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Bulletin No. 200
5-52
December 27, 200
5
HIGHLIGHTS
OF THIS ISSUE
These synopses are intended only as aids to the reader in
identifying the subject matter covered. They may not be
relied upon as authoritative interpretations.
INCOME TAX
Rev. Rul. 2005–79, page 1197.
LIFO; price indexes; department stores.The October
2005 Bureau of Labor Statistics price indexes are accepted
for use by department stores employing the retail inventory and
last-in, first-out inventory methods for valuing inventories for tax
years ended on, or with reference to, October 31, 2005.
Notice 200
5–93, page 1204.
This notic
e contains a proposed revenue procedure that would
provide gu
idance to tax return preparers regarding the format
and conte
nt of consents to use and consents to disclose tax
return in
formation under proposed section 301.7216–3 of the
regulati
ons, which was filed with the Federal Register contem-
poraneou
sly with the public release of this notice on December
7, 2005. T
he proposed revenue procedure would also provide
specifi
c requirements for electronic signatures when a taxpayer
execute
s an electronic consent to the use or disclosure of the
taxpaye
r’s tax return information.
Notice 2005–97, page 1210.
This notice requests comments on possible changes to Rev.
Proc. 2002–9, which provides the procedures for taxpayers to
request automatic consent from the Commissioner to change
to certain methods of accounting.
Notice 2005–98, page 1211.
This notice solicits applications for allocations of the clean re-
newable energy bond limitation under section 54(f) of the Code
and provides guidance with respect to the issuance and post
issuance compliance of clean renewable energy bonds.
Notice 2005–99, page 1214.
Regulations section 1.482–7(d)(2)(iii)(B) provides an elective
method whereby controlled participants of a qualified cost shar-
ing arrangement (QCSA) may take into account the cost of
certain stock-option compensation in the same amount, and
as of the same time, as the fair value of the stock options
reflected as a charge against income in certain audited finan-
cial statements or disclosed in footnotes to such statements.
This notice extends this elective method to certain restricted
shares and restricted share units. It also permits taxpayers
employing the elective method to choose to determine whether
stock-based compensation is related to the intangible develop-
ment area by analyzing the activities of the employee recipients
of the stock-based compensation by reference to financial re-
porting periods, identifying the related compensation on a pe-
riod by period basis.
EMPLOYEE PLANS
Notice 2005–96, page 1209.
Weighted average interest rate update; corporate bond
indices; 30-year Treasury securities.The weighted aver-
age interest rate for December 2005 and the resulting permis-
sible range of interest rates used to calculate current liability
and to determine the required contribution are set forth.
Notice 2005–101, page 1219.
Retirement plans; qualification, list of changes.This no-
tice sets forth a list of changes referred to in Rev. Proc.
2005–66 pertaining to the statutory, regulatory, and guidance
changes needed for certain requests to the Service.
(Continued on the next page)
Finding Lists begin on page ii.
Index for July through December begins on page vi.

EMPLOYMENT TAX
Notice 2005–94, page 1208.
This notice suspends employers’ and payers’ reporting and
wage withholding requirements with respect to deferrals of
compensation under section 409A of the Code for calendar
year 2005. There will be no assertion of penalties against ser-
vice providers in certain circumstances.
Notice 2005–1
00, page 1217.
This notice pr
ovides tables that show the amount of an indi-
vidual’s sala
ry,wages,orotherincomethatisexemptfroma
notice of levy
used to collect delinquent tax in 2006.
ADMINISTRATIVE
T.D. 9230, page 1198.
Final regulations under section 6043 of the Code require infor-
mation reporting by a corporation if control of the corporation
is acquired or the corporation has a substantial change in capi-
tal structure, and the corporation or any shareholder is required
to recognize gain (if any) under section 367(a) and the regula-
tions. The regulations also pertain to information reporting re-
quirements for brokers with respect to transactions described
in section 6043(c).
Notice 200
5–93, page 1204.
This notic
e contains a proposed revenue procedure that would
provide gu
idance to tax return preparers regarding the format
and conten
t of consents to use and consents to disclose tax
return inf
ormation under proposed section 301.7216–3 of the
regulatio
ns, which was filed with the Federal Register contem-
poraneou
sly with the public release of this notice on December
7, 2005. T
he proposed revenue procedure would also provide
specific
requirements for electronic signatures when a taxpayer
executes
an electronic consent to the use or disclosure of the
taxpayer
’s tax return information.
December 27, 20052005–52 I.R.B.

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Part I. Rulings and Decisions Under the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986
Section 472.—Last-in,
First-out Inventories
26 CFR 1.472–1: Last-in, first-out inventories.
LIFO; price indexes; department
stores.The October 2005 Bureau of La-
bor Statistics price indexes are accepted
for use by department stores employing
the retail inventory and last-in, first-out
inventory methods for valuing inventories
for tax years ended on, or with reference
to, October 31, 2005.
Rev. Rul. 2005–79
The following Department Store Inven-
tory Price Indexes for October 2005 were
issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The indexes are accepted by the Inter-
nal Revenue Service, under § 1.472–1(k)
of the Income Tax Regulations and Rev.
Proc. 86–46, 1986–2 C.B. 739, for ap-
propriate application to inventories of
department stores employing the retail
inventory and last-in, first-out inventory
methods for tax years ended on, or with
reference to, October 31, 2005.
The Department Store Inventory Price
Indexes are prepared on a national basis
and include (a) 23 major groups of depart-
ments, (b) three special combinations of
the major groups — soft goods, durable
goods, and miscellaneous goods, and (c) a
store total, which covers all departments,
including some not listed separately, ex-
cept for the following: candy, food, liquor,
tobacco, and contract departments.
BUREAU OF
LABOR STATISTICS, DEPARTMENT STORE
INVENTOR
Y PRICE INDEXES BY DEPARTMENT GROUPS
(January
1941 = 100, unless otherwise noted)
GroupsOct. 2004Oct. 2005
Percent Change
from Oct. 2004
to Oct. 2005
1
1. PieceGoods .............................................491.6488.1-0.7
2. DomesticsandDraperies..................................539.0512.4-4.9
3. Women’s
andChildren’sShoes ............................
665.8710.96.8
4. Men’sShoes.............................................832.1884.96.3
5. Infants’Wear ............................................584.3566.9-3.0
6. Women’
sUnderwear......................................
513.0542.95.8
7. Women’sHosiery ........................................337.6337.1-0.1
8. Women’sandGirls’Accessories ...........................597.3578.4-3.2
9. Women
’sOuterwearandGirls’Wear .......................
385.5374.0-3.0
10. Men’sClothing ..........................................542.7538.4-0.8
11. Men’sFurnishings........................................578.7571.2-1.3
12. Boys
’ClothingandFurnishings............................
430.6405.4-5.9
13. Jewelry..................................................892.6873.8-2.1
14. Notions .................................................793.7806.31.6
15. Toil
etArticlesandDrugs..................................
995.61003.60.8
16. FurnitureandBedding ....................................608.5598.1-1.7
17. FloorCoverings..........................................581.7606.44.2
18. Hou
sewares..............................................
714.6706.7-1.1
19. MajorAppliances.........................................202.8203.70.4
20. RadioandTelevision......................................41.138.3-6.8
21
.
Re
creation and Education
2
.................................
79.877.8-2.5
22. Home Improvements
2
.....................................131.0137.34.8
23. Automotive Accessories
2
..................................113.1116.32.8
Groups1–15:SoftGoods .......................................569.9565.3-0.8
Groups16–20:DurableGoods...................................382.5377.4-1.3
Groups 21–23: Misc. Goods
2
....................................93.193.20.1
Store Total
3
..............................................502.4498.4-0.8
1
Absence of a minus sign before the percentage change in this column signifies a price increase.
2
Indexes on a January 1986 = 100 base.
3
The store total index covers all departments, including some not listed separately, except for the following: candy, food, liquor,
tobacco and contract departments.
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DRAFTING INFORMATION
The principal author of this revenue
ruling is Michael Burkom of the Office
of Associate Chief Counsel (Income Tax
and Accounting). For further informa-
tion regarding this revenue ruling, contact
Mr. Burkom at (202) 622–7924 (not a
toll-free call).
Section 3401(a).—Defi-
nitions, Wages
A notice describes suspension of employer and
payer reporting and wage withholding requirements
with respect to deferrals of compensation under sec-
tion 409A for calendar year 2005; no assertion of
penalties against service providers in certain circum-
stances. See Notice 2005-94, page 1208.
Section 6041.—Information
at Source
A notice describes suspension of employer and
payer reporting and wage withholding requirements
with respect to deferrals of compensation under sec-
tion 409A for calendar year 2005; no assertion of
penalties against service providers in certain circum-
stances. See Notice 2005-94, page 1208.
Section 6043.—Liquidating,
etc., Transactions
26 CFR 1.6043–4: Information returns relating to
certain acquisitions of control and changes in capital
structure.
T.D. 9230
DEPARTMENT OF
THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
26 CFR Part 1
Information Reporting
Relating to Taxable Stock
Transactions
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service
(IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Final regulations and removal
of temporary regulations.
SUMMARY: This document contains final
regulations requiring information report-
ing by a corporation if control of the cor-
poration is acquired, or the corporation has
a substantial change in capital structure,
and the corporation or any shareholder is
required to recognize gain (if any) under
section 367(a) and the regulations. This
document also contains final regulations
concerning information reporting require-
ments for brokers with respect to transac-
tions described in section 6043(c).
DATES:Effective Date: These regulations
are effective December 5, 2005.
Applicability Dates:Fordatesof
applicability, see §§1.6043–4(i) and
1.6045–3(g).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT: Michael Hara at (202)
622–4910 (not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Sections 6043(c) and 6045
Section 6043(c) of the Internal Revenue
Code (Code) provides that, when required
by the Secretary, if any person acquires
control of a corporation, or if there is a re-
capitalization or other substantial change
in capital structure of a corporation, the
corporation shall make a return setting
forth the identity of the parties to the
transaction, the fees involved, the changes
in the capital structure involved, and such
other information as the Secretary may
require with respect to such transaction.
Section 6045 of the Code provides that,
when required by the Secretary, every bro-
ker shall make a return showing the name
and address of each customer, with such
details regarding gross proceeds and such
other information as the Secretary may re-
quire by forms or regulations.
The Temporary and Proposed Regulations
On November 18, 2002, the IRS pub-
lished in theFederal Registeranoticeof
proposed rulemaking, REG–143321–02,
2002–2 C.B. 922 (67 FR 69496) and tem-
porary regulations, T.D. 9022, 2002–2
C.B. 909 (67 FR 69468). These temporary
and proposed regulations (the 2002 tem-
porary and proposed regulations) gener-
ally required information reporting under
section 6043(c) for certain large corpo-
rate transactions involving acquisitions
of control and substantial changes in the
capital structure of a corporation. Two
types of reporting were required: Form
8806, “Information Return for Acquisi-
tion of Control or Substantial Change in
Capital Structure,” to report and describe
the transaction, to be attached to the cor-
poration’s return, and Form 1099-CAP,
“Changes in Corporate Control and Cap-
ital Structure,” to be filed with respect
to shareholders unless they were exempt
recipients. Brokers who received Forms
1099-CAP as the record holder of stock in
a reporting corporation were required to
file Form 1099-CAP with respect to the
actual owners of the shares, unless such
owners were exempt recipients.
The 2002 temporary regulations were
effective only for acquisitions of control
and substantive changes in capital struc-
ture occurring after December 31, 2001,
if the reporting corporation or any share-
holder were required to recognize gain (if
any) as a result of the application of sec-
tion 367(a).
On December 30, 2003, in response
to comments on the 2002 temporary
and proposed regulations, the 2002
proposed regulations were withdrawn,
REG–143321–02, 2004–1 C.B. 399
(68 FR 75182), and a new notice of
proposed rulemaking was published,
REG–156232–03, 2004–1 C.B. 399 (68
FR 75182), and the 2002 temporary reg-
ulations were revised in 2003 (the 2003
temporary regulations), T.D. 9101, 2004–1
C.B. 376 (68 FR 75119). The 2003 tem-
porary regulations retained the basic re-
porting requirements set forth in the 2002
temporary regulations, requiring a domes-
tic corporation involved in an acquisition
of control or substantial change in capi-
tal structure to file Form 8806 reporting
and describing the transactions. The 2003
temporary regulations, however, changed
the time and manner of filing, making the
Form 8806 a stand-alone form required
to be filed within 45 days following the
transaction.
The 2003 temporary regulations also re-
vised the 2002 temporary regulations by
providing that a reporting corporation was
not required to file Forms 1099-CAP with
respect to its shareholders that are clearing
organizations, or to furnish Forms 1099-
CAP to such clearing organizations, if the
corporation made an election to permit the
IRS to publish information regarding the
transaction.
The 2003 temporary regulations ex-
panded the list of exempt recipients to
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include brokers. The 2003 temporary
regulations also required brokers to file
an information return reporting the re-
quired information with respect to their
customers who are not exempt recipients if
they know or have reason to know, based
on readily available information, that a
transaction described in §1.6043–4T(c) or
(d) has occurred. The 2003 temporary reg-
ulations required Form 1099-B, “Proceeds
From Broker and Barter Exchange Trans-
actions,” to be used for such reporting.
The Form 1099-B was revised in 2004
to include new boxes for the information
required under the temporary regulations.
The 2003 temporary regulations were
effective only for acquisitions of control
and substantial changes in capital structure
that occur after December 31, 2002, and
for which the reporting corporation or any
shareholder is required to recognize gain
(if any) as a result of the application of
section 367(a) and the regulations.
Notice 2005–7
On December 31, 2004, the IRS issued
Notice 2005–7, 2005–3 I.R.B. 340, (see
§601.601(d)(2) of this chapter) in response
to enactment of section 6043A of the Code,
Returns Relating to Taxable Mergers and
Acquisitions. Section 6043A was added
by Section 805 of the American Jobs Cre-
ation Act of 2004, Public Law 108–357,
(118 Stat. 1418), and provides for infor-
mation reporting by an acquiring corpo-
ration in any taxable acquisition, accord-
ing to forms or regulations prescribed by
the Secretary. Notice 2005–7 stated that
taxpayers required to report under Temp.
Treas. Reg. §§1.6043–4T and 1.6045–3T
must continue to report pursuant to those
regulations. The notice observed that sec-
tion 6043A supplements the information
reporting provisions of sections 6043(c)
and 6045, and it requested comments on
the coordination of section 6043A with the
requirements of the 2003 temporary and
proposed regulations.
Summary of Comments
No comments were received in re-
sponse to publication of the 2003 tem-
porary and proposed regulations. The
Treasury Department and the IRS, how-
ever, received comments in response to
Notice 2005–7. The subject matter of
several of those comments related to is-
sues addressed in the 2003 temporary and
proposed regulations. A commentator
recommended changes to the reporting
obligations under the 2003 proposed reg-
ulations in four areas. First, the com-
mentator recommended that reporting
corporations furnish to the IRS or to clear-
ing organizations, and the IRS publish,
informationinadditiontothatsetforth
in §1.6043–4T(a)(1)(v) and (a)(2) of the
temporary regulations, including (i) a
breakdown of the amount of cash, the fair
market value of taxable stock or other
property, and the number of shares of
nontaxable stock received with respect
to each share exchanged, and (ii) CUSIP
numbers for both the shares exchanged
and those received. Second, the commen-
tator recommended that the regulations
clearly state that brokers may separately
report cash and other property on separate
Forms 1099-B. Third, the commentator
recommended that the IRS eliminate the
requirement for brokers to report the ad-
dress of corporations and that the IRS
build into the final regulations flexibility
concerning the content of Form 1099-B.
Finally, the commentator recommended
that the Form 1099-B revert back to the
2003 version for 2005 and future years
and that the regulations be modified in any
way necessary to permit this result.
In comments to Notice 2005–7, another
commentator also recommended changes
in the Form 1099-B, suggesting that the
corporation’s name and address become
optional data elements.
Explanation of Final Regulations
With the revisions explained below,
the final regulations adopt the 2003 tem-
porary regulations. The final regulations
limit the information reporting to transac-
tions in which the reporting corporation or
any shareholder is required to recognize
gain (if any) under section 367(a). The
final regulations make certain clarifying
changes to the rules of the temporary reg-
ulations and one modification in response
to comments.
In the final regulations, the definition
ofacquisition of control of a corpora-
tionin §1.6043–4T(c)(1)(i) has been re-
vised to omit transactions where stock
representing control of a corporation is
distributed by a second corporation to
shareholders of the second corporation
because such transactions would not re-
sult in a recognition of gain under sec-
tion 367(a) and the regulations. The
rules regarding constructive ownership
in §1.6043–4T(c)(3), two or more cor-
porations acting pursuant to a plan or
arrangement in §1.6043–4T(c)(4), and
section 338 elections in §1.6043–4T(c)(5)
have been deleted since those special
rules are unnecessary regarding transac-
tions that may result in recognition of
gain under section 367(a) and the regula-
tions. The definition ofchange in capital
structurein §1.6043–4T(d)(2) has been
modified to remove the inclusion of recap-
italizations and redemptions since those
transactions would not result in a recogni-
tion of gain under section 367(a) and the
regulations. Finally,Examples 2and3in
§1.6043–4T(h) have been omitted because
those examples addressed circumstances
beyond section 367(a) and the regulations.
The Treasury Department and the IRS
continue to consider the comments re-
ceived with respect to broker reporting
under §1.6045–3T, particularly with re-
spect to appropriate changes to Form
1099-B and that form’s interaction with
other reporting obligations. Accordingly,
to maintain flexibility in the design of
Form 1099-B, the final regulations do not
include the explicit requirement that Form
1099-B include the corporation’s address.
The proposed regulations under sec-
tions 6043(c) and 6045 issued on Decem-
ber 30, 2003 (and corrected on February
13, 2004) remain outstanding with respect
to the transactions not covered by the final
regulations. The Treasury Department and
the IRS continue to consider the proper
implementation of the additional informa-
tion reporting provided in section 6043A
and the coordination of reporting require-
ments under sections 6043(c), 6043A, and
6045 to transactions not covered by the
final regulations.
The final regulations are effective for
acquisitions of control and substantial
changes in capital structure that occur af-
ter December 5, 2005, and for which the
reporting corporation or any shareholder
is required to recognize gain (if any) as a
result of the application of section 367(a)
and the regulations.
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Special Analyses
It has been determined that this Trea-
sury decision is not a significant regula-
tory action as defined in Executive Order
12866. Therefore, a regulatory assessment
is not required. It has also been determined
that section 553(b) of the Administrative
Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 5) does
not apply to these regulations, and be-
cause the regulation does not impose a
collection of information requirement on
small entities, the Regulatory Flexibility
Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 6) does not apply.
Pursuant to section 7805(f) of the Internal
Revenue Code, the proposed regulations
preceding these regulations were submit-
ted to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy
of the Small BusinessAdministration for
comment on its impact on small busi-
nesses.
Drafting Information
The principal author of these regula-
tions is Michael Hara, Office of Associate
Chief Counsel (Procedure and Administra-
tion), AdministrativeProvisions and Judi-
cial Practice Division.
*****
Adoption of Amendments to the
Regulations
Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is am
ended
as follows:
PART 1—INCOME TAXES
Paragraph 1. The authority citation for
part 1 is amended by adding the following
entries in numerical order to read in part as
follows:
Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *
Section 1.6043–4 also issued under 26
U.S.C. 6043(c).
*****
Section 1.6045–3 also issued under 26
U.S.C. 6045. * * *
Par. 2. Section 1.6043–4 is added to
read as follows:
§1.6043–4 Information returns relating
to certain acquisitions of control and
changes in capital structure.
(a)Information returns for an acqui-
sition of control or a substantial change
in capital structure—(1)General rule.If
there is an acquisition of control (as de-
fined in paragraph (c) of this section) or
a substantial change in the capital struc-
ture (as defined in paragraph (d) of this
section) of a domestic corporation (report-
ing corporation), the reporting corporation
must file a completed Form 8806, “Infor-
mation Return for Acquisition of Control
or Substantial Change in Capital Struc-
ture,” in accordance withthe instructions
to that form. The Form 8806 will request
information with respect to the following
and such other information specified in the
instructions:
(i)Reporting corporation.Thename,
address, and taxpayer identification num-
ber (TIN) of the reporting corporation.
(ii)Common parent, if any, of the re-
porting corporation. If the reporting cor-
poration was a subsidiary member of an
affiliated group filing a consolidated re-
turn immediately priorto the acquisition of
control or the substantial change in capital
structure, the name, address, and TIN of
the common parent of that affiliated group.
(iii)Acquiring corporation. The name,
address and TIN of any corporation that
acquired control of the reporting corpora-
tion within the meaning of paragraph (c) of
this section or combined with or received
assets from the reporting corporation pur-
suant to a substantial change in capital
structure within the meaning of paragraph
(d) of this section (acquiring corporation)
and whether the acquiring corporation was
newly formed prior to its involvement in
the transaction.
(iv)Information about acquisition of
control or substantial change in capital
structure.
(A) A description of the transaction or
transactions that gave rise to the acquisi-
tion of control or the substantial change in
capital structure of the corporation;
(B) The date or dates of the transaction
or transactions that gave rise to the acqui-
sition of control or the substantial change
in capital structure; and
(C) A description of and a statement of
the fair market value of any stock and other
property, if any, provided to the reporting
corporation’s shareholders in exchange for
their stock.
(2)Consent election. Form 8806 will
provide the reporting corporation with the
ability to elect to permit the Internal Rev-
enue Service (IRS) to publish information
that will inform brokers of the transac-
tion and enable brokers to satisfy their re-
porting obligations under §1.6045–3. The
information to be published, whether on
the IRS website or in an IRS publication,
would be limited to the name and address
of the corporation, the date of the trans-
action, a description of the shares affected
by the transaction, and the amount of cash
and the fair market value of stock or other
property provided to each class of share-
holders in exchange for a share.
(3)Time for making return. Form 8806
must be filed on or before the 45th day fol-
lowing the acquisition of control or sub-
stantial change in capital structure of the
corporation, or, if earlier, on or before Jan-
uary 5th of the year following the calendar
year in which the acquisition of control or
substantial change in capital structure oc-
curs.
(4)Exception where transaction is
reported under section 6043(a).Nore-
porting is required under this paragraph
(a) with respect to a transaction for which
information is required to be reported
pursuant to section 6043(a), provided the
transaction is properly reported in accor-
dance with that section.
(5)Exception where shareholders are
exempt recipients. No reporting is required
under this paragraph (a) if the reporting
corporation reasonably determines that all
of its shareholders who receive cash, stock,
or other property pursuant to the acquisi-
tion of control or substantial change in cap-
ital structure are exempt recipients under
paragraph (b)(5) of this section.
(b)Information returns regarding
shareholders—(1)General rule.Acor-
poration that is required to file Form
8806 pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of this
section shall file a return of information
on Forms 1096, “Annual Summary and
Transmittal of U.S. Information Returns,”
and 1099-CAP, “Changes in Corporate
Control and Capital Structure,” with re-
spect to each shareholder of record in the
corporation (before orafter the acquisition
of control or the substantial change in cap-
ital structure) who receives cash, stock, or
other property pursuant to the acquisition
of control or the substantial change in
capital structure and who is not an exempt
recipient as defined in paragraph (b)(5) of
this section. A corporation is not required
to file a Form 1096 or 1099-CAP with
respect to a clearing organization if the
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corporation makes the election described
in paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
(2)Time for making information re-
turns. Forms 1096 and 1099-CAP must be
filedonorbeforeFebruary28(March31if
filed electronically) of the year following
the calendar year in which the acquisition
of control or the substantial change in
capital structure occurs.
(3)Contents of return.AseparateForm
1099-CAP must be filed with respect to
amounts received by each shareholder
(who is not an exempt recipient as defined
in paragraph (b)(5) of this section). The
Form 1099-CAP will request information
with respect to the following and such
other information as may be specified in
the instructions:
(i) The name, address, telephone num-
ber and TIN of the reporting corporation;
(ii) The name, address and TIN of the
shareholder;
(iii) The number and class of shares in
the reporting corporation exchanged by the
shareholder; and
(iv) The aggregate amount of cash and
the fair market value of any stock or other
property provided to the shareholder in ex-
change for its stock.
