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Internal Revenue Bulletin: 2012-49 | Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Bulletin: 2012-49
Rev. Rul. 2012-31
Notice 2012-66
Rev. Proc. 2012-43
Rev. Proc. 2012-44
Rev. Proc. 2012-45
Announcement 2012-44
Announcement 2012-47
Rev. Rul. 2012-31 Rev. Rul. 2012-31
Federal rates; adjusted federal rates; adjusted federal long-term rate and the long-term exempt rate. For purposes of sections 382, 642, 1274, 1288, and other sections of the Code, tables set forth the rates for December 2012.
Rev. Proc. 2012-44 Rev. Proc. 2012-44
Insurance companies; loss reserves; discounting unpaid losses. The loss payment patterns and discount factors are set forth for the 2012 accident year. These factors will be used for computing discounted unpaid losses under section 846 of the Code.
Rev. Proc. 2012-45 Rev. Proc. 2012-45
Insurance companies; discounting estimated salvage recoverable. The salvage discount factors are set forth for the 2012 accident year. These factors will be used for computing discounted estimated salvage recoverable under section 832 of the Code.
Notice 2012-66 Notice 2012-66
Weighted average interest rate update; corporate bond indices; 30-year Treasury securities; segment rates. This notice contains updates for the corporate bond weighted average interest rate for plan years beginning in November 2012; the 24-month average segment rates; the funding transitional segment rates applicable for November 2012; and the minimum present value transitional rates for October 2012. The rates in this notice reflect certain changes implemented by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, Public Law 112-141 (MAP-21).
Announcement 2012-44 Announcement 2012-44
This announcement provides relief under section 401 of the Code to taxpayers who have been adversely affected by Hurricane Sandy and have retirement assets in qualified employer plans they would like to use to alleviate hardships caused by Hurricane Sandy. In addition, this announcement provides relief from certain verification procedures that may be required under retirement plans with respect to loans and hardship distributions. The relief provided under this announcement is in addition to the relief already provided by the Service pursuant to News Release IR-2012-83 under section 7508A of the Code for victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Rev. Proc. 2012-43 Rev. Proc. 2012-43
This procedure informs the taxpayer how to request the Service to reduce the amount of a frivolous tax submission penalty assessed under section 6702(a) or (b) of the Code and the criteria that the Service will apply in determining whether a reduction would promote compliance with and administration of Federal tax laws.
This revenue ruling provides various prescribed rates for federal income tax purposes for December 2012 (the current month). Table 1 contains the short-term, mid-term, and long-term applicable federal rates (AFR) for the current month for purposes of section 1274(d) of the Internal Revenue Code. Table 2 contains the short-term, mid-term, and long-term adjusted applicable federal rates (adjusted AFR) for the current month for purposes of section 1288(b). Table 3 sets forth the adjusted federal long-term rate and the long-term tax-exempt rate described in section 382(f). Table 4 contains the appropriate percentages for determining the low-income housing credit described in section 42(b)(1) for buildings placed in service during the current month. However, under section 42(b)(2), the applicable percentage for non-federally subsidized new buildings placed in service after July 30, 2008, and before December 31, 2013, shall not be less than 9%. Table 5 contains the federal rate for determining the present value of an annuity, an interest for life or for a term of years, or a remainder or a reversionary interest for purposes of section 7520. Finally, Table 6 contains contains the 2013 interest rate for sections 846 and 807.
