This revenue procedure provides guidance with respect to the United States and area median gross income figures that are to be used by issuers of qualified mortgage bonds, as defined in § 143(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, and issuers of mortgage credit certificates, as defined in § 25(c), in computing the housing cost/income ratio described in § 143(f)(5).

26 CFR 601.601: Rules and Regulations.

(Also Part I, §§ 25, 143)

Notice 2020-35 postpones deadlines for certain specified time-sensitive actions with respect to certain employment taxes, employee benefit plans, exempt organizations, and Coverdell education savings accounts on account of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The notice also provides a temporary waiver of the requirement for a Certified Professional Employer Organization to file certain employment tax returns and their accompanying schedules electronically.

Rev. Proc. 2017-41, 2017-29 I.R.B 92, sets forth procedures for providers of pre-approved plans to obtain opinion letters, once every six years, for qualified pre-approved plans submitted with respect to the third (and subsequent) six-year remedial amendment cycles. This announcement states that 1) the IRS plans to issue opinion letters with regard to the third six-year remedial amendment cycle for pre-approved defined contribution plans by June 30, 2020 or soon thereafter, 2) the IRS will accept from an employer eligible to submit a determination letter request an application for an individual determination letter under the third six-year remedial amendment cycle for pre-approved defined contribution plans from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022, and 3) an employer adopting a newly approved plan will be required to adopt the plan document by July 31, 2022.

This document sets forth a proposed regulation that provides rules for Federal income tax withholding on certain periodic retirement and annuity payments to implement an amendment made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This proposed regulation would affect payors of certain periodic payments, plan administrators that are required to withhold on such payments, and payees who receive such payments.

This document contains final regulations updating information reporting regulations under section 6033 that are generally applicable to organizations exempt from tax under section 501(a) to reflect statutory amendments and certain grants of reporting relief for tax-exempt organizations required to file an annual Form 990 or 990-EZ information return that have been made since the previous regulations were adopted.

26 CFR §1.6033-2

The notice publishes the inflation adjustment factor for the carbon oxide sequestration credit under § 45Q for calendar year 2020. Also, the notice includes a statement of the amount of qualified carbon oxide that has been taken into account by taxpayers filing an annual report pursuant to section 6 of Notice 2009-83, 2009-2 C.B. 588.

Beginning of Construction for Sections 45 and 48; Extension of Continuity Safe Harbor to Address Delays Related to COVID-19. Notice 2020-41 extends the Continuity Safe Harbor for both the production tax credit for renewable energy facilities under section 45 (PTC) and the investment tax credit for energy property under § 48 (ITC) for projects that began construction in either calendar years 2016 or 2017. The notice also provides a 3½ Month Safe Harbor for services or property paid for by the taxpayer on or after September 16, 2019 and received by October 15, 2020.