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IRS Regulations Issued in 1995

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12/13/1995
Grantor Trust Reporting Requirements
This document contains final regulations relating to the method of reporting for trusts that are treated as owned by grantors or other persons under the provisions of subpart E (section 671 and following), part I, subchapter J, chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code. These regulations are intended to reduce the current filing burden on trustees, to provide necessary information to grantors or other persons treated as the owners of trusts, to reduce any cases of duplicate filing, and to provide more meaningful information to the IRS. These regulations affect grantors and trustees of trusts that are treated as owned by grantors or other persons, as well as persons who are required to file information returns with respect to payments to these trusts.
11/28/1995
Selection of Tax Matters Partner for Limited Liability Companies
This document contains proposed regulations relating to the designation or selection of a tax matters partner for limited liability companies classified as partnerships. This document also amends current proposed regulations to consolidate certain guidance necessary to determine the tax matters partner for partnerships.
11/20/1995
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Authority to Require Employer Identification Numbers from Policyholders & Reinsured Companies for Purposes of the Federal Crop Insurance Act
This document withdraws the notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on August 31, 1992, that relates to the authority of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) to require policyholders and reinsured companies to furnish employer identification numbers for purposes of administering the Federal Crop Insurance Act.
10/12/1995
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits
This document contains final regulations relating to variable rate interest payments and specified portion interest payments on regular interests in real estate mortgage investment conduits (or REMICs). This action is necessary because of changes to the applicable tax law made by the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and by the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988. These regulations provide guidance to REMIC sponsors and investors.
10/12/1995
Deductibility, Substantiation, & Disclosure of Certain Charitable Contributions
This document contains proposed regulations that provide guidance regarding the allowance of certain charitable contribution deductions, the substantiation requirements for charitable contributions of $250 or more, and the disclosure requirements for quid pro quo contributions in excess of $75. The proposed regulations will affect organizations described in section 170(c) and individuals and entities that make payments to those organizations.
10/12/1995
Presumptions Where Owner of Large Amount of Cash is not Identified AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury
This document contains final regulations regarding the presumptions that arise where the owner of a large amount of cash or its equivalent is not identified. The final regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 and the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988, and incorporate the rules of current 301.6867-1T, relating to cash, cash equivalents, specific cash equivalents and the value of cash equivalents. In addition, several new items have been added to the list of specific cash equivalents. The final regulations affect individuals who are found in possession of a large amount of cash or its equivalent and the true owners of that cash or its equivalent.
10/12/1995
Allowances Received by Members of the Armed Forces in Connection With Moves to New Permanent Duty Stations
This document contains final regulations relating to the exclusion from gross income under section 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Code) of certain allowances received by members of the uniformed services in connection with a change of permanent duty station. The final regulations are required because of amendments to the law made by section 13213(a)(1) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (OBRA 1993), 107 Stat. 473 (1993), which redefined the term moving expenses under section 217(b) of the Code. Persons affected by the final regulations are members of the uniformed services (the Armed Forces, the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service).
10/12/1995
Adjustments Required by Changes in Method of Accounting
This document contains final regulations relating to the requirements for changes in method of accounting. These regulations clarify the Commissioner's authority to prescribe terms and conditions for effecting a change in method of accounting. The regulations affect taxpayers changing a method of accounting for federal income tax purposes.
10/12/1995
Time for Performance of Acts Where Last Day Falls on Saturday, Sunday, or Legal Holiday
This document contains proposed regulations relating to the time for performance of acts by taxpayers and by the Commissioner, a district director, or the director of a regional service center, where the last day for performance falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. In particular, the proposed regulations would remove the list of legal holidays and other outdated material.
10/12/1995
Requirements to Ensure Collection of Section 2056A Estate Tax
This document contains temporary regulations that provide guidance relating to the additional requirements necessary to ensure the collection of the estate tax imposed under section 2056A(b) with respect to taxable events involving qualified domestic trusts (QDOTs) described in section 2056A(a). The text of these temporary regulations also serves as the text of the proposed regulations set forth in the notice of proposed rulemaking on this subject in the Proposed Rules section of this issue of the Federal Register.
10/12/1995
Accuracy-related Penalty
This document contains final regulations implementing changes to the accuracy-related penalty under section 6662 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that were made by section 13251 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (OBRA 1993) and Title VII of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, implementing the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (the GATT Act). The final regulations also provide guidance as to when a taxpayer may rely upon the advice of others as evidence of reasonable cause and good faith within the meaning of section 6664(c) for purposes of avoiding the accuracy-related penalty of section 6662, and as to what constitutes reasonable cause and good faith within the meaning of section 6664(c) as applicable to the substantial understatement penalty of section 6662(b)(2) with respect to tax shelter items of a corporation. These regulations affect taxpayers subject to the accuracy-related penalty.
10/12/1995
Direct Rollovers & 20-Percent Withholding Upon Eligible Rollover Distributions from Qualified Plans
This document contains final regulations relating to eligible rollover distributions from tax-qualified retirement plans and section 403(b) annuities. These regulations reflect the changes made by the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992 and affect the administrators, sponsors, payors of, and participants in tax-qualified retirement plans and section 403(b) annuities.
10/12/1995
Notice, Consent, & Election Requirements of Sections 411(a)(11) & 417
This document contains regulations that provide guidance concerning the notice and consent requirements under section 411(a)(11) and the notice and election requirements under section 417. The text of the temporary regulations also serves as the text of the proposed regulations set forth in the notice of proposed rulemaking on this subject in the Proposed Rules section of this issue of the Federal Register.
10/12/1995
Exports of Chemicals that Deplete the Ozone Layer; Special Rules for Certain Medical Uses of Chemicals that Deplete the Ozone Layer
This document contains final regulations relating to taxes imposed on exports of ozone-depleting chemicals (ODCs), taxes imposed on ODCs used as medical sterilants or propellants in metered-dose inhalers, and floor stocks taxes on ODCs. The regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, and the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and affect persons who manufacture, import, export, sell, or use ODCs.
10/12/1995
Substantiation Requirement for Certain Contributions
This document contains final regulations that provide guidance regarding the substantiation requirements for charitable contributions of $250 or more contained in section 170(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code. The guidance contained in these final regulations will affect organizations described in section 170(c) and individuals and entities that make payments to those organizations.
10/12/1995
Reporting of Nonpayroll Withheld Tax Liabilities
This document contains final and temporary regulations relating to the reporting of nonpayroll withheld income taxes under section 6011 of the Internal Revenue Code. The temporary regulations remove the requirement that a person file Form 945, Annual Return of Withheld Federal Income Tax, for each calendar year, whether or not the person is required to withhold the taxes reported on Form 945 in a particular calendar year. The temporary regulations require that a person file Form 945 only for a calendar year in which the person is required to withhold taxes required to be reported on Form 945. The text of these temporary regulations also serves as the text of the proposed regulations set forth in the notice of proposed rulemaking on this subject in the Proposed Rules section of this issue of the Federal Register.
10/12/1995
Income, Gift & Estate Tax
This document contains final regulations relating to the income tax imposed under chapter 1, the estate tax imposed under chapter 11, and the gift tax imposed under chapters 12 and 14 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Changes to the marital deduction provisions of the estate and gift tax chapters were made by the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988. Further amendments were made by the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1989, and the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990. These final regulations will provide guidance needed to comply with the changes to the marital deduction provisions of the estate and gift tax chapters.

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