IRS Pronouncements--2017
Small Business Taxes &
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2017, A/N Group, Inc.
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Notes.
The list below includes pronouncements for the first 52 bulletins of 2017.
Entries for each section are in the order they appear in the bulletins.
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Cumulative Listings - 2017
Revenue Rulings
Rev. Rul. 2017-25 (IRB 2017-52) Interest rates on underpayments and overpayments; quarter beginning January 1, 2018.
Rev. Rul. 2017-24 (IRB 2017-49) Applicable federal rates; adjusted federal long-term rate; December 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-23 (IRB 2017-49) Sec. 995; base period T-bill rate; interest charge; domestic international sales corporation; IC-DISC; deferred tax liability.
Rev. Rul. 2017-21 (IRB 2017-45) Applicable federal rates; adjusted federal long-term rate; November 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-22 (IRB 2017-48) Sec. 401; covered compensation tables for 2018.
Rev. Rul. 2017-21 (IRB 2017-45) Applicable federal rates; adjusted federal long-term rate; November 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-20 (IRB 2017-41) Applicable federal rates; adjusted federal long-term rate; October 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-19 (IRB 2017-40) Sec. 1.61-21(g); fringe benefits aircraft valuation formula; SIFL cents-per-mile rate; employer-provided aircraft; second half of 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-18 (IRB 2017-39) Interest rates on underpayments and overpayments; quarter beginning October 1, 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-17 (IRB 2017-36) Applicable federal rates; adjusted federal long-term rate; September 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-16 (IRB 2017-35) Sec. 2032A; special use value of farm real property; interest rates; estates.
Rev. Rul. 2017-15 (IRB 2017-32) Applicable federal rates; adjusted federal long-term rate; August 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-14 (IRB 2017-27) Applicable federal rates; adjusted federal long-term rate; July 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-13 (IRB 2017-26) Interest rates on underpayments and overpayments; quarter beginning July 1, 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-12 (IRB 2017-23) Applicable federal rates; adjusted federal long-term rate; June 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-09 (IRB 2017-21) North-South transactions; two examples; private letter rulings on these transactions no longer prohibited.
Rev. Rul. 2017-11 (IRB 2017-19) Applicable federal rates; adjusted federal long-term rate; May 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-10 (IRB 2017-17) Sec. 1.61-21(g); fringe benefits aircraft valuation formula; SIFL cents-per-mile rate; employer-provided aircraft; first half of 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-8 (IRB 2017-14) Applicable federal rates;
adjusted federal long-term rate; April 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-6
(IRB 2017-12) Interest rates on underpayments and overpayments;
quarter beginning April 1, 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-7 (IRB 2017-10)
Applicable federal rates; adjusted federal long-term rate; March
2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-5 (IRB 2017-09) Sec. 401; covered
compensation tables effective January 1, 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-4
(IRB 2017-06) Applicable federal rates; adjusted federal
long-term rate; February 2017.
Rev. Rul. 2017-3 (IRB 2017-04)
Insurance contracts issued in 2016 and 2017; prevailing state assumed
interest rate; insurance reserves.
Rev. Rul. 2017-1 (IRB
2017-03) Base period T-bill rate; interest charge domestic
international sales corporation; IC-DISC.
Rev. Rul. 2017-2 (IRB
2017-02) Applicable federal rates; adjusted federal long-term
rate; January 2017.
Revenue Procedures
Rev. Proc. 2017-60 (IRB 2017-50) Pyrrhotite; deteriorating concrete foundations; safe harbor to deduct repair damage to personal residence.
Rev. Proc. 2017-59 (IRB 2017-48) Change of accounting method; Sec. 404A; adjustment period; Rev. Proc. 2015-13 modified as clarified and modified by Rev. Proc. 2015-33 and as modified by Rev. Proc. 2016-1.
Rev. Proc. 2017-58 (IRB 2017-45) Cost-of-living adjustments; inflation; individual tax rates; personal exemption; standard deduction; qualified transportation fringe.
Rev. Proc. 2017-57 (IRB 2017-44) Sec. 412; defined benefit plan; change in funding method; revocation of election Sec. 430; Rev. Proc. 2000-41 updated.
Rev. Proc. 2017-56 (IRB 2017-44) Sec. 430; single-employer defined benefit plans; automatic approval for change in method; changes in Pension Protection Act of 2006; Rev. Proc. 2000-40 updated.
Rev. Proc. 2017-55 (IRB 2017-43) Sec. 430; funding requirements for defined benefit plan; plan-specific mortality tables.
Rev. Proc. 2017-46 (IRB 2017-43) List of countries; information exchange agreement; bank deposit interest; countries added.
Rev. Proc. 2017-54 (IRB 2017-42) Sec. 42; unused housing credit carryover allocated to state for calendar year 2017.
Rev. Proc. 2017-52 (IRB 2017-41) Private letter rulings; Sec. 355; 18-month pilot program expanding scope; requesting rulings.