REV. RUL. 2012-31 TABLE 1
Applicable Federal Rates (AFR) for December 2012
AFR .95% .95% .95% .95%
110% AFR 1.05% 1.05% 1.05% 1.05%
120% AFR 1.14% 1.14% 1.14% 1.14%
130% AFR 1.24% 1.24% 1.24% 1.24%
150% AFR 1.44% 1.43% 1.43% 1.43%
175% AFR 1.67% 1.66% 1.66% 1.65%
REV. RUL. 2012-31 TABLE 2
Adjusted AFR for December 2012
Short-term adjusted AFR .27% .27% 27% .27%
Long-term adjusted AFR 2.83% 2.81% 2.80% 2.79%
REV. RUL. 2012-31 TABLE 3
Rates Under Section 382 for December 2012
Adjusted federal long-term rate for the current month 2.83%
REV. RUL. 2012-31 TABLE 4
Appropriate Percentages Under Section 42(b)(2) for December 2012
REV. RUL. 2012-31 TABLE 5
Rate Under Section 7520 for December 2012
REV. RUL. 2012-31 TABLE 6
Applicable rate of interest for 2013 for purposes of sections 846 and 807 2.16%
This notice provides guidance as to the corporate bond weighted average interest rate and the permissible range of interest rates specified under § 412(b)(5)(B)(ii)(II) of the Internal Revenue Code as in effect for plan years beginning before 2008. It also provides guidance on the corporate bond monthly yield curve (and the corresponding spot segment rates), and the 24-month average segment rates under § 430(h)(2). 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, the 30-year Treasury weighted average rate under § 431(c)(6)(E)(ii)(I), and the minimum present value segment rates under § 417(e)(3)(D) as in effect for plan years beginning after 2007. These rates reflect certain changes implemented by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, Public Law 112-141 (MAP-21). MAP-21 provides that for purposes of § 430(h)(2), the segment rates are limited by the applicable maximum percentage or the applicable minimum percentage based on the average of segment rates over a 25 year period.
The composite corporate bond rate for October 2012 is 3.93 percent. Pursuant to Notice 2004-34, the Service has determined this rate as the average of the monthly yields for the included corporate bond indices for that month.
November 2012 5.13 4.62 5.13
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. Pursuant to Notice 2007-81, the monthly corporate bond yield curve derived from October 2012 data is in Table I at the end of this notice. The spot first, second, and third segment rates for the month of October 2012 are, respectively, 0.96, 3.57, and 4.58. The three 24-month average corporate bond segment rates applicable for November 2012, without adjustment by the applicable percentage of the 25-year average segment rates, are as follows:
24-Month Segment Rates Without Adjustment by 25-Year Average Segment Rates
1.69 4.53 5.60
For plan years beginning in 2012, the 24-month average segment rates determined under § 430(h)(2)(C)(iv) must be not less than 90% nor greater than 110% of the 25-year average segment rates. Pursuant to Notice 2012-55, 2012-36 I.R.B. 332, the first, second, and third 25-year segment rates applicable for plan years beginning in 2012 are 6.15, 7.61, and 8.35, respectively. Therefore, for plan years beginning in 2012, the three adjusted 24-month average corporate bond segment rates applicable for November 2012, taking into account the applicable percentage of the 25-year average segment rates, are as follows:
Adjusted 24-Month Average Segment Rates, Using Applicable Percentage of 25-Year Average Segment Rates
November 2012 2012 5.54 6.85 7.52
The 25-year average segment rates for the period ending September 30, 2012 have not been determined yet. The Service will issue additional guidance on the November 2012 adjusted 24-month average segment rates applicable for plan years beginning in 2013 when those 25-year average segment rates are determined.
The rate of interest on 30-year Treasury securities for October 2012 is 2.90 percent. The Service has determined this rate as the average of the daily determinations of yield on the 30-year Treasury bond maturing in August 2042.