(4)Furnishing of forms to sharehold-
ers. The Form 1099-CAP filed with
respect to each shareholder must be fur-
nished to such shareholderonorbefore
January 31 of the year following the calen-
dar year in which the shareholder receives
cash, stock, or other property as part of
the acquisition of control or the substan-
tial change in capital structure. The Form
1099-CAP filed with respect to a clear-
ing organization must be furnished to the
clearing organization on or before January
5th of the year following the calendar
year in which the acquisition of control or
substantial change in capital structure oc-
curred. A Form 1099-CAP is not required
to be furnished to a clearing organization
if the reporting corporation makes the
election described in paragraph (a)(2) of
this section.
(5)Exempt recipients. A corporation
is not required to file a Form 1099-CAP
pursuant to this paragraph (b) with respect
to any of the following shareholders that is
not a clearing organization:
(i) Any shareholder who receives stock
in an exchange that is not subject to gain
recognition under section 367(a) and the
regulations.
(ii) Any shareholder if the corpora-
tion reasonably determines that the total
amount of cash and the fair market value
of stock and other property received by
the shareholder does not exceed $1,000.
(iii) Any shareholder described in para-
graphs (b)(5)(iii)(A) through (M) of this
section if the corporation has actual knowl-
edge that the shareholder is described in
one of paragraphs (b)(5)(iii)(A) through
(M)ofthissectionorifthecorporation
has a properly completed exemption cer-
tificate from the shareholder (as provided
in §31.3406(h)–3 of this chapter). The
corporation also may treat a shareholder
as described in paragraphs (b)(5)(iii)(A)
through (M) of this section based on
the applicable indicators described in
§1.6049–4(c)(1)(ii).
(A) A corporation, as described in
§1.6049–4(c)(1)(ii)(A) (except for corpo-
rations for which an election under section
1362(a) is in effect).
(B) A tax-exempt organization, as de-
scribed in §1.6049–4(c)(1)(ii)(B)(1).
(C) An individual retirement plan, as
described in §1.6049–4(c)(1)(ii)(C).
(D) The United States, as described in
§1.6049–4(c)(1)(ii)(D).
(E) A state, as described in
§1.6049–4(c)(1)(ii)(E).
(F) A foreign government, as described
in §1.6049–4(c)(1)(ii)(F).
(G) An international organization, as
described in §1.6049–4(c)(1)(ii)(G).
(H) A foreign central bank of issue, as
described in §1.6049–4(c)(1)(ii)(H).
(I) A securities or commodities dealer,
as described in §1.6049–4(c)(1)(ii)(I).
(J) A real estate investment trust, as de-
scribed in §1.6049–4(c)(1)(ii)(J).
(K) An entity registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940
(15 U.S.C. 80a–1), as described in
§1.6049–4(c)(1)(ii)(K).
(L) A common trust fund, as described
in §1.6049–4(c)(1)(ii)(L).
(M) A financial institution such as a
bank, mutual savings bank, savings and
loan association, building and loan associ-
ation, cooperative bank, homestead associ-
ation, credit union, industrial loan associa-
tion or bank, or other similar organization.
(iv) Any shareholder that the corpora-
tion, prior to the transaction, associates
with documentation upon which the cor-
poration may rely in order to treat pay-
ments to the shareholder as made to a for-
eign beneficial owner in accordance with
§1.1441–1(e)(1)(ii) or as made to a foreign
payee in accordance with §1.6049–5(d)(1)
or presumed to be made to a foreign payee
under §1.6049–5(d)(2) or (3). For pur-
poses of this paragraph (b)(5)(iv), the
provisions in §1.6049–5(c) (regarding
rules applicable to documentation of for-
eign status and definition of U.S. payor
and non-U.S. payor) shall apply. The pro-
visions of §1.1441–1 shall apply by using
the terms “corporation” and “shareholder”
in place of the terms “withholding agent”
and “payee” and without regard to the fact
that the provisions apply only to amounts
subject to withholding under chapter 3 of
the Internal Revenue Code. The provi-
sions of §1.6049–5(d) shall apply by using
the terms “corporation” and “shareholder”
in place of the terms “payor” and “payee”.
Nothing in this paragraph (b)(5)(iv) shall
be construed to relieve a corporation of
its withholding obligations under section
1441.
(v) Any shareholder if, on January 31
of the year following the calendar year in
which the shareholder receives cash, stock,
or other property, the corporation did not
know and did not have reason to know that
the shareholder received such cash, stock,
or other property in a transaction or se-
ries of related transactions that would re-
sult in an acquisition of control or a sub-
stantial change in capital structure within
the meaning of this section.
(6)Coordination with other sections.
In general, no reporting is required under
this paragraph (b) with respect to amounts
that are required to be reported under sec-
tions 6042 or 6045, unless the corporation
knows or has reason to know that such
amounts are not properly reported in accor-
dance with those sections. A corporation
must satisfy the requirements under this
paragraph (b) with respect to any share-
holder of record that is a clearing organi-
zation.
(c)Acquisition of control of a corpo-
ration—(1)In general. For purposes of
this section, an acquisition of control of a
corporation (first corporation) occurs if, in
a transaction or series of related transac-
tions—
(i) Before an acquisition of stock of the
first corporation (directly or indirectly) by
a second corporation,the second corpora-
tion does not have control of the first cor-
poration;
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(ii) After the acquisition, the second
corporation has controlofthefirstcorpo-
ration;
(iii) The fair market value of the stock
acquired in the transaction and in any re-
lated transactions as of the date or dates
on which such stock was acquired is $100
million or more;
(iv) The shareholders of the first corpo-
ration receive stock or other property pur-
suant to the acquisition; and
(v) The first corporation or any share-
holder of the first corporation is required
to recognize gain (if any) under section
367(a) and the regulations, as a result of
the transaction.
(2)Control. For purposes of this sec-
tion, control is determined in accordance
with the first sentence of section 304(c)(1).
For these purposes the rules of section 318
as modified by the rules of section 958(b)
shall apply in determining the ownership
of stock.
(d)Substantial change in capital struc-
ture of a corporation—(1)In general.
A corporation has a substantial change
in capital structure if it has a change in
capital structure (as defined in paragraph
(d)(2) of this section) and the amount of
any cash and the fair market value of any
property (including stock) provided to the
shareholders of such corporation pursuant
to the change in capital structure, as of the
date or dates on which the cash or other
property is provided, is $100 million or
more.
(2)Change in capital structure.For
purposes of this section, a corporation has
a change in capital structure if —
(i) The corporation in a transaction or
series of transactions—
(A) Merges, consolidates or otherwise
combines with another corporation or
transfers all or substantially all of its as-
sets to one or more corporations;
(B) Transfers all or part of its assets to
another corporation in a title 11 or simi-
lar case and, in pursuance of the plan, dis-
tributes stock or securities of that corpora-
tion; or
(C) Changes its identity, form or place
of organization; and
(ii) The corporation or any shareholder
is required to recognize gain (if any) under
section 367(a) and the regulations, as a re-
sult of the transaction.
(e)Reporting by successor entity.If
a corporation (transferor) transfers all or
substantially all of its assets to another en-
tity (transferee) in a transaction that con-
stitutes a substantial change in the capital
structure of transferor, transferor must sat-
isfy the reporting obligations in paragraph
(a) and (b) of this section. If transferor
does not satisfy one or both of those report-
ing obligations, then transferee must do so.
If neither transferor nor transferee satisfies
the reporting obligations in paragraphs (a)
and (b) of this section,then transferor and
transferee shall be jointly and severally li-
able for any applicablepenalties (see para-
graph (g) of this section).
(f)Receipt of property. For purposes
of this section, a shareholder is treated as
receiving property (or as having property
provided to it) pursuant to an acquisition
of control or a substantial change in capital
structure if a liability of the shareholder is
assumedinthetransactionand,asaresult
of the transaction, an amount is realized by
the shareholder from the sale or exchange
of stock.
(g)Penalties for failure to file.For
penalties for failure to file as required un-
der this section, see section 6652(l). The
information returns required to be filed un-
derparagraphs(a)and(b)ofthissection
shall be treated as one return for purposes
of section 6652(l) and, accordingly, the
penalty shall not exceed $500 for each day
the failure continues (up to a maximum of
$100,000) with respect to any acquisition
of control or any substantial change in cap-
ital structure. Failure to file as required un-
der this section also includes the failure to
satisfy the requirement to file on magnetic
media as required by section 6011(e) and
§1.6011–2. In addition, criminal penalties
under sections 7203, 7206 and 7207 may
apply in appropriate cases.
(h)Examples. The following examples
illustrate the application of the rules of this
section. For purposes of these examples,
assume the transaction is not reported un-
der sections 6042, 6043(a), or 6045, un-
less otherwise specified, and assume that
the fair market value of the consideration
provided to the shareholders exceeds $100
million. The examples are as follows:
Example 1. The shareholders of X, a domes-
tic corporation and parent of an affiliated group, ex-
change their X stock for stock in Y, a foreign corpo-
ration, pursuant to sections 351 and 354. After the
transaction, Y owns all the outstanding X stock. As-
sume that, under section 367(a) and the regulations,
the X shareholders must recognize gain (if any) on
the exchange of their stock. Because the transaction
results in an acquisition of control of X, X must com-
ply with the rules in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
section. X must file Form 8806 reporting the trans-
action. X must also file a Form 1099-CAP with re-
spect to each shareholder who is not an exempt re-
cipient showing the fair market value of the Y stock
received by that shareholder, and X must furnish a
copy of the Form 1099-CAP to that shareholder. If
X elects on the Form 8806 to permit the IRS to pub-
lish information regarding the transaction, X is not
required to file or furnish Forms 1099-CAP with re-
spect to shareholders that are clearing organizations.
Example 2. ThefactsarethesameasinExam-
ple 1, except X hires a transferagent to effectuate the
exchange. The transfer agent is treated as a broker
under section 6045 and is required to report the fair
market value of the Y stock received by X’s share-
holders under §1.6045–3. Under paragraph (b)(6) of
this section, X is not required to file information re-
turns under paragraph (b) of this section with respect
to a shareholder of record, unless X knows or has rea-
son to know that the transfer agent does not satisfy
its information reporting obligation under §1.6045–3
with respect to that shareholder. Thus, if the transfer
agent satisfies its information reporting requirements
under §1.6045–3 with respect to shareholder I, an in-
dividual who receives X stock, X is not required to
file a Form 1099-CAP with respect to I. Conversely,
if the transfer agent does not have an information re-
porting obligation under §1.6045–3 with respect to
one of X’s shareholders of record (for example, a
clearing organization that is an exempt recipient un-
der §1.6045–3(b)(2)), or if X knows or has reason to
know that the transfer agent has not satisfied its infor-
mation reporting requirement with respect to a share-
holder, then X must provide a Form 1099-CAP to that
shareholder.
(i)Effective date. This section applies
to transactions occurring after December
5, 2005.
§1.6043–4T [Removed]
Par. 3. Section 1.6043–4T is removed.
Par. 4. Section 1.6045–3 is added to
read as follows:
§ 1.6045–3 Information reporting for an
acquisition of control or a substantial
change in capital structure.
(a)In general. Any broker (as defined
in §1.6045–1(a)(1)) that holds shares on
behalf of a customer in a corporation that
the broker knows or has reason to know
based on readily available information (in-
cluding, for example, information from a
clearing organization or from information
published by the Internal Revenue Ser-
vice (IRS)) has engaged in a transaction
described in §1.6043–4(c) (acquisition
of control) or §1.6043–4(d) (substantial
change in capital structure) shall file a
return of information with respect to the
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customer, unless the customer is an ex-
empt recipient as defined in paragraph (b)
of this section.
(b)Exempt recipients. A broker is not
required to file a return of information un-
der this section with respect to the follow-
ing customers:
(1) Any customer who receives only
cash in exchange for its stock in the corpo-
ration, which must be reported by the bro-
ker pursuant to §1.6045–1.
(2) Any customer who is an exempt re-
cipient as defined in §1.6043–4(b)(5) or
§1.6045–1(c)(3)(i).
(c)Form, manner and time for making
information returns. The return required
by paragraph (a) of this section must be
on Forms 1096, “Annual Summary and
Transmittal of U.S. Information Returns,”
and 1099-B, “Proceeds From Broker and
Barter Exchange Transactions,” or on
an acceptable substitute statement. Such
forms must be filed on or before February
28 (March 31 if filed electronically) of the
year following the calendar year in which
the acquisition of control or the substantial
change in capital structure occurs.
(d)Contents of return.AseparateForm
1099-B must be prepared for each cus-
tomer. The Form 1099-B will request in-
formation with respect to the following
and such other information as may be spec-
ified in the instructions:
(1) The name, address and taxpayer
identification number (TIN) of the cus-
tomer;
(2) The name of the corporation which
engaged in the transaction described in
§1.6043–4(c) or (d);
(3) The number and class of shares
in the corporation exchanged by the cus-
tomer; and
(4) The aggregate amount of cash and
the fair market value of any stock or other
property provided to the customer in ex-
change for its stock.
(e)Furnishing of forms to customers.
The Form 1099-B prepared for each cus-
tomer must be furnished to the customer on
or before January 31 of the year following
the calendar year in which the customer re-
ceives stock, cash or other property.
(f)Single Form 1099. If a broker is
required to file a Form 1099-B with re-
spect to a customer under §§1.6045–3 and
1.6045–1(c) with respect to the same trans-
action, the broker may satisfy the require-
ments of both sections by filing and fur-
nishing one Form 1099-B that contains all
the relevant information, as provided in the
instructions to Form 1099-B.
(g)Effective date. This section applies
with respect to any acquisition of control
and any substantial change in capital struc-
ture occurring after December 5, 2005.
§1.6045–3T [Removed]
Par. 5. Section 1.6045–3T is removed.
Mark E. Matthews,
Deputy Commissioner for
Services and Enforcement.
Approved November 22, 2005.
Eric Solomon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
oftheTreasury(TaxPolicy).
(Filed by the Office of the Federal Register on December 2,
2005, 8:45 a.m., and published in the issue of the Federal
Register for December 5, 2005, 70 F.R. 72376)
Section 6051.—Receipts
for Employees
A notice describes suspension of employer and
payer reporting and wage withholding requirements
with respect to deferrals of compensation under sec-
tion 409A for calendar year 2005; no assertion of
penalties against service providers in certain circum-
stances. See Notice 2005-94, page 1208.
Section 6651.—Failure to
FileTaxReturnortoPayTax
A notice describes suspension of employer and
payer reporting and wage withholding requirements
with respect to deferrals of compensation under sec-
tion 409A for calendar year 2005; no assertion of
penalties against service providers in certain circum-
stances. See Notice 2005-94, page 1208.
Section 6654.—Failure by
Individual to Pay Estimated
Income Tax
A notice describes suspension of employer and
payer reporting and wage withholding requirements
with respect to deferrals of compensation under sec-
tion 409A for calendar year 2005; no assertion of
penalties against service providers in certain circum-
stances. See Notice 2005-94, page 1208.
Section 666
2.—Imposition
of Accuracy-Related
Penalty on Underpayments
A notice describes suspension of employer and
payer reporting and wage withholding requirements
with respect to deferrals of compensation under sec-
tion 409A for calendar year 2005; no assertion of
penalties against service providers in certain circum-
stances. See Notice 2005-94, page 1208.
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Part III. Administrative, Procedural, and Miscellaneous
Consents to Use and Disclose
Tax Return Information
Notice 2005–93
This notice contains a proposed rev-
enue procedure that would provide guid-
ance to tax return preparers regarding the
format and content of consents to use and
consents to disclose tax return informa-
tion under proposed section 301.7216–3
of the Regulations on Procedure and Ad-
ministration (26 CFR Part 301), which is
being published contemporaneously with
this notice. The proposed revenue proce-
dure would also provide specific require-
ments for electronic signatures when a tax-
payer executes an electronic consent to the
use or disclosure of the taxpayer’s tax re-
turn information.
The IRS requests comments on this pro-
posed revenue procedure. In particular,
the IRS requests comments regarding the
methods for a tax return preparer to obtain
a taxpayer’s electronic signature on a con-
sent to use or a consent to disclose tax re-
turn information. The comments should
address procedures by which individuals
commonly execute electronic signatures to
provide knowing consent.
Written comments must be received by
March 8, 2006. Comments should be sub-
mitted to: CC:PA:RU (Notice 2005–93),
Room 5526, Internal Revenue Service,
Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC
20224. Alternatively, comments may
be hand delivered between the hours of
8:00AMand5:00PMtoCC:PA:RU
(NOT–132007–05), Courier’s Desk, In-
ternal Revenue Service, 1111 Constitu-
tion Ave., NW, Washington, DC. Com-
ments may also be transmitted electron-
ically via the following e-mail address:
Notice.Comments@irscounsel.treas.gov.
Please include “Notice 2005–93” in the
subject line of any electronic communica-
tions.
For further information regarding this
notice, contact Dillon Taylor of the Of-
fice of Associate Chief Counsel (Proce-
dure and Administration), Administrative
Provisions and Judicial Practice Divi-
sion. Mr. Taylor may be contacted at
202–622–4940 (not a toll-free call).
APPENDIX (PROPOSED REVENUE
PROCEDURE)
SECTION 1. PURPOSE
This revenue procedure provides guid-
ance to tax return preparers regarding the
format and content of consents to use and
consents to disclose tax return informa-
tion under section 301.7216–3 of the Reg-
ulations on Procedure and Administration
(26 CFR Part 301). This revenue proce-
dure also provides specific requirements
for electronic signatures when a taxpayer
executes an electronic consent to the use
or disclosure of the taxpayer’s tax return
information.
SECTION 2. BACKGROUND
.01 Section 7216(a) prescribes a crim-
inal penalty for tax return preparers who
knowingly or recklessly disclose or use tax
return information for a purpose other than
preparing a tax return. A violation of sec-
tion 7216 is a misdemeanor, with a maxi-
mum penalty of up to one year imprison-
ment or a fine of not more than $1,000,
or both, together with the costs of prose-
cution.
.02 Section 7216(b) establishes excep-
tions to the general rule and also authorizes
the Secretary to promulgate regulations
prescribing additional permitted disclo-
sures and uses. Section 6713(a) prescribes
a related civil penalty for disclosures and
uses that constitute a violation of section
7216. The penalty for violating section
6713 is $250 for each disclosure and use,
not to exceed a total of $10,000 for a calen-
dar year. Section 6713(b) provides that the
exceptions in section 7216(b) also apply
to section 6713. Under section 7216(b),
the provisions of section 7216(a) will not
apply to any disclosure or use permitted
under regulations prescribed by the Secre-
tary.
.03 The regulations under section 7216
provide exceptions to the general rule.
Section 301.7216–3 provides that, unless
section 7216 or §301.7216–2 specifically
permits the disclosure or use of tax re-
turn information, a tax return preparer
may not disclose or use a taxpayer’s tax
return information prior to obtaining a
consent from the taxpayer. The consent
must be knowing and voluntary. Section
301.7216–3(a)(3) provides that the Com-
missioner may, by revenue procedure,
prescribe the form and content of con-
sents, as well as the requirements for a
valid signature on an electronic consent
under section 7216. This revenue proce-
dure provides those requirements.
SECTION 3. SCOPE
This revenue procedure applies to
all tax return preparers, as defined in
§301.7216–1(b)(2), who seek consent to
disclose or use tax return information pur-
suant to §301.7216–3.
SECTION 4. FORM AND CONTENT
OF A CONSENT TO USE OR A
CONSENT TO DISCLOSE TAX
RETURN INFORMATION
.01 Separate Written Document. Ex-
cept as provided by §301.7216–3(c)(1)
(special rule for multiple disclosures or
uses within a single consent form), under
§301.7216–3, a taxpayer’s consent to each
separate disclosure or use of tax return in-
formation must be contained on a separate
written document, which can be furnished
on paper or electronically.
.02 A consent on paper must be pro-
vided on one or more sheets of 8
1
/2inch
by 11 inch or larger paper. All of the text
on each sheet of paper must pertain solely
to the disclosure or use the consent au-
thorizes, and the sheet or sheets, together,
must contain all the elements described
in section 4.04 and, if applicable, section
4.06. All of the text on each sheet of paper
must also be in at least 12-point type (or 12
characters per inch).
.03 An electronic consent must be pro-
vided on one or more computer screens.
All of the text on each screen must pertain
solely to the disclosure or use the consent
authorizes. The text of the consent must
be easily readable and meet the following
specifications: the size of the text must be
at least the same size as, or larger than, the
normal or standard body text used by the
website or software package for direction,
communications or instructions; and there
must be sufficient contrast between the text
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and background colors to ensure easy read-
ing. In addition, each screen or, together,
the screens must—
(1) contain all the elements described
in section 4.04 and, if applicable, section
4.06,
(2)beabletobesignedasrequiredby
section 5 and dated by the taxpayer,
(3) separate all paragraphs by a blank
line, and
(4) be printable in a printer friendly for-
mat on 8
1
/2inch by 11 inch paper.
.04 Requirements for Every Consent.
(1) Names and date. A taxpayer’s con-
sent to a tax return preparer’s disclosure
or use of tax return information must in-
clude the name of the tax return preparer,
the name of the taxpayer, and the date on
which the taxpayer signs the consent.
(2) Disclosure or use clearly stated. If
a taxpayer consents to a disclosure of tax
return information, the consent must iden-
tify the recipient or recipients of the tax re-
turn information and the intended purpose
of the disclosure. If the taxpayer consents
to use of tax return information, the con-
sent must describe the particular use au-
thorized. If the tax return preparer intends
to use tax return information to generate
solicitations for products or services other
than tax return preparation, the consent
must identify each specific type of product
or service for which the tax return preparer
may solicit use of the tax return informa-
tion. Examples of products or services that
must be identified, if solicited using tax re-
turn information, include, but are not lim-
ited to, refund anticipation loans, balance
due loans, mortgage loans, mutual funds,
individual retirement accounts, and life in-
surance.
(3) Purpose. A consent to use or a
consent to disclose tax return information
must clearly state that the information may
not be used for any purpose not specifi-
cally prescribed in the consent.
(4) Identification of tax return informa-
tion to be disclosed or used. The consent
must specify the particular items of tax re-
turn information to be disclosed to each re-
cipient or used by the return preparer.
(5) Contact telephone number for sus-
pected violations of section 7216. The
consent must include the contact tele-
phone number for the Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration (TIGTA),
1–800–366–4484. This telephone number
allows taxpayers to report suspected unau-
thorized uses or disclosures of tax return
information.
(6) Mandatory statements in the con-
sent.
(a) A consent to disclose tax return
information must contain the following
statement in the following format:
We generally are not authorized to
disclose your tax return information
for purposes other than the preparation
and filing of your tax return. We may
disclose your tax return information
to third parties only if you consent to
each specific disclosure. Your consent
is valid for one year.
Warning:Once your tax return
information is disclosed to a third
party per your consent, we have no
control over what that third party
does with your tax return informa-
tion. If the third party uses or dis-
closes your tax return information
for purposes other than the purpose
for which you authorized the disclo-
sure, under Federal tax law, we are
not responsible for that subsequent
use or disclosure, and Federal tax
law may not protect you from that
disclosure.
(b) A consent to use tax return informa-
tion must contain the following statement
in the following format:
We generally are not authorized to
use your tax return information for pur-
poses other than the preparation and fil-
ing of your tax return. We may use
your tax return information for other
purposes only if you consent to each
specific use. Your consent is valid for
one year.
(c) All consents must contain the fol-
lowing statement in the following format:
If you believe that your rights have
been violated
If you have any questions or concerns
about your rights regarding the use or
disclosure of your tax return informa-
tion, visitwww.irs.gov/advocatefor
more information, or contact the Tax-
payer Advocate Service of the Internal
Revenue Service at 1–877–777–4778.
If you believe we have used or disclosed
your information without your permis-
sion, you may contact the Treasury In-
spector General for Tax Administration
at 1–800–366–4484.
(7) Mandatory statement in any con-
sent to disclosure outside of the United
States. If a tax return preparer to whom
the tax return information is to be disclosed
is located outside of the United States,
the taxpayer’s consent under §301.7216–3
prior to any disclosure is required.See
§301.7216–2(c) and (d). All consents for
disclosures of tax return information out-
side of the United States must contain the
following statement in the following for-
mat:
This consent to disclose will result in
your tax return information being dis-
closed to a tax return preparer located
outside the United States.
(8) Affirmative consent. All consents
must require the taxpayer’s affirmative
consent to a tax return preparer’s disclo-
sure or use of tax return information. A
consent that requires the taxpayer to re-
move or “deselect” uses or disclosures that
the taxpayer does not wish to be made,i.e.,
an “opt-out” consent, is not permitted.
(9) Signature. All consents to use or
disclose tax return information must be
signed by the taxpayer.
