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###### Department of the Treasury

###### Internal Revenue Service 

          - 26 CFR Part 1 
          - [TD 9435] 
          - RIN 1545-BH61 

# AGENCY:

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. 

# ACTION:

Correcting amendment. 

# SUMMARY:

                        This document contains corrections to final and temporary regulations (TD 9435) that were published in the                         **Federal Register**                         on Monday, December 15, 2008 (73 FR 75946) providing guidance regarding the distribution of stock of a controlled corporation acquired in a transaction described in section 355(a)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code. This action is necessary in light of amendments to section 355(b). These temporary regulations will affect corporations and their shareholders. The text of these temporary regulations also serves as the text of the proposed regulations set forth in the notice of proposed rulemaking on this subject in the Proposed Rules section in this issue of the                         **Federal Register**                        .                     

# DATES:

*Effective Date:*                         This correction is effective January 21, 2009, and is applicable on December 15, 2008.                     

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Russell P. Subin, (202) 622-7790 (not a toll-free number). 

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

## Background 

The final and temporary regulations that are the subject of this document are under section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code. 

## Need for Correction 

As published, final and temporary regulations (TD 9435) contains errors that may prove to be misleading and are in need of clarification. 

# List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1

      - Income taxes
      - Reporting and recordkeeping requirements

## Correction of Publication 

Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is corrected by making the following correcting amendments: 

# PART 1—INCOME TAXES 

**Paragraph 1.**                         The authority citation for part 1 is amended by revising the entries to read as follows:                     

Authority:26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *

Section 1.355-2T(g) and (i) are also issued under 26 U.S.C. 355(b)(3)(D). * * * 

**Par. 2.**                         Section 1.355-1 is amended by revising the last two sentences of paragraph (a) to read as follows:                     

§ 1.355-1 

                            (a) * * * This section and §§ 1.355-2 through 1.355-4, other than § 1.355-2(g) and (i) and § 1.355-2T, do not reflect the amendments to section 355 made by the Revenue Act of 1987, the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988, and the Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007. For the applicability date of §§ 1.355-2T(g), 1.355-5, 1.355-6, and 1.355-7,                             *see*                             §§ 1.355-2T(i), 1.355-5(e), 1.355-6(g), and 1.355-7(k), respectively.                         

* * * * *

**Par. 3.**                         Section 1.355-2T is amended by revising the last sentence of paragraph (i)(1) to read as follows:                     

§ 1.355-2T 

* * * * *

(i) * * * 

(1) * * * However, except as provided in paragraph (i)(2) of this section, paragraphs (g)(1) through (g)(5) of this section do not apply to any distribution occurring after December 15, 2008, that is pursuant to a transaction which is—

* * * * *

 LaNita Van Dyke, 

Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Legal Processing Division, Associate Chief Counsel, (Procedure and Administration).

 [FR Doc. E9-1120 Filed 1-16-09; 8:45 am] 

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