ
American Musical Theatre, Kansas City,
MO
American Way Charities Inc., Atlanta,
GA
AMTF Joint Theater Center Inc.,
Philadelphia, PA
Angels Place, Southfield, MI
Animal Shelter League Inc., High Point,
NC
Aretha Franklins Scholarship Awards
Inc., Birmingham, MI
Arizona Figure Skating Club, Phoenix,
AZ
Arizona Future Business Leaders of
America Phi Beta Lambda, Phoenix,
AZ
Art Attack Inc., Atlanta, GA
Arthur Kill Watershed Association Corp.,
Colonia, NJ
Ash Tree Organization, Savannah, GA
Asian American Institute, Evanston, IL
Association for the Health Enrichment of
Large People, Radford, VA
Association of Community Living of
Larimer County Inc., Fort Collins, CO
Association of Sycamore Schools Parent
Organizations, Cincinnati, OH
Atlanta Gaymes Inc., Atlanta, GA
Agua Fria Firefighters Association,
Santa Fe, NM
Avra Community Resource Center,
Marana, AZ
Awakening Center, Memphis, TN
Axis Theatre of Maryland Inc.,
Baltimore, MD
Baker Street Theater Inc., Gate City, VA
Ballet Metropolitan Foundation,
Columbus, OH
Baltimore Housing Roundtable Inc.,
Baltimore, MD
Bang Elementary P T O Incorporated,
Houston, TX
Batavia Rotary Club Educational and
Charitable Fund Inc., Batavia, OH
Bay Ballet Theatre Inc., Tampa, FL
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Beaverdale Place Inc., Des Moines, IA
Bedford Development Corporation,
Bedford, KY
Bellefonte Educational Foundation Inc.,
Bellefonte, PA
Bellerive Neighborhood Association,
St. Louis, MO
Belton Senior Center Foundation Inc.,
Belton, TX
Bergen County Community Broadcast
Foundation, Dumont, NJ
Berkeley County Sheriffs Police Athletic
League Inc., Martinsburg, WV
Bessemer Education Enhancement
Foundation, Bessemer, AL
Bethesda Elementary P T O Inc.,
Waukesha, WI
Black Educators of Morris County,
Madison, NJ
Blackwell Regional Hospital Auxiliary
Inc., Blackwell, OK
Bluecoats of Atlanta Inc., Atlanta, GA
Brandon & Millard Williams Police
Athletic League, Youngstown, OH
Brenda L Redmond Cultural Arts
Foundation, Houston, TX
Brentwood Community Foundation,
Houston, TX
Brians House-Price Lane Inc., West
Chester, PA
Bridge for Prison Ministries, Huntsville,
AL
Bronco Soccer Club, Fenton, MO
Bruton Park Home Incorporated,
Hampton, VA
Business Volunteer Alliance, Englewood,
CO
CARESFoundation of Mt. Carmel,
Mt. Carmel, IL
C B S Homes Inc., Albuquerque, NM
Canton District No. 66 Education,
Canton, IL
Capital Area Supply Corps Wives Inc.,
Arlington, VA
Care Network for the Disabled,
Gladstone, MO
Cariso Productions Inc., St. Croix, VI
Carolina Organization for Community
Concerns on Environment, Wilson,
NC
Carroll Council Inc., Southlake, TX
Carroll County Women on the Move,
Westminster, MD
CASA Phoenix Incorporated, Sun City,
AZ
Catawba County Housing Foundation,
Newton, NC
Cedar Lake Volunteer Fire Department
Inc., Hinton, OK
Center for Global Educational
Partnerships, Ranchos De Taos, NM
Center for Leadership Development and
Research Inc., Washington, DC
Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse
in Williamson County Inc., Franklin,
TN
Centrada-Center for Alcohol and Drug
Addiction Services, Marysville, OH
Christopher Charity Inc., Columbus,
OH
Circleville Band Boosters, Circleville,
OH
Cincinnati-Nancy Sister City Association
Inc., Cincinnati, OH
Cities in Schools of Rock Hill Fort Mill
Inc., Rock Hill, SC
Citrus-Hernando Private Industry
Council Inc., Brooksville, FL
Clarke County Education Foundation
Inc., Berryville, VA
Clemson University Flying Club Inc.,
Clemson, SC
Cleveland County Audubon Society,
Norman, OK
Cleveland Sister Cities Inc., Cleveland,
OH
Clinton Rotary Club Foundation, Clinton,
IA
Close Call Theatre, Chicago, IL
Coalition of All Breed Rescue of
Arizona-Cabra, Phoenix, AZ
College News and Consulting Services
Inc., Kent, OH
Color Vision Foundation, Ashland, OR
Commodity Giving Initiative,
Minnetonka, MN
Community Assistance Programs Inc.,
Baltimore, MD
Community Awareness Committee, New