(a) For consents on paper, the tax-
payer’s consent to a use or disclosure
must contain the taxpayer’s signature.
(b) For electronic consents, a taxpayer
must sign the consent by any method pre-
scribedinsection5,below.
.05 Special rule for multiple disclosures
within a single consent form or multiple
uses within a single consent form. Section
301.7216–3(c)(1) provides that a taxpayer
can consent to multiple uses within the
same written document, or multiple disclo-
sures within the same written document.
Multiple disclosure consents and multiple
use consents must provide the taxpayer
with the opportunity, within the separate
written document, to affirmatively select
each separate use or disclosure. Further,
the taxpayer must be provided the infor-
mation in section 4.04(2)–(4) for each sep-
arate use or disclosure.
.06 Disclosure of entire return. If, un-
der §301.7216–3(c)(2), a consent autho-
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rizes the disclosure of all information con-
tained within a return, the consent must
contain an explanation of the reasons why
a consent authorizing a more limited dis-
closure of tax return information would not
satisfy the purpose of the consent.
SECTION 5. ELECTRONIC
SIGNATURES
.01 If a taxpayer furnishes consent to
use or disclose tax return information elec-
tronically, the taxpayer must furnish the
tax return preparer with an electronic sig-
nature that will verify that the taxpayer
consented to the use or disclosure. The
regulations under §301.7216–3(a) require
that the consent be knowing and volun-
tary. Therefore, for an electronic consent
to be valid, it must be furnished in a man-
ner that ensures affirmative, knowing con-
sent to each use or disclosure.
.02Ataxreturnpreparerseekingtoob-
tain a taxpayer’s consent to the disclosure
or use of tax return information must ob-
tain the taxpayer’s signature on the consent
in one of the following manners:
(a) Assign a personal identification
number (PIN) that is at least 6 characters
long to the taxpayer when the taxpayer
first starts using the tax preparation soft-
ware. To consent to the use or disclosure
of the taxpayer’s tax return information,
the taxpayer may type in the pre-assigned
PIN as the taxpayer’s signature authoriz-
ing the disclosure or use. A PIN may not
be automatically furnished by the return
preparation software so that the taxpayer
only has to click a button for consent to
be furnished. The taxpayer must affir-
matively enter the PIN for the electronic
signature to be valid; or
(b) Have the taxpayer type in the tax-
payer’s name and then hit “enter” to au-
thorize the consent. The tax preparation
software must not automatically furnish
the taxpayer’s name so that the taxpayer
only has to click a button to consent. The
taxpayer must affirmatively type the tax-
payer’s name for the electronic consent to
be valid; or
(c) Any other manner in which the tax-
payer affirmatively enters 6 or more char-
acters that are unique to that taxpayer that
can be used by the tax return preparer
to verify the taxpayer’s identity. For ex-
ample, entry of the same information by
which a taxpayer authorizes credit card
payment of preparation fees could be the
type of information by which the taxpayer
authorizes use or disclosure of tax return
information.
SECTION 6. EXAMPLES
.01 The application of this revenue pro-
cedure is illustrated by the following ex-
amples:
(1)Example 1. Preparer P offers tax
preparation services over the Internet. P
wishes to use targeted banner advertise-
ments (i.e., electronic advertisements ap-
pearing on the computer screen based on
the taxpayer’s tax return information) dur-
ing tax return preparation. P contracts with
various corporations to advertise services
and products not directly related to tax re-
turn preparation.
(a) P posts, in pertinent part, the follow-
ing consent on the computer screen for tax-
payers to indicate approval. If a taxpayer
does not indicate approval, the tax return
preparation software does not permit the
taxpayer to use the software—
PRIVACY STATEMENT
Your privacy is very important to us
at P. We are providing this statement
to inform you about the types of infor-
mation we collect from you, and how
we may use or disclose that information
in connection with the services we pro-
vide. This Privacy Statement describes
the privacy practices of our company
as required by applicable laws. . . .
During the course of providing our ser-
vices to you, we may offer you vari-
ous other services that may be of inter-
est to you based on our determination
of your needs through analysis of your
data. Your use of the services we offer
constitutes a consent to our disclosure of
tax information to the service providers.
If at any time you wish to limit your re-
ceipt of promotional offers based upon
information you provide, you may call
us at the following. . . .
(b) Beneath this Privacy Statement, the
following acknowledgment line appears
next to two button images stating “yes”
and “no:”
“I have read the Privacy Statement and
agree to it by clicking here.”
(c) If the taxpayer clicks “no,” a mes-
sage appears on the screen informing the
taxpayer that tax return preparation will
not proceed without the taxpayer agreeing
to the company’s Privacy Statement.
(d) P has failed to comply with the re-
quirements of §301.7216–3 and this rev-
enue procedure. (1) P has attempted to ob-
tain consent from the taxpayer by making
the use of the program contingent on the
taxpayer’s consent to P’s use and disclo-
sure of the taxpayer’s tax return informa-
tion for purposes other than tax preparation
(e.g., for use in displaying targeted banner
advertisement). Thus, the consent is not
voluntary, as required by §301.7216–3(a).
(2) P has failed to identify the specific tax
return information that it will use or dis-
close, as required by section 4.05, to iden-
tify the purposes of the uses and disclo-
sures themselves, as required by section
4.04, and to the extent that P intends to dis-
close the entire return, P has failed to pro-
vide a consent containing an explanation
whyamorelimiteddisclosureoftaxreturn
information would not satisfy the purpose
of the consent, as required by section 4.06.
(3) The single document attempts to have
the taxpayer consent to both uses and dis-
closures, in violation of section 4.05. (4) P
has not used the mandatory statements re-
quired by section 4.04(6) and has not pro-
vided a means for the taxpayer to electron-
ically sign the consent in a form authorized
by section 5. (5) The consent is not dated
as required by section 4.04(1).
(2)Example 2. Preparer Q offers tax
preparation services over the Internet and
wishes to use targeted banner advertise-
ments during tax return preparation. Q
contracts with Bank A regarding the ad-
vertisement of Individual Retirement Ac-
counts (IRAs), and with Bank B regard-
ing the advertisement of refund anticipa-
tion loans (RALs). Preparer Q displays
advertisements to the taxpayer only if the
taxpayer’s tax return information indicates
that the services are relevant to the tax-
payer (i.e., they are targeted banner adver-
tisements). A taxpayer using Q’s software
must enter a password to begin the process
of preparing a return.
(a) Before the taxpayer starts provid-
ing tax return information, the following
screen appears on Q’s tax preparation pro-
gram.
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CONSENT TO USE OF TAX
RETURN INFORMATION
We generally are authorized to use
your tax return information only to pre-
pare and file your tax return. We may
use your tax return information for other
purposes only if you consent to each
specific use. Your consent is valid for
one year.
For your convenience, Q has entered
into arrangements with certain banks
regarding the provision of two services
that may interest you. The services are
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)
and refund anticipation loans (RALs).
To determine whether these services
may be of interest to you, Q will need
to use your tax return information.
If you would like Q to use your tax
return information to determine whether
these services are relevant to you while
we are preparing your return, please
check the corresponding box for the
service(s) in which you are interested,
provide the information requested be-
low, and sign and date this consent to
the use of your tax return information.
I, [INSERT NAME] authorize Q
to use the information I provide regard-
ing whether I contributed to an IRA for
the 2006 tax year, and the amount I con-
tributed to an IRA for the 2006 tax year,
to determine whether to offer me an op-
portunity to invest in an IRA.
I, [INSERT NAME] authorize Q
to use the information on my return for
the 2006 tax year regarding whether I
have overpaid my taxes and am entitled
to a refund to determine whether to offer
me a RAL.
Signature: [INSERT SIGNATURE
AS PRESCRIBED UNDER SECTION
5]
Date: [INSERT DATE]
If you believe that your rights have
been violated
If you have any questions or concerns
about your rights regarding the use or
disclosure of your tax return informa-
tion, visitwww.irs.gov/advocatefor
more information, or contact the Tax-
payer Advocate Service of the Internal
Revenue Service at 1–877–777–4778
(a toll-free call).
If you believe we have used or disclosed
your information without your permis-
sion, you may contact the Treasury In-
spector General for Tax Administration
at 1–800–366–4484 (a toll-free call).
(b) If the taxpayer selects one or both
of the consents above, the taxpayer is di-
rected to print the screen. Later, after the
taxpayer has entered data reflecting that he
is eligible for both a RAL and an IRA, the
following screen is displayed:
CONSENT TO DISCLOSURE OF
TAX RETURN INFORMATION
We generally are not authorized to
disclose your tax return information to
third parties. We may only disclose your
tax return information to third parties if
you consent to each specific disclosure.
Your consent is valid for one year.
Warning:Once your tax return in-
formation is disclosed to a third party
per your consent, we have no con-
trol over what that third party does
with your tax return information. If
the third party uses or discloses your
tax return information for purposes
other than the purpose for which you
authorized the disclosure, we are not
responsible for that unauthorized dis-
closure, and federal tax law may not
protect that unauthorized disclosure.
You have indicated that you are inter-
ested in obtaining information on IRAs
or RALs, or both. To provide you with
this information, Q must forward your
tax return information, as indicated be-
low, to the banks that provide these ser-
vices.
If you would like Q to disclose your
tax return information to the banks pro-
viding these services, please check the
corresponding box for the services in
which you are interested, provide the in-
formation requested below, and sign and
date your consent to the disclosure of
your tax return information.
I, [INSERT NAME], authorize
Q to disclose to A the information I pro-
vide regarding IRA contributions for the
2006 tax year, and/or the amount I con-
tributed to an IRA for the 2006 tax year,
so that A can provide information on ob-
taining an IRA or increasing my contri-
bution to an IRA for the 2006 tax year.
I, [INSERT NAME], authorize
QtodisclosetoBtheinformationonmy
return regarding whether I have over-
paid my taxes and am entitled to a re-
fund, and my social security number,
so that B can determine whether I will
qualify for a RAL for the 2006 tax year,
and so that Bank B can provide informa-
tion on obtaining a RAL for the 2006 tax
year.
Signature: [INSERT SIGNATURE
AS PRESCRIBED UNDER SECTION
5]
Date: [INSERT DATE]
If you believe that your rights have
been violated
If you have any questions or concerns
about your rights regarding the use or
disclosure of your tax return informa-
tion, visitwww.irs.gov/advocatefor
more information, or contact the Tax-
payer Advocate Service of the Internal
Revenue Service at 1–877–777–4778
(a toll-free call).
If you believe we have used or disclosed
your information without your permis-
sion, you may contact the Treasury In-
spector General for Tax Administration
at 1–800–366–4484 (a toll-free call).
If the taxpayer consents to the disclosure of
the tax return information using the screen
above, the taxpayer is directed to print the
screen. Q will then transmit the relevant
tax return information to the banks.
(c) These two consent documents,
above, satisfy the requirements of
§301.7216–3(c) and this revenue pro-
cedure for the use or disclosure of the
information provided therein for the spe-
cific purposes stated.
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SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE
This revenue procedure is effective on
[].
SECTION 8. DRAFTING
INFORMATION
The principal author of this revenue
procedure is Dillon Taylor of the Office
of Associate Chief Counsel (Procedure
and Administration), Administrative Pro-
visions & Judicial Practice Division. For
further information regarding this rev-
enue procedure, contact [] at
[] (not a toll-free call).
Suspension of Employer and
Payer Reporting and Wage
Withholding Requirements
With Respect to Deferrals of
Compensation Under § 409A
for Calendar Year 2005; No
Assertion of Penalties Against
Service Providers in Certain
Circumstances
Notice 2005–94
I. PURPOSE
This notice suspends employers’ and
payers’ reporting and wage withhold-
ing requirements for calendar year 2005
with respect to deferrals of compensation
within the meaning of § 409A of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code (the Code). However,
future published guidance may require an
employer or payer to file a corrected in-
formation return and to furnish a corrected
payee statement reporting any previously
unreported amounts includible in gross in-
come under § 409A. This notice does not
affect the application of § 3121(v)(2) or
an employer’s reporting obligations under
Treas. Reg. § 31.3121(v)(2)–1.
This notice does not affect a service
provider’s filing requirements, individual
income tax liability, or interest on under-
payments of tax. However, pursuant to
this notice, the IRS will not assert penal-
ties under §§ 6651(a)(1) and (2), 6654, and
6662 with respect to amounts includible
in gross income under § 409A for calen-
dar year 2005 if the service provider re-
ports and pays any taxes due with respect
to such amounts in accordance with future
published guidance.
II. BACKGROUND
A.The American Jobs Creation Act of
2004
Section 885(a) of the American Jobs
Creation Act of 2004, Pub. Law No.
108–357, 118 Stat. 1418 (the Act) added
§ 409A, which provides,inter alia,that
amounts deferred under a nonqualified
deferred compensation plan for all tax-
able years are currently includible in gross
income to the extent not subject to a
substantial risk of forfeiture and not previ-
ously included in gross income, unless the
plan meets certain requirements. Section
885(b) of the Act amended the Code to
impose the following reporting and wage
withholding requirements with respect
to deferrals of compensation within the
meaning of § 409A:
•The Act amended §§ 6051 and 6041
to require that an employer or payer
report all deferrals for the year under
a nonqualified deferred compensation
plan on a Form W–2 (Wage and Tax
Statement)oraForm1099(Miscella-
neous Income).
•The Act amended § 3401(a) to pro-
vide that the term “wages” includes
any amount includible in gross income
of an employee under § 409A.
•The Act amended § 6041 to require
that a payer report amounts includible
in gross income under § 409A that are
not treated as wages under § 3401(a) as
gross income.
B.Notice 2005–1
On December 20, 2004, the IRS issued
Notice 2005–1, 2005–2 I.R.B. 274 (pub-
lished as modified on January 6, 2005),
which provides guidance with respect to
the application of § 409A. Additionally, in
accordance with the amendments made by
§ 885(b) of the Act, Notice 2005–1 im-
poses the following reporting and wage
withholding requirements with respect to
deferred amounts:
•An employer must report to an em-
ployee the total amount of deferrals for
the year under a nonqualified deferred
compensation plan in box 12 of Form
W–2 using code Y.SeeQ&A–29.
•An employer must report amounts in-
cludible in gross income under § 409A
and in wages under § 3401(a) in box 1
of Form W–2 as wages paid to the em-
ployee during the year. An employer
must also report such amounts in box
12 of Form W–2 using code Z.See
Q&A–33.
•A payer must report to a nonemployee
the total amount of deferrals for the
year under a nonqualified deferred
compensation plan in box 15a of Form
1099-MISC.SeeQ&A–30.
•A payer must report amounts includi-
ble in gross income under § 409A and
not treated as wages under § 3401(a)
as nonemployee compensation in box
7 of Form 1099-MISC. A payer must
also report such amounts in box 15b of
Form 1099-MISC.SeeQ&A–35.
C.Proposed Regulations
On September 29, 2005, the IRS issued
proposed regulations regarding the appli-
cation of § 409A.See70 Fed. Reg. 58930
(Oct. 4, 2005). The proposed regulations
incorporate and expand on the guidance
provided in Notice 2005–1 and are pro-
posed to be generallyapplicable for tax-
able years beginning on or after January 1,
2007. As stated in the preamble to the pro-
posed regulations, taxpayers may rely on
the proposed regulations for periods pre-
ceding the effective date of the final reg-
ulations. However, the proposed regula-
tions do not affect the applicability of this
notice (and generally do not affect the ap-
plication of other guidance issued with re-
spect to § 409A, including Notice 2005–1).
III. INTERIM EMPLOYER AND
PAYER REPORTING AND WAGE
WITHHOLDING PROVISIONS
This notice suspends employers’ and
payers’ reporting and wage withhold-
ing requirements for calendar year 2005
with respect to deferrals of compensation
within the meaning of § 409A. In lieu
thereof the following reporting and wage
withholding provisions apply for calendar
year 2005 until superseded by future pub-
lished guidance:
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A.Amounts reportable on Form 941 and
Form W–2
•For calendar year 2005, an employer
is not required to report deferrals for
the year under a nonqualified deferred
compensation plan as § 409A deferrals
in box 12 of Form W–2 using code Y.
•For calendar year 2005, an employer
is not required to include in the to-
tal amount of wages as defined in
§ 3401(a) amounts includible in the
gross income of an employee under
§ 409A that the employee has neither
actually nor constructively received
during the calendar year. Thus, an
employer may exclude such amounts
from wages for income tax withhold-
ing purposes and is not required to
report such amounts as wages paid to
the employee in box 2 of Form 941 or
in box 1 of Form W–2. Additionally,
an employer is not required to report
such amounts as § 409A income in
box12ofFormW–2usingcodeZ.
However, see paragraph III.C. of this
notice regarding an employer’s po-
tential obligation to file a corrected
information return and to furnish a
corrected payee statement.
B.Amounts reportable on Form 1099
•For calendar year 2005, a payer is not
required to report deferrals for the year
under a nonqualified deferred compen-
sation plan as § 409A deferrals in box
15a of Form 1099-MISC.
•For calendar year 2005, a payer is not
required to report amounts includible
in the gross income of a nonemployee
under § 409A that the nonemployee
has neither actually nor construc-
tively received during the calendar
year. Thus, a payer is not required
to report such amounts as nonem-
ployee compensation in box 7 of Form
1099-MISC or as § 409A income in
box 15b of Form 1099-MISC. How-
ever, see paragraph III.C. of this notice
regarding a payer’s potential obliga-
tion to file a corrected information
return and to furnish a corrected payee
statement.
C.Corrected Information Return and
Corrected Payee Statement
Future published guidance may require
an employer or payer to file a corrected
information return and to furnish a cor-
rected payee statement for calendar year
2005 reporting any previously unreported
amounts includible in gross income under
§ 409A.
IV. SERVICE PROVIDER
REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO
AMOUNTS INCLUDIBLE IN GROSS
INCOME UNDER § 409A
A service provider must file a return
and pay any taxes due relating to amounts
includible in gross income under § 409A
for calendar year 2005. However, the IRS
understands that it is likely that service
providers will find it difficult to determine
the correct amount and timing of inclu-
sions under § 409A without reporting from
the employer or payer. The IRS is work-
ing on guidance regarding the employers’
and payers’ reportingand withholding re-
quirements, and that guidance is expected
to be issued in the first half of 2006. Con-
sequently, the IRS will not assert penal-
ties under §§ 6651(a)(1) and (2), 6654, and
6662 with respect to amounts includible
in gross income under § 409A for calen-
dar year 2005 if the service provider re-
ports and pays any taxes due with respect
to such amounts in accordance with future
published guidance. Such future guidance
will provide a period during which the ser-
vice provider may report and pay any taxes
due with respect to amounts includible in
gross income under § 409A without incur-
ring such penalties. However, interest im-
posed under Chapter 67 of the Code will
apply to any underpayments of tax result-
ing from a service provider’s failure to in-
clude amounts includible in gross income
under § 409A for calendar year 2005.
V. EFFECT ON OTHER DOCUMENTS
This notice suspends employers’ and
payers’ reporting and wage withhold-
ing requirements for calendar year 2005
with respect to deferrals of compensation
within the meaning of § 409A as set forth
in Notice 2005–1.
VI. EFFECTIVE DATE
This notice is effective with respect
to employers’ and payers’ reporting and
wage withholding requirements for calen-
dar year 2005 and with respect to service
providers’ filing requirements and tax
payment obligations relating to amounts
includible in gross income under § 409A
for calendar year 2005.
VII. DRAFTING INFORMATION
The principal author of this notice is
Frederick L. Wesner of the Office of Di-
vision Counsel/Associate Chief Counsel
(Tax Exempt and Government Entities),
though other Treasury and IRS officials
participated. For further information re-
garding this notice, contact Mr. Wesner at
(202) 622–6040 (not a toll-free number).
Weighted Average Interest
Rates Update
Notice 2005–96
This notice provides guidance as to the
corporate bond weighted average interest
rate and the permissible range of interest
rates specified under §412(b)(5)(B)(ii)(II)
of the Internal Revenue Code. In ad-
dition, it provides guidance as to the
interest rate on 30-year Treasury securi-
ties under § 417(e)(3)(A)(ii)(II), and the
weighted average interest rate and permis-
sible ranges of interest rates based on the
30-year Treasury securities rate.
CORPORATE BOND WEIGHTED
AVERAGE INTEREST RATE
Sections412(b)(5)(B)(ii)and
412(l)(7)(C)(i), as amended by the Pen-
sion Funding Equity Act of 2004, provide
that the interest rates used to calculate cur-
rent liability and to determine the required
contribution under § 412(l) for plan years
beginning in 2004 or 2005 must be within
a permissible range based on the weighted
average of the rates of interest on amounts
invested conservativelyinlongtermin-
vestment grade corporate bonds during the
4-year period ending on the last day before
the beginning of the plan year.
Notice 2004–34, 2004–1 C.B. 848, pro-
vides guidelines for determining the cor-
porate bond weighted average interest rate
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and the resulting permissible range of in-
terest rates used to calculate current liabil-
ity. That notice establishes that the corpo-
rate bond weighted average is based on the
monthly composite corporate bond rate de-
rived from designated corporate bond in-
dices.
The composite corporate bond rate for
November 2005 is 5.78 percent. Pursuant
to Notice 2004–34, the Service has de-
termined this rate as the average of the
monthly yields for the included corporate
bond indices for that month.
The following corporate bond weighted
average interest rate was determined for
plan years beginning in the month shown
below.
For Plan Years
Corporate
Bond90% to 110%
Beginning in:WeightedPermissible
MonthYearAverageRange
December20055.785.20 to 5.78
30-YEAR TREASURY SECURITIES
WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST
RATE
Section 417(e)(3)(A)(ii)(II) defines
the applicable interest rate, which must
be used for purposes of determining the
minimum present value of a participant’s
benefit under § 417(e)(1) and (2), as the
annual rate of interest on 30-year Treasury
securities for the month before the date
of distribution or such other time as the
Secretary may by regulations prescribe.
Section 1.417(e)–1(d)(3) of the Income
Tax Regulations provides that the applica-
bleinterestrateforamonthistheannual
interest rate on 30-year Treasury securi-
ties as specified by the Commissioner for
that month in revenue rulings, notices or
other guidance published in the Internal
Revenue Bulletin.
Section 404(a)(1) of the Code, as
amended by the Pension Funding Eq-
uity Act of 2004, permits an employer
to elect to disregard subclause (II) of
§ 412(b)(5)(B)(ii) to determine the max-
imum amount of the deduction allowed
under § 404(a)(1).
The rate of interest on 30-year Treasury
securities for November 2005 is 4.73 per-
cent. Pursuant to Notice 2002–26, 2002–1
C.B. 743, the Service has determined this
rate as the monthly average of the daily de-
termination of yield on the 30-year Trea-
surybondmaturinginFebruary2031.
The following 30-year Treasury rates
were determined for the plan years begin-
ning in the month shown below.
For Plan Years
30-Year
Treasury90% to 105%90% to 110%
Beginning in:WeightedPermissiblePermissible
MonthYearAverageRangeRange
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Drafting Information
The principal authors of this notice
are Paul Stern and Tony Montanaro of
the Employee Plans, Tax Exempt and
Government Entities Division. For fur-
ther information regarding this notice,
please contact the Employee Plans’ tax-
payer assistance telephone service at
1–877–829–5500 (a toll-free number),
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and
6:30 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through
Friday. Mr. Stern may be reached at
1–202–283–9703. Mr. Montanaro may
be reached at 1–202–283–9714. The tele-
phone numbers in the preceding sentences
are not toll-free.
Request for Comments
Regarding Procedures
for Automatic Changes
in Methods of Accounting
Contained in Rev. Proc.
2002–9
Notice 2005–97
The Internal Revenue Service and the
Treasury Department invite public com-
ments on possible changes to Rev. Proc.
2002–9, 2002–1 C.B. 327, as modified
and clarified by Announcement 2002–17,
2002–1 C.B. 561, modified and amplified
by Rev. Proc. 2002–19, 2002–1 C.B. 696,
and amplified, clarified, and modified by
Rev. Proc. 2002–54, 2002–2 C.B. 432.
Rev. Proc. 2002–9 sets forth the pro-
cedures under § 446 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code and the regulations thereun-
der for taxpayers to request automatic con-
sent from the Commissioner to change to
certain methods of accounting. In gen-
eral, Rev. Proc. 2002–9 grants consent
to any taxpayer within the scope of Rev.
Proc. 2002–9 to change the taxpayer’s
method(s) of accounting as described in
the APPENDIX of Rev. Proc. 2002–9
if the taxpayer complies with all the ap-
plicable provisions of the revenue proce-
dure and implements the change in method
of accounting for the requested year of
change.
