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INCOME TAX

Rev. Rul. 2004-14(PDF, 91K)
Insurance companies; interest rate tables. Prevailing state assumed interest rates are provided for the determination of reserves under section 807 of the Code for contracts issued in 2003 and 2004. Rev. Rul. 92–19 supplemented in part.

Rev. Rul. 2004-15(PDF, 74K)
Short sale; broker; transfer. This ruling provides guidance on whether the delivery of shares made to a broker in transferring a short sale position from one broker to another broker will (1) cause a short sale to be deemed consummated under regulations section 1.1233–1(a), and (2) cause a short-against-the box transaction to cease to be covered by the transition rule of section 1259 of the Code.

Rev. Rul. 2004-16(PDF, 65K)
Low-income housing credit; satisfactory bond; “bond factor” amounts for the period January through March 2004. This ruling announces the monthly bond factor amounts to be used by taxpayers who dispose of qualified low-income buildings or interests therein during the period January through March 2004.

Rev. Rul. 2004-17(PDF, 81K)
Treatment of environmental remediation expenses under section 1341. This ruling holds that amounts paid or incurred in the current taxable year to remediate environmental contamination that occurred in prior taxable years do not qualify for treatment under section 1341 of the Code.

Rev. Rul. 2004-18(PDF, 80K)
Treatment of environmental remediation expenses under section 263A. This ruling holds that amounts incurred to clean up land that a taxpayer contaminated with hazardous waste by the operation of a manufacturing plant must be included in inventory costs under section 263A of the Code. Rev. Ruls. 94–38 and 98–25 clarified. Rev. Proc. 2002–9 modified and amplified.

Rev. Rul. 2004-19(PDF, 62K)
LIFO; price indexes; department stores. The December 2003 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, December 31, 2003.

T.D. 9110(PDF, 157K)
Final regulations under section 42 of the Code amend current regulations that affect the order in which credits are allocated from the state housing credit ceiling under section 42(h)(3)(C) and the time for meeting the 10-percent basis requirement under sections 42(h)(1)(E) and (F). These regulations also amend current regulations under section 42 to facilitate the electronic filing of income tax returns.

T.D. 9109(PDF, 107K)
Final regulations under sections 6662 and 6664 of the Code limit the defenses available to the imposition of the accuracy-related penalty when taxpayers fail to disclose reportable transactions or fail to disclose they have taken a position based upon a regulation being invalid. The regulations also clarify the existing regulations with respect to the facts and circumstances that the IRS will consider in determining whether a taxpayer acted with reasonable cause and in good faith in relying on an opinion or advice. The regulations provide that failure to disclose a reportable transaction strongly indicates that the taxpayer did not act in good faith.

T.D. 9111(PDF, 69K)
Final regulations under section 6103 of the Code relate to the definition of agent for certain purposes. The regulations clarify that the term agent in certain provisions of section 6103 includes contractors.