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IRB 2008-07

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(Dated February 19, 2008)
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EMPLOYEE PLANS

Accrued benefits; cash balance defined benefit pension plans; section 411 of the Code. This ruling, which pertains to a traditional defined benefit pension plan that is amended in 2001 for the 2002 plan year into a cash balance defined benefit pension plan containing an accrued benefit formula that is a lump sum-based benefit, describes the application of the accrual rules of sections 411(b)(1)(A), (B), and (C) of the Code to the fact pattern.

Funding; effective date; proposed regulations under sections 430 and 436. This notice alerts taxpayers of a uniform effective date of certain proposed regulations under sections 430 and 436 of the Code. In addition, this notice provides 2008 transitional guidance under section 436 for small plans with end of the plan year valuation dates.

This notice provides a safe harbor with conditions under which supplemental health insurance is considered excepted from the requirements of HIPAA and related legislation under chapter 100 (sections 9801-9833) of the Code.

EXCISE TAX

This notice provides a safe harbor with conditions under which supplemental health insurance is considered excepted from the requirements of HIPAA and related legislation under chapter 100 (sections 9801-9833) of the Code.

ADMINISTRATIVE

Final regulations under 31 USC 9701 implement new user fees for the initial and renewed enrollment to become an enrolled actuary. The new user fees established by the Treasury decision reflect the IRS’s costs of overseeing the initial enrollment and renewal of enrollment processes. The regulations establish a $250 user fee for initial enrollment and a $250 user fee for renewal of enrollment.

This procedure provides guidance concerning when information shown on a return in accordance with the applicable forms and instructions will be adequate disclosure for purposes of reducing an understatement of income tax under sections 6662(d) and 6694(a) of the Code.

These documents contain corrections to temporary regulations (T.D. 9362, 2007-48 I.R.B. 1050) and proposed regulations (REG-209020-86, 2007-48 I.R.B. 1075) relating to a United States taxpayer’s obligation under section 905(c) of the Code to notify the IRS of a foreign tax redetermination, which is a change in the taxpayer’s foreign tax liability that may affect the taxpayer’s foreign tax credit. The regulations also relate to the civil penalty under section 6689 for failure to notify the IRS of a foreign tax redetermination as required under section 905(c).

These documents contain corrections to temporary regulations (T.D. 9362, 2007-48 I.R.B. 1050) and proposed regulations (REG-209020-86, 2007-48 I.R.B. 1075) relating to a United States taxpayer’s obligation under section 905(c) of the Code to notify the IRS of a foreign tax redetermination, which is a change in the taxpayer’s foreign tax liability that may affect the taxpayer’s foreign tax credit. The regulations also relate to the civil penalty under section 6689 for failure to notify the IRS of a foreign tax redetermination as required under section 905(c).

These documents contain corrections to temporary regulations (T.D. 9362, 2007-48 I.R.B. 1050) and proposed regulations (REG-209020-86, 2007-48 I.R.B. 1075) relating to a United States taxpayer’s obligation under section 905(c) of the Code to notify the IRS of a foreign tax redetermination, which is a change in the taxpayer’s foreign tax liability that may affect the taxpayer’s foreign tax credit. The regulations also relate to the civil penalty under section 6689 for failure to notify the IRS of a foreign tax redetermination as required under section 905(c).

This document contains corrections to final regulations (T.D. 9363, 2007-49 I.R.B. 1084) relating to the requirements for filing corporate income tax returns and returns of organizations required to file returns under section 6033 on magnetic media pursuant to section 6011(e) of the Code.



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