This document removes regulations relating to the addition to tax in the case of a substantial understatement of income tax liability and corrects an obsolete cross reference. The Internal Revenue Code (Code) provision imposing the addition to tax and cited in the cross reference was repealed in 1989. The changes made by this document will not affect taxpayers because the addition to tax does not apply to returns with a due date after December 31, 1989 (determined without regard to extensions).
Section 6661 of the Code, as in effect before its repeal in 1989, imposed an addition to tax equal to 25 percent of the amount of the underpayment of tax attributable to any substantial understatement of income tax liability for a taxable year. Sections 1.6661-1 through 1.6661-6 of the Income Tax Regulations (26 CFR Part 1) provided rules for determining whether an addition to tax should be imposed and for computing the amount of any such addition.
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, Public Law 101-239 (103 Stat. 2106), repealed section 6661 effective for tax returns due after December 31, 1989 (determined without regard to extensions) and substituted, in section 6662, an accuracy-related penalty applicable to those returns. The repeal of section 6661 has rendered §§1.6661-1 through 1.6661-6 obsolete. This Treasury decision removes those provisions and corrects an obsolete cross reference to section 6661 in the regulations under section 448 (relating to the limitation on the use of the cash method of accounting).
It has been determined that this Treasury decision is not a significant regulatory action as defined in Executive Order 12866. Therefore, a regulatory assessment is not required. It also has been determined that section 553(b) of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 5) does not apply to these regulations. In addition, because these regulations do not impose a collection of information on small entities, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 6) does not apply. Pursuant to section 7805(f) of the Code, this document has been submitted to the Small Business Administration for comment on its impact on small business.
Accordingly, 26 CFR parts 1 and 602 are amended as follows:
Paragraph 1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read, in part, as follows:
Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *
Par. 2. In §1.448-1T, paragraph (b)(1)(iii) is revised to read as follows:
Par. 3. Sections 1.6661-1 through 1.6661-6 are removed.
Par. 4. The authority citation for part 602 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805.
Par. 5. In §602.101, paragraph (b) is amended by removing the entries for “1.6661-3” and “1.6661-4” from the table.
Mark E. Matthews,Approved December 9, 2004.
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