Rev. Proc. 2017-53 (IRB 2017-40) Domestic private foundations; qualified tax practitioners preparing written advice; determination that grantee of grant made for Sec. 170(c)(2)(B) purpose is a qualifying public charity; donor advised funds; Sec. 4966(c)(2)(A); Rev. Proc. 93-94 modified and superseded.
Rev. Proc. 2017-47 (IRB 2017-38) Sec. 50; 168; normalization; safe harbor for inadvertent normalization violations.
Rev. Proc. 2017-50 (IRB 2017-37) Sec. 148; guidance regarding time for filing claims for recovery of overpayments; arbitrage rebate requirement; excess investment earnings.
Rev. Proc. 2017-48 (IRB 2017-36) Sec. 5000A; qualified health plans; monthly national average premium bronze level; Affordable Care Act.
Rev. Proc. 2017-45 (IRB 2017-35) Sec. 305; stock distribution by a publicly offered regulated investment company; RIC; REIT.
Rev. Proc. 2017-44 (IRB 2017-35) Sec. 842; domestic asset/liability percentages and investment yields for foreign life insurance companies for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015.
Rev. Proc. 2017-43 (IRB 2017-31) Multiemployer defined benefit pension plans; suspension of benefits; Sec. 432(e)(9); Rev. Proc. 2016-27 modified and superseded.
Rev. Proc. 2017-42 (IRB 2017-29) Private printing of red-ink substitutes for 2017 Forms W-2 and W-3; Rev. Proc. 2016-54 superseded.
Rev. Proc. 2017-41 (IRB 2017-29) Procedures for issuing opinion and advisory letters; form of qualified retirement plans; pre-approved plans; Rev. Proc. 2015-36 modified and superseded in part.
Rev. Proc. 2017-40 (IRB 2017-26) Pub. 1167; General Rules and Specifications for Substitute Forms and Schedules.
Rev. Proc. 2017-39 (IRB 2017-26) Specifications for private printing of red-ink substitutes for 2017 information returns.
Rev. Proc. 2017-34 (IRB 2017-26) Sec. 2010(c)(5)(A); election of portability of deceased spousal unused exclusion; DSUE; simplified method to obtain extension to file return; estates not normally required to file estate tax return.
Rev. Proc. 2017-38 (IRB 2017-22) No-rule position concerning Sec. 355 or 361 removed; application to a distributing corporation's distribution of stock or securities of a controlled corporation's distribution of stock or securities; Rev. Proc. 2017-3 modified.
Rev. Proc. 2017-37 (IRB 2017-21) Health Savings Accounts; HSAs; 2018 inflation adjusted amounts; Sec. 223.
Rev. Proc. 2017-36 (IRB 2017-21) Sec. 36B; 5000A; Applicable Percentage Tables for 2018; premium tax credit; eligibility for affordable employer sponsored minimum essential coverage.
Rev. Proc. 2017-35 (IRB 2017-21) Sec. 143; Sec. 25; issuers of qualified mortgage bonds; mortgage credit certificates; area median gross income.
Rev. Proc. 2017-33 (IRB 2017-19) PATH Act guidance; Sec. 179 expensing option; Sec. 168 additional first-year depreciation; qualified Indian reservation property depreciation.
Rev. Proc. 2017-30 (IRB 2017-18) List of Automatic Changes; Rev. Proc. 2015-13; modified by Rev. Proc. 2015-33 and Rev. Proc. 2016-1.
Rev. Proc. 2017-32 (IRB 2017-17) Specifications for paper and computer generated substitutes for Form 941, Schedule B; Schedule D; Schedule R; Form 8974; Rev. Proc. 2016-16 superseded.
Rev. Proc. 2017-31 (IRB 2017-16) List of countries; automatic exchange relationship; bank deposit interest income information; Belgium, Colombia, Portugal added.
Rev. Proc. 2017-29 (IRB 2017-14) Depreciation limits; autos
and light trucks; vehicles; lease inclusion amounts; placed in
service in 2017; leased vehicles.
Rev. Proc. 2017-28 (IRB
2017-14) Guidance to employers; requirements for employee consent
used by employer to support a claim for refund of overpaid FICA
taxes.
Rev. Proc. 2017-27 (IRB 2017-14) Qualified mortgage
bonds; QMBs; qualified mortgage certificates; MCCs; average area
purchase safe harbors.
Rev. Proc. 2017-25 (IRB 2017-14)
Small Business/Self Employed Fast Track Settlement Program
established; SB/SE FTS; expendited format for resolving disputes;
unagreed factual or legal issues; Anouncement 2011-5 superseded.
Rev.
Proc. 2017-26 (IRB 2017-13) Foreign earned income exclusion;
waiver of minimum time requirement; South Sudan added for tax year
2016.
Rev. Proc. 2017-19 (IRB 2017-7) Relief under Rev.
Proc. 2015-57 extended; Federal student loans to finance attendance
at school owned by American Career Institutes, Inc.; discharge of
indebtedness information statements.
Rev. Proc. 2017-23 (IRB
2017-7) Form 8975; Country-by-Country Report; accompanying
schedules; U.S. multinational enterprise groups; MNE.
Rev.