Brighton, PA
Community Builders Housing
Corporation, Stirling, NJ
Community Care of the VNA,
Philadelphia, PA
Community Health Ventures Inc.,
Norman, OK
Community Health Awareness Inc.,
Miami, FL
Community Interpreter Services, St. Paul,
MN
Computers for Classrooms Inc., Atlanta,
GA
Cor Christi Inc., Whippany, NJ
Cornerstone Ministries, Rawlins, WY
Cortez Addictions Recovery Service,
Cortez, CO
Council of Houma Indian Elders
Federation Inc., Kenner, LA
Central Georgia Council on Family
Violence Inc., Macon, GA
Central Georgia Open Inc., Macon, GA
Centro Hispano, Little Rock, AR
Champlin Park Traveling Basketball
Association, Champlin, MN
Chemical Valley Sports Association and
Foundation, Charleston, WV
Chicago Community Health Association
Inc., Chicago, IL
Christian Ecumenical Development Corp
for Far South Side of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
Chipola Historical Trust Inc., Marianna,
FL
Counseling and Educational Support
Services, St. Louis, MO
Creative Advancement Centers Inc.,
Augusta, GA
Creative Arts Therapies Inc., Arma, KS
Crystal Courts, Chicago, IL
Cut and Clean Inc., Hopkinsville, KY
Collier County Juvenile Justice Council,
Inc., Naples, FL
Community Access to Service
Association, Modesto, CA
Covenant Minestrier, Inc., Auberry, CO
D P Whitley Scholarship Fund, High
Point, NC
Dakota Mental Health Consumers
Network, Apply Valley, MN
Dallas Academy of Music for Children,
Dallas, TX
Daystar Inc., Kenner, LA
Dearborn Public Schools Education
Foundation, Dearborn, MI
Delta Regional Coalition, McGehee, AR
Denver International Childrens Festival,
Denver, CO
Denver Place Parent-Teacher
Organization, Wilmington, OH
Desoto Eagles Athletic Booster Club Inc.,
Desoto, TX
Detroit Area Taskforce on Self Esteem,
Detroit, MI
Detroit Community Focus Inc., Detroit,
MI
DHS Orchestra Boosters Inc., Dunwoody,
GA
Diverse Financial Services, Houston,
TX
Dobson Rescue Squad Inc., Dobson, NC
Double D Thrift Inc., Minot, ND
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Dr King Food & Shelter Center, Toledo,
OH
Dunbar Project, Baltimore, MD
Durham Communities in Schools Inc.,
Durham, NC
Durham Episcopal Housing Ministries,
Durham, NC
Eagle Point Parent Group Inc., Oakdale,
MN
East Ark Inc., Helena, AR
East Central Wellness Project Inc.,
Oshkosh, WI
East Hills Band and Orchestra
Association, Bethlehem, PA
East Row Historic Foundation Inc.,
Newport, KY
Eastern Women S. Junior Committee of
Fifty, Pinson, AL
Edge of the Wilderness Community
Center, Bigfork, MN
Edgerton Athletic Boosters Inc.,
Edgerton, OH
Edmond Arts Incorporated, Edmond, OK
Edmondson Community Organization
Inc., Baltimore, MD
Edna-Johnetta House Inc., Memphis, TN
Employment Agency Servicing Youth of
Chicago, Chicago, IL
End Time Ministries Inc., Belton, SC
Energy Rated Homes of Virginia Inc.,
Richmond, VA
Environmental Fund for Virginia Inc.,
Charlottesville, VA
Entity Mission, Garland, TX
Environmental Employment Services,
Austin, TX
Fair Play Parent Teacher Organization,
Fair Play, MO
Fairview Early Education Parent Teacher
Organization, Rockford, IL
Falling Through the Cracks, Hanover, PA
Financial Freedom Foundation Inc.,
Keene, TX
Fire Fighters Safety House Inc.,
Barrackville, WV
Florida International Affairs Foundation
Inc., Tallahassee, FL
Florida League of Middle Schools,
Naples, FL
Folami House, Inc., Chicago, IL
Foothills Symphonic Band-Foothills
Symphonic Music Association,
Loveland, CO
Forest Lakes Public Library Inc., Forest
Lakes, AZ
Fort Maurepas Society, Ocean Springs,
MS
Fort Recovery Ohio Community
Foundation Inc., Fort Recovery, OH
Fort Worth Youth Soccer Association
Inc., Fort Worth, TX
Forty-Two State Street Inc., Belleville, NJ
413 Club Inc., Columbus, GA
Foundation for Life Death and Transition,
El Rito, NM
Foundation for Prevention of Medical
Adverse Events-Latrogenics, Tucson,
AZ
Foundation for Transplants for Needy
Children Inc., Morristown, NJ
Fourth Street Foundation Inc., Carrollton,
