Proposed regulations under section 104 of the Code update the regulations to reflect statutory amendments limiting the section 104(a)(2) exclusion to damages for personal physical injuries or physical sickness and delete the “tort or tort-type rights” test.

Section 4221(e) reciprocal privileges. The list of countries that allow reciprocal privileges for purposes of the exemption for supplies for civil aircraft of foreign registry is updated and restated. Rev. Ruls. 74-346, 75-190, 75-398, and 75-526 superseded.

Final, temporary, and proposed regulations under section 7701 of the Code clarify that a single-owner eligible entity that is generally disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for any purpose, but regarded as a separate entity for certain excise tax purposes, is treated as a corporation for those excise tax purposes. The regulations also make conforming changes to the tax liability rule for disregarded entities and the treatment of entity rule for disregarded entities with respect to employment taxes. The regulations affect disregarded entities in general and, in particular, disregarded entities that pay or pay over certain federal excise taxes or that are required to be registered by the IRS.

Final, temporary, and proposed regulations under section 7701 of the Code clarify that a single-owner eligible entity that is generally disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for any purpose, but regarded as a separate entity for certain excise tax purposes, is treated as a corporation for those excise tax purposes. The regulations also make conforming changes to the tax liability rule for disregarded entities and the treatment of entity rule for disregarded entities with respect to employment taxes. The regulations affect disregarded entities in general and, in particular, disregarded entities that pay or pay over certain federal excise taxes or that are required to be registered by the IRS.

Final, temporary, and proposed regulations under section 7701 of the Code clarify that a single-owner eligible entity that is generally disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for any purpose, but regarded as a separate entity for certain excise tax purposes, is treated as a corporation for those excise tax purposes. The regulations also make conforming changes to the tax liability rule for disregarded entities and the treatment of entity rule for disregarded entities with respect to employment taxes. The regulations affect disregarded entities in general and, in particular, disregarded entities that pay or pay over certain federal excise taxes or that are required to be registered by the IRS.

Final, temporary, and proposed regulations under section 7701 of the Code clarify that a single-owner eligible entity that is generally disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for any purpose, but regarded as a separate entity for certain excise tax purposes, is treated as a corporation for those excise tax purposes. The regulations also make conforming changes to the tax liability rule for disregarded entities and the treatment of entity rule for disregarded entities with respect to employment taxes. The regulations affect disregarded entities in general and, in particular, disregarded entities that pay or pay over certain federal excise taxes or that are required to be registered by the IRS.

This procedure contains revisions to Publication 1239, Specifications for Filing Form 8027, Employer's Annual Information Return of Tip Income and Allocated Tips, Electronically (revised 10-2009). Rev. Proc. 2008-34 superseded.

Per diem allowances. This procedure provides optional rules for deeming substantiated the amount of certain business expenses of traveling away from home reimbursed to an employee or deductible by an employee or self-employed individual. Rev. Proc. 2008-59 superseded.

This document contains corrections to both the August AFR (Rev. Rul. 2009-22) and the September AFR (Rev. Rul. 2009-29) which contained an inaccurate date in the Note in Table 4.