Proc. 2017-19 (IRB 2017-7) Energy Savings Performance Contracts;
sale of electricity; safe harbor; Sec. 7701.
Rev. Proc. 2017-22
(IRB 2017-6) Sec. 118; safe harbor received by corporate
taxpayers; Department of Transportation; Rev. Proc. 2010-46
clarified.
Rev. Proc. 2017-21 (IRB 2017-6) Withholding
foreign partnerships; WPs; withholding foreign trusts; WTs; qualified
intermediary withholding agreement; Rev. Proc. 2014-47; Rev. Proc.
2017-15.
Rev. Proc. 2017-13 (IRB 2017-6) Sec. 141; 145;
safe harbor; management contract resulting in private business use;
property financed with governmental tax-exempt bonds.
Rev.
Proc. 2017-18 (IRB 2017-5) Sec. 403(b) plans; last day of the
remedial amendment period for purposes of Rev. Proc. 2013-22, section
21 is March 31, 2020.
Rev. Proc. 2017-16 (IRB 2017-3)
Participating foreign financial institution; FFI; Sec. 1471; FFI
agreement.
Rev. Proc. 2017-15 (IRB 2017-3) Final qualified
intermediary withholding agreement; QI; foreign persons; withholding
agents; qualified derivatives dealers; QDDs; withholding foreign
partnership; withholding foreign trust.
Rev. Proc. 2017-14 (IRB
2017-3) Certified professional employer organizations; CFEO;
employee leasing; voluntary certification.
Rev. Proc. 2017-12
(IRB 2017-3) Internal total loss absorbing capacity instruments
as indebtedness; (TLAC).
Rev. Proc. 2017-11 (IRB 2017-2)
Civil penalties; inflation-adjusted items; returns and statements
required to be filed after December 31, 2015; failure to file correct
information returns; Rev. Proc. 2015-53 modified.
Rev. Proc.
2017-10 (IRB 2017-2) Determination letters; private foundation
status; Sec. 509(a); operating status; Sec. 4942(j)(3); exempt
operating foundation status; Sec. 4940(d)(2); foundation status under
Sec. 509(a)(3) of nonexempt charitable trusts; Rev. Proc. 2015-10
superseded.
Rev. Proc. 2017-8 (IRB 2016-1) Guidance for
user fee program for requests for letter rulings, determination
letters, advisory letters and Volumntary Correction Program (VCP);
exempt organizations; Rev. Proc. 2015-8 superseded.
Rev.
Proc. 2017-7 (IRB 2017-1) Areas in which rulings will not be
issued, Associate Chief Counsel International.
Rev. Proc.
2017-5 (IRB 2017-1) Revised procedures for issuing determination
letters on on issues under jurisdicition of Director, Exempt
Organizations Rulings and Agreements.
Rev. Proc. 2017-4 (IRB
2017-1) Revised procedures; guidance on issues under the
jurisdiction of the Commissioner, Tax Exempt and Government Entities;
Rev. Procs. 2016-4, 2016-6 and 2016-8 superseded.
Rev. Proc.
2017-3 (IRB 2017-1) Revised list of areas where IRS will not
issue letter rulings or determination letters; Corporate; Financial
Institutions and Products; Income Tax and Accounting; International;
Passthroughs and Special Industries; Procedure and Administration;
Tax Exempt and Government Entities; Associate Chief Counsel; Rev.
Proc. 2016-3 superseded.
Rev. Proc. 2017-2 (IRB 2017-1)
Procedures for Technical advice memoranda; TAMS; taxpayer rights when
field office requests TAMS; Corporate; Financial Institutions and
Products; Income Tax and Accounting; International; Passthroughs and
Special Industries; Procedure and Administration; Tax Exempt and
Government Entities; Associate Chief Counsel; Rev. Proc. 2016-2
superseded.
Rev. Proc. 2017-1 (IRB 2017-1) Procedures for
letter rulings and information letters; Associate Chief Counsel;
Corporate; Financial Institutions and Products; Income Tax and
Accounting; International; Passthroughs and Special Industries;
Procedure and Administration; Tax Exempt and Government Entities;
Rev. Proc. 2016-1 superseded.
Regulations
T.D. 9825 (IRB 2017-46) Tax treatment of transactions in which federal financial assistance (FFA) is provided to banks and domestic building and loan associations.
T.D. 9828 (IRB 2017-44) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; expanded exemptions to protect religious beliefs; contraceptive coverage; moral convictions; amendment to temporary regulations.
T.D. 9827 (IRB 2017-44) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; expanded exemptions to protect religious beliefs; contraceptive coverage; moral convictions; amendment to final regulations.
T.D. 9826 (IRB 2017-43) Mortality tables to be used with most defined benefit pension plans.
T.D. 9824 (IRB 2017-42) Gambling winnings; withholding from and information reporting on; horse races, dog races, jai alai, certain other payments.
T.D. 9823 (IRB 2017-33) Definition of controlled group; Affordable Care Act; Prescription Drug Fee.