GA
Frank Lloyd Wright Heritage Tourism
Program Inc., Madison, WI
Franklin County 2000-Business and
Education Standing Together,
Chambersburg, PA
Friends of Rancho de Ninos Inc.,
Albuquerque, NM
Friends of Shepard State Park, Gaupier,
MS
Friends of the Assiniboines Foundation,
Wolf Point, MT
Friends of the Libraries of Woodbridge
Township Inc., Woodbridge, NJ
Friends of the Library Calhoun County
Library, Edison, GA
Friends of the Love County Branch of the
Chickasaw Library System, Marietta,
OK
Friends of the Park Foundation, Tilden,
NE
Friends of the Thomas-Foreman Home,
Muskogee, OK
Friends of the West Unity Library,
W Unity, OH
Friends of Vander Veer Inc., Davenport,
IA
Friends of Youth Services, Lincoln, NE
Fun Fishing Without Barriers Inc.,
Freeland, MD
Future Directions Consumer Operated,
Westlake, OH
Gahanna Middle School South Parent
Association, Gahanna, OH
Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools
Foundation, Galesburg, MI
Garfield Boulevard Community
Organization, Chicago, IL
Georgia Baptist College of Nursing
Honor Society, Atlanta, GA
Georgia Folk Festival, Milledgeville, GA
GHS – Osteopathic Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Gifts for Education and Economic
Development Inc., Kansas City, MO
Goat Song Productions, Houston, TX
If an organization listed above submits
information that warrants the renewal of
its classification as a public charity or as a
private operating foundation, the Internal
Revenue Service will issue a ruling or de-
termination letter with the revised classi-
fication as to foundation status. Grantors
and contributors may thereafter rely upon
such ruling or determination letter as pro-
vided in section 1.509(a)–7 of the Income
Tax Regulations. It is not the practice of
the Service to announce such revised clas-
sification of foundation status in the Inter-
nal Revenue Bulletin.
1998–28 I.R.B.17July 13, 1998

July 13, 1998181998–28 I.R.B.
Revenue rulings and revenue procedures
(hereinafter referred to as “rulings”) that
have an effect on previous rulings use the
following defined terms to describe the
effect:
Amplified describes a situation where
no change is being made in a prior pub-
lished position, but the prior position is
being extended to apply to a variation of
the fact situation set forth therein. Thus,
if an earlier ruling held that a principle
applied to A, and the new ruling holds
that the same principle also applies to B,
the earlier ruling is amplified. (Compare
with modified, below).
Clarified is used in those instances
where the language in a prior ruling is
being made clear because the language
has caused, or may cause, some confu-
sion. It is not used where a position in a
prior ruling is being changed.
Distinguisheddescribes a situation
where a ruling mentions a previously
published ruling and points out an essen-
tial difference between them.
Modified is used where the substance
of a previously published position is
being changed. Thus, if a prior ruling
held that a principle applied to A but not
to B, and the new ruling holds that it ap-
plies to both A and B, the prior ruling is
modified because it corrects a published
position. (Compare with amplified and
clarified, above).
Obsoleted describes a previously pub-
lished ruling that is not considered deter-
minative with respect to future transac-
tions. This term is most commonly used
in a ruling that lists previously published
rulings that are obsoleted because of
changes in law or regulations. A ruling
may also be obsoleted because the sub-
stance has been included in regulations
subsequently adopted.
Revoked describes situations where the
position in the previously published rul-
ing is not correct and the correct position
is being stated in the new ruling.
Superseded describes a situation where
the new ruling does nothing more than
restate the substance and situation of a
previously published ruling (or rulings).