Since its publication, the Service has
clarified, modified, and amplified Rev.
Proc. 2002–9 in numerous revenue proce-
dures, revenue rulings, notices, and other
guidance. The Service and the Treasury
Department intend to update Rev. Proc.
2002–9 with a revised revenue procedure
that will consolidate this subsequently is-
sued guidance.
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The Service and the Treasury Depart-
ment are considering whether to make
any other changes to Rev. Proc. 2002–9.
This includes the accounting method
changes that should be eligible for the au-
tomatic consent procedures and changes
that should be made to the rules and proce-
dures applicable to automatic accounting
method changes.
This notice identifies several issues that
maybeaddressedintherevisedrevenue
procedure. The Service and the Treasury
Department request public comments on
whether, why, and how these or other is-
sues should be addressed in the revised
revenue procedure.
ISSUES ON WHICH COMMENTS ARE
REQUESTED
1. Should any accounting method
changes that are currently ineligible for
automatic consent be made eligible for
automatic consent?
2. Should any accounting method
changes that are currently eligible for au-
tomatic consent be made ineligible for
automatic consent?
3. Should modifications be made to
any aspect (such as to the description or
scope) of the accounting method changes
currently eligible for automatic consent?
4. Should any modifications be made
to the general procedures applicable to all
automatic accounting method changes?
Comments should be submitted in
writing on or before March 27, 2006,
and should includea reference to No-
tice 2005–97. Send submissions to:
CC:PA:LDP:PR (Notice 2005–97), Room
5203, Internal Revenue Service, P.O. Box
7604, Ben Franklin Station, Washing-
ton, DC 20044. Submissions may be
hand delivered Monday through Friday
between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
to: CC:PA:LPD:PR (Notice 2005–97),
Courier’s Desk, Internal Revenue Service,
1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Wash-
ington, DC. Alternatively, comments may
be submitted electronically directly to the
Service via the following e-mail address:
Notice.comments@irscounsel.treas.gov.
Please include “Notice 2005–97” in the
subject line of any electronic communi-
cation. All materials submitted will be
available for public inspection and copy-
ing.
DRAFTING INFORMATION
The principal authors of this notice are
Kari Fisher and Cheryl Oseekey of the Of-
fice of the Associate Chief Counsel (In-
come Tax and Accounting). For further
information concerning this notice, con-
tact Ms. Fisher or Ms. Oseekey at (202)
622–4970 (not toll-free numbers).
Clean Renewable Energy
Bonds
Notice 2005–98
SECTION 1. PURPOSE
This notice solicits applications for al-
locations of the clean renewable energy
bond limitation under section 54(f) of the
Internal Revenue Code (the Code). This
notice also provides guidance on: (1) the
requirements a project must meet in order
to be eligible to obtain an allocation of the
limitation; (2) the methodology the Trea-
sury Department will use to allocate the
limitation; and (3) the credit rate, maxi-
mum term and information reporting re-
quirements applicable to clean renewable
energy bonds. In addition, this notice an-
nounces that temporary and proposed reg-
ulations will be issued under section 54,
and describes certain remedial action pro-
visions and arbitrage restrictions that will
be contained in those regulations. Appli-
cations for allocations of the clean renew-
able energy bond limitation must be filed
by April 26, 2006, inaccordance with this
notice.
SECTION 2. INTRODUCTION
Section 1303 of the Energy Tax Incen-
tives Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109–58
(the Act), added section 54 to the Code.
In general, section 54 authorizes up to
$800,000,000 of tax credit bonds to be
issued by qualified issuers to finance cer-
tain renewable energy projects described
in section 45(d) of the Code. Section 54
applies to bonds issued after December
31, 2005, and before January 1, 2008.
SECTION 3. BACKGROUND
Section 54(a) provides that a taxpayer
that holds a “clean renewable energy
bond” on one or more credit allowance
dates of the bond occurring during any
taxable year is allowed as a nonrefundable
credit against Federal income tax for the
taxable year an amount equal to the sum of
the credits determined under section 54(b)
with respect to such dates.
Section 54(b)(1) provides that the
amount of the credit with respect to any
credit allowance date is 25 percent of the
annual credit. Section 54(b)(2) provides
that the annual credit is the product of
(1) the credit rate determined by the Sec-
retary, multiplied by (2) the outstanding
face amount of the bond.
Section 54(b)(3) provides that the Sec-
retary shall determine daily a credit rate
that shall apply to the first day on which
there is a binding, written contract for the
sale or exchange of a clean renewable en-
ergy bond. The credit rate for any day is
the credit rate the Secretary estimates will
permit the issuance of clean renewable en-
ergy bonds with a specified maturity or re-
demption date without discount and with-
out interest cost to the issuer.
Section 54(b)(4) provides that the term
“credit allowance date” means March 15,
June 15, September 15, December 15, and
the last day on which the bond is outstand-
ing. Section 54(b)(5) generally provides
that if a bond is issued or redeemed, or ma-
tures, during the 3-month period ending on
a credit allowance date, then the amount of
the credit for that credit allowance date is a
ratable portion of the credit otherwise de-
termined for that 3-month period.
Section 54(g) provides that gross in-
come includes the amount of the credit
allowed to the taxpayer under section 54
(without regard to section 54(c)) and the
amount so included is treated as interest in-
come.
Section 54(d) provides that a “clean re-
newable energy bond” means any bond is-
sued as part of an issue if: (1) the bond
is issued by a qualified issuer pursuant to
an allocation by the Secretary to the issuer
of a portion of the national clean renew-
able energy bond limitation under section
54(f)(2); (2) 95 percent or more of the pro-
ceeds of the issue are to be used for capi-
tal expenditures incurred by qualified bor-
rowers for one or more qualified projects;
(3) the qualified issuer designates the bond
for purposes of section 54 and the bond is
in registered form; and (4) the issue meets
certain requirements described in section
54(h) with respect to the expenditure of
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bond proceeds, including a requirement
that the issuer reasonably expects, as of the
issue date, that at least 95 percent of the net
proceeds will be expended within 5 years.
Section 54(j)(4) defines a “qualified
issuer” as: (1) a clean renewable energy
bond lender; (2) a cooperative electric
company; or (3) a governmental body.
Section 54(j)(2) provides that a “clean
renewable energy bond lender” is a lender
that is: (1) a cooperative that is owned
by, or has outstanding loans to, 100 or
more cooperative electric companies and
was in existence on February 1, 2002;
or (2) any affiliated entity controlled by
such a lender. Section 54(j)(1) defines the
term “cooperative electric company” as a
mutual or cooperative electric company
described in section 501(c)(12) or section
1381(a)(2)(C), or a not-for-profit electric
utility that has received a loan or loan
guarantee under the Rural Electrification
Act. Section 54(j)(3) defines the term
“governmental body” as any State, terri-
tory, possession of the United States, the
District of Columbia, Indian tribal govern-
ment, or any political subdivision thereof.
Section 54(j)(5) provides that a “quali-
fied borrower” is: (1) a mutual or coopera-
tive electric company described in section
501(c)(12) or 1381(a)(2)(C); or (2) a gov-
ernmental body.
Section 54(d)(2) defines the term “qual-
ified project” as any of the following qual-
ified facilities (as determined under sec-
tion 45(d) without regard to any placed
in service date) owned by a qualified bor-
rower: (1) a wind facility under section
45(d)(1); (2) a closed-loop biomass facility
under section 45(d)(2); (3) an open-loop
biomass facility under section 45(d)(3); (4)
a geothermal or solar energy facility un-
der section 45(d)(4); (5) a small irrigation
power facility under section 45(d)(5); (6) a
landfill gas facility under section 45(d)(6);
(7) a trash combustion facility under sec-
tion 45(d)(7); (8) a refined coal produc-
tion facility under section 45(d)(8); and (9)
a qualified hydropower facility under sec-
tion 45(d)(9).
Section 54(f)(1) provides that the na-
tional clean renewable energy bond lim-
itation is $800,000,000. Section 54(f)(2)
provides that the Secretary shall allocate
the national clean renewable energy bond
limitation among qualified projects in such
manner as the Secretary determines appro-
priate, except that the Secretary may not
allocate more than $500,000,000 of the na-
tional clean renewable energy bond limita-
tion to finance qualified projects of quali-
fied borrowers that are governmental bod-
ies.
Section 54(d)(2)(D) provides that, for
purposes of the requirement of section
54(d)(1)(B) that at least 95 percent of the
proceeds of an issue be used for capital
expenditures incurred by a qualified bor-
rower for a qualified project, proceeds
of an issue are not treated as used for a
qualified project to the extent that a qual-
ified borrower or qualified issuer takes
any action within itscontrol that causes
such proceeds not to be used for a quali-
fied project. Section 54(d)(2)(D) further
provides that the Secretary shall prescribe
regulations specifying remedial actions
that may be taken (including conditions to
taking such remedial actions) to prevent an
action described in the preceding sentence
from causing a bond to fail to be a clean
renewable energy bond.
Section 54(k) generally requires that
any borrower of proceeds of a clean re-
newable energy bond that is a pooled
financing bond (within the meaning of
section 149(f)(4)(A)) enter into a written
loan commitment before the issue date of
the bond.
Section 54(l)(6) provides that a bond
shall not be treated as a clean renewable
energy bond unless it is part of an issue
that provides for an equal amount of prin-
cipal to be paid by the qualified issuer dur-
ing each calendar year that the issue is out-
standing.
Section 54(e)(1) provides that a bond
shall not be treated as a clean renewable
energy bond if the maturity of the bond
exceeds the maximum term determined by
the Secretary under section 54(e)(2) with
respect to the bond. Section 54(e)(2) pro-
vides that, during each calendar month, the
Secretary shall determine the maximum
term for clean renewable energy bonds is-
sued in the following calendar month. The
maximum term is the term the Secretary
estimates will result in the present value of
the obligation to repay the principal on the
bond being equal to 50 percent of the face
amount of the bond. Section 54(e)(2) fur-
ther provides that such present value shall
be determined (1) without regard to the re-
quirement of section 54(l)(6) that the prin-
cipal of clean renewable energy bonds be
amortized ratably each year and (2) using
a discount rate equal to the average annual
interest rate of tax-exempt obligations hav-
ing a term of 10 years or more that are is-
sued during the month. If the term as so
determined is not a multiple of a whole
year, such term shall be rounded to the next
highest whole year.
Section 54(i) generally provides that the
arbitrage requirements of section 148 ap-
plicable to tax-exempt State or local bonds
apply to clean renewable energy bonds.
Section 54(l)(7) requires issuers of
clean renewable energy bonds to submit
reports similar to the reports required un-
der section 149(e) for tax-exempt State or
local bonds.
SECTION 4. TEMPORARY
REGULATIONS
The Treasury Department and the Inter-
nal Revenue Service intend to issue tempo-
rary and proposed regulations (the “Tem-
porary Regulations”) under section 54 to
provide guidance to holders and issuers of
clean renewable energy bonds. The Tem-
porary Regulations will address, among
other matters, remedial actions and arbi-
trage restrictions applicable to clean re-
newable energy bonds.
SECTION 5. APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS
Each application for an allocation of
the clean renewable energy bond limita-
tion must be prepared and submitted in ac-
cordance with this section. By submit-
ting an application for an allocation of the
clean renewable energy bond limitation,
pursuant to section 54(f) and this notice,
the applicant agrees to comply with the re-
quirements of this notice.
a.Qualified issuer. The application
must be submitted by a qualified issuer
within the meaning of section 54(j)(4). A
“qualified issuer” is: (1) a clean renewable
energy bond lender (as defined in section
54(j)(2)); (2) a cooperative electric com-
pany (as defined in section 54(j)(1)); or (3)
a governmental body (as defined in sec-
tion 54(j)(3)). Applications must identify
the qualified issuer and must demonstrate
that the entity constitutes a qualified issuer
within the meaning of section 54(j)(4).
b.Signatures. An application must be
signed by an authorized employee of the
qualified issuer.
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c.Addresses. Applications must
be submitted in duplicate to the Inter-
nal Revenue Service (IRS), Attention
CC:TEGE:EOEG:TEB, 1111 Constitu-
tion Avenue, NW, Room 4306, Wash-
ington, D.C. 20224. Applications may
be hand delivered Monday through Fri-
day between the hours of 8 a.m. and
4 p.m. to the Courier’s Desk, Internal
Revenue Service, 1111 Constitution Av-
enue, NW, Washington, D.C., attention
CC:TEGE:EOEG:TEB.
d.Due date. Applications must be filed
with the IRS on or before April 26, 2006.
e.Project description. Each applica-
tion must contain the information required
by this subsection e.
(i)Qualified borrower. Each applica-
tion must identify the qualified borrower
expected to own the qualified project. A
“qualified borrower” is: (1) a mutual or
cooperative electric company described in
section 501(c)(12) or 1381(a)(2)(C); or (2)
a governmental body (as defined in section
54(j)(3)). The application must demon-
strate that the entity constitutes a quali-
fied borrower within the meaning of sec-
tion 54(j)(5). If any bond is expected to be
a pooled financing bond (within the mean-
ing of section 149(f)(4)(A)), the applica-
tion must demonstrate that the qualified is-
suer will enter into a written loan commit-
ment with each qualified borrower prior to
the issue date of the bond issue.
(ii)Qualified project. Each application
must describe in detail the project to be
financed with the proceeds of the clean
renewable energy bonds. The application
must demonstrate that the project will
constitute a “qualified project” within the
meaning of section 54(d)(2)(A), and must
indicate the expected date the project will
be placed in service. The application also
must contain a certification by an inde-
pendent, licensed engineer that the project
will meet the requirements to be a quali-
fied facility (as determined under section
45(d) without regard to section 45(d)(10)
and to any placed in service date) and that
the project is technically viable.
(iii)Location of project. The appli-
cation must indicate the location of the
project.
(iv)Regulatory approvals. The applica-
tion must describe a plan to obtain all nec-
essary Federal, state and local regulatory
approvals for the project.
f.Plan of financing. The application
must contain a detailed description of the
plan of financing for the project, includ-
ing all private and public sources of financ-
ing and the status of the applicants’ efforts
to secure all such financing. The applica-
tion must also describe the anticipated date
of bond issuance, the sources of security
and repayment for the bonds, the aggregate
face amount of bonds expected to be issued
for the project, and the issuer’s reasonably
expected schedule for spending proceeds
of clean renewable energy bonds.
g.Dollar amount of allocation re-
quested. The application must specify
the dollar amount of the clean renewable
energy bond limitation requested.
SECTION 6. ALLOCATION OF
CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY
BOND LIMITATION
The clean renewable energy bond limi-
tation will be allocated, in accordance with
this section, to qualified projects for which
applications meeting the requirements of
this notice have been filed with the IRS on
or before April 26, 2006. Projects for gov-
ernmental bodies and mutual or coopera-
tive electric companies described in sec-
tion 501(c)(12) or 1381(a)(2)(C) will be
allocated the full amount of clean renew-
able energy bond limitation requested be-
ginning with the project(s) for which the
smallest dollar amount of clean renew-
able energy bond limitation has been re-
quested and continuing with the project(s)
for which the next-smallest dollar amount
of such limitation has been requested un-
til the total amount of clean renewable en-
ergy bond limitation has been exhausted.
However, in the event that $500,000,000
has been allocated to qualified projects of
qualified borrowers that are governmental
bodies, the remaining clean renewable en-
ergy bond limitation will be allocated, un-
der the methodology described in the pre-
vious sentence, onlyto qualified projects
of qualified borrowers that are not govern-
mental bodies. For purposes of this sec-
tion, all qualified projects located at the
same site and owned by the same qualified
borrower are treated as a single project.
SECTION 7. REQUIRED
DECLARATIONS
Each application, certification, report
or other document submitted under this
notice must include the following decla-
rationsignedbyanauthorizedemployee
of the qualified issuer who has personal
knowledge of the relevant facts and cir-
cumstances: “Under penalties of perjury,
I declare that I have examined this docu-
ment and, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, all of the facts contained herein are
true, correct, and complete.”
SECTION 8. MAXIMUM TERM
The maximum term for a clean re-
newable energy bond is determined under
section 54(e)(2) by using a discount rate
equal to 110 percent of the long-term ad-
justed AFR, compounded semi-annually,
for the month in which the bond is sold.
For purposes of this notice, a bond is
“sold” on the first day on which there is
a binding contract in writing for the sale
or exchange of the bond. The maximum
term for a clean renewable energy bond
will be published daily by the Bureau of
Public Debt on its Internet site for State
and Local Government Series securities
at:http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov.
SECTION 9. CREDIT RATE
For each issue of clean renewable en-
ergy bonds, a separate credit rate will ap-
ply to each of the level annual repayments
of principal of the issue (each, a “princi-
pal maturity”). The credit rate for a prin-
cipal maturity of an issue of clean renew-
able energy bonds is the applicable clean
renewable energy bond credit rate pub-
lished each business day by the Bureau of
Public Debt on its Internet site for State
and Local Government Series securities
at:http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov.The
applicable clean renewable energy bond
credit rate shall be applied to a principal
maturity of an issue of clean renewable en-
ergy bonds on the day the issue is sold.
The credit rates will be determined by the
Treasury Department based on its estimate
of the yield on outstanding AA rated cor-
porate bonds of a similar maturity for the
business day immediately prior to the date
on which the issue is sold.
SECTION 10. INFORMATION
REPORTING
Section 54(l)(7) requires issuers of
clean renewable energy bonds to submit
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reports similar to the reports required un-
der section 149(e) for tax-exempt State or
local bonds. To satisfy this requirement,
an issuer of clean renewable energy bonds
must submit for each issue, at the same
time and in the same manner as required
under section 149(e), Form 8038-G,In-
formation Return for Tax-Exempt Gov-
ernmental Obligations. Issuers of clean
renewable energy bonds should complete
Part II of Form 8038-G by checking the
box on Line 18 (Other), writing “clean
renewable energy bonds” in the space
provided for the bond description, and en-
tering the amount of the bonds in the Issue
Price column. For purposes of this no-
tice, an “issue” means one or more bonds
thataresoldonthesamedaybythesame
qualified issuer with respect to the same
qualified borrower.
SECTION 11. REMEDIAL ACTIONS
It is anticipated that the Temporary
Regulations will provide that, for purposes
of the requirement of section 54(d)(1)(B)
that at least 95 percent of the proceeds of
an issue be used for capital expenditures
incurred by a qualified borrower for a qual-
ified project, proceeds of an issue will not
be treated as used for a qualified project to
the extent that a qualified issuer or qual-
ified borrower takesa deliberate action
that causes such proceeds not to be used
for a qualified project. For this purpose,
the term “deliberate action” will have the
same meaning as in § 1.141–2(d)(3) of the
Income Tax Regulations, except that “sec-
tion 54” will be substituted for “section
141” in § 1.141–2(d)(3)(i). It is further an-
ticipated that the Temporary Regulations
will provide that an action that causes
an issue to fail to meet the requirements
of section 54(d)(1)(B) is not treated as
a deliberate action if (1) the issuer takes
a remedial action described in the Tem-
porary Regulations and (2) certain other
requirements specified in the Temporary
Regulations are met. Finally, it is antic-
ipated that the Temporary Regulations
will contain a “redemption or defeasance”
remedial action and an “alternative use
of disposition proceeds” remedial action
similar but not identical to the remedial
actions contained in § 1.141–12(d) and
§ 1.141–12(e).
SECTION 12. ARBITRAGE
REQUIREMENTS
Section 54(i) generally provides that a
bond shall not be treated as a clean re-
newable energy bond unless, with respect
totheissueofwhichthebondisapart,
the qualified issuer satisfies the arbitrage
requirements of section 148 with respect
to proceeds of the issue. It is anticipated
that the Temporary Regulations will pro-
vide that, for purposes of applying the arbi-
trage requirements of section 148 to bonds
issued under section 54—
(1) If an issue meets the requirements
of section 54(h)(1) (including the require-
ment that the issuer reasonably expects, as
of the issue date, that at least 95 percent of
the net proceeds will be expended within 5
years), then the proceeds of the issue qual-
ify for a temporary period of 5 years begin-
ning on the date of issuance of the issue,
and any unspent proceeds after the end of
such 5-year period are eligible for yield re-
duction payments under the principles of
§ 1.148–5(c);
(2) The credit allowed under section
54(a) shall be disregarded for purposes of
computing the yield on the issue under
§ 1.148–4;
(3) Section 148(b)(3) (relating to excep-
tion to the definition of “investment prop-
erty” for certain tax-exempt bonds) shall
not apply;
(4) The bonds shall not be treated as
private activity bonds for purposes of sec-
tion 148(f)(4)(A) (relating to rebate excep-
tion for amounts in abona fidedebt service
fund);
(5) Section 148(f)(4)(C) (relating to ex-
ception from rebate for certain proceeds to
be used to finance construction expendi-
tures) shall apply to the available construc-
tion proceeds of an issue; and
(6) Section 148(f)(4)(D) (relating to ex-
ception from rebate for certain small is-
suers) shall not apply.
SECTION 13. DRAFTING
INFORMATION
The principal authors of this notice
are Timothy L. Jones and Aviva M. Roth
of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel
(Tax Exempt & Government Entities).
However, other personnel from the IRS
and the Treasury Department partici-
pated in its development. For further
information regarding this notice, contact
Timothy L. Jones or Aviva M. Roth at
(202) 622–3980 (not a toll-free call).
Guidance on Valuation of
Stock-Based Compensation
for Purposes of Qualified Cost
Sharing Arrangements
Notice 2005–99
PURPOSE
Treas. Reg. § 1.482–7(d)(2)(iii)(B)
provides an elective method of measure-
ment and timing that is applicable for
taking certain options on publicly traded
stock into account as intangible devel-
opment costs of a controlled participant
in a qualified cost sharing arrangement
(QCSA). This notice extends that elective
method to certain stock-based compensa-
tion commonly referred to as “restricted
shares” or “restricted share units.” It also
addresses the determination of whether
stock-based compensation subject to the
elective method is related to the covered
intangible development area. The Trea-
sury Department and the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) expectto issue regulations
that incorporate the guidance provided in
this notice.
BACKGROUND
The Treasury Department and the IRS
promulgated T.D. 9088, 2003–2 C.B.
841, on August 26, 2003, providing ex-
plicit guidance with respect to taking
stock-based compensation into account
as intangible development costs of a
controlled participant in a QCSA under
§ 1.482–7. Section 1.482–7(d)(1) of the
cost sharing regulations generally requires
that all costs related to the intangible de-
velopment area be taken into account.
Section 1.482–7(d)(2)(ii) provides that
the determination of whether stock-based
compensation is related to the intangible
development area (within the meaning of
§ 1.482–7(d)(1)) is made as of the date that
the stock-based compensation is granted
(the grant-date identification rule).
Under T.D. 9088, once stock-based
compensation is identified by application
of the grant-date identification rule, its
cost must be measured to establish the
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amount taken into account for cost-shar-
ing purposes. Generally, this cost is
measured and taken into account in ac-
cordance with the tax-deduction-based
rules set forth in § 1.482–7(d)(2)(iii)(A).
In the case of certain options on publicly
traded stock, however, controlled partici-
pants may choose the elective method of
§ 1.482–7(d)(2)(iii)(B). Under the elective
method, controlled participants take into
account stock-option costs in the same
amount, and as of the same time, as the
fair value of the stock options reflected in
audited financial statements prepared in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) by
or on behalf of the company issuing the
publicly traded stock.
On August 22, 2005, the Treasury De-
partment and the IRS issued a notice of
proposed rulemaking (REG–144615–02,
2005–40 I.R.B. 625) which would
amend,inter alia, the regulations under
§ 1.482–7(d). The Preamble to the pro-
posed regulation stated that the Treasury
Department and the IRS are consider-
ing extending availability of the elective
method to other forms of publicly traded
stock-based compensation and requested
comments on which forms of publicly
traded stock-based compensation should
be eligible for the elective method. In
response to comments, this notice extends
the elective method to certain stock-based
compensation commonly referred to as
“restricted shares” or “restricted share
units” and addresses the determination of
whether stock-based compensation mea-
sured under the elective method is related
to the intangible development area.
DISCUSSION
A. Certain restricted equity shares or units
eligible for the elective method.
The Treasury Department and the IRS
believe that the use of the elective method
for certain shares or units would provide
a reliable and administrable method for
measuring the intangible development
costs attributable to such compensation
for purposes of § 1.482–7(d)(2). Accord-
ingly, the Treasury Department and the
IRS have determined that controlled par-
ticipants may choose to apply the elective
method to such shares or units.