November 2012 3.66 3.30 3.84
In general, the applicable interest rates under § 417(e)(3)(D) are segment rates computed without regard to a 24-month average. For plan years beginning in 2008 through 2011, the applicable interest rates are the monthly spot segment rates blended with the applicable rate under § 417(e)(3)(A)(ii)(II) as in effect for plan years beginning in 2007. Notice 2007-81 provides guidelines for determining the minimum present value segment rates. Pursuant to that notice, the minimum present value transitional segment rates determined for October 2012, taking into account the October 2012 30-year Treasury rate of 2.90 stated above, are as follows:
2011 1.35 3.44 4.24
2012 0.96 3.57 4.58
2013 0.96 3.57 4.58
Monthly Yield Curve for October 2012 Derived from October 2012 Data
0.5 0.32 20.5 4.39 40.5 4.60 60.5 4.69 80.5 4.73
1.0 0.51 21.0 4.40 41.0 4.61 61.0 4.69 81.0 4.73
1.5 0.68 21.5 4.41 41.5 4.61 61.5 4.69 81.5 4.73
2.0 0.82 22.0 4.41 42.0 4.61 62.0 4.69 82.0 4.73
2.5 0.94 22.5 4.42 42.5 4.62 62.5 4.69 82.5 4.73
3.0 1.04 23.0 4.43 43.0 4.62 63.0 4.70 83.0 4.74
3.5 1.14 23.5 4.43 43.5 4.62 63.5 4.70 83.5 4.74
4.0 1.25 24.0 4.44 44.0 4.62 64.0 4.70 84.0 4.74
4.5 1.38 24.5 4.45 44.5 4.63 64.5 4.70 84.5 4.74
5.0 1.54 25.0 4.45 45.0 4.63 65.0 4.70 85.0 4.74
5.5 1.70 25.5 4.46 45.5 4.63 65.5 4.70 85.5 4.74
6.0 1.88 26.0 4.46 46.0 4.63 66.0 4.70 86.0 4.74
6.5 2.07 26.5 4.47 46.5 4.64 66.5 4.70 86.5 4.74
7.0 2.26 27.0 4.48 47.0 4.64 67.0 4.71 87.0 4.74
7.5 2.45 27.5 4.48 47.5 4.64 67.5 4.71 87.5 4.74
8.0 2.64 28.0 4.49 48.0 4.64 68.0 4.71 88.0 4.74
8.5 2.82 28.5 4.50 48.5 4.65 68.5 4.71 88.5 4.74
9.0 2.99 29.0 4.50 49.0 4.65 69.0 4.71 89.0 4.74
9.5 3.15 29.5 4.51 49.5 4.65 69.5 4.71 89.5 4.74
10.0 3.30 30.0 4.51 50.0 4.65 70.0 4.71 90.0 4.75
10.5 3.44 30.5 4.52 50.5 4.65 70.5 4.71 90.5 4.75
11.0 3.56 31.0 4.53 51.0 4.66 71.0 4.71 91.0 4.75
11.5 3.67 31.5 4.53 51.5 4.66 71.5 4.72 91.5 4.75
12.0 3.77 32.0 4.54 52.0 4.66 72.0 4.72 92.0 4.75
12.5 3.86 32.5 4.54 52.5 4.66 72.5 4.72 92.5 4.75
13.0 3.94 33.0 4.55 53.0 4.66 73.0 4.72 93.0 4.75
13.5 4.01 33.5 4.55 53.5 4.67 73.5 4.72 93.5 4.75
14.0 4.07 34.0 4.55 54.0 4.67 74.0 4.72 94.0 4.75
14.5 4.12 34.5 4.56 54.5 4.67 74.5 4.72 94.5 4.75
15.0 4.17 35.0 4.56 55.0 4.67 75.0 4.72 95.0 4.75
15.5 4.21 35.5 4.57 55.5 4.67 75.5 4.72 95.5 4.75
16.0 4.24 36.0 4.57 56.0 4.68 76.0 4.72 96.0 4.75
16.5 4.27 36.5 4.58 56.5 4.68 76.5 4.72 96.5 4.75
17.0 4.29 37.0 4.58 57.0 4.68 77.0 4.73 97.0 4.75
17.5 4.31 37.5 4.58 57.5 4.68 77.5 4.73 97.5 4.75
18.0 4.33 38.0 4.59 58.0 4.68 78.0 4.73 98.0 4.75
18.5 4.34 38.5 4.59 58.5 4.68 78.5 4.73 98.5 4.76
19.0 4.36 39.0 4.59 59.0 4.68 79.0 4.73 99.0 4.76
19.5 4.37 39.5 4.60 59.5 4.69 79.5 4.73 99.5 4.76
20.0 4.38 40.0 4.60 60.0 4.69 80.0 4.73 100.0 4.76
.01 Section 326(a) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, Pub. L. No. 97-248 (96 Stat. 324, 617), added section 6702 to the Code to provide for a civil penalty for frivolous income tax returns. Specifically, section 6702(a) imposed a penalty in the amount of $500 against any individual who files what purports to be a return of income tax if (1) the purported return does not contain information on which the substantial correctness of the self-assessment may be judged or contains information that on its face indicates that the self-assessment is substantially incorrect, and (2) the filing of the purported return is due to either a position that is frivolous or a desire (which appears on the purported return) to delay or impede the administration of Federal income tax laws. Section 6702(b) provided that the penalty was in addition to any other penalty provided by law.