Thus, the term is used to republish under
the 1986 Code and regulations the same
position published under the 1939 Code
and regulations. The term is also used
when it is desired to republish in a single
ruling a series of situations, names, etc.,
that were previously published over a pe-
riod of time in separate rulings. If the
new ruling does more than restate the
substance of a prior ruling, a combination
of terms is used. For example, modified
and superseded describes a situation
where the substance of a previously pub-
lished ruling is being changed in part and
is continued without change in part and it
is desired to restate the valid portion of
the previously published ruling in a new
ruling that is self contained. In this case
the previously published ruling is first
modified and then, as modified, is super-
seded.
Supplemented is used in situations in
which a list, such as a list of the names of
countries, is published in a ruling and
that list is expanded by adding further
names in subsequent rulings. After the
original ruling has been supplemented
several times, a new ruling may be pub-
lished that includes the list in the original
ruling and the additions, and supersedes
all prior rulings in the series.
Suspended is used in rare situations to
show that the previous published rulings
will not be applied pending some future
action such as the issuance of new or
amended regulations, the outcome of
cases in litigation, or the outcome of a
Service study.
Abbreviations
The following abbreviations in current use and for-
merly used will appear in material published in the
Bulletin.
A—Individual.
Acq.—Acquiescence.
B—Individual.
BE—Beneficiary.
BK—Bank.
B.T.A.—Board of Tax Appeals.
C.—Individual.
C.B.—Cumulative Bulletin.
CFR—Code of Federal Regulations.
CI—City.
COOP—Cooperative.
Ct.D.—Court Decision.
CY—County.
D—Decedent.
DC—Dummy Corporation.
DE—Donee.
Del. Order—Delegation Order.
DISC—Domestic International Sales Corporation.
DR—Donor.
E—Estate.
EE—Employee.
E.O.—Executive Order.
ER—Employer.
ERISA—Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
EX—Executor.
F—Fiduciary.
FC—Foreign Country.
FICA—Federal Insurance Contribution Act.
FISC—Foreign International Sales Company.
FPH—Foreign Personal Holding Company.
F.R.—Federal Register.
FUTA—Federal Unemployment Tax Act.
FX—Foreign Corporation.
G.C.M.—Chief Counsel’s Memorandum.
GE—Grantee.
GP—General Partner.
GR—Grantor.
IC—Insurance Company.
I.R.B.—Internal Revenue Bulletin.
LE—Lessee.
LP—Limited Partner.
LR—Lessor.
M—Minor.
Nonacq.—Nonacquiescence.
O—Organization.
P—Parent Corporation.
PHC—Personal Holding Company.
PO—Possession of the U.S.
PR—Partner.
PRS—Partnership.
PTE—Prohibited Transaction Exemption.
Pub. L.—Public Law.
REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.
Rev. Proc.—Revenue Procedure.
Rev. Rul.—Revenue Ruling.
S—Subsidiary.
S.P.R.—Statements of Procedral Rules.
Stat.—Statutes at Large.
T—Target Corporation.
T.C.—Tax Court.
T.D.—Treasury Decision.
TFE—Transferee.
TFR—Transferor.
T.I.R.—Technical Information Release.
TP—Taxpayer.
TR—Trust.
TT—Trustee.
U.S.C.—United States Code.
X—Corporation.
Y—Corporation.
Z—Corporation.
Definition of Terms

1998–28 I.R.B.19July 13, 1998
1
See footnote at end of list.