Specifically, the elective method will
be available with respect to nonvested
equity shares or nonvested equity share
units within the meaning of Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No.
123, “Share-Based Payment,” Financial
Accounting Standards Board (rev. 2004)
(SFAS 123R), provided that those shares
or share units: (i) constitute or are issued
with respect to publicly traded stock within
the meaning of § 1.482–7(d)(2)(iii)(B)(2);
and (ii) are not subject to market condi-
tions or significant post-vesting restric-
tions within the meaning of SFAS 123R.
In general, an election to apply the
elective method as modified by this
notice is made at the same time and
in the same manner as described in
§ 1.482–7(d)(2)(iii)(B)(4). In the case of a
QCSA that predates December 8, 2005, if
one or more controlled participants offer
nonvested equity shares or units, an elec-
tion to apply the elective method to such
shares or units must be made by a written
amendment to the cost sharing agreement
not later than the latest due date (with
regard to extensions) of a Federal income
tax return of any controlled participant
for the first taxable year beginning after
December 8, 2005, and the consent of the
Commissioner is not required.
B. Determination of whether stock-based
compensation subject to the elective
method is related to the intangible
development area.
The grant-date identification rule di-
rects that the “determination of whether
stock based compensation is related to the
intangible development area ... is made as
of the date that the stock-based compensa-
tion is granted.” Section 1.482–7(d)(2)(ii)
further states that all stock-based compen-
sation granted during the term of a QCSA
and related to the intangible development
area is included as intangible development
costs. Under the elective method, stock
options are taken into account at the same
time, and in the same amount as the value
of stock options reflected in financial
statements prepared in accordance with
U.S. GAAP.
Under U.S. GAAP, companies must
classify stock-based compensation ex-
pense attributable to a financial reporting
period in the same functional area (e.g.,re-
search and development, cost of revenue,
etc.) as the expense for cash compensation
recognized for the employee in the income
statement.SeeStaff Accounting Bulletin
No. 107, Release No. SAB 107, 17 CFR
Part 211 (Mar. 29, 2005); SFAS 123R ¶ 5.
In the case of taxpayers utilizing the elec-
tive method of measurement, the Treasury
Department and the IRS believe that deter-
mining whether stock-based compensation
is related to the intangible development
area on the basis of activities of employ-
ees during individual financial reporting
periods is administrable both by taxpayers
and the IRS and would likely produce re-
sults consistent with the purposes of T.D.
9088. Accordingly, provided that certain
requirements are satisfied, controlled par-
ticipants may choose to determine whether
stock-based compensation measured by
the elective method is related to the intan-
gible development area by analyzing the
activities of the employee recipients of the
stock-based compensation by reference
to financial reporting periods, identifying
the related compensation on a period by
period basis. In this context, the Treasury
Department and the IRS emphasize that
activities within the intangible develop-
ment area are not necessarily coextensive
with those activities classified as “research
and development” forfinancial reporting
purposes. Consequently, nothing in this
notice should be interpreted as eliminat-
ing the requirement to take into account
all stock-based compensation costs re-
lated to the intangible development area.
Controlled participants must identify the
stock-based compensation that is related to
the intangible development area, notwith-
standing that the activities conducted to
develop intangibles covered by the QCSA
may differ from the activities classified
as “research and development” for U.S.
GAAP purposes.
As an example of the identification of
stock-based compensation by analyzing
employee activities on the basis of finan-
cial reporting periods, assume that the
stock-based compensation granted during
the term of the QCSA and subject to the
elective method vests over a total period
that includes some periods in which the
employee’s activities are related to the in-
tangible development area and other peri-
ods in which the employee’s activities are
not so related. Under these circumstances,
in computing the intangible development
costs related to the intangible develop-
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ment area, the portion of such stock-based
compensation that vests during the for-
mer periods is taken into account even if
the employee’s activities were not related
to the intangible development area dur-
ing the financial reporting period during
which such stock-based compensation is
granted, while the portion that vests during
the latter periods is not taken into account.
In contrast, under the grant-date identifi-
cation rule, the determination whether the
stock-based compensation relates to the
intangible development area is made with
respect to the entire grant of stock-based
compensation by reference to the recipi-
ent employee’s activities at the time the
stock-based compensation is granted.
Taxpayers’ implementation of this
identification method based on financial
reporting periods must meet four require-
ments. First, the identification methodol-
ogy must be applied consistently (under
the principles of § 1.482–7(d)(2)(iii)(C)).
Second, any stock-based compensation
the fair value of which is not reflected as a
charge against income in audited financial
statements (for example, as in the case
of certain stock options the fair value of
which was disclosed in footnotes prior to
theeffectivedateofSFAS123R)must
be identified for purposes of § 1.482–7
as if the fair value of such compensa-
tion were reflected as a charge against
income in audited financial statements.
Third, as under the grant-date identifica-
tion rule, controlled participants using this
identification methodology must exclude
stock-based compensation granted prior to
thetermoftheQCSA.Fourthandfinally,
stock-based compensation granted but not
vested during the term of the QCSA must
be treated as vesting immediately before
expiration or termination of the QCSA
for purposes of § 1.482–7. Under this
final requirement, if costs attributable to
stock-based compensation granted dur-
ing the term of the QCSA are allocable
under U.S. GAAP to reporting periods
subsequent to the term of the QCSA, the
determination of whether these costs must
be taken into account as intangible de-
velopment costs must be based on the
employee’s activities as of the financial
reporting period during which the date of
the expiration or termination of the QCSA
occurs.
In the case of a QCSA that predates De-
cember 8, 2005, a change of identifica-
tion methodology pursuant to this notice
will not require Commissioner consent un-
der § 1.482–7(d)(2)(iii)(C) if made no later
than the latest due date (with regard to ex-
tensions) of a Federal income tax return
of any controlled participant for the first
taxable year beginning after December 8,
2005.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This notice is effective for stock-based
compensation granted in taxable years be-
ginning on or after December 8, 2005. Un-
til regulations incorporating the guidance
set forth in this notice are issued, taxpay-
ers may rely on the guidance contained in
this notice. Taxpayers may elect to apply
the provisions of this notice retroactively
to grants of stock-based compensation oc-
curring in open taxable years beginning on
or after August 26, 2003.
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS AND
CONTACT INFORMATION
The Treasury Department and the IRS
continue to request comments concerning
other forms of publicly traded stock-based
compensation that should be eligible for
the elective method. In addition, com-
ments are requested concerning the in-
teraction of the grant-date identification
rule and the elective method; whether the
regulations should continue to exclude
all stock-based compensation granted
prior to the term of the QCSA; whether
stock-based compensation that vests after
the term of the QCSA should be treated
as vested during the term of the QCSA;
and what standard the Commissioner
should apply in considering requests for
consent to changes to or from the elec-
tive method. Written comments may
be submitted to the Office of Associate
Chief Counsel (International), Atten-
tion: John E. Hinding (Notice 2005–99),
CC:INTL:6, Internal Revenue Service,
1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Wash-
ington, DC 20224. Alternatively, taxpay-
ers may submit comments electronically
tonotice.comments@irscounsel.treas.gov.
Comments will be available for public
inspection and copying.
The principal author of this notice is
John E. Hinding of the Office of Associate
Chief Counsel (International). For further
information regarding this notice, contact
John E. Hinding at (202) 435–5265 (not a
toll-free call).
December 27, 200512162005–52 I.R.B.

Tables for Figuring Amount
Exempt From Levy on Wages,
Salary, and Other Income
Notice 2005–100
1. Table for Figuring Amount Exempt From Levy on Wages, Salary, and Other Income
(Forms 668-W(c), 668-W(c)(DO)) and 668-W(ICS) 2006
Publication 1494, shown below, provides tables that show the amount of an individual’s income that is exempt from a notice
of levy used to collect delinquent tax in 2006.
(Amounts are for each pay period.)
Filing Status: Single
Number of Exemptions Claimed on Statement
Pay
Period123456Morethan6
Daily32.5045.1957.8870.5883.2795.9619.81 plus 12.69 for
each exemption
Weekly162.50225.96289.42352.88416.35479.8199.04 plus 63.46 for
each exemption
Biweekly 325.00451.92578.85705.77832.69959.62198.08 plus 126.92 for
each exemption
Semi-
monthly
352.08489.58627.08764.58902.081039.58214.58 plus 137.50 for
each exemption
Monthly704.17979.171254.171529.171804.172079.17429.17 plus 275.00 for
each exemption
Filing Status: Unmarried Head of Household
Number of Exemptions Claimed on Statement
Pay
Period123456Morethan6
Daily41.7354.4267.1279.8192.50105.1929.04 plus 12.69 for
each exemption
Weekly208.65272.12335.58399.04462.50525.96145.19 plus 63.46 for
each exemption
Biweekly 417.31544.23671.15798.08925.001051.92290.39 plus 126.92 for
each exemption
Semi-
monthly
452.08589.58727.08864.581002.081139.58314.58 plus 137.50 for
each exemption
Monthly904.171179.171454.171729.172004.172279.17629.17 plus 275.00 for
each exemption
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Filing Status: Married Filing Joint Return (and Qualifying Widow(er)s)
Number of Exemptions Claimed on Statement
Pay
Period123456Morethan6
Daily52.3165.0077.6990.38103.08115.7739.62 plus 12.31 for
each exemption
Weekly261.54325.00388.46451.92515.38578.85198.08 plus 63.46 for
each exemption
Biweekly 523.08650.00776.92903.851030.771157.69396.15 plus 126.92 for
each exemption
Semi-
monthly
566.67704.17841.67979.171116.671254.17429.17 plus 137.50 for
each exemption
Monthly 1133.331408.331683.331958.332233.332508.33858.33 plus 275.00 for
each exemption
Filing Status: MarriedFiling Separate Return
Number of Exemptions Claimed on Statement
Pay
Period123456Morethan6
Daily32.5045.1957.8870.5883.2795.9619.81 plus 12.69 for
each exemption
Weekly162.50225.96289.42352.88416.35479.8199.04 plus 63.46 for
each exemption
Biweekly 325.00451.92578.85705.77832.69959.62198.08 plus 126.92 for
each exemption
Semi-
monthly
352.08489.58627.08764.58902.081039.58214.58 plus 137.50 for
each exemption
Monthly704.17979.171254.171529.171804.172079.17429.17 plus 275.00 for
each exemption
2. Table for Figuring Additional Exempt Amountfor Taxpayers at Least 65 Years Old and/or Blind
Additional Exempt Amount
Filing Status*DailyWklyBi-WklySemi-MoMonthly
14.8124.0448.0852.08104.17Single or Head
of Household
29.6248.0896.15104.17208.33
13.8519.2338.4641.6783.33
27.6938.4676.9283.33166.67
311.5457.69115.38125.00250.00
Any Othe
r
Filing S
tatus
415.3876.92153.85166.67333.33
* ADDITIONAL STANDARD DEDUCTION claimed on Parts 3, 4, & 5 of levy.
December 27, 200512182005–52 I.R.B.

Examples
These tables show the amount exempt from a levy on wages, salary, and other income. For example:
1.
A single taxpayer who is paid weekly and claims three exemptions (including one for the taxpayer) has $289.42 exempt
from levy.
2. If the taxpayer in number 1 is over 65 and writes 1 in the ADDITIONAL STANDARD DEDUCTION space on Parts 3, 4, & 5
of the levy, $313.46 is exempt from this levy ($289.42 plus $24.04).
3. A taxpayer who is married, files jointly, is paid bi-weekly, and claims two exemptions (including one for the taxpayer) has
$650.00 exempt from levy.
4. If the taxpayer in number 3 is over 65 and has a spouse who is blind, this taxpayer should write 2 in the ADDITIONAL
STANDARD DEDUCTION space on Parts 3, 4, & 5 of the levy. Then, $726.92 is exempt from this levy ($650.00 plus
$76.92).
2005 Cumulative List of
Changes in Plan Qualification
Requirements
Notice 2005–101
I. PURPOSE
This notice contains the 2005 Cumu-
lative List of Changes in Plan Qualifi-
cation Requirements (2005 Cumulative
List) described in section 4 of Rev. Proc.
2005–66, 2005–37 I.R.B. 509. The 2005
Cumulative List is to be used primarily
by plan sponsors of individually designed
plans that fall in Cycle A. Those will be
single employer individually designed
defined contribution plans, including em-
ployee stock ownership plans (ESOPs),
and individually designed defined benefit
plans.
The 2005 Cumulative List in section 4
of this notice does not extend the dead-
line by which a plan must be amended to
comply with any statutory, regulatory, or
guidance changes. The general deadline
for timely adoption of an interim or discre-
tionary amendment canbe found in section
5.05 of Rev. Proc. 2005–66.
II. BACKGROUND
Rev. Proc. 2005–66 sets forth pro-
cedures for issuing opinion, advisory,
and determination letters and establishes
the five-year remedial amendment cycle
for individually designed plans and the
six-year remedial amendment cycle for
pre-approved plans.In addition, section
5.05 of Rev. Proc. 2005–66 provides the
deadline for timely adoption of an interim
amendment or discretionary amendment.
Notice 2005–95, 2005–51 I.R.B. 1172
(December 19, 2005), provides transi-
tional relief relating to deadlines that
would otherwise apply under Rev. Proc.
2005–66.
Under section 4 of Rev. Proc. 2005–66,
the Internal Revenue Service intends to
annually publish a Cumulative List to
identify statutory, regulatory and guidance
changes that must be taken into account in
plan sponsor’s submissions to the Service
for opinion, advisory and determination
letters whose remedial amendment period
begins on February 1st following issuance
of the Cumulative List.
In Notice 2004–84, 2004–2 C.B. 1030,
the Service published the 2004 Cumulative
List of Changes in Plan Qualification Re-
quirements (2004 Cumulative List). The
2004 Cumulative List was used primarily
by plan sponsors and practitioners in draft-
ing defined contribution pre-approved
plans (that is, definedcontribution plans
that are master and prototype or volume
submitter plans) that must be submitted
to the Service for review by January 31,
2006. Thus, the 2004 Cumulative List set
forth only those plan qualification require-
ments that applied to defined contribution
pre-approved plans. Plan qualification
requirements included statutory changes
and guidance that became effective af-
ter December 31, 2001, and any relevant
qualification requirements not contained
in the 2004 Cumulative List. The Service
also stated that plan language for guidance
issued after December 14, 2004, would
not be reviewed, unless it was on the 2004
Cumulative List.
III. APPLICATION OF 2005
CUMULATIVE LIST
This notice is being issued in conjunc-
tion with the opening of the Economic
Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act
of 2001, Pub. L. 107–16 (EGTRRA) de-
termination letter program for individually
designed plans. The Service announced
the opening of the initial five-year reme-
dial amendment cycle for Cycle A in Rev.
Proc. 2005–66. Thus, the Service will start
accepting determination letter applications
for Cycle A individually designed plans
(i.e., the last digit of the plan sponsor’s em-
ployer identification number is 1 or 6) on
February 1, 2006. The 12-month submis-
sion period for individually designed plans
is intended to end January 31, 2007.
The 2005 Cumulative List informs plan
sponsors of issues the Service has specifi-
cally identified for review in determining
whether an individually designed plan has
been properly updated. Specifically, the
2005 Cumulative List reflects law changes
under EGTRRA (with technical correc-
tions made by the Job Creation and Worker
Assistance Act of 2002 (JCWAA), Pub. L.
104–147), the Pension Funding Equity Act
of 2004 (PFEA), Pub. L. 108–218, and
the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004
(AJCA), Pub. L. 108–357. In order to
be qualified, a plan must comply with all
relevant qualification requirements (that
is, all qualification requirements in effect,
or guidance published before the issuance
of the Cumulative List), not just those on
the 2005 Cumulative List. The only two
items on the 2005 Cumulative List that are
not yet published are listed under section
402A.
The Service will not review plan lan-
guage for any qualification change that be-
2005–52 I.R.B.1219December 27, 2005

comes effective, any guidance published,
or any statutes enacted after December 13,
2005, unless it is on the 2005 Cumulative
List. Thus, plan sponsors of individually
designed plans may not rely on determina-
tion letters with respect to plan language
reflecting any guidance issued after De-
cember 13, 2005, unless that guidance is
on the 2005 Cumulative List.
IV. 2005 CUMULATIVE LIST OF
CHANGES IN PLAN QUALIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS
The following list consists of statutory
provisions and associated guidance which
reflect changes to plan qualification re-
quirements. Miscellaneous guidance is
also provided. The Service has identi-
fied below plan qualification requirements
which were not on the 2004 Cumulative
List as “(New)”. The 2005 Cumulative
List adds statutory changes and guidance
that have become effective after Decem-
ber 31, 2001, for defined benefit plans and
ESOPs. It is also updated for plan qualifi-
cation requirements published in 2005 for
defined contribution plans. Thus, the 2005
Cumulative List contains those plan qual-
ification requirements first listed in the
2004 Cumulative List as well as additional
2005 plan qualification requirements.
1. 7
2(p): Section 1.72(p)–1 of the In-
come Tax Regulations relating to plan
loans was published on December 3,
2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 71821).
2. 4
01(a)(4):
•Amendments to § 1.401(a)(4)–8
of the Regulations relating to new
comparability plans were pub-
lished on June 29, 2001 (66 Fed.
Reg. 34535).
•Rev. Rul. 2001–30, 2001–2
C.B. 46.
•Amendments to § 1.401(a)(4)–9
of the Regulations relating to new
comparability plans were pub-
lished on June 29, 2001 (66 Fed.
Reg. 34535). (New).
•Rev. Rul. 2004–21, 2004–1
C.B. 544. (New).
3. 4
01(a)(9):
•Sections 1.401(a)(9)–1 through –9
of the Regulations were published
on April 17, 2002 and June 15,
2004 (67 Fed. Reg. 18834 and 69
Fed. Reg. 33288).
4. 4
01(a)(17): Section 401(a)(17) of the
Code was amended by § 611(c) of
EGTRRA to increase the compensa-
tion limit to $200,000.
•Notice 2001–56, 2001–2 C.B.
277.
5. 4
01(a)(31):
•Section 401(a)(31) was amended
by § 643(b) of EGTRRA to al-
low employees’ after-tax contri-
butions to be rolled over under
certain circumstances.
•Section 401(a)(31)(B) was
amended by § 657(a) of EGTRRA
(asamendedby§411(t)of
JCWAA) to provide for the au-
tomatic rollover of certain manda-
tory distributions. The effective
date is March 28, 2005.
•Notice 2005–5, 2005–3 I.R.B.
337.
•Sections 641, 642 and 643
of EGTRRA (as amended by
§411(q)ofJCWAA)amended
the definition of eligible retire-
ment plan in § 402 to include a
§ 403(b) annuity contract and eli-
gible governmental § 457(b) plan.
•Section 636(b) of EGTRRA mod-
ified the definition of eligible
rollover distribution to exclude
hardship distributions.
6. 4
01(k)&401(m):
•Section401(k)(2)and
§ 401(k)(10) of the Code were
amended by § 646(a)(1) of
EGTRRA to permit distribu-
tions of elective deferrals from
a § 401(k) plan upon severance
from employment.
•Notice 2002–4, 2002–1 C.B.
298.
•Section 636(a) of EGTRRA di-
rected the Secretary of the Trea-
sury to revise the regulations relat-
ing to safe harbor hardship distri-
butions of elective deferrals from
§ 401(k) plans so that the time the
employee is prohibited from mak-
ing elective and employee contri-
butions is reduced from one year
to six months after a hardship dis-
tribution.
•Notice 2001–56.
•Notice 2002–4.
•Section 401(k)(11) of the Code
wasamendedby§611(f)of
EGTRRA to increase the maxi-
mum amount of qualified salary
reduction contributions that can
be made to SIMPLE 401(k) plans.
•Section402(g)oftheCodewas
amended by § 611(d) of EGTRRA
to increase the applicable dollar
amount.
•Section 401(m)(9) of the Code
was amended by § 666 of
EGTRRA to eliminate the mul-
tiple use test.
•Final Regulations under § 401(k)
and § 401(m) of the Code were
published on December 29, 2004
(69 Fed. Reg. 78144).
7. 4
02A: Section 402A of the Code was
addedby§617ofEGTRRAtooffer
optional treatment of elective defer-
rals as designated Roth contributions
to defined contribution plans, effec-
tive for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2005.
•Final Regulations under § 401(k)
and § 401(m) of the Code relating
to designated Roth contributions
are expected to be published soon.
•Proposed Regulations under
§ 402A are expected to be pub-
lished soon.
8. 4
04:
•404(k)(2)(A) of the Code was
amended by § 662(a) of EGTRRA
(as amended by § 411(w) of
JCWAA) to allow ESOP divi-
dends to be reinvested without
the loss of dividend deductions.
(New).
•Notice 2002–2, 2002–1 C.B.
285, provides guidance with
respect to the changes made to
§ 404(k) of the Code and on
theeffectivedateof§409(p)
of the Code. (New).
9. 4
08(q): Section 408(q) of the Code
was added by § 602 of EGTRRA (as
amended by § 411(i) of JCWAA) to al-
low for deemed individual retirement
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accounts (IRAs) in an eligible retire-
ment plan.
•Section 1.408(q)–(e)(8)(T) of the
Regulations was published on July
22, 2004 (69 Fed. Reg. 43735).
10. 4
09: Section 409(p) of the Code was
added § 656 of EGTRRA relating to
restrictions on the allocation of em-
ployer securities in an ESOP main-
tained by an S corporation. (New).
•Section 1.409(p)–1T of the Regu-
lations was published on July 21,
2003 (68 Fed. Reg. 42970).
(New).
•Section 1.409(p)–1T of the Reg-
ulations was published on De-
cember 17, 2004 (69 Fed. Reg.
75455). (New).
•Rev. Proc. 2003–23, 2003–1 C.B.
599, as modified and superseded
by Rev. Proc. 2004–14, 2004–1
C.B. 489, allows a direct rollover
from an ESOP maintained by an
S corporation to an individual re-
tirement plan (IRA). (New).
•Rev. Rul. 2003–6, 2003–1 C.B.
286, provides guidance with re-
spect to whether an ESOP main-
tained by an S corporation is eligi-
ble for the delayed effective date
of § 409(p) under § 656(d)(2) of
EGTRRA. (New).
•Rev. Rul. 2004–4, 2004–1 C.B.
414, provides guidance relating to
synthetic equity owned by a dis-
qualified person in a nonallocation
year of an ESOP maintained by an
S corporation. (New).
11. 4
11(a):
•Section411(a)oftheCodewas
amended by § 633 of EGTRRA
(as amended by § 411(o) of
JCWAA) to provide for faster
vesting of matching contributions.
•Rev. Rul. 2003–65, 2003–1 C.B.
1035. (New).
12. 4
11(a)(11): Section 411(a)(11)(D) of
the Code was added by § 648(a) of
EGTRRA (as amended by § 411(r)
of JCWAA) to allow amounts attrib-
utable to rollover contributions to be
disregarded in determining the value
of an account balance for involuntary
distributions.
13. 4
11(d)(6):
•Central Laborers’ Pension Fund
v. Heinz, 124 S.Ct. 2230 (2004).
(New).
•Rev. Proc. 2005–23, 2005–18
I.R.B. 991, as modified by
Rev. Proc. 2005–76, 2005–50
I.R.B. 1139 (December 12,
2005). (New).
•Section 411(d)(6)(D) and
§ 411(d)(6)(E) of the Code were
added by § 645 of EGTRRA to
permit the elimination of certain
optional forms of benefit under
certain conditions. (New).
•Section 1.411(d)–4, Q&A–
2(e) of the Regulations was
published on January 25, 2005
(70 Fed. Reg. 3475) to imple-
ment § 411(d)(6)(E). (New).
•Section 645(b)(3) of EGTRRA
directed the Secretary of the Trea-
sury to issue regulations under
§ 411(d)(6). (New).
•Section 1.411(d)–3 of the Reg-
ulations was published on Au-
gust 12, 2005 (70 Fed. Reg.
47109). (New).
14. 4
12:
•Rev. Rul. 2004–20, 2004–1 C.B.
546, provides guidance with re-
spect to whether a qualified pen-
sion plan can be a § 412(i) plan
if the plan holds life insurance
contracts and annuity contracts for
benefits at normal retirement age
in excess of a participant’s bene-
fits at normal retirement age under
the plan. (New).
•Notice 2004–59, 2004–2 C.B.
447, provides guidance with re-
spect to restrictions placed on
plan amendments following an
employer’s election of an alterna-
tive deficit reduction contribution.