.02 Section 407(a) of Division A of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-432 (120 Stat. 2922, 2960), amended section 6702(a) by increasing the amount of the penalty from $500 to $5,000, changing its application from “individual[s]” to “person[s],” expanding its scope from “purported income tax returns” to “purported returns of tax,” and substituting the term “a position which the Secretary has identified as frivolous” for “a position which is frivolous” as one of the bases for conduct subject to the penalty.
.03 The 2006 amendments also added the following provisions to section 6702:
(1) Revised section 6702(b) imposes a $5,000 penalty on any person who submits a “specified frivolous submission.” (The prior version of 6702(b) was re-designated as section 6702(e).) A “specified frivolous submission” is defined as a “specified submission” that is based on a position that the IRS has identified as frivolous or that reflects a desire to delay or impede the administration of the Federal tax laws. A “specified submission” means a request for a collection due process hearing under section 6320 or 6330 or an application for an installment agreement under section 6159, an offer-in-compromise under section 7122, or a taxpayer assistance order under section 7811.
(2) New section 6702(c) requires the IRS to prescribe and periodically revise a list of positions that the IRS has identified as frivolous for purposes of the penalty under section 6702(a) or (b).
(3) New section 6702(d) provides discretionary authority to the IRS to reduce the amount of a penalty imposed under section 6702(a) or (b) if the IRS determines a reduction would promote compliance with and administration of the Federal tax laws. As authorized by Congress, this revenue procedure describes the limited circumstances in which a person may be eligible for a one-time reduction of any unpaid section 6702 penalty liabilities. To be eligible for the one-time penalty reduction, a person must abandon any frivolous positions regarding the Federal tax laws and must meet the specific eligibility requirements detailed in section 4 of this revenue procedure, which include filing all tax returns and paying all outstanding taxes, penalties (other than those under section 6702) and related interest. Consistent with section 6702(d) and the IRS’ published policy statement on penalties (Policy Statement 20-1), these requirements will promote voluntary compliance with and administration of the Federal tax laws.
.04 The 2006 amendments apply to submissions made and issues raised after March 16, 2007, the date the IRS issued Notice 2007-30, 2007-1 C.B. 883, prescribing a list of frivolous positions under section 6702(c). The IRS subsequently revised the list in Notice 2008-14, 2008-1 C.B. 310, effective January 15, 2008, and Notice 2010-33, 2010-17 I.R.B. 609, effective April 8, 2010. The IRS may make additional updates to the list in the future.
This revenue procedure applies to any person who has not fully paid a $5,000 penalty assessed by the IRS under section 6702 and who seeks a reduction of that penalty pursuant to section 6702(d). This revenue procedure does not apply to persons who seek to challenge the merits of a section 6702 penalty assessment. Other procedures may be available to challenge the merits, such as paying the penalty and filing a refund claim or raising the issue in a Collection Due Process hearing.
.01 A request for reduction must comply with the requirements of this section. A person whose request does not comply with these requirements will not be eligible for a reduction of a section 6702 penalty.
(1) Form of request. A person must make a written request for reduction on IRS Form 14402, “IRC 6702(d) Frivolous Tax Submissions Penalty Reduction,” (or successor form) or as prescribed by the Form’s instructions. The person must also sign the form or written statement under penalties of perjury, and file it with the IRS in accordance with instructions to the form or other guidance. A person may file a single Form 14402 or written statement to request reduction of more than one section 6702 penalty.