Numerical Finding List
1
Bulletins 1998–1 through 1998–27
Announcements:
98–1, 1998–2 I.R.B. 38
98–2, 1998–2 I.R.B.38
98–3, 1998–2 I.R.B.38
98–4, 1998–4 I.R.B.31
98–5, 1998–5 I.R.B. 25
98–6, 1998–5 I.R.B. 25
98–7, 1998–5 I.R.B. 26
98–8, 1998–6 I.R.B. 96
98–9, 1998–7 I.R.B. 35
98–10, 1998–7 I.R.B. 35
98–11, 1998–8 I.R.B. 42
98–12, 1998–8 I.R.B. 43
98–13, 1998–8 I.R.B. 43
98–14, 1998–8 I.R.B. 44
98–15, 1998–10 I.R.B.36
98–16, 1998–9 I.R.B. 17
98–17, 1998–9 I.R.B. 16
98–18, 1998–10 I.R.B.44
98–19, 1998–10 I.R.B.44
98–20, 1998–11 I.R.B. 25
98–21, 1998–11 I.R.B. 26
98–22, 1998–12 I.R.B. 33
98–23, 1998–12 I.R.B. 34
98–24, 1998–12 I.R.B. 35
98–25, 1998–13 I.R.B.43
98–26, 1998–14 I.R.B. 28
98–27, 1998–15 I.R.B. 30
98–28, 1998–15 I.R.B. 30
98–29, 1998–16 I.R.B. 48
98–30, 1998–17 I.R.B. 38
98–32, 1998–17 I.R.B. 39
98–33, 1998–17 I.R.B. 39
98–34, 1998–17 I.R.B. 39
98–35, 1998–17 I.R.B. 40
98–36, 1998–18 I.R.B. 18
98–37, 1998–19 I.R.B. 24
98–38, 1998–19 I.R.B. 26
98–39, 1998–20 I.R.B.24
98–40, 1998–20 I.R.B. 24
98–41, 1998–20 I.R.B. 25
98–42, 1998–21 I.R.B. 26
98–43, 1998–21 I.R.B. 26
98–44, 1998–22 I.R.B. 24
98–45, 1998–23 I.R.B. 18
98–46, 1998–25 I.R.B. 11
98–47, 1998–23 I.R.B. 5
98–48, 1998–24 I.R.B. 6
98–49, 1998–23 I.R.B. 19
98–50, 1998–23 I.R.B. 20
98–51, 1998–24 I.R.B.7
98–52, 1998–24 I.R.B. 37
98–53, 1998–24 I.R.B. 37
98–54, 1998–25 I.R.B.11
98–55, 1998–26 I.R.B.41
98–56, 1998–26 I.R.B.44
98–60, 1998–27 I.R.B.39
98–61, 1998–27 I.R.B. 38
Notices:
98–1, 1998–3 I.R.B. 42
98–2, 1998–2 I.R.B. 22
98–3, 1998–3 I.R.B. 48
98–4, 1998–2 I.R.B. 25
98–5, 1998–3 I.B.R.49
98–6, 1998–3 I.R.B. 52
98–7, 1998–3 I.R.B. 54
98–8, 1998–4 I.R.B. 6
Notices—Continued
98–9, 1998–4 I.R.B. 8
98–10, 1998–6 I.R.B.9
98–11, 1998–6 I.R.B. 18
98–12, 1998–5 I.R.B.12
98–13, 1998–6 I.R.B.19
98–14, 1998–8 I.R.B. 27
98–15, 1998–9 I.R.B. 8
98–16, 1998–15 I.R.B. 12
98–17, 1998–11 I.R.B. 6
98–18, 1998–12 I.R.B. 11
98–19, 1998–13 I.R.B.24
98–20, 1998–13 I.R.B.25
98–21, 1998–15 I.R.B. 14
98–22, 1998–17 I.R.B. 5
98–23, 1998–18 I.R.B. 9
98–24, 1998–17 I.R.B. 5
98–25, 1998–18 I.R.B. 11
98–26, 1998–18 I.R.B. 14
98–27, 1998–18 I.R.B. 14
98–28, 1998–19 I.R.B.7
98–29, 1998–22 I.R.B.8
98–30, 1998–22 I.R.B. 9
98–31, 1998–22 I.R.B. 10
98–32, 1998–22 I.R.B. 23
98–33, 1998–25 I.R.B. 10
98–34, 1998–27 I.R.B. 30
98–35, 1998–27 I.R.B. 35
Proposed Regulations:
PS–158–86, 1998–11 I.R.B. 13
REG–100841–97, 1998–8 I.R.B. 30
REG–102144–98, 1998–15 I.R.B.25
REG–102894–97, 1998–3 I.R.B. 59
REG–104062–97, 1998–10 I.R.B. 34
REG–104537–97, 1998–16 I.R.B. 21
REG–104691–97, 1998–11 I.R.B. 13
REG–105163–97, 1998–8 I.R.B. 31
