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IRB 2007-04

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(Dated January 22, 2007)
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INCOME TAX

Executory contract liabilities. This ruling provides guidance on when a taxpayer using an accrual method of accounting incurs a liability for services or insurance under section 461 of the Code.

Section 1274A - Inflation adjusted numbers for 2007. This ruling provides the dollar amounts, increased by the 2007 inflation adjustment, for section 1274A of the Code. Rev. Rul. 2005-76 supplemented and superseded.

This notice announces that the IRS and Treasury will amend regulations section 30l.7701-2(b)(8) to include a Bulgarian entity on the list of entities always treated as corporations under section 7701 of the Code.

This procedure supersedes Rev. Proc. 98-20, 1998-1 C.B. 549, and sets forth the acceptable form of the written assurances (certification) that a real estate reporting person must obtain from the seller of a principal residence to except the sale or exchange of such principal residence from the information reporting requirements for real estate transactions under section 6045(e)(5) of the Code. Rev. Proc. 98-20 superseded.

This document provides procedures by which a taxpayer may obtain automatic consent to change its method of accounting for services or insurance to comply with Rev. Rul. 2007-3, page , in this Bulletin. Rev. Proc. 2002-9 modified and amplified.

EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS

The IRS has revoked its determination that Corporate Responsibility Capital Partners, Inc., of Washington, DC; HR-57 Center for the Advancement and Preservation of Jazz and Blues of Washington, DC; National Association of Credit Counseling, Inc., of Ft. Myers, FL; and Personal Credit Assistance, Inc., of Sacramento, CA, qualify as organizations described in sections 501(c)(3) and 170(c)(2) of the Code.

ADMINISTRATIVE

This document provides an automatic consent procedure allowing a taxpayer to make a change in method of accounting for certain depreciable or amortizable property after its disposition, waives the two-year rule in Rev. Rul. 90-38 with respect to certain changes in depreciation or amortization, and modifies other revenue procedures to conform with regulations section 1.446-1(e)(2)(ii)(d). Rev. Procs. 2000-38, 2000-50, and 2002-9 modified. Rev. Proc. 2004-11 superseded.

This procedure, which supersedes Rev. Proc. 2005-12, 2005-1 C.B. 311, provides guidance that continues the existing Pre-Filing Agreement (PFA) program with only minor changes related to the processing of PFAs. Rev. Proc. 2005-12 superseded.

This document changes the location of the public hearing on proposed regulations (REG-127819-06, 2006-48 I.R.B. 1013) concerning the amendments made by the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 (TIPRA) to section 199.

This document changes the location of the public hearing on proposed regulations (REG-136806-06, 2006-47 I.R.B. 950) relating to the standards for treating payments in lieu of taxes as generally applicable taxes for purposes of the private security or payment test.

This document changes the location of the public hearing on proposed regulations (REG-141901-05, 2006-47 I.R.B. 947) that provide guidance on taxation of the exchange of property for an annuity contract.



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