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HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS ISSUE These synopses are intended only as aids to the reader in identifying the subject matter covered. They may not be relied upon as authoritative interpretations. ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE 2019–06, page 353. This notice informs taxpayers that the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service intend to propose regulations addressing certain special enforcement matters under section 6241(11). Specifically, this Notice explains that proposed rules will be issued that provide the IRS may determine that the centralized partnership audit regime will not apply to adjustments to partnership-related items in certain limited circumstances and that partnerships with a qualified subchapter S subsidiary (QSub) are not eligible to elect out of the centralized partnership audit regime except by applying a rule similar to the rules for S corporations under section 6221(b)(2)(A) to the QSub partner.
This notice also requests comments regarding other special enforcement matters that could be the subject of future proposed regulations.
REG–104352–18, page 357. Proposed regulations implementing sections 245A(e) and 267A of the Internal Revenue Code regarding hybrid dividends and certain amounts paid or accrued in hybrid transactions or with hybrid entities. This document also contains proposed regulations under: (1) sections 1503(d) and 7701 to prevent the same deduction from being claimed under the tax laws of both the United States and a foreign country, and (2) sections 6038, 6038A, and 6038C to facilitate administration of these rules. EMPLOYEE PLANS NOTICE 2019–03, page 350. This notice sets forth updates on the corporate bond monthly yield curve, the corresponding spot segment rates for December 2018 used under § 417(e)(3)(D), the 24-month average segment rates applicable for December 2018, and the 30-year Treasury rates, as reflected by the application of § 430(h)(2)(C)(iv).
EMPLOYMENT TAX NOTICE 2019–08, page 354. This Notice provides the maximum fair market value of a vehicle eligible to use the fleet-average and cents-per-mile special valuation rules of Treas. Reg. section 1.61–21(d) and (e), respectively, for 2018. These special valuation rules may be used to value an employee’s personal use of an employerprovided vehicle for income and employment tax purposes. INCOME TAX NOTICE 2019–08, page 354. This Notice provides the maximum fair market value of a vehicle eligible to use the fleet-average and cents-per-mile special valuation rules of Treas. Reg. section 1.61–21(d) and (e), respectively, for 2018.
These special valuation rules may be used to value an employee’s personal use of an employerprovided vehicle for income and employment tax purposes. Rev. Proc. 2019–08, page 347.
This revenue procedure describes how taxpayers elect to expense under section 179(a) the cost of qualified real property and how taxpayers change their computation of depreciation for certain assets to the alternative depreciation system of section 168(g), for taxable years beginning after 2017. This revenue procedure also defines qualified real property under section 179. Effective date December 21, 2018, Rev. Proc. 87–57 and Rev. Proc. 2018–31 are modified. Finding Lists begin on page ii.
Bulletin No. 2019–03 January 14, 2019
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This part includes rulings and decisions based on provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Part II.—Treaties and Tax Legislation. This part is divided into two subparts as follows: Subpart A, Tax Conventions and Other Related Items, and Subpart B, Legislation and Related Committee Reports. Part III.—Administrative, Procedural, and Miscellaneous. To the extent practicable, pertinent cross references to these subjects are contained in the other Parts and Subparts. Also included in this part are Bank Secrecy Act Administrative Rulings. Bank Secrecy Act Administrative Rulings are issued by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of the Assistant Secretary (Enforcement).
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Administrative, Procedural, and Miscellaneous 26 CFR 1.179–5: Time and manner of making election. (Also Part 1, §§ 168, 446; 1.168(i)–4, 1.446–1.) Rev. Proc. 2019–08 SECTION 1. PURPOSE This revenue procedure provides guidance under §§ 13101(b), 13204(a)(3), and 13205 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Pub. L. No. 115–97, 131 Stat. 2054 (Dec. 22, 2017) (the “TCJA”). Section 13101(b) of the TCJA amended § 179 of the Internal Revenue Code by modifying the definition of qualified real property that may be eligible as § 179 property under § 179(d)(1). Section 13204(a)(3) of the TCJA amended § 168 by (i) requiring certain property held by an electing real property trade or business, as defined in § 163(j)(7)(B), to be depreciated under the alternative depreciation system in § 168(g), and (ii) changing the recovery period under the alternative depreciation system from 40 to 30 years for residential rental property.
Section 13205 of the TCJA amended § 168 by requiring certain property held by an electing farming business, as defined in § 163(j)(7)(C), to be depreciated under the alternative depreciation system. This revenue procedure also modifies Rev. Proc. 87–57, 1987–2 C.B. 687, to provide an optional depreciation table for residential rental property depreciated under the alternative depreciation system with a 30-year recovery period, and Rev. Proc. 2018–31, 2018–22 I.R.B. 637, to provide guidance for calculating a § 481(a) adjustment for a change in method of accounting due to a change in the use of depreciable tangible property.