(New).
15. 4
14(v): Section414(v)oftheCode
was added by § 631 of EGTRRA (as
amended by § 411(o) of JCWAA) to
allow for catch-up contributions for
individuals age 50 or older.
•Regulations under § 1.414(v)
were published on July 8, 2003
(68 Fed. Reg. 40510).
•Notice 2002–4.
16. 4
15:
•Section415(b)oftheCodewas
amended by § 611 of EGTRRA
to increase the dollar limit and
change the age when the limit is
reduced or increased. (New).
•Rev. Rul. 2001–51, 2001–2
C.B. 427.
•Section 415(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the
Code was amended by § 101(b)(4)
of PFEA to fix the percentage at
5.50%. (New).
•Notice 2004–78, 2004–2 C.B.
879, provides the actuarial as-
sumptions that must be used
for distributions with annuity
starting dates occurring during
the plans years beginning in
2004 and 2005. (New).
•Section 415(c) of the Code was
amended by §§ 611(b) and 632
of EGTRRA (as amended by
§411(p)ofJCWAA)toincrease
the maximum annual additions
permitted to the lesser of $40,000
or 100% of compensation.
•Rev. Rul. 2001–51, 2001–2
C.B. 427.
•Section 1.415(c)–2(e) of the Pro-
posed Regulations under § 415
was published on May 31, 2005
(70 Fed. Reg. 31214).
•Rev. Rul. 2002–27, 2002–1
C.B. 925, provided that “com-
pensation” within the meaning of
§ 415(c) could in certain situations
include “deemed § 125 compen-
sation”.
17. 4
16: Section 416 of the Code was
amended by § 613 of EGTRRA (as
amended by § 411(k) of JCWAA) to
make several changes to the top-heavy
rules.
•Section 416(g)(4)(H) of the
Code was added by § 613(d)
of EGTRRA to provide certain
safe harbor § 401(k) plans and
§ 401(m) plans an exemption
from the top-heavy rules.
•Rev. Rul. 2004–13, 2004–1
C.B. 485.
•Section 416(c)(1)(C) of the
Code was amended by § 613(e)
of EGTRRA (as amended by
§ 411(k)(1) of JCWAA) to pro-
vide when a frozen defined benefit
2005–52 I.R.B.1221December 27, 2005

plan is exempt from the minimum
benefit requirements. (New).
18. 4
17: Section1.417(e)–1oftheReg-
ulations was published on July 16,
2003 (68 Fed. Reg. 41906) relating
to retroactive annuity starting date.
(New).
19. 4
975:
•Section 4975 of the Code was
amendedby§612ofEGTRRAto
allow plan loans for Subchapter S
shareholder-employees.
•Section 4975(f) of the Code was
amendedby§240ofAJCAto
allow an S corporation distribu-
tion on allocated shares to pay off
an exempt loan as long as equal
amounts are allocated to partici-
pant accounts. (New).
20. K
atrinaRelief:
•Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act
of 2005, P. L. 109–73. (New).
•Notice 2005–92, 2005–51
I.R.B. 1165 (December 19,
2005). (New).
•Announcement 2005–70, 2005–
40 I.R.B. 682. (New).
21. M
iscellaneous:
•Rev. Rul. 2001–62, 2001–2 C.B.
632, provides guidance with re-
spect to the mortality table un-
der § 415(b)(2(E)(v) of the Code
and the applicable mortality table
under § 417(e)(3)(A)(ii)(I) of the
Code. (New).
•Rev. Rul. 2002–42, 2002–1 C.B.
76, provides guidance with re-
spect to a situation where a money
purchase pension plan is merged
or converted into a profit sharing
plan.
•Rev. Proc. 2002–21, 2002–1 C.B.
911, provides guidance with re-
spect to defined contribution re-
tirement plans maintained by pro-
fessional employer organizations.
•Rev. Proc. 2003–86, 2003–2
C.B. 1211, amplifies Rev. Proc.
2002–21 relating to relief pro-
vided for certain defined contri-
bution plans maintained by pro-
fessional employer organizations.
•Rev. Rul. 2003–11, 2003–1 C.B.
285, provides guidance with re-
spect to satisfying the nondiscrim-
ination rules under § 401(a)(4) of
the Code and the minimum cover-
age requirements under § 410(b)
of the Code when applying the in-
creased compensation limit to for-
mer employees. (New).
•Rev. Rul. 2004–10, 2004–1 C.B.
484, provides guidance with re-
spect to charging administrative
expenses to former and current
employees.
•Rev. Rul. 2004–12, 2004–1 C.B.
478, provides guidance with re-
spect to the distribution restric-
tions applicable to rollover contri-
butions.
•Rev. Rul. 2005–55, 2005–33
I.R.B. 284, provides guidance
with respect to medical reim-
bursement accounts under a profit
sharing plan. (New).
The following guidance contains
sample or model amendments: Notice
2001–57, 2001–2 C.B. 279 (miscella-
neous EGTRRA amendments); Rev. Rul.
2001–62, 2001–2 C.B. 632 (applicable
mortality table); Rev. Proc. 2002–29,
2002–1 C.B. 1176 (required minimum
distribution amendments); Rev. Proc.
2003–13, 2003–1 C.B. 317 (required lan-
guage for deemed IRAs); and Notice
2005–5 (automatic rollover).
DRAFTING INFORMATION
The principal author of this notice is
Dana A. Barry of the Employee Plans,
Tax Exempt and Government Entities Di-
vision. For further information regarding
this notice, please contact the Employee
Plans’ taxpayer assistance telephone ser-
vice at 1–877–829–5500 (a toll-free num-
ber) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and
6:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through
Friday (a toll-free call). Ms. Barry may be
reached at (202) 283–9888 (not a toll-free
call).
December 27, 200512222005–52 I.R.B.

Definition of Terms
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 ef-
fect:
Amplifieddescribes a situation where
no change is being made in a prior pub-
lished position, but the prior position is be-
ingextendedtoapplytoavariationofthe
fact situation set forth therein. Thus, if
an earlier ruling held that a principle ap-
plied to A, and the new ruling holds that the
same principle also applies to B, the earlier
ruling is amplified. (Compare withmodi-
fied,below).
Clarifiedis used in those instances
where the language in a prior ruling is be-
ing made clear because the language has
caused, or may cause, some confusion.
It is not used where a position in a prior
ruling is being changed.
Distinguisheddescribes a situation
where a ruling mentions a previously pub-
lished ruling and points out an essential
difference between them.
Modifiedis 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 applies to both A
and B, the prior ruling is modified because
it corrects a published position. (Compare
withamplifiedandclarified, above).
Obsoleteddescribes 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 rul-
ings that are obsoleted because of changes
in laws or regulations. A ruling may also
be obsoleted because the substance has
been included in regulations subsequently
adopted.
Revokeddescribes situations where the
position in the previously published ruling
is not correct and the correct position is
beingstatedinanewruling.
Supersededdescribes a situation where
the new ruling does nothing more than re-
state the substance and situation of a previ-
ously published ruling (or rulings). Thus,
the term is used to republish under the
1986 Code and regulations the same po-
sition published under the 1939 Code and
regulations. The term is also used when
it is desired to republish in a single rul-
ing a series of situations, names, etc., that
were previously published over a period of
time in separate rulings. If the new rul-
ing does more than restate the substance
of a prior ruling, a combination of terms
is used. For example,modifiedandsu-
persededdescribes a situation where the
substance of a previously published 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 pub-
lished ruling is first modified and then, as
modified, is superseded.
Supplementedis 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 rul-
ing has been supplemented several times, a
new ruling may be published that includes
the list in the original ruling and the ad-
ditions, and supersedes all prior rulings in
the series.
Suspendedis used in rare situations
to show that the previous published rul-
ings 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 fol
lowing abbreviations in current use
and for
merly used will appear in material
publis
hedintheBulletin.
A—Individual.
Acq.—A
cquiescence.
B—Individual.
BE—Beneficiary.
BK—Bank
.
B.T.A.—Board of Tax Appeals.
C—Individual.
C.B.—Cu
mulative Bulletin.
CFR—Code of Federal Regulations.
CI—City.
COOP—Coo
perative.
Ct.D.—Court Decision.
CY—County.
D—Decede
nt.
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—Emp
loyer.
ERISA—Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
EX—Executor.
F—Fiduc
iary.
FC—Foreign Country.
FICA—Federal Insurance Contributions Act.
FISC—Fo
reign International Sales Company.
FPH—Foreign Personal Holding Company.
F.R.—Federal Register.
FUTA—Fed
eral Unemployment Tax Act.
FX—Foreign corporation.
G.C.M.—Chief Counsel’s Memorandum.
GE—Grante
e.
GP—General Partner.
GR—Grantor.
IC—Insura
nce Company.
I.R.B.—Internal Revenue Bulletin.
LE—Lessee.
LP—Limited
Partner.
LR—Lessor.
M—Minor.
Nonacq.—No
nacquiescence.
O—Organization.
P—Parent Corporation.
PHC—Persona
l Holding Company.
PO—Possession of the U.S.
PR—Partner.
PRS—Pa
rtnership.
PTE—Prohibited Transaction Exemption.
Pub. L.—Public Law.
REIT—Re
al Estate Investment Trust.
Rev. Proc.—Revenue Procedure.
Rev. Rul.—Revenue Ruling.
S—Subsi
diary.
S.P.R.—Statement of Procedural Rules.
Stat.—Statutes at Large.
T—Target
Corporation.
T.C.—Tax Court.
T.D.—Treasury Decision.
TFE—Trans
feree.
TFR—Transferor.
T.I.R.—Technical Information Release.
TP—Taxpay
er.
TR—Trust.
TT—Trustee.
U.S.C.—Uni
ted States Code.
X—Corporation.
Y—Corporation.
Z—Corporat
ion.
2005–52 I.R.B.iDecember 27, 2005

Numerical Finding List
1
Bulletins 2005–27 through 2005–52
Announcements:
2005-46, 2005-27 I.R.B.63
2005-47, 2005-28 I.R.B.71
2005-48, 2005-29 I.R.B.111
2005-49, 2005-29 I.R.B.119
2005-50, 2005-30 I.R.B.152
2005-51, 2005-32 I.R.B.283
2005-52, 2005-31 I.R.B.257
2005-53, 2005-31 I.R.B.258
2005-54, 2005-32 I.R.B.283
2005-55, 2005-33 I.R.B.317
2005-56, 2005-33 I.R.B.318
2005-57, 2005-33 I.R.B.318
2005-58, 2005-33 I.R.B.319
2005-59, 2005-37 I.R.B.524
2005-60, 2005-35 I.R.B.455
2005-61, 2005-36 I.R.B.495
2005-62, 2005-36 I.R.B.495
2005-63, 2005-36 I.R.B.496
2005-64, 2005-37 I.R.B.537
2005-65, 2005-38 I.R.B.587
2005-66, 2005-39 I.R.B.613
2005-67, 2005-40 I.R.B.678
2005-68, 2005-39 I.R.B.613
2005-69, 2005-40 I.R.B.681
2005-70, 2005-40 I.R.B.682
2005-71, 2005-41 I.R.B.714
2005-72, 2005-41 I.R.B.692
2005-73, 2005-41 I.R.B.715
2005-74, 2005-42 I.R.B.764
2005-75, 2005-42 I.R.B.764
2005-76, 2005-42 I.R.B.765
2005-77, 2005-44 I.R.B.855
2005-78, 2005-44 I.R.B.918
2005-79, 2005-45 I.R.B.941
2005-80, 2005-46 I.R.B.967
2005-81, 2005-45 I.R.B.941
2005-82, 2005-45 I.R.B.941
2005-83, 2005-45 I.R.B.941
2005-84, 2005-48 I.R.B.1064
2005-85, 2005-48 I.R.B.1065
2005-86, 2005-48 I.R.B.1069
2005-87, 2005-50 I.R.B.1144
2005-88, 2005-50 I.R.B.1145
2005-89, 2005-50 I.R.B.1149
Notices:
2005-48, 2005-27 I.R.B.9
2005-49, 2005-27 I.R.B.14
2005-50, 2005-27 I.R.B.14
2005-51, 2005-28 I.R.B.74
2005-52, 2005-28 I.R.B.75
Notices— Continued:
2005-53, 2005-32 I.R.B.263
2005-54, 2005-30 I.R.B.127
2005-55, 2005-32 I.R.B.265
2005-56, 2005-32 I.R.B.266
2005-57, 2005-32 I.R.B.267
2005-58, 2005-33 I.R.B.295
2005-59, 2005-35 I.R.B.443
2005-60, 2005-39 I.R.B.606
2005-61, 2005-39 I.R.B.607
2005-62, 2005-35 I.R.B.443
2005-63, 2005-35 I.R.B.448
2005-64, 2005-36 I.R.B.471
2005-65, 2005-39 I.R.B.607
2005-66, 2005-40 I.R.B.620
2005-67, 2005-40 I.R.B.621
2005-68, 2005-40 I.R.B.622
2005-69, 2005-40 I.R.B.622
2005-70, 2005-41 I.R.B.694
2005-71, 2005-44 I.R.B.863
2005-72, 2005-47 I.R.B.976
2005-73, 2005-42 I.R.B.723
2005-74, 2005-42 I.R.B.726
2005-75, 2005-45 I.R.B.929
2005-76, 2005-46 I.R.B.947
2005-77, 2005-46 I.R.B.951
2005-78, 2005-46 I.R.B.952
2005-79, 2005-46 I.R.B.952
2005-80, 2005-46 I.R.B.953
2005-81, 2005-47 I.R.B.977
2005-82, 2005-47 I.R.B.978
2005-83, 2005-49 I.R.B.1075
2005-84, 2005-46 I.R.B.959
2005-85, 2005-46 I.R.B.961
2005-86, 2005-49 I.R.B.1075
2005-87, 2005-50 I.R.B.1097
2005-88, 2005-48 I.R.B.1060
2005-89, 2005-49 I.R.B.1077
2005-90, 2005-51 I.R.B.1163
2005-91, 2005-51 I.R.B.1164
2005-92, 2005-51 I.R.B.1165
2005-93, 2005-52 I.R.B.1204
2005-94, 2005-52 I.R.B.1208
2005-95, 2005-51 I.R.B.1172
2005-96, 2005-52 I.R.B.1209
2005-97, 2005-52 I.R.B.1210
2005-98, 2005-52 I.R.B.1211
2005-99, 2005-52 I.R.B.1214
2005-100, 2005-52 I.R.B.1217
2005-101, 2005-52 I.R.B.1219
Proposed Regulations:
REG-106030-98, 2005-42 I.R.B.739
REG-144615-02, 2005-40 I.R.B.625
REG-150088-02, 2005-43 I.R.B.774
REG-150091-02, 2005-43 I.R.B.780
Proposed Regulations— Continued:
REG-131739-03, 2005-36 I.R.B.494
REG-130241-04, 2005-27 I.R.B.18
REG-138362-04, 2005-33 I.R.B.299
REG-138647-04, 2005-41 I.R.B.697
REG-144620-04, 2005-50 I.R.B.1141
REG-144898-04, 2005-48 I.R.B.1062
REG-149436-04, 2005-35 I.R.B.454
REG-156518-04, 2005-38 I.R.B.582
REG-158080-04, 2005-43 I.R.B.786
REG-104143-05, 2005-41 I.R.B.708
REG-105847-05, 2005-47 I.R.B.987
REG-111257-05, 2005-42 I.R.B.759
REG-114371-05, 2005-45 I.R.B.930
REG-114444-05, 2005-45 I.R.B.934
REG-121584-05, 2005-37 I.R.B.523
REG-122857-05, 2005-39 I.R.B.609
REG-124988-05, 2005-51 I.R.B.1186
REG-129782-05, 2005-40 I.R.B.675
REG-133578-05, 2005-39 I.R.B.610
Revenue Procedures:
2005-35, 2005-28 I.R.B.76
2005-36, 2005-28 I.R.B.78
2005-37, 2005-28 I.R.B.79
2005-38, 2005-28 I.R.B.81
2005-39, 2005-28 I.R.B.82
2005-40, 2005-28 I.R.B.83
2005-41, 2005-29 I.R.B.90
2005-42, 2005-30 I.R.B.128
2005-43, 2005-29 I.R.B.107
2005-44, 2005-29 I.R.B.110
2005-45, 2005-30 I.R.B.141
2005-46, 2005-30 I.R.B.142
2005-47, 2005-32 I.R.B.269
2005-48, 2005-32 I.R.B.271
2005-49, 2005-31 I.R.B.165
2005-50, 2005-32 I.R.B.272
2005-51, 2005-33 I.R.B.296
2005-52, 2005-34 I.R.B.326
2005-53, 2005-34 I.R.B.339
2005-54, 2005-34 I.R.B.353
2005-55, 2005-34 I.R.B.367
2005-56, 2005-34 I.R.B.383
2005-57, 2005-34 I.R.B.392
2005-58, 2005-34 I.R.B.402
2005-59, 2005-34 I.R.B.412
2005-60, 2005-35 I.R.B.449
2005-61, 2005-37 I.R.B.507
2005-62, 2005-37 I.R.B.507
2005-63, 2005-36 I.R.B.491
2005-64, 2005-36 I.R.B.492
2005-65, 2005-38 I.R.B.564
2005-66, 2005-37 I.R.B.509
2005-67, 2005-42 I.R.B.729
2005-68, 2005-41 I.R.B.694
1
A cumulative list of all revenue rulings, revenueprocedures, Treasury decisions, etc., publishedin Internal Revenue Bulletins 2005–1 through 2005–26 is in Internal Revenue Bulletin
2005–26, dated June 27, 2005.
December 27, 2005ii2005–52 I.R.B.

Revenue Procedures— Continued:
2005-69, 2005-44 I.R.B.864
2005-70, 2005-47 I.R.B.979
2005-71, 2005-47 I.R.B.985
2005-72, 2005-49 I.R.B.1078
2005-73, 2005-49 I.R.B.1090
2005-74, 2005-50 I.R.B.1098
2005-75, 2005-50 I.R.B.1137
2005-76, 2005-50 I.R.B.1139
2005-77, 2005-51 I.R.B.1176
2005-78, 2005-51 I.R.B.1177
Revenue Rulings:
2005-38, 2005-27 I.R.B.6
2005-39, 2005-27 I.R.B.1
2005-40, 2005-27 I.R.B.4
2005-41, 2005-28 I.R.B.69
2005-42, 2005-28 I.R.B.67
2005-43, 2005-29 I.R.B.88
2005-44, 2005-29 I.R.B.87
2005-45, 2005-30 I.R.B.123
2005-46, 2005-30 I.R.B.120
2005-47, 2005-32 I.R.B.261
2005-48, 2005-32 I.R.B.259
2005-49, 2005-30 I.R.B.125
2005-50, 2005-30 I.R.B.124
2005-51, 2005-31 I.R.B.163
2005-52, 2005-35 I.R.B.423
2005-53, 2005-35 I.R.B.425
2005-54, 2005-33 I.R.B.289
2005-55, 2005-33 I.R.B.284
2005-56, 2005-35 I.R.B.427
2005-57, 2005-36 I.R.B.466
2005-58, 2005-36 I.R.B.465
2005-59, 2005-37 I.R.B.505
2005-60, 2005-37 I.R.B.502
2005-61, 2005-38 I.R.B.538
2005-62, 2005-38 I.R.B.557
2005-63, 2005-39 I.R.B.603
2005-64, 2005-39 I.R.B.600
2005-65, 2005-41 I.R.B.684
2005-66, 2005-41 I.R.B.686
2005-67, 2005-43 I.R.B.771
2005-68, 2005-44 I.R.B.853
2005-69, 2005-44 I.R.B.852
2005-70, 2005-45 I.R.B.919
2005-71, 2005-45 I.R.B.923
2005-72, 2005-46 I.R.B.944
2005-73, 2005-48 I.R.B.1050
2005-74, 2005-51 I.R.B.1153
2005-75, 2005-49 I.R.B.1073
2005-76, 2005-49 I.R.B.1072
2005-77, 2005-49 I.R.B.1071
2005-78, 2005-51 I.R.B.1157
2005-79, 2005-52 I.R.B.1197
Social Security Contribution and Benefit
Base; Domestic Employee Coverage
Threshold:
2005-85, 2005-46 I.R.B.961
Tax Conventions:
2005-47, 2005-28 I.R.B.71
2005-72, 2005-41 I.R.B.692
2005-77, 2005-44 I.R.B.855
Treasury Decisions:
9208, 2005-31 I.R.B.157
9209, 2005-31 I.R.B.153
9210, 2005-33 I.R.B.290
9211, 2005-33 I.R.B.287
9212, 2005-35 I.R.B.429
9213, 2005-35 I.R.B.440
9214, 2005-35 I.R.B.435
9215, 2005-36 I.R.B.468
9216, 2005-36 I.R.B.461
9217, 2005-37 I.R.B.498
9218, 2005-37 I.R.B.503
9219, 2005-38 I.R.B.538
9220, 2005-39 I.R.B.596
9221, 2005-39 I.R.B.604
9222, 2005-40 I.R.B.614
9223, 2005-39 I.R.B.591
9224, 2005-41 I.R.B.688
9225, 2005-42 I.R.B.716
9226, 2005-43 I.R.B.772
9227, 2005-45 I.R.B.924
9228, 2005-47 I.R.B.972
9229, 2005-48 I.R.B.1051
9230, 2005-52 I.R.B.1198
2005–52 I.R.B.iiiDecember 27, 2005

Finding List of Current Actions on
Previously Published Items
1
Bulletins 2005–27 through 2005–52
Announcements:
84-26
Obsoleted by
REG-149436-04, 2005-35 I.R.B.454
2004-72
Updated and superseded by
Ann. 2005-59, 2005-37 I.R.B.524
2005-36
Modified by
Rev. Proc. 2005-66, 2005-37 I.R.B.509
2005-53
Corrected by
Ann. 2005-61, 2005-36 I.R.B.495
Notices:
89-111
Amplified by
Notice 2005-61, 2005-39 I.R.B.607
2001-42
Modified by
Rev. Proc. 2005-66, 2005-37 I.R.B.509
2004-43
Amplified by
Notice 2005-83, 2005-49 I.R.B.1075
2004-57
Superseded by
Notice 2005-79, 2005-46 I.R.B.952
2004-84
Modified by
Notice 2005-95, 2005-51 I.R.B.1172
2005-4
Modified by
Notice 2005-62, 2005-35 I.R.B.443
Notice 2005-80, 2005-46 I.R.B.953
2005-5
Modified by
Notice 2005-95, 2005-51 I.R.B.1172
2005-10
Clarified by
Notice 2005-64, 2005-36 I.R.B.471
2005-38
Modified by
Notice 2005-64, 2005-36 I.R.B.471
2005-42
Amplified by
Notice 2005-86, 2005-49 I.R.B.1075
Notices— Continued:
2005-51
Modified and superseded by
Notice 2005-57, 2005-32 I.R.B.267
2005-60
Superseded by
Notice 2005-84, 2005-46 I.R.B.959
2005-66
Supplemented by
Notice 2005-81, 2005-47 I.R.B.977
Proposed Regulations:
REG-108524-00
Corrected by
Ann. 2005-68, 2005-39 I.R.B.613
REG-142686-01
Withdrawn by
Ann. 2005-55, 2005-33 I.R.B.317
REG-100420-03
Corrected by
Ann. 2005-57, 2005-33 I.R.B.318
REG-102144-04
Corrected by
Ann. 2005-56, 2005-33 I.R.B.318
Revenue Procedures:
64-54
Obsoleted by
Rev. Rul. 2005-43, 2005-29 I.R.B.88
66-33
Obsoleted by
Rev. Rul. 2005-43, 2005-29 I.R.B.88
69-13
Obsoleted by
Rev. Rul. 2005-43, 2005-29 I.R.B.88
70-8
Modified by
Rev. Proc. 2005-46, 2005-30 I.R.B.142
71-1
Obsoleted by
Rev. Rul. 2005-43, 2005-29 I.R.B.88
72-22
Obsoleted by
Rev. Rul. 2005-43, 2005-29 I.R.B.88
83-77
Superseded by
Rev. Proc. 2005-63, 2005-36 I.R.B.491
87-8
Obsoleted by
Rev. Proc. 2005-44, 2005-29 I.R.B.110
Revenue Procedures— Continued:
87-9
Obsoleted by
Rev. Proc. 2005-44, 2005-29 I.R.B.110
89-20
Superseded by
Rev. Proc. 2005-52, 2005-34 I.R.B.326
90–11
Modified by
Rev. Proc. 2005-40, 2005-28 I.R.B.83
90-30
Section4supersededby
Rev. Proc. 2005-54, 2005-34 I.R.B.353
Section5supersededby
Rev. Proc. 2005-55, 2005-34 I.R.B.367
Section6supersededby
Rev. Proc. 2005-56, 2005-34 I.R.B.383
Section7supersededby
Rev. Proc. 2005-58, 2005-34 I.R.B.402
Section8supersededby
Rev. Proc. 2005-59, 2005-34 I.R.B.412
90-31
Section4supersededby
Rev. Proc. 2005-52, 2005-34 I.R.B.326
Section5supersededby
Rev. Proc. 2005-54, 2005-34 I.R.B.353
Section6supersededby
Rev. Proc. 2005-55, 2005-34 I.R.B.367
Section7supersededby
Rev. Proc. 2005-56, 2005-34 I.R.B.383
Section8supersededby
Rev. Proc. 2005-58, 2005-34 I.R.B.402
Section9supersededby
Rev. Proc. 2005-59, 2005-34 I.R.B.412
93-22
Obsoleted by
Rev. Proc. 2005-44, 2005-29 I.R.B.110
98-18
Obsoleted by
Rev. Proc. 2005-45, 2005-30 I.R.B.141
99-39
Superseded by
Rev. Proc. 2005-60, 2005-35 I.R.B.449
2000-27
Modified and superseded by
Rev. Proc. 2005-66, 2005-37 I.R.B.509
2000-31
Superseded by
Rev. Proc. 2005-60, 2005-35 I.R.B.449
2000-49
Superseded by
Rev. Proc. 2005-41, 2005-29 I.R.B.90
1
A cumulative list of current actions on previously published items in Internal Revenue Bulletins 2005–1 through 2005–26 is in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2005–26, dated June 27, 2005.