T.D. 9822 (IRB 2017-33) Premium tax credit; relief from required joint filing; victims of domestic abuse and spousal abandonment; PTC; rules for self-employed taxpayers claiming both a PTC and health insurance deduction.
T.D. 9821 (IRB 2017-32) Due dates and extensions of time to file; tax and information returns of various entities; corporations and partnerships; Forms W-2, 990, 1099-MISC; 1041, 1065, 1120, 4720.
T.D. 9820 (IRB 2017-32) Enrolled Agent Special Enrollment Examination; user fee; $81 per part.
T.D. 9819 (IRB 2017-29) Sec. 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status; streamlined application process.
T.D. 9817 (IRB 2017-9) Sec. 7704; qualifying income exception for publicly traded partnerships to not be treated as
corporations; activities that generate qualifying source income from
minerals and natural resources.
T.D. 9815 (IRB 2017-9) Sec.
871; financial products providing payments contingent on U.S. source
dividend payments; nonresident alien individuals and foreign
corporations; guidance to withholding agents.
T.D. 9814 (IRB
2017-7) Sec. 721; 197; 704; 6038B; transfers of appreciated
property by U.S. persons to partnerships with foreign partners
related to the transferor; nonrecognition of gain on a contribution
of property to a partnership.
T.D. 9811 (IRB 2017-7) Sec.
1022; modified carryover basis; property transferred from certain
decedents who died in 2010.
T.D. 9810 (IRB 2017-6) S
corporations; regulated investment companies; RICs; real estate
investment trusts; REITs; property previously held by a C
corporation; specified recognition period.
T.D. 9809 (IRB
2017-5) Sec. 1471 through 1474; information reporting by foreign
financial institutions; FFIs; withholding on certain payments to FFIs
and other entities.
T.D. 9808 (IRB 2017-5) Sec. 871; 3406;
6402; withholding tax on certain U.S. source income paid to foreign
persons; information reporting and backup withholding.
T.D.
9807 (IRB 2017-5) Sec. 6041; replacement of reporting
requirements under Sec. 7.6041-1; taxpayers who make reportable
payments of bingo, keno, or slot machine winnings.
T.D. 9806
(IRB 2017-4) Passive foreign investment company; PFIC; annual
reporting requirements; Form 8621; Form 5471.
T.D. 9804 (IRB
2017-3) Sec. 36B; health insurance premium credit; amendment to
computation of credit; pediatric dental benefits; information
reporting by Exchanges.
T.D. 9803 (IRB 2017-3) Sec. 367;
certain transfers of property from U.S. persons to foreign
corporations in nonrecognition transactions; certain temporary
regulations withdrawn.
T.D. 9796 (IRB 2017-3) Sec. 6038A;
domestic disregarded entity wholly owned by a foreign person as a
domestic corporation separate from its owner; for limited purposes of
reporting, record maintenance, and compliance requirements.
T.D.
9802 (IRB 2017-2) Sec. 6103; disclosure of certain items of
return information; Bureau of Census.
T.D. 9801 (IRB 2017-2)
Sec. 148; 103; 54A; 6431; revised definition of issue price for
arbitrage restrictions; tax exempt bonds; tax credit bonds; direct
pay bonds.
T.D. 9795 (IRB 2017-2) Sec. 987; recognition and
deferral of foreign currency gain or loss; qualified business unit;
QBU; annual deemed termination election.
T.D. 9794 (IRB 2017-2)
Sec. 987; determination of taxable income or loss; qualified business
unit; QBU; timing, amount, character and source of gain or loss.
Proposed Regulations
REG-119337-17 (IRB 2017-51) Centralized partnership audit regime; international rules; withholding of tax to enforce reporting on certain foreign accounts.
REG-116256-17 (IRB 2017-46) Sec. 754; removal of signature requirement in 1.754-1(b) to eliminate a regulatory burden.
REG-115615-17 (IRB 2017-44) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; expanded exemptions; protection of religious beliefs; contraceptive coverage; moral convictions; amendment to regulations.
REG-129631-17 (IRB 2017-44) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; expanded exemptions; protection of religious beliefs; contraceptive coverage; moral convictions; amendment to regulations.
REG-128841-07 (IRB 2017-42) Sec. 147; private activity bond; tax exempt status; approval by both governmental unit issuing the bond and the government unit where property is located; withdrawal of notice of proposed rulemaking issued in 2008.
REG-125374-16 (IRB 2017-41) Registration-required obligations; not issued in registered form; definition of registration-required obligation; updating regulations to account for changes in operation of debt markets.
REG-105004-16 (IRB 2017-41) Taxpayer identification numbers; truncation; copies of W-2 furnished to employees.
REG-128483-15 (IRB 2017-32) Due dates and extensions of time to file; tax and information returns of various entities; corporations and partnerships; Forms W-2, 990, 1099-MISC; 1041, 1065, 1120, 4720.
REG-139633-08 (IRB 2017-31) Partial withdrawal of proposed rulemaking; REG-163314-03; Sec. 332, 351, 368; Creditor Continuity of Interest provisions; T.D. 9434.