SECTION 2. BACKGROUND .01 Modifications to § 179. (1) Section 179(a) allows a taxpayer to elect to treat the cost (or a portion of the cost) of any § 179 property as an expense for the taxable year in which the taxpayer places the property in service. Sections 179(b)(1) and (2) prescribe a dollar limitation on the aggregate cost of § 179 property that can be treated as an expense under § 179(a). The dollar limitation is the amount under § 179(b)(1) (the § 179(b)(1) limitation), reduced (but not below zero) by the amount by which the cost of § 179 property placed in service during the taxable year exceeds the amount under § 179(b)(2) (the § 179(b)(2) limitation).
For taxable years beginning after 2017, the § 179(b)(1) limitation is $1,000,000 and the § 179(b)(2) limitation is $2,500,000. Pursuant to § 179(b)(6), these limitation amounts are adjusted for inflation for taxable years beginning after 2018. For taxable years beginning in 2019, section 3.26 of Rev. Proc. 2018–57, 2018–49 I.R.B. 827, provides that the § 179(b)(1) limitation is $1,020,000 and the § 179(b)(2) limitation is $2,550,000. (2) Section 179(b)(3)(A) provides that a taxpayer’s § 179 deduction for any taxable year, after application of the § 179(b)(1) and (2) limitations, is limited to the taxpayer’s taxable income for that taxable year that is derived from the taxpayer’s active conduct of any trade or business during that taxable year (taxable income limitation).
Section 179(b) (3)(B) provides that the amount of any cost of § 179 property elected to be expensed in a taxable year that is disallowed as a § 179 deduction under the taxable income limitation may be carried forward for an unlimited number of years and may be deducted under § 179(a) in a future year, subject to the same limitations.
(3) Section 179(c) provides the rules for making and revoking elections under § 179 (“§ 179 election”). Pursuant to § 179(c)(1), a § 179 election is made in the manner prescribed by regulations. Section 1.179–5(c)(1) of the Income Tax Regulations provides the manner for making or revoking a § 179 election for any taxable year beginning after 2002 and before 2008. Section 1.179–5(c) was promulgated in 2005 and has not been amended to reflect subsequent amendments to § 179(c). However, in 2017, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2017–33, 2017–19 I.R.B. 1236. Section 3.02 of Rev.
Proc. 2017–33 provides that for a taxable year beginning after 2014, the taxpayer will be permitted to make a § 179 election for any § 179 property without the Commissioner’s consent on an amended federal tax return for the taxable year in which the taxpayer places in service the § 179 property. Section 3.02 of Rev. Proc. 2017–33 further provides that until § 1.179–5(c) is amended to incorporate this guidance, taxpayers may rely on such guidance. (4) Section 179(d) defines the term “§ 179 property.” Prior to amendment by the TCJA, § 179(d)(1) defined § 179 property as property that is: (A)(i) tangible property to which § 168 applies, or (ii) computer software, as defined in § 197(e)(3)(B), that is described in § 197(e)(3)(A)(i) and to which § 167 applies; (B) § 1245 property as defined in § 1245(a)(3); and (C) acquired by purchase for use in the active conduct of a trade or business.
Prior to amendment by the TCJA, § 179(d)(1) further provided that § 179 property does not include any property described in § 50(b).
Section 13101(b)(1) of the TCJA amended § 179(d)(1)(B) to provide that if the taxpayer elects, § 179 property may include qualified real property as defined in § 179(f). Section 13101(c) of the TCJA also amended the flush language in § 179(d)(1) to allow property used predominantly to furnish lodging or in connection with the furnishing of lodging as described in § 50(b)(2) to be § 179 property. These amendments apply to property placed in service in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.
(5) Prior to amendment by the TCJA, § 179(f)(1) provided that § 179 property included qualified real property if the taxpayer elected the application of § 179(f) for the taxable year, and § 179(f)(2) defined “qualified real property” as meaning qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property described in § 168(e)(6), (7), and (8), respectively, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the TCJA.
Section 13101(b)(2) of the TCJA amended § 179(f) by defining qualified real property as (1) any qualified improvement property described in § 168(e)(6) and (2) any of the following improvements to nonresidential real property placed in service after the date such property was first placed in service: roofs; heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning property; fire protection and alarm systems; and security systems. These amendments apply to property placed in service in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. Bulletin No. 2019–03 January 14, 2019 347
Some taxpayers have inquired as to whether the election to treat qualified real property as § 179 property is made in accordance with the § 179 election procedures in § 1.179–5(c) or the procedures in Notice 2013–59, 2013–40 I.R.B. 297, for electing the application of former § 179(f)(1). Section 3 of this revenue procedure addresses this issue. (6) Section 401(b)(15)(A) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Pub. L. No. 115–141, Div. U, Title IV, 132 Stat. 348 (Mar. 23, 2018) (the “2018 Act”), removed § 179(e), which provided special rules for qualified disaster assistance property, and redesignated § 179(f) as § 179(e).