December 27, 2005iv2005–52 I.R.B.

Revenue Procedures— Continued:
2001-9
Superseded by
Rev. Proc. 2005-60, 2005-35 I.R.B.449
2001-16
Superseded by
Rev. Proc. 2005-42, 2005-30 I.R.B.128
2002-9
Modified and amplified by
Rev. Rul. 2005-42, 2005-28 I.R.B.67
Rev. Proc. 2005-35, 2005-28 I.R.B.76
Rev. Proc. 2005-43, 2005-29 I.R.B.107
Rev. Proc. 2005-47, 2005-32 I.R.B.269
2002-49
Modified, amplified, and superseded by
Rev. Proc. 2005-62, 2005-37 I.R.B.507
2003-64
Modified by
Rev. Proc. 2005-77, 2005-51 I.R.B.1176
2004-50
Superseded by
Rev. Proc. 2005-49, 2005-31 I.R.B.165
2004-54
Superseded by
Rev. Proc. 2005-65, 2005-38 I.R.B.564
2004-58
Superseded by
Rev. Proc. 2005-69, 2005-44 I.R.B.864
2004-59
Modified by
Rev. Proc. 2005-71, 2005-47 I.R.B.985
2004-62
Superseded by
Rev. Proc. 2005-74, 2005-50 I.R.B.1098
2004-64
Modified by
Ann. 2005-71, 2005-41 I.R.B.714
As modified by Announcement 2005-71,
superseded by
Rev. Proc. 2005-78, 2005-51 I.R.B.1177
2004-73
Updated by
Rev. Proc. 2005-75, 2005-50 I.R.B.1137
2005-1
Amplified by
Rev. Proc. 2005-68, 2005-41 I.R.B.694
2005-3
Amplified by
Rev. Proc. 2005-61, 2005-37 I.R.B.507
Rev. Proc. 2005-68, 2005-41 I.R.B.694
2005-6
Modified by
Rev. Proc. 2005-66, 2005-37 I.R.B.509
Revenue Procedures— Continued:
2005-10
Superseded by
Rev. Proc. 2005-67, 2005-42 I.R.B.729
2005-16
Modified by
Rev. Proc. 2005-66, 2005-37 I.R.B.509
2005-23
Modified by
Rev. Proc. 2005-76, 2005-50 I.R.B.1139
2005-65
Corrected by
Ann. 2005-78, 2005-44 I.R.B.918
Revenue Rulings:
65-109
Obsoleted by
Rev. Rul. 2005-43, 2005-29 I.R.B.88
68-549
Obsoleted by
Rev. Rul. 2005-43, 2005-29 I.R.B.88
74-203
Revoked by
Rev. Rul. 2005-59, 2005-37 I.R.B.505
82-29
Modified and clarified by
Rev. Proc. 2005-39, 2005-28 I.R.B.82
2004-45
Amplified by
Notice 2005-86, 2005-49 I.R.B.1075
2004-107
Supplemented and superseded by
Rev. Rul. 2005-76, 2005-49 I.R.B.1072
2004-108
Supplemented and superseded by
Rev. Rul. 2005-75, 2005-49 I.R.B.1073
2005-41
Corrected by
Ann. 2005-50, 2005-30 I.R.B.152
Treasury Decisions:
9149
Removed by
T.D. 9221, 2005-39 I.R.B.604
9186
Corrected by
Ann. 2005-53, 2005-31 I.R.B.258
9193
Corrected by
Ann. 2005-62, 2005-36 I.R.B.495
9205
Corrected by
Ann. 2005-63, 2005-36 I.R.B.496
Treasury Decisions— Continued:
9206
Corrected by
Ann. 2005-49, 2005-29 I.R.B.119
9207
Corrected by
Ann. 2005-52, 2005-31 I.R.B.257
9210
Corrected by
Ann. 2005-64, 2005-37 I.R.B.537
2005–52 I.R.B.vDecember 27, 2005

INDEX
Internal Revenue Bulletins 2005–27 through
2005–52
The abbreviation and number in parenthesis following the index entry
refer to the specific item; numbers in roman and italic type following
the parentheses refer to the Internal Revenue Bulletin in which the item
may be found and the page number on which it appears.
Key to Abbreviations:
AnnAnnouncement
CDCourt Decision
DODelegation Order
EOExecutive Order
PLPublic Law
PTEProhibited Transaction Exemption
RPRevenue Procedure
RRRevenue Ruling
SPRStatement of Procedural Rules
TCTax Convention
TDTreasury Decision
TDOTreasury Department Order
EMPLOYEE PLANS
Disaster relief:
Minimum funding standards (Notice 60) 39,606; additional
relief (Notice 84) 46,959
Postponement of deadlines forcertain acts under section
7508A performed by IRS, Hurricane Katrina (Notice 66)
40,620; supplement (Notice 81) 47,977
Postponement of deadlines forcertain acts under section
7508A with respect to taxpayersaffected by Hurricane Rita
(Notice 82) 47,978
Qualified retirement plans, distributions and loans, Katrina
Emergency Tax Relief Act (KETRA) (Notice 92) 51,1165
Section 401(k) hardship distributions, Hurricane Katrina
(Ann 70) 40,682
Summary and clarification of relief previously granted under
sections 6081, 6161, 6656, and 7508A with respect to tax-
payers affected by Hurricane Katrina (Notice 73) 42,723
Electronic technologies, use for providing employee benefit no-
tices and transmitting employee benefit elections and consents
(REG–138362–04) 33,299
Federal credit unions, section 457, nonqualified deferred com-
pensation plans (Notice 58) 33,295
Full funding limitations, weighted average interest rate for:
July 2005 (Notice 54) 30,127
August 2005 (Notice 63) 35,448
September 2005 (Notice 67) 40,621
October 2005 (Notice 71) 44,863
November 2005 (Notice 72) 47,976
December 2005 (Notice 96) 52,1209
IRA annuity, converting to Roth IRA (TD 9220) 39,596;
(REG–122857–05) 39,609
EMPLOYEE PLANS—Cont.
Letter rulings and determination letters, areas from which Asso-
ciates Chief Counsel and Division Counsel will not issue (RP
61) 37,507
Mortality tables for determining current liability
(REG–124988–05) 51,1186
Nonbank trustee and nonbank custodian, approval list (Ann 59)
37,524
Prescription drug coverage, section 420, minimum cost require-
ment (RR 60) 37,502
Proposed Regulations:
26 CFR 1.72(p)–1, amended; 1.401(a)–21, added; 1.402(f)–1,
amended; 1.411(a)–11, amended; 1.417(a)(3)–1, amended;
1.7476–2, amended; use of electronic technologies for pro-
viding employee benefit notices and transmitting employee
benefit elections and consents (REG–138362–04) 33,299
26 CFR 1.162(k)–1, added; 1.404(k)–2, –3, added; dividends
paid deduction for stock held in employee stock ownership
plan (ESOP) (REG–133578–05) 39,610
26 CFR 1.401(a)(9)–6, revised; 1.401(k)–1, amended;
1.403(b)–3(b)(4)(ii), revised; 1.415–1 thru –10, removed;
1.415(a)–1, (b)–1, (b)–2, (c)–1, (c)–2, (d)–1, (f)–1,
(g)–1, (j)–1, added; 1.457–4, –5, –6, –10, amended;
11.415(c)(4)–1, removed; limitations on benefits and con-
tributions under qualified plans (REG–130241–04) 27,18
26 CFR 1.408A–4, amended; converting an IRA annuity to a
Roth IRA (REG–122857–05) 39,609
26 CFR 1.411(d)–3, amended;section 411(d)(6) protected
benefits (REG–156518–04) 38,582
26 CFR 1.412(1)(7)–1, added; updated mortality tables for
determining current liability (REG–124988–05) 51,1186
Qualified retirement plans:
Covered compensation tables for 2006, permitted disparity
(RR 72) 46,944
Determination letters, staggered remedial amendments (RP
66) 37,509
Distributions, loans, Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act
(KETRA) (Notice 92) 51,1165
Extensions, plan amendments, retroactive annuity starting
date (Notice 95) 51,1172
Limitations on benefits and contributions:
Cost-of-living adjustments, 2006 (Notice 75) 45,929
Grandfather rule, section 415 (Notice 87) 50,1097
Guidance (REG–130241–04) 27,18
Profit-sharing plan, retiree health accounts (RR 55) 33,284
Remedial amendment period (Notice 101) 52,1219
Retroactive payment of benefits, multiemployer plan (RP 76)
50,1139
Section 411(d)(6) protected benefits, anti-cutback rules
(REG–156518–04) 38,582
Section 411(d)(6) protected benefits, anti-cutback rules, noti-
fication requirements (TD 9219) 38,538
Value of life insurance contracts when distributed from qual-
ified retirement plan (TD 9223) 39,591
December 27, 2005vi2005–52 I.R.B.

EMPLOYEE PLANS—Cont.
Regulations:
26 CFR 1.79–1, amended; 1.83–3, amended; 1.402(a)–1,
amended; value of life insurance contracts when distributed
from a qualified retirement plan (TD 9223) 39,591
26 CFR 1.408A–4, amended; 1.408A–4T, added; converting
an IRA annuity to a Roth IRA (TD 9220) 39,596
26 CFR 1.411(d)–3, revised; 1.411(a)–4, (d)–4, amended;
54.4980F–1, amended; section 411(d)(6) protected benefits
(TD 9219) 38,538
Settlement initiative to resolve certain tax transactions (Ann 80)
46,967
Stocks, disallowance of deduction for reacquisition payments,
dividends paid by corporation not maintaining employee stock
ownership plan (ESOP) (REG–133578–05) 39,610
EMPLOYMENT TAX
Alternative signature methods, facsimile signatures (RP 39) 28,
82
Collection due process hearings, clarification of the way con-
ducted:
Federal tax lien (REG–150088–02) 43,774
Levy (REG–150091–02) 43,780
Delinquent tax, levy on wages, salary, and other income, exempt
amount tables (Notice 100) 52,1217
Disaster relief:
Leave-based donation programs, Hurricane Katrina (Notice
68) 40,622
Postponement of deadlines forcertain acts under section
7508A performed by IRS, Hurricane Katrina (Notice 66)
40,620; supplement (Notice 81) 47,977
Postponement of deadlines forcertain acts under section
7508A with respect to taxpayersaffected by Hurricane Rita
(Notice 82) 47,978
Summary and clarification of relief previously granted under
sections 6081, 6161, 6656, and 7508A with respect to tax-
payers affected by Hurricane Katrina (Notice 73) 42,723
Disregarded entities, payment and reporting of employment and
certain excise taxes (REG–114371–05) 45,930
Electronic technologies, use for providing employee benefit no-
tices and transmitting employee benefit elections and consents
(REG–138362–04) 33,299
Industry Issue Resolution (IIR) program, additional criteria for
considering specific industries’ proposals regarding account-
able plan rules (Notice 59) 35,443
Penalties, disclosure on reports filed with Securities and Ex-
change Commission (SEC) (RP 51) 33,296
Proposed Regulations:
26 CFR 1.34–1, revised; 1.34–2 thru –6, removed; 1.1361–4,
–6, amended; 301.7701–2, amended; disregarded entities,
employment and excise taxes (REG–114371–05) 45,930
26 CFR 31.3102–1, amended; 31.3121(a)–2, amended;
31.3121(a)(7)–1, (a)(8)–1, amended; 31.3121(a)(10)–1,
revised; 31.3121(i)–1, amended; application of the Federal
EMPLOYMENT TAX—Cont.
Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) to payments made for
certain services (REG–104143–05) 41,708
26 CFR 35.3405–1, amended; use of electronic tech-
nologies for providing employee benefit notices and
transmitting employee benefit elections and consents
(REG–138362–04) 33,299
26 CFR 301.6020–1, added; substitute for return
(REG–131739–03) 36,494
26 CFR 301.6320–1, amended; miscellaneous changes to col-
lection due process procedures relating to notice and oppor-
tunity for hearing upon filing of notice of federal tax lien
(REG–150088–02) 43,774
26 CFR 301.6330–1, amended; miscellaneous changes to col-
lection due process procedures relating to notice and oppor-
tunity for hearing prior to levy (REG–150091–02) 43,780
Publication 1141, General Rules and Specifications for Substi-
tute Forms W-2 and W-3, revised (RP 65) 38,564; correction
(Ann 78) 44,918
Regulations:
26 CFR 301.6020–1, removed; 301.6020–1T, added; substi-
tute for return (TD 9215) 36,468
Settlement initiative to resolve certain tax transactions (Ann 80)
46,967
Social security contribution andbenefit base, domestic employee
coverage threshold, 2006 (Notice 85) 46,961
Stocks, statutory stock options, wages, application of
FICA, FUTA, and income tax withholding, withdrawal
of REG–142686–01 (Ann 55) 33,317
Substitute for return, Internal Revenue officer or employee (TD
9215) 36,468; (REG–131739–03) 36,494
Substitute Forms W-2 and W-3, general rules and specifications
(RP 65) 38,564;correction(Ann78)44,918
Suspension of employer and payerreporting and wage withhold-
ing requirements with respect to deferrals of compensation un-
der section 409A for calendar year 2005, no assertion of penal-
ties against service providers in certain circumstances (Notice
94) 52,1208
Tool allowances to employees, arrangement not considered an
accountable plan (RR 52) 35,423
Wages, when paid and received, application of Federal Insurance
Contributions Act (FICA) to payments (REG–104143–05) 41,
708
Withholding, nonresident aliens, amount to be withheld (Notice
76) 46,947
ESTATE TAX
Charitable remainder unitrusts (CRUTs):
Inter vivos:
For a term of years (RP 53) 34,339
For one measuring life (RP 52) 34,326
With concurrent and consecutive interests for two measur-
ing lives (RP 55) 34,367
With consecutive interests for two measuring lives (RP 54)
34,353
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ESTATE TAX—Cont.
Testamentary:
For a term of years (RP 57) 34,392
For one measuring life (RP 56) 34,383
With concurrent and consecutive interests for two measur-
ing lives (RP 59) 34,412
With consecutive interests for two measuring lives (RP 58)
34,402
Collection due process hearings, clarification of the way con-
ducted:
Federal tax lien (REG–150088–02) 43,774
Levy (REG–150091–02) 43,780
Cost-of-living adjustments for inflation for 2006 (RP 70) 47,979
Disaster relief:
Postponement of deadlines forcertain acts under section
7508A performed by IRS, Hurricane Katrina (Notice 66)
40,620; supplement (Notice 81) 47,977
Postponement of deadlines forcertain acts under section
7508A with respect to taxpayersaffected by Hurricane Rita
(Notice 82) 47,978
Summary and clarification of relief previously granted under
sections 6081, 6161, 6656, and 7508A with respect to tax-
payers affected by Hurricane Katrina (Notice 73) 42,723
Generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax:
Deemed allocations, election out (TD 9208) 31,157
Predeceased parent rule (TD 9214) 35,435
Proposed Regulations:
26 CFR 301.6020–1, added; substitute for return
(REG–131739–03) 36,494
26 CFR 301.6320–1, amended; miscellaneous changes to col-
lection due process procedures relating to notice and oppor-
tunity for hearing upon filing of notice of federal tax lien
(REG–150088–02) 43,774
26 CFR 301.6330–1, amended; miscellaneous changes to col-
lection due process procedures relating to notice and oppor-
tunity for hearing prior to levy (REG–150091–02) 43,780
Regulations:
26 CFR 26.2600–1, amended; 26.2612–1, amended;
26.2651–1, –2, –3, added; predeceased parent rule (TD
9214) 35,435
26 CFR 26.2600–1, amended; 26.2632–1, amended; 602.101,
amended; election out of GST deemed allocations (TD
9208) 31,157
26 CFR 301.6020–1, removed; 301.6020–1T, added; substi-
tute for return (TD 9215) 36,468
Substitute for return, Internal Revenue officer or employee (TD
9215) 36,468; (REG–131739–03) 36,494
EXCISE TAX
Air transportation services subject to tax, passive losses (RR 64)
39,600
Biodiesel and aviation-grade kerosene (Notice 62) 35,443
Collection due process hearings, clarification of the way con-
ducted:
Federal tax lien (REG–150088–02) 43,774
EXCISE TAX—Cont.
Levy (REG–150091–02) 43,780
Collector of collected excisetaxes, duties (TD 9221) 39,604
Cost-of-living adjustments for inflation for 2006 (RP 70) 47,979
Disaster relief:
Postponement of deadlines forcertain acts under section
7508A performed by IRS, Hurricane Katrina (Notice 66)
40,620; supplement (Notice 81) 47,977
Postponement of deadlines forcertain acts under section
7508A with respect to taxpayersaffected by Hurricane Rita
(Notice 82) 47,978
Summary and clarification of relief previously granted under
sections 6081, 6161, 6656, and 7508A with respect to tax-
payers affected by Hurricane Katrina (Notice 73) 42,723
Disregarded entities, payment and reporting of employment and
certain excise taxes (REG–114371–05) 45,930
Electronic technologies, use for providing employee benefit no-
tices and transmitting employee benefit elections and consents
(REG–138362–04) 33,299
Extension for filing tax returns, automatic six-month (TD 9229)
48,1051; (REG–144898–04) 48,1062
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), employer comparable contri-
butions (REG–138647–04) 41,697
Insurance, qualification of arrangements as insurance, comments
requested (Notice 49) 27,14
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund (LUST) tax,
kerosene for use in aviation, credit card sales of taxable fuel
to certain exempt entities, mechanical dye injection of diesel
fuel and kerosene (Notice 80) 46,953
Penalties:
Disclosure on reports filed with Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) (RP 51) 33,296
Relief under section 6715, dyed diesel fuel (Ann 51) 32,283
Proposed Regulations:
26 CFR 1.34–1, revised; 1.34–2 thru –6, removed; 1.1361–4,
–6, amended; 301.7701–2, amended; disregarded entities,
employment and excise taxes (REG–114371–05) 45,930
26 CFR 53.6081–1, added; 55.6081–1, added; 156.6081–1,
added; 157.6081–1, added; extension of time for filing re-
turns (REG–144898–04) 48,1062
26 CFR 54.4980F–1, amended; use of electronic tech-
nologies for providing employee benefit notices and
transmitting employee benefit elections and consents
(REG–138362–04) 33,299
26 CFR 54.4980G–0 thru –5, added; employer comparable
contributions to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) under
section 4980G (REG–138647–04) 41,697
26 CFR 301.6020–1, added; substitute for return
(REG–131739–03) 36,494
26 CFR 301.6320–1, amended; miscellaneous changes to col-
lection due process procedures relating to notice and oppor-
tunity for hearing upon filing of notice of federal tax lien
(REG–150088–02) 43,774
26 CFR 301.6330–1, amended; miscellaneous changes to col-
lection due process procedures relating to notice and oppor-
tunity for hearing prior to levy (REG–150091–02) 43,780
December 27, 2005viii2005–52 I.R.B.

EXCISE TAX—Cont.
Regulations:
26 CFR 40.6302(c)–3, amended; 40.6302(c)–3T, removed;
49.4291–1, amended; 49.4291–1T, removed; collected ex-
cise taxes, duties of collector (TD 9221) 39,604
26 CFR 53.6081–1, removed; 53.6081–1T, added;
55.6081–1, removed; 55.6081–1T, added; 156.6081–1,
removed; 156.6081–1T, added; 157.6081–1, removed;
157.6081–1T, added; 301.6081–2T, added; extension of
time for filing returns (TD 9229) 48,1051
26 CFR 301.6020–1, removed; 301.6020–1T, added; substi-
tute for return (TD 9215) 36,468
Rural airport, exception to tax on the amount paid for a domestic
segment of taxable transportation by air (RP 45) 30,141
Settlement initiative to resolve certain tax transactions (Ann 80)
46,967
Substitute for return, Internal Revenue officer or employee (TD
9215) 36,468; (REG–131739–03) 36,494
Taxable communications services (Notice 79) 46,952
EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
Accounting methods, change in reporting method for eligible ed-
ucational institution (RP 50) 32,272
Disaster relief:
Postponement of deadlines forcertain acts under section
7508A performed by IRS, Hurricane Katrina (Notice 66)
40,620; supplement (Notice 81) 47,977
Postponement of deadlines forcertain acts under section
7508A with respect to taxpayersaffected by Hurricane Rita
(Notice 82) 47,978
Summary and clarification of relief previously granted under
sections 6081, 6161, 6656, and 7508A with respect to tax-
payers affected by Hurricane Katrina (Notice 73) 42,723
Federal credit unions, section 457, nonqualified deferred com-
pensation plans (Notice 58) 33,295
Form 1098-C, Contributions of Motor Vehicles, Boats, and Air-
planes, new 2005 form released (Ann 66) 39,613
Insurance, qualification of arrangements as insurance, comments
requested (Notice 49) 27,14
Letter rulings and determinationletters, areas from which Asso-
ciates Chief Counsel and Division Counsel will not issue (RP
61) 37,507
List of organizations classifiedas private foundations (Ann 46)
27,63;(Ann58)33,319;(Ann60)35,455; (Ann 65) 38,587;
(Ann 67) 40,678; (Ann 83) 45,941; (Ann 85) 48,1065;(Ann
89) 50,1149
Proposed Regulations:
26 CFR 1.501(c)(3)–1(d)(1)(iii) redesignated as
1.501(c)(3)–1(d)(1)(iv); 1.501(c)(3)–1(d)(1)(iii), –1(g),
added; 53.4958–2(a)(6), added; standards for recognition
of tax-exempt status if private benefit exists or if an
applicable tax-exempt organization has engaged in excess
benefit transaction(s) (REG–111257–05) 42,759
Revocations (Ann 54) 32,283; (Ann 75) 42,764;(Ann82)45,
941; (Ann 86) 48,1069
EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS—Cont.