REG-136118-15 (IRB 2017-28) Centralized partnership audit regime; electing out of regime.
REG-135122-16 (IRB 2017-9) Sec. 871; financial products
providing payments contingent on U.S. source dividend payments;
nonresident alien individuals and foreign corporations; guidance to
withholding agents.
REG-137604-07 (IRB 2017-7) Dependency
exemption; definition of surviving spouse; definition of head of
household; child and dependent care credit; earned income tax
credit.
REG-127203-15 (IRB 2017-7) Sec. 721; 197; 704;
6038B; transfers of appreciated property by U.S. persons to
partnerships with foreign partners related to the transferor;
nonrecognition of gain on a contribution of property to a
partnership; text same as temporary regulations T.D.
9814.
REG-131643-15 (IRB 2017-6) Sec. 401(k); funding
matching contributions; qualified nonelective contributions;
satisfying certain nonforfeitability and distribution
requirements.
REG-123829-16 (IRB 2017-5) Health Insurance
Providers Fee; electronically file Form 8963.
REG-134247-16
(IRB 2017-5) Sec. 871; 3406; 6402; withholding tax on certain
U.S. source income paid to foreign persons; information reporting and
backup withholding.
REG-103477-14 (IRB 2017-5) Sec.1471
through 1474; information reporting by foreign financial
institutions; FFIs; withholding on certain payments to FFIs and other
entities.
REG-123841-16 (IRB 2017-5) Sec. 3402; withholding
on certain gambling winnings; horse races; dog races; jai
alai.
REG-112324-15 (IRB 2017-4) Mortality tables for
defined benefit pension plans.
REG-112800-16 (IRB 2017-4)
Sec. 468A; amounts contributed to a qualified nuclear decommissioning
reserve fund.
REG-133353-16 (IRB 2017-2) Sec. 6103;
disclosure of certain return information to the Bureau of
Census.
REG-134438-15 (IRB 2017-2) Modify current
definition of "net premiums written" for fee imposed under
Affordable Care Act.
REG-128276-12 (IRB 2017-2) Sec. 987;
988; recognition and deferral of foreign currency gain or loss;
qualified business unit; QBU; QBU termination; annual deemed
termination election.
Notices
Notice 2017-76 (IRB 2017-52) Corporate bond monthly yield curve December 2017; Sec. 417; 430; interest rate on 30-year Treasury securities.
Notice 2017-75 (IRB 2017-52) Sec. 409A; 457A; transition provisions; amounts deferred and attributable to services performed before January 1, 2009; last taxable year beginning before 2018 or date of vesting.
Notice 2017-72 (IRB 2017-52) Required amendments list for individually designed qualified retirement plans; effective in 2017; date by which amendment must be made.
Notice 2017-74 (IRB 2017-51) Sec. 5000A; guidance on computing the afforability exemption; family member not eligible for coverage under employer sponsored plan; residing in area where Health Insurance Marketplace not available.
Notice 2017-73 (IRB 2017-51) Donor advised funds of sponsoring organizations; approaches IRS is considering with respect to certain issues.
Notice 2017-71 (IRB 2017-51) Partnerships, REMICs and certain other entities; late filed returns and elections; timeliness under old law.
Notice 2017-70 (IRB 2017-48) Cash payments by employer to Sec. 170 charitable organizations in exchange for vacation, sick, or personal leave elected by employees; California wildfires that began October 8, 2017.
Notice 2017-69 (IRB 2017-48) Corporate bond monthly yield curve November 2017; Sec. 417; 430; interest rate on 30-year Treasury securities.
Notice 2017-67 (IRB 2017-47) Qualifed small employer health reimbursement arrangements; QSEHRA; Sec. 9831; tax consequences of such arrangement; written notice to employees.
Notice 2017-68 (IRB 2017-46) Obligations of a U.S. person received in exchange for certain property located in an area designated by FEMA subject to damage by Hurricane Irma or Maria; exception for U.S. property in Section 956(c)(2)(C).
Notice 2017-66 (IRB 2017-45) Sec. 54C; public power providers; new clean renewable energy bonds.
Notice 2017-64 (IRB 2017-45) Sec. 415; dollar limitations on benefits and contributions under qualified retirement plans; cost-of-living increase; inflation adjustments.
Notice 2017-59 (IRB 2017-45) Sec. 4081; refund claim; tax on undyed diesel fuel and kerosene; Milwaukee terminal.
Notice 2017-63 (IRB 2017-44) Corporate bond monthly yield curve October 2017; Sec. 417; 430; interest rate on 30-year Treasury securities.
Notice 2017-62 (IRB 2017-44) Cash payments by employer to Sec. 170 charitable organizations in exchange for vacation, sick, or personal leave elected by employees; Hurricane or Tropical Storm Maria.
Notice 2017-61 (IRB 2017-43) Sec. 4375, 4376; fee under Affordable Care Act for insurers of specific health insurance policies; Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund; PCORRF; 2017-2018 rate.
Notice 2017-60 (IRB 2017-43) Sec. 417; 430; mortality table used to determine minimum present value; static mortality table.