02 Modifications to § 168(g). (1) Prior to amendment by the TCJA, § 168(g)(1) provided that the depreciation deduction provided by § 167(a) is determined under the alternative depreciation system for: (A) any tangible property that during the taxable year is used predominantly outside the United States; (B) any tax-exempt use property; (C) any taxexempt bond financed property; (D) any imported property covered by an Executive order under § 168(g)(6); and (E) any property to which an election under § 168(g)(7) applies. Sections 13204(a)(3)(A)(i) and 13205(a) of the TCJA amended § 168(g)(1) by requiring the depreciation deduction provided by § 167(a) to be determined under the alternative depreciation system for the following additional property: nonresidential real property, residential rental property, and qualified improvement property held by an electing real property trade or business as defined in § 163(j)(7)(B); and any property with a recovery period of 10 years or more that is held by an electing farming business as defined in § 163(j)(7)(C).
These amendments apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, without regard to when the property is or was placed in service. Some taxpayers that are electing real property trades or businesses or electing farming businesses have inquired about how depreciation is changed from the general depreciation system under § 168(a) to the alternative depreciation system under § 168(g) for property placed in service in taxable years beginning before 2018. Section 4 of this revenue procedure addresses this issue. (2) Prior to amendment by the TCJA, the table of recovery periods under § 168(g)(2)(C) provided that the recovery period was 40 years for residential rental property.
Section 13204(a)(3)(C) of the TCJA amended that table by providing that the recovery period is 30 years for residential rental property. This amendment applies to property placed in service after December 31, 2017.
Some taxpayers have inquired whether residential rental property placed in service before 2018 has a recovery period of 30 or 40 years under the alternative depreciation system. Section 4 of this revenue procedure addresses this issue. .03 Optional depreciation table under the alternative depreciation system for residential rental property placed in service after 2017. Rev. Proc. 87–57 provides guidance for computing depreciation deductions for tangible property under § 168. Sections 2–7 of Rev. Proc. 87–57 prescribe the manner of computing such depreciation deductions. Section 8 of Rev. Proc.
87–57 contains optional depreciation tables that may be used by certain taxpayers in lieu of computing depreciation deductions in the manner described in sections 2–7 of Rev. Proc. 87–57. Section 8.01 of Rev. Proc. 87–57 provides that the optional depreciation tables may be used for any item of property placed in service in a taxable year. For all items of property placed in service in a taxable year for which the optional depreciation tables are not used, depreciation deductions must be computed in the manner prescribed in sections 2–7 of Rev. Proc. 87–57.
Section 8.02 of Rev. Proc. 87–57 provides that the optional depreciation tables specify schedules of annual depreciation rates to be applied to the unadjusted basis of the property in each taxable year. If a taxpayer uses an optional depreciation table to compute the annual depreciation deduction for any item of property, the taxpayer must use the table to compute the annual depreciation deductions for the entire recovery period of such property. However, a taxpayer may not continue to use the table if there are any adjustments to the basis of such item of property for reasons other than (1) depreciation allowed or allowable, or (2) an addition or an improvement to such property that is subject to depreciation as a separate item of property.
Use of the optional depreciation tables to compute depreciation deductions does not require the filing of any notice with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
The IRS has not previously published an optional table for property depreciated under the alternative depreciation system with a recovery period of 30 years and the mid-month convention. Some taxpayers have requested the IRS to provide an optional depreciation table for residential rental property that is placed in service after December 31, 2017, and depreciated under the alternative depreciation system of § 168(g) using the straight-line method, the new 30-year recovery period required by the TCJA, and the mid-month convention. This table is provided in section 4 of this revenue procedure.
04 Subsequent References.
Unless otherwise specifically stated, all references in the subsequent sections of this revenue procedure to § 168(g) are to § 168(g) as in effect after the enactment of the TCJA and to § 179 are to § 179 as in effect after the enactment of the 2018 Act. SECTION 3. QUALIFIED REAL PROPERTY UNDER § 179 .01 Definition. (1) Taxable year beginning after 2017. For property placed in service by the taxpayer in any taxable year beginning after 2017, the following types of property are qualified real property that may be eligible as § 179 property under § 179(d)(1): (a) Qualified improvement property, as described in § 168(e)(6), that is placed in service by the taxpayer.
The definition of qualified improvement property in § 168(e)(6) is the same definition of that term in § 168(k)(3) as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the TCJA. Accordingly, see section 4.02 of Rev. Proc. 2017–33 for further guidance on the definition of qualified improvement property; and (b) An improvement to nonresidential real property, as defined in § 168(e)(2)(B), if the improvement: (i) Is placed in service by the taxpayer after the date such nonresidential real property was first placed in service by any person; (ii) Is § 1250 property; and (iii) Is: (A) A roof; January 14, 2019 Bulletin No.
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(B) Heating, ventilation, and airconditioning property (HVAC). A central HVAC system includes all components that are in, on, or adjacent to the nonresidential real property. See § 1.48–1(e)(2); (C) A fire protection and alarm system; or (D) A security system. (2) Taxable year beginning in 2017 and ending in 2018. For property placed in service by the taxpayer in a taxable year beginning in 2017 and ending in 2018, qualified real property is qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, or qualified retail improvement property as described in § 179(f)(1) and (2) as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the TCJA.
Qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property are defined in § 168(e)(6), (e)(7), and (e)(8), respectively, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the TCJA. .02 Election to Treat Qualified Real Property as § 179 Property. A taxpayer may elect to expense under § 179(a) the cost, or a portion of the cost, of qualified real property placed in service by the taxpayer during any taxable year beginning after 2017 by filing an original or amended Federal tax return for that taxable year in accordance with procedures similar to those in § 1.179–5(c)(2) and section 3.02 of Rev.
Proc. 2017–33. If a taxpayer elects or elected to expense under § 179(a) a portion of the cost of qualified real property placed in service by the taxpayer during any taxable year beginning after 2017, the taxpayer is permitted to increase the portion of the cost of such property expensed under § 179(a) by filing an amended Federal tax return for that taxable year. Any such increase in the amount expensed under § 179 is not deemed to be a revocation of the prior election for that taxable year. SECTION 4. ALTERNATIVE DEPRECIATION SYSTEM UNDER § 168(g) .01 Recovery period of residential rental property.
(1) In general. The recovery period under the table in § 168(g)(2)(C) is 30 years for residential rental property placed in service by the taxpayer after December 31, 2017, and is 40 years for residential rental property placed in service by the taxpayer before January 1, 2018. (2) Optional depreciation table. Below is the optional depreciation table for residential rental property placed in service by the taxpayer after December 31, 2017, and depreciated by the taxpayer under the alternative depreciation system of § 168(g) using the straight-line method, a 30-year recovery period, and the mid-month convention.
Table—Alternative Depreciation System Method: Straight line Convention: Mid-month Recovery period: 30 years Month in the 1st recovery year the property is placed in service 10 11 12 Year 1 3.204% 2.926% 2.649% 2.371% 2.093% 1.815% 1.528% 1.250% 0.972% 0.694% 0.417% 0.139% 2–30 3.333% 3.333% 3.333% 3.333% 3.333% 3.333% 3.333% 3.333% 3.333% 3.333% 3.333% 3.333% 31 0.139% 0.417% 0.694% 0.972% 1.250% 1.528% 1.815% 2.093% 2.371% 2.649% 2.926% 3.204% .02 Electing real property trade or business or electing farming business. (1) In general. Section 168(g)(1)(F) and (G) provide that the depreciation deduction provided by § 167(a) must be determined in accordance with the alternative depreciation system in § 168(g) for the following types of MACRS property (as defined in § 1.168(b)–1(a)(2)): (a) Any nonresidential real property (as defined in § 168(e)(2)(B)), residential rental property (as defined in § 168(e)(2)(A)), and qualified improvement property (as defined in § 168(e)(6)) held by an electing real property trade or business (as defined in § 163(j)(7)(B) and the regulations thereunder); and (b) Any property with a recovery period of 10 years or more that is held by an electing farming business (as defined in § 163(j)(7)(C) and the regulations thereunder).
For determining what MACRS property has a recovery period of 10 years or more, the recovery period is determined in accordance with § 168(c). (2) Changing depreciation of property to the alternative depreciation system. (a) In general. For the first taxable year for which an electing real property trade or business or an electing farming business makes an election under § 163(j)(7)(B) or (C), respectively, and the regulations thereunder (the “election year”), that trade or business must begin depreciating the properties described in section 4.02(1) of this revenue procedure, as applicable, in accordance with the alternative depreciation system in § 168(g).
The preceding sentence applies to such property placed in service by the trade or business in taxable years beginning before the election year (“existing property”) and such property placed in service by the trade or business in the election year and subsequent taxable years (“newlyacquired property”).
(b) Existing property. For existing property described in section 4.02(1) of this revenue procedure, as applicable, a change in use occurs under § 168(i)(5) and § 1.168(i)–4(d) for the election year as a result of the election under § 163(j)(7)(B) or (C), as applicable. Accordingly, depreciation for such property beginning for the election year is determined in accordance with § 1.168(i)–4(d). Pursuant to § 1.168(i)–4(f), a change in computing depreciation for the election year for such existing property is not a change in method of accounting under § 446(e). If any such existing property Bulletin No.
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was qualified property under § 168(k) in the taxable year in which the trade or business placed the property in service, the additional first year depreciation deduction allowable for that property is not redetermined. See § 1.168(k)– 1(f)(6)(iv)(A). (c) Newly-acquired property. For newly-acquired property described in section 4.02(1) of this revenue procedure, as applicable, the taxpayer determines the depreciation in accordance with the alternative depreciation system for such property for its placed-in-service year and the subsequent taxable years. Because such newly-acquired property is required to be depreciated under the alternative depreciation system, the property is not qualified property for purposes of the additional first year depreciation deduction under § 168(k).
