[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 8, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 20767-20768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11411]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
26 CFR Part 31

[EE-55-95; EE-142-87]
RIN 1545-AT99; 1545-AF97


FUTA Taxation of Amounts Under Employee Benefits Plans; FICA 
Taxation of Amounts Under Employee Benefits Plans; Hearing

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing on proposed regulations.

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice of a public hearing on proposed 
Income Tax Regulations relating to when amounts deferred under or paid 
from certain nonqualified deferred compensation plans are taken into 
account as ``wages'' for purposes of the employment taxes imposed by 
the Federal Unemployment Tax Act and the Federal Insurance 
Contributions Act.

DATES: The public hearing will be held on Monday, June 24, 1996, 
beginning at 10:00 a.m. Requests to speak and outlines of oral comments 
must be received by Monday, June 3, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held in the Internal Revenue 
Service Auditorium, Seventh Floor, 7400 Corridor, Internal Revenue 
Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Requests to 
speak and outlines of oral comments should be submitted to the Internal 
Revenue Service, P.O. Box 7604, Ben Franklin Station, Attn: 
CC:DOM:CORP:R [EE-55-95]; [EE-142-87] room 5228, Washington, DC 20044.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Slaughter of the Regulations 
Unit, Assistant Chief Counsel (Corporate), (202) 622-7190, (not a toll-
free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject of the public hearing is 
proposed amendments to the Income Tax Regulations under sections 3306 
and 3121 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. These proposed 
regulations appeared in the Federal Register for Thursday, January 25, 
1996 (61 FR 2194; 2214).
    The rules of Sec. 601.601 (a)(3) of the ``Statement of Procedural 
Rules'' (26 CFR part 601) shall apply with respect to the public 
hearing. Persons who have submitted written comments within the time 
prescribed in the notice of proposed rulemaking and who also desire to 
present oral comments at the hearing on the proposed regulations should 
submit not later than Monday, June 3, 1996, an outline of the oral 
comments/testimony to be presented at the hearing and the time they 
wish to devote to each subject.
    Each speaker (or group of speakers representing a single entity) 
will be limited to 10 minutes for an oral presentation exclusive of the 
time consumed by the questions from the panel for the government and 
answers to these questions.
    Because of controlled access restrictions, attendees cannot be 
admitted beyond the lobby of the Internal Revenue Building until 9:45 
a.m.
    An agenda showing the scheduling of the speakers will be made after 
outlines

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are received from the persons testifying. Copies of the agenda will be 
available free of charge at the hearing.
Cynthia E. Grigsby,
Chief, Regulations Unit, Assistant Chief Counsel (Corporate).
[FR Doc. 96-11411 Filed 5-7-96; 8:45 am]
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