Notice 2017-56 (IRB 2017-43) Sec. 937; qualification for bona fide residents of Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands; need to leave (or inability to return to) these territories; Hurricanes Irma and Maria; 14-day rule expanded; Notice 2017-56.
Notice 2017-57 (IRB 2017-42) Notice of inention to amend regulations under Sec. 987 to delay applicability date of Sec. 987 regulations.
Notice 2017-55 (IRB 2017-42) Exclusion from definition of Sec. 956 property temporarily in U.S. following Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Notice 2017-54 (IRB 2017-42) Optional special per diem rates 2017-2018; substantiating business expenses while traveling away from home; special transportation industry rate; high-low substantiation.
Notice 2017-53 (IRB 2017-42) Sec. 1033; replacement period; 4-year period extended; livestock sold on account of drought; list of counties.
Notice 2017-50 (IRB 2017-41) Corporate bond monthly yield curve September 2017; Sec. 417; 430; interest rate on 30-year Treasury securities.
Notice 2017-46 (IRB 2017-41) Guidance to foreign financial institutions required to report U.S. taxpayer identification numbers.
Notice 2017-52 (IRB 2017-40) Cash payments by employer to Sec. 170 charitable organizations in exchange for vacation, sick, or personal leave elected by employees; Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
Notice 2017-51 (IRB 2017-40) Sec. 45I; natural gas; annual average wellhead price; reference price.
Notice 2017-49 (IRB 2017-40) Hurricanes Harvey and Irma; relief in connection with certain employee benefit plans.
Notice 2017-48 (IRB 2017-39) Charitable contribution of vacation time; payments by employer to charitable organization in exchange for vaction, personal etc. time employees elect to forgo.
Notice 2017-47 (IRB 2017-38) Partnerships; REMICs; penalty relief for certain untimely returns or untimely requests for extension of time to file for first taxable year beginning after December 31, 2015.
Notice 2017-45 (IRB 2017-38) Sec. 401; nondiscrimination testing for closed defined benefit plans; temporary relief under Notice 2014-5 extended; reliance on proposed regulations.
Notice 2017-44 (IRB 2017-36) Sec. 417; qualified defined benefit plan; model amendments; bifurcated benefit distribution options.
Notice 2017-43 (IRB 2017-36) Corporate bond monthly yield curve August 2017; Sec. 417; 430; interest rate on 30-year Treasury securities.
Notice 2017-42 (IRB 2017-34) Sec. 871; intention to amend regulations to delay effective/applicability date of certain rules; tax on nonresident alien individuals.
Notice 2017-41 (IRB 2017-34) Extension of issuer voluntary reporting for 2017 catastrophic coverage enrolled in through an Exchange.
Notice 2017-36 (IRB 2017-33) Sec. 385; "Documentation Regulations"; Treasury and IRS announce intention to amend regulations; delay of applications to interests issued on or after January 1, 2019.
Notice 2017-40 (IRB 2017-32) Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund to the Hardest-Hit Housing Markets; HFA Hardest Hit Fund; safe harbor method for homeowner's deductions for payments extended through 2021; Rev. Proc. 2011-55 amplified; Notice 2015-77 amplified.
Notice 2017-39 (IRB 2017-31) Corporate bond monthly yield curve July 2017; Sec. 417; 430; interest rate on 30-year Treasury securities.
Notice 2017-38 (IRB 2017-30) Review of significant tax regulations; Executive Order; burden reduction; request for comments.
Notice 2017-37 (IRB 2017-29) Cumulative list of changes in plan qualification requirements for pre-approved defined contribution plans for 2017.
Notice 2017-34 (IRB 2017-26) Corporate bond monthly yield curve June 2017; Sec. 417; 430; interest rate on 30-year Treasury securities.
Notice 2017-33 (IRB 2017-22) Sec. 45; credit for renewable electricity production and refined coal production; inflation adjustment factor and reference prices for calendar year 2017.
Notice 2017-32 (IRB 2017-22) Sec. 45Q inflation adjustment factor; Credit for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration.
Notice 2017-31 (IRB 2017-22) Corporate bond monthly yield curve May 2017; Sec. 417; 430; interest rate on 30-year Treasury securities.
Notice 2017-30 (IRB 2017-21) Fuel removed from Milwaukee terminals; shutdown of West Shore Pipeline; 180-day emergency relief; refunds of Sec. 4081 tax; undyed diesel fuel.
Notice 2017-29 (IRB 2017-20) Syndicated conservation easement transaction; disclosure obligations; additional time to satisfy Notice 2017-10.
Notice 2017-28 (IRB 2017-19) 2017-2018 Priority Guidance Plan; request for recommendations.
Notice 2017-27 (IRB 2017-19) Corporate bond monthly yield curve April 2017; Sec. 417; 430; interest rate on 30-year Treasury securities.
Notice 2017-26 (IRB 2017-17) Sec. 613A; percentage oil depletion on marginal properties; applicable percentage for 2017; 15 percent.
Notice 2017-25 (IRB 2017-17) Inflation adjustment factor and phase-out amount for enhanced oil recovery credit for 2017.