See § 168(k)(2)(D). (3) Failure to change to alternative depreciation system.
(a) Existing property. If an electing real property trade or business or an electing farming business does not depreciate any existing property that is described in section 4.02(1) of this revenue procedure, as applicable, under the alternative depreciation system for the election year and the subsequent taxable year then that trade or business has adopted an impermissible method of accounting for that item of MACRS property. As a result, a change from that impermissible method of accounting to the straight-line method, the applicable recovery period, and/or the applicable convention under the alternative depreciation system for the item of MACRS property is a change in method of accounting under § 446(e).
See § 1.446–1(e)(2)(ii) (d)(2)(i). The taxpayer requests to make such a method change by filing Form 3115, Application for Change in Accounting Method, in accordance with the automatic change procedures or non-automatic change procedures, as applicable, in Rev. Proc. 2015–13, 2015–5 I.R.B. 419 (or any successor). If the taxpayer is eligible to make this method change under the automatic change procedures, the method change is described in section 6.05 of Rev. Proc. 2018–31 (or any successor). The § 481(a) adjustment as of the first day of the year of change is calculated as though the change in use occurred for the item of MACRS property in the election year.
(b) Newly-acquired property. If an electing real property trade or business or an electing farming business does not determine its depreciation under the alternative depreciation system for any newlyacquired property that is described in section 4.02(1) of this revenue procedure, as applicable, for its placed-in-service year and the subsequent taxable year then that trade or business has adopted an impermissible method of accounting for that item of MACRS property. As a result, a change from that impermissible method of accounting to the straight-line method, the applicable recovery period, and/or the applicable convention under the alternative depreciation system for the item of MACRS property is a change in method of accounting under § 446(e).
See § 1.446–1(e)(2)(ii)(d)(2)(i). The taxpayer requests to make such a method change by filing Form 3115 in accordance with the automatic change procedures or non-automatic change procedures, as applicable, in Rev. Proc. 2015–13 (or any successor). If the taxpayer is eligible to make this method change under the automatic change procedures, the method change is described in section 6.01 of Rev. Proc. 2018–31 (or any successor), provided none of the inapplicability provisions in section 6.01(1)(c) of Rev. Proc. 2018–31 (or any successor) apply. The § 481(a) adjustment as of the first day of the year of change is calculated as though the taxpayer determined depreciation under the alternative depreciation system for the item of MACRS property beginning for its placed-in-service year.
SECTION 5. MODIFICATION TO REV. PROC. 2018–31 Section 6.05 of Rev. Proc. 2018–31 provides the procedures for obtaining automatic consent to change the method of accounting for depreciation due to a change in the use of MACRS property. Section 6.05 of Rev. Proc. 2018–31 is modified as follows: .01 Section 6.05(3), (4), and (5) are redesignated as section 6.05(4), (5), and (6), respectively; and .02 New section 6.05(3) is added to read as follows: (3) Section 481(a) adjustment. A taxpayer changing its method of accounting under this section 6.05 is required to calculate a § 481(a) adjustment as of the first day of the year of change as if the proposed method of accounting had always been used by the taxpayer beginning with the taxable year in which the change in the use of the MACRS property occurred by the taxpayer.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE This revenue procedure is effective December 21, 2018. SECTION 7. EFFECT ON OTHER DOCUMENTS Rev. Proc. 87–57 and Rev. Proc. 2018–31 are modified. SECTION 8. DRAFTING INFORMATION The principal author of this revenue procedure is Charles Magee of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Income Tax & Accounting). For further information regarding this revenue procedure, contact Mr. Magee at (202) 317-7005 (not a tollfree number). Update for Weighted Average Interest Rates, Yield Curves, and Segment Rates Notice 2019–03 This notice provides guidance on the corporate bond monthly yield curve, the corresponding spot segment rates used under § 417(e)(3), and the 24-month average segment rates under § 430(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
In addition, this notice provides guidance as to the interest rate on 30-year Treasury securities under § 417(e)(3)(A)(ii)(II) as in effect for plan years beginning before 2008 and the 30- year Treasury weighted average rate under § 431(c)(6)(E)(ii)(I). YIELD CURVE AND SEGMENT RATES Section 430 specifies the minimum funding requirements that apply to singleemployer plans (except for CSEC plans under § 414(y)) pursuant to § 412. Section 430(h)(2) specifies the interest rates that January 14, 2019 Bulletin No. 2019–03 350
must be used to determine a plan’s target normal cost and funding target. Under this provision, present value is generally determined using three 24-month average interest rates (“segment rates”), each of which applies to cash flows during specified periods. To the extent provided under § 430(h)(2)(C)(iv), these segment rates are adjusted by the applicable percentage of the 25-year average segment rates for the period ending September 30 of the year preceding the calendar year in which the plan year begins.1 However, an election may be made under § 430(h)(2)(D)(ii) to use the monthly yield curve in place of the segment rates.