REG–106031–98, 1998–26 I.R.B. xx
REG–109333–97, 1998–9 I.R.B. 9
REG–109704–97, 1998–3 I.R.B. 60
REG–110965–97, 1998–13 I.R.B. 42
REG–115795–97, 1998–8 I.R.B.33
REG–119449–97, 1998–10 I.R.B. 35
REG–120200–97, 1998–12 I.R.B. 32
REG–120882–97, 1998–14 I.R.B. 25
REG–121268–97, 1998–20 I.R.B. 12
REG–121755–97, 1998–9 I.R.B. 13
REG–208299–90, 1998–16 I.R.B. 26
REG–209276–87, 1998–11 I.R.B. 18
REG–209322–82, 1998–15 I.R.B. 26
REG–209373–81, 1998–14 I.R.B. 26
REG–209463–82, 1998–4 I.R.B. 27
REG–209476–82, 1998–8 I.R.B. 36
REG–209484–87, 1998–8 I.R.B.40
REG–209485–86, 1998–11 I.R.B. 21
REG–209682–94, 1998–17 I.R.B. 20
REG–209807–95, 1998–8 I.R.B. 40
REG–243025–96, 1998–18 I.R.B. 18
REG–251502–96, 1998–9 I.R.B. 14
REG–251698–96, 1998–20 I.R.B. 14
Revenue Procedures:
98–1, 1998–1 I.R.B. 7
98–2, 1998–1 I.R.B. 74
98–3, 1998–1 I.R.B. 100
98–4, 1998–1 I.R.B. 113
98–5, 1998–1 I.R.B. 155
98–6, 1998–1 I.R.B. 183
98–7, 1998–1 I.R.B. 222
Revenue Procedures—Continued
98–8, 1998–1 I.R.B. 225
98–9, 1998–3 I.R.B. 56
98–10, 1998–2 I.R.B. 35
98–11, 1998–4 I.R.B.9
98–12, 1998–4 I.R.B. 18
98–13, 1998–4 I.R.B. 21
98–14, 1998–4 I.R.B. 22
98–15, 1998–4 I.R.B. 25
98–16, 1998–5 I.R.B. 19
98–17, 1998–5 I.R.B. 21
98–18, 1998–6 I.R.B. 20
98–19, 1998–7 I.R.B. 30
98–20, 1998–7 I.R.B. 32
98–21, 1998–8 I.R.B. 27
98–22, 1998–12 I.R.B. 11
98–23, 1998–10 I.R.B. 30
98–24, 1998–10 I.R.B. 31
98–25, 1998–11 I.R.B. 7
98–26, 1998–13 I.R.B.26
98–27, 1998–15 I.R.B.15
98–28, 1998–15 I.R.B.14
98–29, 1998–15 I.R.B. 22
98–30, 1998–17 I.R.B. 6
98–31, 1998–23 I.R.B. 9
98–32, 1998–17 I.R.B. 11
98–33, 1998–19 I.R.B. 7
98–34, 1998–18 I.R.B. 15
98–35, 1998–21 I.R.B. 6
98–36, 1998–23 I.R.B. 10
98–37, 1998–26 I.R.B.6
98–38, 1998–27 I.R.B.29
98–39, 1998–26 I.R.B.36
Revenue Rulings:
98–1, 1998–2 I.R.B. 5
98–2, 1998–2 I.R.B. 15
98–3, 1998–2 I.R.B. 4
98–4, 1998–2 I.R.B. 18
98–5, 1998–2 I.R.B. 20
98–6, 1998–4 I.R.B. 4
98–7, 1998–6 I.R.B.6
98–8, 1998–7 I.R.B. 24
98–9, 1998–6 I.R.B. 5
98–10, 1998–10 I.R.B. 11
98–11, 1998–10 I.R.B. 13
98–12, 1998–10 I.R.B. 5
98–13, 1998–11 I.R.B. 4
98–14, 1998–11 I.R.B. 4
98–15, 1998–12 I.R.B. 6
98–16, 1998–13 I.R.B. 18
98–17, 1998–13 I.R.B. 21
98–18, 1998–14 I.R.B. 22
98–19, 1998–15 I.R.B. 5
98–20, 1998–15 I.R.B. 8
98–21, 1998–18 I.R.B. 7
98–22, 1998–19 I.R.B.5
98–23, 1998–18 I.R.B. 5
98–24, 1998–19 I.R.B. 6
98–25, 1998–19 I.R.B.4
98–26, 1998–21 I.R.B. 4
98–27, 1998–22 I.R.B. 4
98–28, 1998–22 I.R.B. 5
98–29, 1998–24 I.R.B.4
98–30, 1998–25 I.R.B.8
98–31, 1998–25 I.R.B. 4
98–32, 1998–25 I.R.B. 4
98–33, 1998–27 I.R.B.26
Treasury Decisions:
8740, 1998–3 I.R.B. 4

July 13, 1998201998–28 I.R.B.
