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IRB 2017-51

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(Dated December 18, 2017)
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INCOME TAX

This notice provides that any act performed for the 2016 taxable year of a partnership, REMIC, or certain other entities will be treated as timely for all purposes under the Code, except with respect to interest, if the act would have been timely if the Surface Transportation Act had not changed the due date for partnership returns.

This notice provides guidance on computing the affordability exemption under § 5000A(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and § 1.5000A–3(e) of the Income Tax Regulations for taxpayers with a family member who (i) is not eligible for coverage under an eligible employer-sponsored plan, and (ii) resides in an area in which the Health Insurance Marketplace serving the area does not offer a bronze-level qualified health plan.

ADMINISTRATIVE

This notice provides that any act performed for the 2016 taxable year of a partnership, REMIC, or certain other entities will be treated as timely for all purposes under the Code, except with respect to interest, if the act would have been timely if the Surface Transportation Act had not changed the due date for partnership returns.

Proposed regulations addressing how certain international rules would operate in the context of the centralized partnership audit regime, including rules relating to the withholding of tax on foreign persons, withholding of tax to enforce reporting on certain foreign accounts, and the treatment of creditable foreign tax expenditures of a partnership.

The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) announces recent disciplinary sanctions involving attorneys, certified public accountants, enrolled agents, enrolled actuaries, enrolled retirement plan agents, and appraisers. These individuals are subject to the regulations governing practice before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which are set out in Title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 10, and which are published in pamphlet form as Treasury Department Circular No. 230. The regulations prescribe the duties and restrictions relating to such practice and prescribe the disciplinary sanctions for violating the regulations.

EXCISE TAX

This notice describes approaches that the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service are considering to address certain issues regarding donor advised funds of sponsoring organizations and requests comments on those approaches.

EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS

This notice describes approaches that the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service are considering to address certain issues regarding donor advised funds of sponsoring organizations and requests comments on those approaches.

Serves notice to potential donors of a stipulated decision by the United States Tax Court in declaratory judgment proceedings under Section 7428.

Serves notice to potential donors of a stipulated decision by the United States Tax Court in declaratory judgment proceedings under Section 7428.

Serves notice to potential donors of a stipulated decision by the United States Tax Court in declaratory judgment proceedings under Section 7428.



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