Notice 2007–81, 2007–44 I.R.B. 899, provides guidelines for determining the monthly corporate bond yield curve, and the 24-month average corporate bond segment rates used to compute the target normal cost and the funding target. Consistent with the methodology specified in Notice 2007–81, the monthly corporate bond yield curve derived from November 2018 data is in Table 2018–11 at the end of this notice. The spot first, second, and third segment rates for the month of November 2018 are, respectively, 3.43, 4.46, and 4.88.
24-MONTH AVERAGE CORPORATE BOND SEGMENT RATES The three 24-month average corporate bond segment rates applicable for December 2018 without adjustment for the 25- year average segment rate limits are as follows: 24-Month Average Segment Rates Without 25-Year Average Adjustment Applicable Month First Segment Second Segment Third Segment December 2018 2.50 3.92 4.50 Based on § 430(h)(2)(C)(iv), the 24- month averages applicable for December 2018, adjusted to be within the applicable minimum and maximum percentages of the corresponding 25-year average segment rates, are as follows: Adjusted 24-Month Average Segment Rates For Plan Years First Second Third Beginning In Applicable Month Segment Segment Segment 2017 December 2018 4.16 5.72 6.48 2018 December 2018 3.92 5.52 6.29 2019 December 2018 3.74 5.35 6.11 30-YEAR TREASURY SECURITIES INTEREST RATES Section 431 specifies the minimum funding requirements that apply to multiemployer plans pursuant to § 412.
Section 431(c)(6)(B) specifies a minimum amount for the full-funding limitation described in § 431(c)(6)(A), based on the plan’s current liability. Section 431(c)(6) (E)(ii)(I) provides that the interest rate used to calculate current liability for this purpose must be no more than 5 percent above and no more than 10 percent below the weighted average of the rates of interest on 30-year Treasury securities during the four-year period ending on the last day before the beginning of the plan year. Notice 88–73, 1988–2 C.B. 383, provides guidelines for determining the weighted average interest rate.
The rate of interest on 30-year Treasury securities for November 2018 is 3.36 percent. The Service determined this rate as the average of the daily determinations of yield on the 30- year Treasury bond maturing in August 2048 determined each day through November 6, 2018 and the yield on the 30- year Treasury bond maturing in November 2048 determined each day for the balance of the month. For plan years beginning in December 2018, the weighted average of the rates of interest on 30-year Treasury securities and the permissible range of rates used to calculate current liability are as follows: Treasury Weighted Average Rates For Plan Years Beginning In 30-Year Treasury Weighted Average Permissible Range 90% to 105% December 2018 2.91 2.62 to 3.06 1 Pursuant to § 433(h)(3)(A), the 3rd segment rate determined under § 430(h)(2)(C) is used to determine the current liability of a CSEC plan (which is used to calculate the minimum amount of the full funding limitation under § 433(c)(7)(C)).
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MINIMUM PRESENT VALUE SEGMENT RATES In general, the applicable interest rates under § 417(e)(3)(D) are segment rates computed without regard to a 24-month average. Notice 2007–81 provides guidelines for determining the minimum present value segment rates. Pursuant to that notice, the minimum present value segment rates determined for November 2018 are as follows: Minimum Present Value Segment Rates Month First Segment Second Segment Third Segment November 2018 3.43 4.46 4.88 DRAFTING INFORMATION The principal author of this notice is Tom Morgan of the Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (Tax Exempt and Government Entities).