Notice 2017-24 (IRB 2017-17) Sec. 45K; reference price; enhanced oil recovery credit; Sec. 43; marginal well production credit; Sec. 45L: percentage depletion marginal properties; Sec. 613A.
Notice 2017-23 (IRB 2017-16) Sec. 41; 3111; payroll tax credit; credit for increase research activities.
Notice 2017-17 (IRB 2017-15) Change in method of accounting
for recognizing income; adoption of new financial accounting revenue
recognition standards; proposed revenue procedure.
Notice
2017-22 (IRB 2017-13) Corporate bond monthly yield curve March
2017; Sec. 417; 430; interest rate on 30-year Treasury
securities.
Notice 2017-21 (IRB 2017-13) Sec. 911;
determination of foreign housing cost amounts eligible for exclusion
or deduction.
Notice 2017-20 (IRB 2017-11) Qualified small
employer health reimbursement arrangement; QSEHRA; extension of time
to furnish written notice to employees; period extended from March
13, 2017 to 90 days after additional guidance regarding contents of
notice; transitional relief from penalties; Sec. 6652.
Notice
2017-19 (IRB 2017-9) Sec 41; 142; 146; state housing credit
ceiling; private activity bond volume cap; private activity bond
volume limit.
Notice 2017-18 (IRB 2017-9) Corporate bond
monthly yield curve February 2017; Sec. 417; 430; interest rate on
30-year Treasury securities.
Notice 2017-16 (IRB 2017-7)
Sec. 35; health coverage tax credit; HCTC; time for election; 3-year
statute of limitations under Sec. 6511.
Notice 2017-15 (IRB
2017-6) Recalculating of taxpayer's remaining applicable
exclusion amount and remaining GST exemption; allocation of exclusion
or exemption to transfers made while taxpayer married to person of
same sex.
Notice 2017-14 (IRB 2017-6) Sec. 5000A; 35;
individual shared responsibility payment; hardship exemption; health
coverage tax credit; HCTC.
Notice 2017-13 (IRB 2017-6)
Corporate bond monthly yield curve January 2017; Sec. 417; 430;
interest rate on 30-year Treasury securities.
Notice 2017-5
(IRB 2017-6) Sec. 4051; 4052; definitions of chassis and body;
safe harbor.
Notice 2017-12 (IRB 2017-5) Estate tax;
confirmation of closing of an examination of an estate tax return;
account transcript with a transaction code of 421.
Notice
2017-10 (IRB 2017-4) Syndicated conservation easement
transactions; tax avoidance transactions; listed transactions;
participants and material advisors.
Notice 2017-9 (IRB 2017-4)
Sec. 6721 and 6722; error on an information return or payee
statement; correction threshold to avoid penalty; safe harbor $100
amount, $25 tax withheld.
Notice 2017-4 (IRB 2017-4) Sec.
45 and 48; beginning of construction; extension and modification of
Continuity Safe Harbor; Five Percent Safe Harbor; renewable energy
facilties.
Notice 2017-2 (IRB 2017-4) List of Indian tribes
who have settled tribal trust cases; Notice 2013-1 updated.
Notice
2017-8 (IRB 2017-3) Extension of time for filing participant and
material advisor disclosure statements until May 1, 2017; Notice
2016-66 modified.
Notice 2017-7 (IRB 2017-3) Effective date
of Reg. Sec. 1.987-12T deferral rule; outbound loss events; entity
classification election; Sec. 301.7701-3.
Notice 2017-6 (IRB
2017-3) Secs. 162; 263; Automatic changes to utilize final
tangible property regulations; waiver of eligibility rule for one
more year taxable year beginning before January 1, 2017; automatic
changes to comply with final depreciation and disposition
regulations; five taxable year period of accounting method change for
same item.
Notice 2017-3 (IRB 2017-2) Maximum vehicle
values for use with special valuation rule; cents per mile valuation
rule; inflation adjustment.
Notice 2017-1 (IRB 2017-2) Sec.
7528; exemption from user fee; requests for determination letters;
qualified status of pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus, annuity,
and employee stock ownership plans maintained by small employers;
Rev. Proc. 2016-37.
Announcements
Announcement 2017-21 (IRB 2017-51) Notice to potential donors; not qualified 501(c)(3); Faith's Hope Foundation, Fullerton, CA.
Announcement 2017-20 (IRB 2017-51) Notice to potential donors; not qualified 501(c)(3); Columbians of Nampa, Inc., Nampa, ID.
Announcement 2017-19 (IRB 2017-51) Notice to potential donors; not qualified 501(c)(3); American Friends of Yeshiva Shaare Chaim, Inc., Cleveland Heights OH.
Announcement 2017-16 (IRB 2017-51) Office of Professonal Responsibility; OPR; recent disciplinary sanctions.
Announcement 2017-18 (IRB 2017-48) The Korean-American Senior Mutual Association, Inc.; notice to potential donors; stipulated decision by Tax Court; declaratory judgment under Sec. 7428.