Numerical Finding List—Continued
Bulletins 1998–1 through 1998–27
Treasury Decisions—Continued
8741, 1998–3 I.R.B. 6
8742, 1998–5 I.R.B.4
8743, 1998–7 I.R.B. 26
8744, 1998–7 I.R.B. 20
8745, 1998–7 I.R.B. 15
8746, 1998–7 I.R.B. 4
8747, 1998–7 I.R.B. 18
8748, 1998–8 I.R.B. 24
8749, 1998–7 I.R.B. 16
8750, 1998–8 I.R.B. 4
8751, 1998–10 I.R.B. 23
8752, 1998–9 I.R.B. 4
8753, 1998–9 I.R.B. 6
8754, 1998–10 I.R.B. 15
8755, 1998–10 I.R.B. 21
8756, 1998–12 I.R.B.4
8757, 1998–13 I.R.B.4
8758, 1998–13 I.R.B. 15
8759, 1998–13 I.R.B. 19
8760, 1998–14 I.R.B. 4
8761, 1998–14 I.R.B. 13
8762, 1998–14 I.R.B. 15
8763, 1998–15 I.R.B. 5
8764, 1998–15 I.R.B. 9
8765, 1998–16 I.R.B. 11
8766, 1998–16 I.R.B. 17
8767, 1998–16 I.R.B. 4
8768, 1998–20 I.R.B.4
8770, 1998–27 I.R.B.4
1
A cumulative list of all revenue rulings, revenue
procedures, Treasury decisions, etc., published in
Internal Revenue Bulletins 1997–27 through
1997–52 will be found in Internal Revenue Bulletin
1998–1, dated January 5, 1998.

1998–28 I.R.B.21July 13, 1998
Finding List of Current Action on
Previously Published Items
1
Bulletins 1998–1 through 1998–27
Revenue Procedures:
91–59
Updated and superseded by
98–25, 1998–11 I.R.B. 7
94–16
Modified and superseded by
98–22, 1998–12 I.R.B. 11
93–62
Modified and superseded by
98–22, 1998–12 I.R.B. 11
95–35
95–35A
Superseded by
98–19, 1998–7 I.R.B. 30
96–29
Modified and superseded by
98–22, 1998–12 I.R.B. 11
97–1
Superseded by
98–1, 1998–1 I.R.B. 7
97–2
Superseded by
98–2, 1998–1 I.R.B. 74
97–3
Superseded by
98–3, 1998–1 I.R.B. 100
97–4
Superseded by
98–4, 1998–1 I.R.B. 113
97–5
Superseded by
98–5, 1998–1 I.R.B. 155
97–6
Superseded by
98–6, 1998–1 I.R.B. 183
97–7
Superseded by
98–7, 1998–1 I.R.B. 222
97–8
Superseded by
98–8, 1998–1 I.R.B. 225
97–21
Superseded by
98–2, 1998–1 I.R.B. 74
97–24
97–24A
Superseded by
98–33, 1998–19 I.R.B. 7
97–26
Obsoleted by
98–28, 1998–15 I.R.B. 14
97–28
Superseded by
98–36, 1998–23 I.R.B. 10
97–32
Superseded by
98–37, 1998–26 I.R.B. 6
Revenue Procedures—Continued
97–34
Superseded by
98–35, 1998–21 I.R.B. 6
97–35
Modified by
98–39, 1998–26 I.R.B. xx
97–53
Superseded by
98–3, 1998–1 I.R.B. 100
Revenue Rulings:
68–352
Obsoleted by
98–24, 1998–19 I.R.B. 6
70–225
Modified by
98–27, 1998–22 I.R.B. 4
73–198
Modified by
98–24, 1998–19 I.R.B. 6
75–17
Supplemented and superseded by
98–5, 1998–2 I.R.B. 20
75–406
Obsoleted by
98–27, 1998–22 I.R.B. 4
92–19
Supplemented in part by
98–2, 1998–2 I.R.B. 15
96–30
Obsoleted by
98–27, 1998–22 I.R.B. 4
1
A cumulative finding list for previously published
items mentioned in Internal Revenue Bulletins
1997–27 through 1997–52 will be found in Internal
Revenue Bulletin 1998–1, dated January 5, 1998.

July 13, 1998221998–28 I.R.B.
Notes

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