However, other personnel from the IRS participated in the development of this guidance. For further information regarding this notice, contact Mr. Morgan at 202-317-6700 or Paul Stern at 202-317-8702 (not toll-free calls). Table 2018–11 Monthly Yield Curve for November 2018 Derived from November 2018 Data Maturity Yield Maturity Yield Maturity Yield Maturity Yield Maturity Yield 0.5 2.90 20.5 4.77 40.5 4.89 60.5 4.93 80.5 4.96 1.0 3.08 21.0 4.78 41.0 4.89 61.0 4.93 81.0 4.96 1.5 3.24 21.5 4.78 41.5 4.89 61.5 4.94 81.5 4.96 2.0 3.37 22.0 4.79 42.0 4.90 62.0 4.94 82.0 4.96 2.5 3.46 22.5 4.79 42.5 4.90 62.5 4.94 82.5 4.96 3.0 3.53 23.0 4.80 43.0 4.90 63.0 4.94 83.0 4.96 3.5 3.59 23.5 4.80 43.5 4.90 63.5 4.94 83.5 4.96 4.0 3.64 24.0 4.80 44.0 4.90 64.0 4.94 84.0 4.96 4.5 3.69 24.5 4.81 44.5 4.90 64.5 4.94 84.5 4.96 5.0 3.75 25.0 4.81 45.0 4.90 65.0 4.94 85.0 4.96 5.5 3.81 25.5 4.82 45.5 4.91 65.5 4.94 85.5 4.96 6.0 3.87 26.0 4.82 46.0 4.91 66.0 4.94 86.0 4.96 6.5 3.94 26.5 4.82 46.5 4.91 66.5 4.94 86.5 4.96 7.0 4.00 27.0 4.83 47.0 4.91 67.0 4.94 87.0 4.96 7.5 4.07 27.5 4.83 47.5 4.91 67.5 4.94 87.5 4.96 8.0 4.13 28.0 4.83 48.0 4.91 68.0 4.94 88.0 4.96 8.5 4.19 28.5 4.84 48.5 4.91 68.5 4.94 88.5 4.96 9.0 4.25 29.0 4.84 49.0 4.91 69.0 4.94 89.0 4.96 9.5 4.30 29.5 4.84 49.5 4.91 69.5 4.95 89.5 4.96 10.0 4.36 30.0 4.84 50.0 4.92 70.0 4.95 90.0 4.96 10.5 4.40 30.5 4.85 50.5 4.92 70.5 4.95 90.5 4.96 11.0 4.45 31.0 4.85 51.0 4.92 71.0 4.95 91.0 4.96 11.5 4.49 31.5 4.85 51.5 4.92 71.5 4.95 91.5 4.96 12.0 4.52 32.0 4.86 52.0 4.92 72.0 4.95 92.0 4.96 12.5 4.55 32.5 4.86 52.5 4.92 72.5 4.95 92.5 4.96 13.0 4.58 33.0 4.86 53.0 4.92 73.0 4.95 93.0 4.96 13.5 4.61 33.5 4.86 53.5 4.92 73.5 4.95 93.5 4.97 14.0 4.63 34.0 4.87 54.0 4.92 74.0 4.95 94.0 4.97 14.5 4.65 34.5 4.87 54.5 4.92 74.5 4.95 94.5 4.97 15.0 4.67 35.0 4.87 55.0 4.93 75.0 4.95 95.0 4.97 15.5 4.68 35.5 4.87 55.5 4.93 75.5 4.95 95.5 4.97 January 14, 2019 Bulletin No.
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Table 2018–11 Monthly Yield Curve for November 2018 Derived from November 2018 Data Maturity Yield Maturity Yield Maturity Yield Maturity Yield Maturity Yield 16.0 4.70 36.0 4.87 56.0 4.93 76.0 4.95 96.0 4.97 16.5 4.71 36.5 4.88 56.5 4.93 76.5 4.95 96.5 4.97 17.0 4.72 37.0 4.88 57.0 4.93 77.0 4.95 97.0 4.97 17.5 4.73 37.5 4.88 57.5 4.93 77.5 4.95 97.5 4.97 18.0 4.74 38.0 4.88 58.0 4.93 78.0 4.95 98.0 4.97 18.5 4.75 38.5 4.88 58.5 4.93 78.5 4.95 98.5 4.97 19.0 4.75 39.0 4.89 59.0 4.93 79.0 4.95 99.0 4.97 19.5 4.76 39.5 4.89 59.5 4.93 79.5 4.96 99.5 4.97 20.0 4.77 40.0 4.89 60.0 4.93 80.0 4.96 100.0 4.97 Guidance on Special Enforcement Matters Under the Centralized Partnership Audit Regime Notice 2019–06 SECTION 1.
PURPOSE This notice informs taxpayers that the Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intend to propose regulations addressing certain special enforcement matters under section 6241(11). This notice also requests comments regarding other special enforcement matters that could be the subject of future proposed regulations.
SECTION 2. BACKGROUND Section 206(l) of the Technical Corrections Act of 2018, contained in Title II of Division U of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, Public Law 115–141 (TTCA), added section 6241(11) to the Internal Revenue Code (Code), regarding the treatment of special enforcement matters. Under section 6241(11), in the case of partnership-related items involving special enforcement matters, the Secretary may prescribe regulations providing that the centralized partnership audit regime (or any portion thereof) does not apply to such items and that such items are subject to special rules as the Secretary determines to be necessary for the effective and efficient enforcement of the Code.
For purposes of section 6241(11), the term “special enforcement matters” means: (1) failure to comply with the requirements of section 6226(b)(4)(A)(ii) (regarding the requirement for a partnership-partner or S corporation partner to furnish statements or compute and pay an imputed underpayment); (2) assessments under section 6851 (relating to termination assessments of income tax) or section 6861 (relating to jeopardy assessments of income, estate, gift, and certain excise taxes); (3) criminal investigations; (4) indirect methods of proof of income; (5) foreign partners or partnerships; and (6) other matters that the Secretary determines by regulation present special enforcement considerations.
Section 6221(a) requires that any adjustment to a partnership-related item shall be determined at the partnership level under the centralized partnership audit regime, except to the extent otherwise provided in subchapter C of chapter 63 of the Code. A partnership-related item is defined in section 6241(2) as any item or amount with respect to the partnership which is relevant in determining the tax liability of any person under chapter 1 of the Code, including any distributive share of such an item or amount.