(2) Partial payment. The IRS will reduce an eligible person’s total outstanding section 6702 liabilities to $500, regardless of the number of section 6702 penalties assessed. A person must pay this $500 balance in one of two ways:
(a) Payment submitted with request for reduction. Except as provided in section 4.01(2)(b), a person must submit a payment of at least $250 with the request for reduction even if that person has, prior to filing a request for reduction, paid either voluntarily or by an overpayment offset, a portion of the section 6702 penalty liabilities that are the subject of the request. This payment will be applied to the person’s assessed section 6702 penalty liabilities without regard to whether the IRS grants the reduction request. A person who chooses to pay $250 or more but less than $500 and who is granted the penalty reduction will remain liable for the remaining balance of the reduced penalties (i.e., the difference between the amount of the payment and $500) until the balance is satisfied, but this remaining liability will not preclude the requested reduction of the assessed and unpaid section 6702 penalties. If the person pays $250 or more but less than $500, interest will continue to accrue on the remaining balance of the reduced penalties from the date the IRS assessed the earliest unpaid section 6702 penalty falling under these procedures. The person granted the penalty reduction must pay the remaining balance of the reduced penalties (plus interest); if the person granted the penalty reduction fails to pay the remaining balance, the IRS may use any available remedy to collect the balance (plus interest). If a person chooses to submit the full $500 with the request for reduction and the IRS grants the request, any interest that has accrued on the outstanding section 6702 liabilities will be abated.
(b) Installment agreement. If a person has entered into and is in compliance with an approved full payment installment agreement with the IRS under section 6159 for all assessed Federal tax liabilities not fully paid and for which the period for collection under section 6502 remains open, then the person may pay the reduced section 6702 penalty of $500 as part of the installment agreement. If, at the time the IRS receives a request for reduction, the person has already paid more than $500 towards the section 6702 penalty under the installment agreement, that person will not be required to pay any additional amount towards the section 6702 penalty in order to become eligible. If the person pays the $500 penalty as part of an installment agreement, any interest that has accrued on the outstanding section 6702 liabilities will be abated.
.02 Time limits. A person must file a request for a reduction before the United States files suit against the person either for collection of the penalty or to reduce any assessment of the penalty to judgment.
The IRS will deny any request for reduction of a section 6702 penalty that does not meet these time limits. If a request seeks reduction of multiple penalties but the request falls within the time limits with respect to only some of the penalties, the IRS will treat the request as timely only for those penalties. Any person who has voluntarily paid a portion of any section 6702 penalty liabilities will be eligible for reduction of the remaining amount of those liabilities. Similarly, any person who has had an overpayment offset against any section 6702 penalty liabilities will be eligible for a reduction of the remaining amount of those liabilities, if any.
.03 Full compliance with all Federal tax filing and payment requirements.
(1) In general. Prior to requesting a reduction, a person must have filed all tax returns due and paid (or arranged to pay, as described in paragraph (3) of this subsection) all taxes due, other than the section 6702 penalty or penalties for which reduction is requested. Unless these filing and payment requirements have been met, reduction of a section 6702 penalty would not promote compliance with and administration of the Federal tax laws and the request for reduction will be denied.
(2) Filing compliance. A person requesting reduction must file with the IRS valid tax returns required to be filed under the Code for any type of tax and for all taxable periods for six years before the date of the request. This requirement means a person must file all individual returns and all returns for any entity in which the person has a controlling interest. This includes, for example, any returns of a partnership or limited liability company for which the person is a general partner or managing member, any returns of a subchapter C or subchapter S corporation in which the person holds a greater than 50 percent interest, and any returns of a trust for which the person serves as trustee. A document other than a return that permits assessment of Federal income tax will not satisfy the requirements of this section.
(3) Payment compliance. A person requesting reduction must either:
(a) have fully paid all assessed tax liabilities, including interest, penalties (other than the section 6702 penalty or penalties that are the subject of the request), and additions to tax for all types of tax and for all taxable periods for which the period for collection under section 6502 remains open (for purposes of this subsection, the granting of relief under the provisions of section 6015 or section 66(c) will be considered payment of an assessed tax liability to the extent of the granted relief); or
(b) have entered into and be in compliance with an approved full payment installment agreement with the IRS under section 6159 for all assessed Federal tax liabilities not fully paid and for which the period for collection under section 6502 remains open.
.04 Deposit requirements. If the person requesting reduction is an employer, that person must, at the time of filing the request, have made all required deposits of Federal employment taxes under subtitle C of the Code for the current quarter and the prior two quarters.
.05 Disqualifying events.
