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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.
This notice sets forth updates on the corporate bond monthly yield curve, the corresponding spot segment rates for July 2021 used under § 417(e)(3)(D), the 24-month average segment rates applicable for July 2021, and the 30-year Treasury rates, as reflected by the application of § 430(h)(2)(C)(iv).
Rev. Proc. 2021-30 adds two new benefit overpayment correction methods that encourage employers to avoid seeking recoupment of benefit overpayments made to participants and beneficiaries, either by not requiring correction if the plan satisfies a specified funding level, or by limiting the amount to be recouped under certain circumstances. In addition, the revenue procedure eliminates the VCP anonymous submission procedure and adds an anonymous, no-fee, VCP pre-submission conference procedure. The revenue procedure also expands correction by plan amendment under SCP, extends the end of the SCP correction period for significant failures by one year, and extends the sunset of the safe harbor correction method for certain missed elective deferrals by three years.
This notice advises State and local housing credit agencies that allocate low-income housing tax credits under § 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of the county and parish-level populations residing in a qualified disaster zone to use in calculating the applicable dollar limitation for 2021 and 2022 as provided in section 305 of the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116-260) (Act).
Federal rates; adjusted federal rates; adjusted federal long-term rate, and the long-term tax exempt rate. For purposes of sections 382, 1274, 1288, 7872 and other sections of the Code, tables set forth the rates for August 2021.
(Also Sections 42, 280G, 382, 467, 468, 482, 483, 1288, 7520, 7872.)
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