Settlement initiative to resolve certain tax transactions (Ann 80)
46,967
Tax-exempt status, standards for recognition if private benefit
exists or if applicable tax-exempt organization has engaged in
excess benefit transaction(s) (REG–111257–05) 42,759
GIFT TAX
Charitable remainder unitrusts (CRUTs):
Inter vivos:
For a term of years (RP 53) 34,339
For one measuring life (RP 52) 34,326
With concurrent and consecutive interests for two measur-
ing lives (RP 55) 34,367
With consecutive interests for two measuring lives (RP 54)
34,353
Collection due process hearings, clarification of the way con-
ducted:
Federal tax lien (REG–150088–02) 43,774
Levy (REG–150091–02) 43,780
Cost-of-living adjustments for inflation for 2006 (RP 70) 47,979
Disaster relief:
Postponement of deadlines forcertain acts under section
7508A performed by IRS, Hurricane Katrina (Notice 66)
40,620; supplement (Notice 81) 47,977
Postponement of deadlines forcertain acts under section
7508A with respect to taxpayersaffected by Hurricane Rita
(Notice 82) 47,978
Summary and clarification of relief previously granted under
sections 6081, 6161, 6656, and 7508A with respect to tax-
payers affected by Hurricane Katrina (Notice 73) 42,723
Extension for filing tax returns, automatic six-month (TD 9229)
48,1051; (REG–144898–04) 48,1062
Proposed Regulations:
26 CFR 25.6081–1, added; 26.6081–1, added; extension of
time for filing returns (REG–144898–04) 48,1062
26 CFR 301.6020–1, added; substitute for return
(REG–131739–03) 36,494
26 CFR 301.6320–1, amended; miscellaneous changes to col-
lection due process procedures relating to notice and oppor-
tunity for hearing upon filing of notice of federal tax lien
(REG–150088–02) 43,774
26 CFR 301.6330–1, amended; miscellaneous changes to col-
lection due process procedures relating to notice and oppor-
tunity for hearing prior to levy (REG–150091–02) 43,780
Regulations:
26 CFR 25.6081–1, removed; 25.6081–1T, added;
26.6081–1T, added; extension of time for filing returns
(TD 9229) 48,1051
26 CFR 301.6020–1, removed; 301.6020–1T, added; substi-
tute for return (TD 9215) 36,468
Substitute for return, Internal Revenue officer or employee (TD
9215) 36,468; (REG–131739–03) 36,494
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INCOME TAX
Accounting methods:
Automatic consent to change to a method under which a utility
may treat an up-front payment for network upgrades as not
being taxable income when received (RP 35) 28,76
Changes in method of accounting, time periods for requesting
consent (RP 63) 36,491
Change in reporting method for eligible educational institu-
tion (RP 50) 32,272
Credit card cash advance fees (RP 47) 32,269
Request for comments, possible changes to procedures, auto-
matic consent from Commissioner (Notice 97) 52,1210
Uniform capitalization of costs, environmental remediation
(RR 42) 28,67
Air transportation services subject to tax, passive losses (RR 64)
39,600
Amended returns, qualified, John Doe summons (TD 9186); cor-
rection (Ann 53) 31,258;correction(Ann61)36,495
Arbitrage rebate payments:
Address change (Notice 52) 28,75
Late payment (RP 40) 28,83
ATM surcharge, treatment of cardholder surcharge fees by credit
card issuers (RR 47) 32,261
Balanced system for measuring organizational and em-
ployee performance within IRS (TD 9227) 45,924;
(REG–114444–05) 45,934
Base period T-bill rate, 2005 (RR 70) 45,919
Charitable contributions:
Allocation and apportionment of deductions (TD 9211) 33,
287
Food donations, contribution base (Ann 84) 48,1064
Charitable remainder unitrusts (CRUTs):
Inter vivos:
For a term of years (RP 53) 34,339
For one measuring life (RP 52) 34,326
With concurrent and consecutive interests for two measur-
ing lives (RP 55) 34,367
With consecutive interests for two measuring lives (RP 54)
34,353
Testamentary:
For a term of years (RP 57) 34,392
For one measuring life (RP 56) 34,383
With concurrent and consecutive interests for two measur-
ing lives (RP 59) 34,412
With consecutive interests for two measuring lives (RP 58)
34,402
Collection due process hearings, clarification of the way con-
ducted:
Federal tax lien (REG–150088–02) 43,774
Levy (REG–150091–02) 43,780
Compensation for labor or personal services, basis for determin-
ing source (TD 9212) 35,429
Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustments:
Below-market loans under section 7872(g) for 2006 (RR 75)
49,1073
Certain loans under section 1274A for 2006 (RR 76) 49,1072
INCOME TAX—Cont.
Corporations:
Corporate formations, capital contributions (Notice 70) 41,
694
Corporate reorganizations, corporate acquisitions, spin-offs
(RR 65) 41,684
Corporate reorganizations, guidance on the measurement of
continuity of interest (TD 9225) 42,716
Definition and tax treatment ofa stapled foreign corporation
(TD 9216) 36,461
Determining a U.S. shareholder’s pro rata share of subpart F
income (TD 9222) 40,614
Dividends received deduction (DRD), foreign tax credit, for-
eign currency, and alternative minimum tax (Notice 64) 36,
471
Effect of certain exchanges on gain recognition agreements
(Notice 74) 42,726
Election to treat members of family as single S corporation
shareholder (Notice 91) 51,1164
Exclusions from gross income of foreign corporations (TD
9218) 37,503
Special rule regarding certain section 951 pro rata share allo-
cations (REG–129782–05) 40,675
Cost-of-living adjustments for inflation for 2006 (RP 70) 47,979
Cost sharing arrangement, methods to determine taxable income
in connection with (REG–144615–02) 40,625
Credits:
Clean renewable energy bonds (Notice 98) 52,1211
Enhanced oil recovery credit, 2005 inflation adjustment (No-
tice 56) 32,266
Exception from credit disallowance under section 901(l) for
certain back-to-back computersoftware licensing arrange-
ments (Notice 90) 51,1163
Health coverage tax credit (HCTC), miscellaneous issues
(Notice 50) 27,14
Increasing research activities (TD 9205); correction (Ann 63)
36,496
Low-income housing credit:
Carryovers to qualified states, 2005 National Pool (RP 36)
28,78
Elimination of requirement to file Form 8609, Low-In-
come Housing Credit Allocation and Certification, with
federal return for each of 15 taxable years (TD 9228) 47,
972
Safe harbor for extending low-income housing commit-
ments (RP 37) 28,79
Satisfactory bond, “bond factor” amounts for the period:
January through September 2005 (RR 44) 29,87
January through December 2005 (RR 67) 43,771
Suspension of certain requirements under section 42 due
to Hurricane Katrina (Notice 69) 40,622
Deficiency procedures, use of mathematical or clerical error as-
sessments (RR 51) 31,163
Dependent care assistance, reporting requirements (Notice 61)
39,607
Depreciable business property, election to expense (TD 9209) 31,
153
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INCOME TAX—Cont.
Disaster relief:
For tax-exempt bond issuers affected by Hurricane Katrina
(Ann 69) 40,681
Grants, treatment with respect to gross income (RR 46) 30,
120
Leave-based donation programs, Hurricane Katrina (Notice
68) 40,622
Postponement of deadlines forcertain acts under section
7508A performed by IRS, Hurricane Katrina (Notice 66)
40,620; supplement (Notice 81) 47,977
Postponement of deadlines forcertain acts under section
7508A with respect to taxpayersaffected by Hurricane Rita
(Notice 82) 47,978
Rents from real property under the REIT income tests (Notice
89) 49,1077
Rules relating to temporary operation of ships in domestic
trade as a result of Hurricane Katrina (Notice 65) 39,607
South Asia earthquake, designation as a qualified disaster
(Notice 78) 46,952
Summary and clarification of relief previously granted under
sections 6081, 6161, 6656, and 7508A with respect to tax-
payers affected by Hurricane Katrina (Notice 73) 42,723
Disciplinary actions involving attorneys, CPAs, enrolled agents,
and enrolled actuaries (Ann 48) 29,111; (Ann 76) 42,765
Disclosure and use of tax return information (Notice 93) 52,1204
Domestic production activities, income attributable to
(REG–105847–05) 47,987
Dual consolidated loss (REG–102144–04); correction (Ann 56)
33,318
E-file:
Individual e-file Partnership Program, request for applications
toparticipatein2006(Ann88)50,1145
Provider responsibilities (RP 60) 35,449
Waiver request procedures (Notice 88) 48,1060
Employee relocation costs (RR 74) 51,1153
Employer-provided vehicles, cents-per-mile valuation rule, reg-
ulations sections 1.61–21(d) and (e) (RP 48) 32,271
Estimated income tax payments by individuals (TD 9224) 41,
688
Extension for filing tax returns, automatic six-month (TD 9229)
48,1051; (REG–144898–04) 48,1062
Forms:
W-4, specifications for filing electronically (RP 42) 30,128
1096, 1098, 1099, 5498, W-2G, and 1042-S, substitute form
specifications (RP 69) 44,864
1098, 1099, 5498 and W-2G, requirements for filing electron-
ically or magnetically (revised 8-2005) (RP 49) 31,165
1098-C, Contributions of Motor Vehicles, Boats, and Air-
planes, new 2005 form released (Ann 66) 39,613
8027, Employer’s Annual Information Return of Tip Income
and Allocated Tips, specifications for filing electronically
or magnetically (RP 41) 29,90
8884, New York Liberty Zone Business Credit, obsolete for
tax years after December 31, 2004 (Ann 79) 45,941
INCOME TAX—Cont.
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs):
Eligibility during cafeteria plan grace period (Notice 86) 49,
1075
Guidance on state mandates (Notice 83) 49,1075
Information reporting:
Relating to taxable stock transactions (TD 9230) 52,1198
Returns by donees relating to qualified intellectual property
contributions (TD 9206); correction (Ann 49) 29,119
Institute on Current Issues in International Taxation (Ann 81) 45,
941
Insurance companies:
Differential earnings rate, mutual insurance companies (RR
58) 36,465
Net investment income included by foreign insurance com-
pany on U.S. income tax return, guidance regarding com-
putation of amount (RP 64) 36,492
Stock held by foreign insurance companies (TD 9226) 43,772
Tax on insurance companies other than life insurance compa-
nies (RR 40) 27,4
Insurance, qualification of arrangements as insurance, comments
requested (Notice 49) 27,14
Insurance companies:
Loss payment patterns and discount factors for the 2005 acci-
dent year (RP 72) 49,1078
Salvage discount factors for the 2005 accident year (RP 73)
49,1090
Interest:
Foreign bank interest expenseallocation to effectively con-
nected income (Notice 53) 32,263
Investment:
Federal short-term, mid-term, and long-term rates for:
July 2005 (RR 38) 27,6
August 2005 (RR 54) 33,289
September 2005 (RR 57) 36,466
October 2005 (RR 66) 41,686
November 2005 (RR 71) 45,923
December 2005 (RR 77) 49,1071
Rates:
Farm real property, special use value (RR 41) 28,69;cor-
rection (Ann 50) 30,152
Underpayments and overpayments, quarter beginning:
October 1, 2005 (RR 62) 38,557
January 1, 2006 (RR 78) 51,1157
Taxpayer remedies when the Service fails to suspend interest
as required by section 6404(g) (RP 38) 28,81
Inventory:
LIFO, price indexes used by department stores for:
May 2005 (RR 45) 30,123
June 2005 (RR 56) 35,427
July 2005 (RR 63) 39,603
August 2005 (RR 69) 44,852
September 2005 (RR 73) 48,1050
October 2005 (RR 79) 52,1197
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INCOME TAX—Cont.
LIFO recapture by corporationsholding LIFO inventory indi-
rectly (TD 9210) 33,290;correction(Ann64)37,537
Joint return elections, section 6020 documents and waivers (RR
59) 37,505
Judicial remedy for third person asserting wrongful levy (RR 49)
30,125
Large business taxpayers, Compliance Assurance Process (CAP)
pilot program, reduction of taxpayer burden (Ann 87) 50,1144
Letter rulings and determination letters:
Areas from which Associates Chief Counsel and Division
Counsel will not issue (RP 61) 37,507
Issued by Associates Chief Counsel and Division Counsel,
no-rule areas (RP 68) 41,694
Levied property, return incertain cases (TD 9213) 35,440
Marginal production rates, 2005 (Notice 55) 32,265
New York Liberty Zone, election out of section 1400L(c), 5-year
property (RP 43) 29,107
Nonqualified deferred compensation plans, application of sec-
tion 409A (REG–158080–04) 43,786
Nonresident alien individual’s filing requirement for U.S. source
effectively connected wages (Notice 77) 46,951
Obsoleting Rev. Proc. 64-54 and subsequent rulings (RR 43) 29,
88
Optional standard mileage rates:
Effective September 1, 2005 (Ann 71) 41,714
2006 rates (RP 78) 51,1177
Partnerships:
Assumption of partner liabilities (TD 9207); correction (Ann
52) 31,257
Installment obligations, treatment of property sold (TD 9193);
correction (Ann 62) 36,495
Look-through entities or members of a consolidated group,
substantiality of partnership allocations (REG–144620–04)
50,1141
Requirement to pay withholding tax on effectively connected
U.S. trade or business income allocable to foreign partners
(REG–108524–00); correction (Ann 68) 39,613; hearing
date change (Ann 74) 42,764
Payments to foreign partnerships and foreign simple or grantor
trusts, withholding and reporting of taxes (RP 77) 51,1176
Penalties:
Disclosure on reports filed with Securities and Exchange
Commission(SEC)(RP51)33,296
Substantial understatement, adequate disclosure (RP 75) 50,
1137
Per diem allowances, 2005-2006 (RP 67) 42,729
Private foundations, organizations now classified as (Ann 46) 27,
63;(Ann58)33,319;(Ann60)35,455; (Ann 65) 38,587;
(Ann 67) 40,678; (Ann 83) 45,941; (Ann 85) 48,1065;(Ann
89) 50,1149
Procedures for claiming section 482 setoffs (RP 46) 30,142
Proposed Regulations:
26 CFR 1.162(k)–1, added; 1.404(k)–2, –3, added; dividends
paid deduction for stock held in employee stock ownership
plan (ESOP) (REG–133578–05) 39,610
INCOME TAX—Cont.
26 CFR 1.263A–1, –2, amended; guidance regarding the sim-
plified service cost method and the simplified production
method (REG–121584–05) 37,523
26 CFR 1.367(a)–1T, amended; 1.482–0, –1, –4, –5, –8,
amended; 1.482–7 redesignated as 1.482–7A, and new
1.482–7, added; 1.861–17, amended; 1.6662–6, amended;
301.7701–1, amended; methods to determine taxable
income in connection with a cost sharing arrangement
(REG–144615–02) 40,625
26 CFR 1.409A–1, added; application of section 409A to non-
qualified deferred compensation plans (REG–158080–04)
43,786
26 CFR 1.475(a)–4; safe harbor for valuation under section
475 (REG–100420–03); correction (Ann 57) 33,318
26 CFR 1.704–1, amended; partner’s distributive share
(REG–144620–04) 50,1141
26 CFR 1.863–3, amended; 1.863–8, –9, added; source of
income from certain space and ocean activities, source of
communications income (REG–106030–98) 42,739
26 CFR 1.951–1, amended; special rule regarding certain sec-
tion 951 pro rata share allocations (REG–129782–05) 40,
675
26 CFR 1.999–0 thru –8, added; income attributable to do-
mestic production activities (REG–105847–05) 47,987
26 CFR 1.1503(d)–4, –5; dual consolidated loss
(REG–102144–04); correction (Ann 56) 33,318
26 CFR 1.6012–2, amended; return required by subchapter
T cooperatives under section 6012 (REG–149436–04) 35,
454
26 CFR 1.6081–1, –5, amended; 1.6081–2, –4, –6, –7, –10,
–11, added; 1.6081–3, revised; 301.6081–2, added; exten-
sion of time for filing returns (REG–144898–04) 48,1062
26 CFR 301.6020–1, added; substitute for return
(REG–131739–03) 36,494
26 CFR 301.6320–1, amended; miscellaneous changes to col-
lection due process procedures relating to notice and oppor-
tunity for hearing upon filing of notice of federal tax lien
(REG–150088–02) 43,774
26 CFR 301.6330–1, amended; miscellaneous changes to col-
lection due process procedures relating to notice and oppor-
tunity for hearing prior to levy (REG–150091–02) 43,780
26 CFR 801.1T redesignated as 801.1 and amended; 801.2T
redesignated as 801.2 and amended; 801.3T redesignated
as 801.3 and amended; 801.4T redesignated as 801.4 and
amended; 801.5T redesignated as 801.5 and amended;
801.6T redesignated as 801.6 and amended; 801.7T re-
designated as 801.7 and amended; 801.8T redesignated as
801.8 and revised; balanced system for measuring orga-
nizational and employee performance within the Internal
Revenue Service (REG–114444–05) 45,934
Publications:
1141, General Rules and Specifications for Substitute Forms
W-2 and W-3, revised (RP 65) 38,564; correction (Ann 78)
44,918
1167, General Rules and Specifications for Substitute Forms
and Schedules (RP 74) 50,1098
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INCOME TAX—Cont.
1187, Specifications for Filing Form 1042–S, Foreign Per-
son’s U.S. Source Income Subject to Withholding, Elec-
tronically or Magnetically,updates and corrections (Ann
73) 41,715
1220, Specifications for Filing Forms 1098, 1099, 5498 and
W-2G Electronically or Magnetically, 2005 revision (RP
49) 31,165
1239, changes affecting tax year 2005 electronic or magnetic
filing of Form 8027, Employer’s Annual Information Re-
turn of Tip Income and Allocated Tips (RP 41) 29,90
1245, changes affecting the filing of Form W-4, Employee’s
Withholding Allowance Certificate, electronically or mag-
netically (RP 42) 30,128
Qualified green building and sustainable design projects, Brown-
fields Demonstration Program (Notice 48) 27,9
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC), net operat-
ing loss (NOL) (RR 68) 44,853
Reciprocal exemption agreement, Republic of Cape Verde (Ann
77) 44,855
Regulations:
26 CFR 1.42–1, amended; low-income housing credit alloca-
tion and certification, revisions (TD 9228) 47,972
26 CFR 1.179–0, –2, –4, –5, amended; 1.179–2T, –4T,
–5T, –6, removed; 1.179–6T, redesignated as 1.179–6 and
amended; 602.101, amended; section 179 elections (TD
9209) 31,153
26 CFR 1.263A–1, –2, amended; 1.263A–1T, –2T, added;
guidance regarding the simplified service cost method and
the simplified production method (TD 9217) 37,498
26 CFR 1.269B–1, added; 1.367(b)–2, revised; 301.269B–1,
added; treatment of a stapled foreign corporation (TD 9216)
36,461
26 CFR 1.368–1, amended; corporate reorganizations, guid-
ance on the measurement of continuity of interest (TD
9225) 42,716
26 CFR 1.861–4, amended; 602.101, amended; source of
compensation for labor or personal services (TD 9212) 35,
429
26 CFR 1.861–8, –8T, –14, –14T, amended; allocation and ap-
portionment of deductions for charitable contributions (TD
9211) 33,287
26 CFR 1.864–4, revised; stock held by foreign insurance
companies (TD 9226) 43,772
26 CFR 1.883–5, revised; exclusions from gross income of
foreign corporations (TD 9218) 37,503
26 CFR 1.951–1, amended; guidance under section 951 for
determining pro rata share (TD 9222) 40,614
26 CFR 1.1363–2, amended; 602.101, amended; LIFO recap-
ture under section 1363(d) (TD 9210) 33,290; correction
(Ann 64) 37,537
26 CFR 1.6043–4, added; 1.6043–4T, removed; 1.6045–3,
added; 1.6045–3T, removed; information reporting relating
to taxable stock transactions (TD 9230) 52,1198
26 CFR 1.6015(a)–1 thru (j)–1, removed; 1.6654–2, –3,
amended; 1.6654–5 redesignated as 1.6654–7; new
INCOME TAX—Cont.
1.6654–5, –6, added; updating estimated income tax regu-
lations under section 6654 (TD 9224) 41,688
26 CFR 1.6081–2, –4, –6, –7, removed; 1.6081–3, –5,
amended; 1.6081–2T thru –7T, –10T, –11T, added;
301.6081–2T, added; extension of time for filing returns
(TD 9229) 48,1051
26 CFR 1.6664–2T, amended; qualified amended returns (TD
9186); correction (Ann 53) 31,258
26 CFR 301.6020–1, removed; 301.6020–1T, added; substi-
tute for return (TD 9215) 36,468
26 CFR 301.6343–3, added; return of property in certain cases
(TD 9213) 35,440
26 CFR 801.1, amended; 801.7, added; 801.1T thru .8T,
added; balanced system for measuring organizational and
employee performance within the Internal Revenue Service
(TD 9227) 45,924
Restricted property, whether transfer restrictions prevent treat-
ment as substantially vested (RR 48) 32,259
Revocations, exempt organizations (Ann 54) 32,283; (Ann 75)
42,764; (Ann 82) 45,941; (Ann 86) 48,1069
Safe harbor, for valuation under section 475 for marking to mar-
ket (REG–100420–03); correction (Ann 57) 33,318
Settlement initiative to resolve certain tax transactions (Ann 80)
46,967
Source of income from certainspace and ocean activities, source
of communications income (REG–106030–98) 42,739
Specifications for electronic or magnetic filing of Form 1042-S,
Foreign Person’s U.S. Source Income Subject to Withholding,
updates and corrections to Publication 1187 (Ann 73) 41,715
Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) formula (RR 61) 38,538
Stocks:
Disallowance of deduction forreacquisition payments, divi-
dends paid by corporation not maintaining employee stock
ownership plan (ESOP) (REG–133578–05) 39,610
Golden parachute payments, effect of election under section
83(b) for purposes of section 280G (RR 39) 27,1
Held by foreign insurance companies (TD 9226) 43,772
Identification, measurement, and timing of stock-based
compensation cost for qualified cost sharing arrangements
(QCSAs) (Notice 99) 52,1214
Information reporting relating to taxable stock transactions
(TD 9230) 52,1198
Subchapter T cooperatives, return required (REG–149436–04)
35,454
Substitute for return, Internal Revenue officer or employee (TD
9215) 36,468; (REG–131739–03) 36,494
Substitute forms:
W-2 and W-3, general rules and specifications (RP 65) 38,
564; correction (Ann 78) 44,918
1096, 1098, 1099, 5498, W-2G, and 1042-S, general rules and
specifications (RP 69) 44,864
Substitute forms and schedules, general rules and specifica-
tions (RP 74) 50,1098
Suspension of employer and payerreporting and wage withhold-
ing requirements with respect to deferrals of compensation un-
der section 409A for calendar year 2005, no assertion of penal-
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INCOME TAX—Cont.
ties against service providers in certain circumstances (Notice
94) 52,1208
Tax conventions:
Canadian memorandum of understanding (MOU) on MAP
(Ann 47) 28,71
Reciprocal exemption agreement, Republic of Cape Verde
(Ann 77) 44,855
Representations required to claim exemption from withhold-
ing tax on personal services income under U.S. income tax
treaties, students/teachers (RP 44) 29,110
U.S.-Mexico MAP Agreement regarding eligibility of fiscally
transparent entities to benefits (Ann 72) 41,692
Third party not liable for tax, relief under sections 6325(b)(4) and
7426(a)(4) (RR 50) 30,124
Tobacco marketing quotas, tax treatment of termination pay-
ments (Notice 51) 28,74; (Notice 57) 32,267
Uniform capitalization:
Simplified methods, assets produced on a routine and repeti-
tive basis (RR 53) 35,425
Simplified service cost and simplified production methods,
assets produced on a routine and repetitive basis, guidance
(TD 9217) 37,498; (REG–121584–05) 37,523
Utility companies, financing order by state agency (RP 62) 37,
507
Voluntary Compliance Program (VCP) extension, section 1441
(RP 71) 47,985
SELF-EMPLOYMENT TAX
Collection due process hearings, clarification of the way con-
ducted:
Federal tax lien (REG–150088–02) 43,774
Levy (REG–150091–02) 43,780
Disaster relief:
Postponement of deadlines forcertain acts under section
7508A performed by IRS, Hurricane Katrina (Notice 66)
40,620; supplement (Notice 81) 47,977
Postponement of deadlines forcertain acts under section
7508A with respect to taxpayersaffected by Hurricane Rita
(Notice 82) 47,978
Summary and clarification of relief previously granted under
sections 6081, 6161, 6656, and 7508A with respect to tax-
payers affected by Hurricane Katrina (Notice 73) 42,723
Proposed Regulations:
26 CFR 301.6020–1, added; substitute for return
(REG–131739–03) 36,494
26 CFR 301.6320–1, amended; miscellaneous changes to col-
lection due process procedures relating to notice and oppor-
tunity for hearing upon filing of notice of federal tax lien
(REG–150088–02) 43,774
26 CFR 301.6330–1, amended; miscellaneous changes to col-
lection due process procedures relating to notice and oppor-
tunity for hearing prior to levy (REG–150091–02) 43,780
SELF-EMPLOYMENT TAX—Cont.
Regulations:
26 CFR 301.6020–1, removed; 301.6020–1T, added; substi-
tute for return (TD 9215) 36,468
Settlement initiative to resolve certain tax transactions (Ann 80)
46,967
Substitute for return, Internal Revenue officer or employee (TD
9215) 36,468; (REG–131739–03) 36,494
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