(1) Prior reduction. Any person who previously received a reduction of a section 6702 penalty is ineligible for another reduction of a section 6702 penalty.
(2) Offer-in-compromise. Any person who has submitted an offer-in-compromise to the IRS under section 7122 that includes any section 6702 penalty is ineligible for a reduction of the penalty unless the person has withdrawn the offer in writing, the IRS has returned the offer to the taxpayer without accepting it, or the offer was rejected by the IRS and the taxpayer is not pursuing an administrative appeal of the rejection. All of a person’s outstanding Federal tax liabilities, including any outstanding section 6702 penalties, will be considered as part of the offer-in-compromise determination.
(3) Partial payment installment agreements. Any person who has entered into a partial payment installment agreement with the IRS under section 6159 is ineligible for a reduction of any section 6702 penalty included in the partial payment installment agreement because the person will be paying less than the full amount of Federal tax liabilities.
(4) Closing agreement. Any person who has entered into a closing agreement with the IRS under section 7121 is ineligible for a reduction of any section 6702 penalty included in the closing agreement.
(5) New frivolous filing. Any person who files a frivolous return or makes a frivolous submission after filing a request for reduction but before the IRS grants the reduction is ineligible for reduction of a section 6702 penalty whether or not the person withdraws the frivolous return or submission.
(6) Bankruptcy. A person is ineligible for a reduction of any section 6702 penalty under this revenue procedure if the penalty is dischargeable under an open bankruptcy case. Furthermore, a person is ineligible to apply for any penalty reduction while a bankruptcy case is open, regardless of whether the person is seeking discharge of the penalty for which reduction is sought.
SECTION 5. CONSIDERATION OF REDUCTION REQUEST
.01 Generally, if a person satisfies all eligibility criteria of section 4 of this revenue procedure, the IRS will reduce all section 6702 penalties assessed against that person to $500. If the person submitted $500 with the request for reduction, the IRS will abate any remaining unpaid amount of those penalty liabilities, including interest. If the person has submitted at least $250, but less than $500, with the request for reduction, the IRS will apply the amount submitted against the section 6702 penalty or penalties that the person seeks to reduce and will abate all but the difference between the payment submitted and $500 (i.e., the remaining unpaid amount of those penalty liabilities). If the person granted the reduction fails to pay the remaining balance of the $500 reduced penalty (plus interest as described above), the IRS may use any available remedy to collect the balance. The IRS will not refund any portion of the section 6702 penalty or penalties paid prior to the date the IRS received the request for reduction. In the case of a person who has entered into a full payment installment agreement, the section 6702 penalty or penalties will be reduced only upon completion of all payments required to satisfy all outstanding tax liabilities other than the section 6702 penalties that are the subject of the request for reduction. If the person defaults on the installment agreement, the section 6702 penalty or penalties will not be reduced.
.02 If a person fails to satisfy any of the eligibility criteria of section 4 of this revenue procedure, the IRS will deny the request for reduction. The IRS will apply any payment received with the request for reduction against unpaid section 6702 penalties before applying any remaining portion of the payment to any other outstanding tax liabilities of the person. A person may not designate the manner in which the IRS will apply the payment.
.03 The IRS will give a person written notice of whether the person’s request has been granted or denied. The IRS’s denial of a request for any reason will not be subject to an administrative appeal.
The principal author of this revenue procedure is Skyler K. Bradbury of the Office of the Associate Chief Counsel, Procedure and Administration. For further information regarding this revenue procedure, contact Elizabeth Cowan at (202) 622-4940 (not a toll-free call).
This revenue procedure prescribes the loss payment patterns and discount factors for the 2012 determination year. These factors will be used to compute discounted unpaid losses under § 846 of the Internal Revenue Code.
.01 Section 846 provides that discounted unpaid losses must be separately determined for each accident year of each line of business by applying an interest rate determined under § 846(c) and the appropriate loss payment pattern to the amount of unpaid losses as measured at the end of the tax year.
Section 846(e) allows a taxpayer to make an election in each determination year to use its own historical payment pattern instead of the Secretary’s tables. This election does not apply to any international insurance or reinsurance line of business.