Announcement 2017-15 (IRB 2017-47) Hurricane Maria; California wildfires; easier access to funds held in workplace retirement plans; IRAs; periods beginning in September and October 2017 and ending March 15, 2018.
Announcement 2017-17 (IRB 2017-46) Sec.501(c)(3); revocation of organizations for failure to meet code requirements; contributions no longer deductible.
Announcement 2017-13 (IRB 2017-40) Hurricane Irma; relief to victims; easier access to victims' funds in retirement plans and IRAs; September 3, 2017 (for Florida) and ending January 31, 2018.
Announcement 2017-11 (IRB 2017-39) Hurricane Harvey victims; easier access to retirement funds; period August 23 2017 through January 31, 2018.
Announcement 2017-12 (IRB 2017-38) Sec.501(c)(3); revocation of organizations for failure to meet code requirements; contributions no longer deductible.
Announcement 2017-9 (IRB 2017-35) Office of Professional Responsibility; OPR; disciplinary sanctions: attorneys; CPAs; enrolled agents;
enrolled actuaries; entrolled retirement plan agents; appraisers.
Announcement 2017-10 (IRB 2017-33) Correction to Rev. Proc. 2017-39; specifications for private printing of red-ink substitutes for 2017 information returns.
Announcement 2017-8 (IRB 2017-28) Corrections to Rev. Proc. 2017-40.
Announcement 2017-5 (IRB 2017-27) Office of Professional Responsibility; OPR;
recent disciplinary sanctions; attorneys; CPAs; enrolled agents;
enrolled actuaries; entrolled retirement plan agents; appraisers.
Announcement 2017-7 (IRB 2017-25) No articles were submitted for publication in IRB 2017-25.
Announcement 2017-6 (IRB 2017-24) Reissuance of Announcement 2016-34; results of Phase III Allocation round of Qualifying Gasification Project Program; additional rounds to be conducted.
Announcement 2017-4 (IRB 2017-16) Sec. 4975; excise taxes; relief in prohibited transactions; parallel to DOL relief.
Announcement 2017-3 (IRB 2017-15) Advance pricing
agreements; APAs; Advance Pricing and Mutual Agreement Program; APMA;
annual report.
Announcement 2017-2 (IRB 2017-10) Sec.
501(c)(3); revocation of organizations for failure to meet code
requirements; contributions no longer deductible.
Announcement
2017-1 (IRB 2017-8) Office of Professional Responsibility; OPR;
recent disciplinary sanctions; attorneys; CPAs; enrolled agents;
enrolled actuaries; entrolled retirement plan agents; appraisers.
Action On Decision
Action on Decision 2017-7 (IRB 2017-42) Sec. 469; nonacquiescence as to holdings; mere possession of stock certificate constitutes ownership; work performed in rental real estate activity may also constitute work performed in non-rental business activities.
Action on Decision 2017-6 (IRB 2017-33) Sec. 1031; nonacquiescence relating to the holding that a taxpayer's sale and acquisition of business property qualifies as a like-kind exchange even though 17 months earlier accomodating party purchase property and taxpayer acquired benefits and burdens of ownership; Estate of George H. Bartell, Jr..
Action on Decision 2017-5 (IRB 2017-27) Nonacquiescence to the holding a taxpayer whose filing status is married filing separately is entitled to an earned income tax credit; holding in Yosef A. Tsehay.
Action on Decision 2017-4 (IRB 2017-15) Acquiescence result
only; holding in Scott Singer Installations, Inc.; S corporation;
payment of personal expenses for sole-shareholder-officer; subject to
employment taxes.
Action on Decision 2017-3 (IRB 2017-15)
Nonacquiescence; holding in Shea Homes,Inc. and Subsidiaries; home
construction contract; complete when 95 percent of estimated cost of
development.
Action on Decision 2017-2 (IRB 2017-15)
Nonacquiescence; holding in Stine, LLC; buildings placed in service;
limited certificate of occupancy; shelving in place; retail store;
receive customers.
Action on Decision 2017-1 (IRB 2017-7)
Nonacquiescence announced; holding in Burnett Ranches, Ltd; limited
partnership not a farming syndicate; sole shareholder of limited
partner S corporation; active participation in farming business.
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-1 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-27
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-2 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-28
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-3 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-29
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-4 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-30
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Revenue Bulletin 2017-5 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-31
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Revenue Bulletin 2017-6 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-32
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Revenue Bulletin 2017-7 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-33
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Revenue Bulletin 2017-8 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-34
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Revenue Bulletin 2017-9 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-35
Internal
Revenue Bulletin 2017-10 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-36
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Revenue Bulletin 2017-11 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-37
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Revenue Bulletin 2017-12 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-38
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Revenue Bulletin 2017-13 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-39
Internal
Revenue Bulletin 2017-14 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-40
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-15 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-41
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-16 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-42
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-17 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-43
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-18 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-44
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-19 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-45
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-20 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-46
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-21 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-47
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-22 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-48
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-23 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-49
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-24 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-50
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-25 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-51
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-26 Internal Revenue Bulletin 2017-52
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