Certain partnerships may elect out of the centralized partnership audit regime under section 6221(b). A partnership is eligible to make an election out if it has 100 or fewer partners for the taxable year, each partner in the partnership is an eligible partner, the election is timely made in the manner prescribed by the Secretary, and the partnership notifies its partners of the election in the manner prescribed by the Secretary. The number of partners is determined by counting the number of statements required to be furnished by the partnership under section 6031(b) and the number of statements required to be furnished by any S corporation partners of the partnership.
Eligible partners are prescribed in section 6221(b)(1)(C) and Treas. Reg. § 301.6221(b)–1(b)(3)(i), and include C corporations.
A qualified subchapter S subsidiary (QSub) is defined in section 1361(b)(3) as a domestic corporation that has 100 percent of its stock held by an S corporation and for which an election has been made to treat it as a QSub. Except as provided by regulation, a QSub is not treated as a corporation separate from its S corporation shareholder and its assets, liabilities, and items of income, deduction and credit are treated as the assets, liabilities, and items of its S corporation shareholder for the taxable year. Section 1361(b)(3)(A). For purposes of the Code, a C corporation is defined under section 1361(a)(2) as a corporation which is not an S corporation.
Because a QSub is not an S corporation, it is a C corporation (as defined in section 1361(a)(2)). Because a QSub is a C corporation, it is an eligible partner under section 6221(b).
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of a person other than the partnership requires a change to a partnership-related item. Specifically, the regulations will allow the IRS to effectively and efficiently focus on a single partner or a small group of partners with respect to a limited set of partnership-related items without unduly burdening the partnership and avoiding procedural concerns about the appropriate level at which such items must be examined.
Consequently, the regulations will provide that the IRS may determine that the centralized partnership audit regime does not apply to adjustments to partnership-related items when the following conditions are met: (1) The examination being conducted is of a person other than the partnership; (2) A partnership-related item must be adjusted, or a determination regarding a partnership-related item must be made, as part of an adjustment to a non-partnershiprelated item of the person whose return is being examined; and (3) The treatment of the partnershiprelated item on the return of the partnership under section 6031(b) or in the partnership’s books and records was based in whole or in part on information provided by, or under the control of, the person whose return is being examined.
The second matter concerns situations where a QSub is a partner in a partnership. The regulations will provide that this situation presents special enforcement considerations because partnership structures with QSubs as partners could have far more than 100 ultimate partners, including many thousands, and still potentially elect out of the centralized partnership audit regime. Allowing such a large partnership to elect out of the centralized partnership audit regime would give rise to significant enforcement concerns for the IRS and frustrate the efficiencies introduced by the centralized partnership regime.
The Treasury Department and the IRS intend to issue proposed and final regulations prior to eighteen months after enactment of the TTCA such that the intended regulations described in this section of the Notice may be applicable to all partnership taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. Section 7805(b)(2). If final regulations are not issued prior to eighteen months after enactment of the TTCA, the Treasury Department and the IRS intend the regulations to be applicable to partnership taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017 and ending after the date this Notice is issued to the public.
Section 7805(b)(1)(C).
SECTION 4. REQUEST FOR COMMENTS The Treasury Department and the IRS request comments on the intended regulations described in section 3 of this notice and whether any other matters might present special enforcement matters under section 6241(11). Comments must be received by February 22, 2019. SECTION 5. ADDRESS TO SEND COMMENTS Taxpayers may submit comments electronically via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov (type IRS– 2018–0044 in the search field on the regulations.gov homepage to find this notice and submit comments). All recommendations for guidance submitted by the public in response to this notice will be available for public inspection and copying in their entirety.
Alternatively, taxpayers may mail comments to: Internal Revenue Service Attn: CC:PA:LPD:PR (Notice 2019– 06) Room 5203 P.O. Box 7604 Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044 or hand deliver comments Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. to: Courier’s Desk Internal Revenue Service Attn: CC:PA:LPD:PR (Notice 2019– 06) 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20224 SECTION 6. DRAFTING INFORMATION The principal author of this notice is Jennifer M. Black of the Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (Procedure and Administration). For further information regarding this notice, contact Ms.
Black at (202) 317-6834 (not a toll-free number). Maximum Values For 2018 For Use with Vehicle CentsPer-Mile and Fleet-Average Valuation Rules Notice 2019–08 I. PURPOSE This notice provides the 2018 maximum values for use with the vehicle cents-per-mile valuation rule under Treas. Reg. § 1.61–21(e) and the fleet-average valuation rule, which is an optional component of the automobile lease valuation rule under Treas. Reg. § 1.61–21(d). These values are adjusted annually for inflation. This notice also provides interim guidance on new procedures for calculating the inflation adjustments to the maximum values for use with the special valuation rules under Treas.
Reg. § 1.61– 21(d) and (e) using section 280F(d)(7), as modified by sections 11002 and 13202 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Pub. L. No. 115–97 (the “Act”). The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department) anticipate that further guidance on these issues will be issued in the form of proposed regulations and expect that the regulations will be consistent with the rules set forth in this notice.
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