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IRB 2010-40

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(Dated October 4, 2010)
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Highlights of This Issue

These synopses are intended only as aids to the reader in identifying the subject matter covered. They may not be relied upon as authoritative interpretations.

INCOME TAX

Federal rates; adjusted federal rates; adjusted federal long-term rate and the long-term exempt rate. For purposes of sections 382, 642, 1274, 1288, and other sections of the Code, tables set forth the rates for October 2010.

Proposed regulations under section 6012 of the Code allow the IRS to require corporations to file a schedule disclosing uncertain tax positions related to the tax return as required by the IRS. A public hearing is scheduled for October 15, 2010.

This notice provides rules relating to the availability of the production tax credit for refined coal. Notice 2009-90 superseded.

This notice provides interim guidance regarding the codification of the economic substance doctrine under section 7701(o) of the Code and the related amendments to the penalties under sections 6662, 6662A, 6664 and 6676 by the Health Care Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Rev. Proc. 2010-3 modified.

This procedure provides safe harbors for determining the finality of foreign adoptions for purposes of the adoption credit and the exclusion for employer-provided assistance for qualified adoption expenses. The procedure applies to adoptions governed by the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption.

This announcement withdraws proposed regulations published on September 10, 2003, in the Federal Register (REG-146893-02 and REG-115037-00) relating to the treatment of controlled services transactions under section 482 and the allocation of income from intangibles, in particular with respect to contributions by a controlled party to the value of an intangible that is owned by another controlled party. The IRS and Treasury Department are withdrawing these regulations because they have been superseded.

EMPLOYEE PLANS

Weighted average interest-rate update; corporate bond indices; 30-year Treasury securities; segment rates.This notice contains updates for the corporate bond weighted average interest rate for plan years beginning in September 2010; the 24-month average segment rates; the funding transitional segment rates applicable for September 2010; and the minimum present value transitional rates for August 2010.

EMPLOYMENT TAX

This announcement withdraws proposed regulations published on September 10, 2003, in the Federal Register (REG-146893-02 and REG-115037-00) relating to the treatment of controlled services transactions under section 482 and the allocation of income from intangibles, in particular with respect to contributions by a controlled party to the value of an intangible that is owned by another controlled party. The IRS and Treasury Department are withdrawing these regulations because they have been superseded.



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