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IRB 2012-17

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(Dated April 23, 2012)
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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

Modification of Notice 2008-40; deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings. This notice modifies Notice 2006-52, 2006-1 C.B. 1175, and Notice 2008-40, 2008-1 C.B. 725, by providing an additional set of energy savings percentages that taxpayers may use to qualify for a partial section 179D deduction under the permanent rule for property placed in service on or after the effective date of the notice. Specifically, the applicable energy savings percentages provided under this notice are 25 percent for the interior lighting system, 15 percent for the HVAC and hot water systems, and 10 percent for the building envelope. Notice 2006-52, as clarified and amplified by Notice 2008-40, modified.

General rules and specifications for substitute forms W-2c and W-3c. This procedure provides specifications for the private printing of red-ink and black-and-white paper substitutes for the 2011 revision of Form W-2c, Corrected Wage and Tax Statement, and Form W-3c, Transmittal of Corrected Wage and Tax Statements. It will be reproduced as the next revision of Publication 1223. Rev. Proc. 2010-43 superseded.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 April 2012; the 24-month average segment rates; the funding transitional segment rates applicable for April 2012; and the minimum present value transitional rates for March 2012.

EMPLOYMENT TAX

General rules and specifications for substitute forms W-2c and W-3c. This procedure provides specifications for the private printing of red-ink and black-and-white paper substitutes for the 2011 revision of Form W-2c, Corrected Wage and Tax Statement, and Form W-3c, Transmittal of Corrected Wage and Tax Statements. It will be reproduced as the next revision of Publication 1223. Rev. Proc. 2010-43 superseded.

EXCISE TAX

This notice provides guidance relating to the application of the tax imposed by section 4043 of the Code on fuel used in fractional program aircraft. Section 4043 was added to the Code by section 1103 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Act) (Pub. L. 112-95) and applies to fuel used after March 31, 2012.



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