Section 846(f)(4) defines the term “line of business” as a category for the reporting of loss payment patterns on the annual statement for property and casualty companies approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), except that the multiple peril lines shall be treated as a single line of business. Section 846(f)(5) states that the term “multiple peril lines” means the lines of business relating to farmowners multiple peril, homeowners multiple peril, commercial multiple peril, ocean marine, aircraft (all perils), and boiler and machinery.
.02 Pursuant to § 846(d), the Secretary has determined a loss payment pattern for each property and casualty line of business for the 2012 determination year that, pursuant to § 846(d)(1), must be applied through the 2016 accident year.
.03 The loss payment patterns for the 2012 determination year are based on the aggregate loss payment information reported on the 2010 annual statements of property and casualty insurance companies and compiled by A.M. Best and Co. The tables are arranged in alphabetical order. Following is an additional explanation of some of the tables and changes to the tables.
(1) NAIC Changes in Lines of Business. The NAIC has changed the reporting of unpaid loss experience on the annual statement for warranty companies. These changes are reflected in the lines of business set forth below.
(2) Format of the Tables. To simplify the tables, the columns entitled Tax Year provide the actual tax years, rather than AY+0, AY+1, and so on.
(3) Accident Years Not Separately Reported on the NAIC Annual Statement. Section V of Notice 88-100, 1988-2 C.B. 439, sets forth a composite method for computing discounted unpaid losses for accident years that are not separately reported on the annual statement. The tables separately provide discount factors for taxpayers who elect to use the composite method of section V of Notice 88-100. See Rev. Proc. 2002-74, 2002-2 C.B. 980.
This revenue procedure applies to any taxpayer that is required to discount unpaid losses under § 846 for a line of business using the discount factors published by the Secretary.
SECTION 4. TABLES OF DISCOUNT FACTORS
.01 The following tables present separately for each line of business the discount factors under § 846 for accident year 2012. All the discount factors presented in this section were determined using the applicable interest rate under § 846(c) for 2012, 2.89 percent, and by assuming all loss payments occur in the middle of the calendar year.
.02 If the groupings of individual lines of business on the annual statement change, taxpayers must discount unpaid losses on the resulting line of business in accordance with the discounting patterns that would have applied to those unpaid losses based on their classification on the 2012 annual statement.
Taxpayers that do not use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 98.5856 percent to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in the 2012 accident year and that are outstanding at the end of the 2012 and later taxable years.
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 98.5856 percent to discount all unpaid losses in this line of business that are outstanding at the end of the 2012 taxable year.
2012 90.2657 90.2657 9.7343 9.5863 98.4790
2013 99.7478 9.4822 0.2522 0.2451 97.2010
Taxpayers that do not use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use the following factor to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in the 2012 accident year and that are outstanding at the end of the tax year shown.
2014 and later years 0.1261 0.1261 0.1243 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 98.5856 percent to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years and that are outstanding at the end of the 2014 taxable year.
2012 25.7034 25.7034 74.2966 69.8790 94.0541
2013 48.2664 22.5629 51.7336 49.0119 94.7389
2014 67.8834 19.6171 32.1166 30.5298 95.0593
2015 82.0630 14.1795 17.9370 17.0291 94.9384
2016 90.4161 8.3532 9.5839 9.0483 94.4114
2017 94.6293 4.2132 5.3707 5.0362 93.7708
2018 97.0203 2.3910 2.9797 2.7564 92.5056
2019 98.2283 1.2081 1.7717 1.6107 90.9135
2020 98.6653 0.4370 1.3347 1.2140 90.9566
2021 98.8635 0.1982 1.1365 1.0480 92.2160
Taxpayers that do not use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use the following factors to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in the 2012 accident year and that are outstanding at the end of the tax year shown.
2022 0.1982 0.9382 0.8772 93.4963
2023 0.1982 0.7400 0.7015 94.7956
2024 0.1982 0.5417 0.5207 96.1082
2025 0.1982 0.3435 0.3346 97.4146
2026 and later years 0.1982 0.1453 0.1432 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 94.9072 percent to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years and that are outstanding at the end of the 2022 taxable year.
2012 39.5281 39.5281 60.4719 55.7933 92.2631
2013 62.0267 22.4986 37.9733 34.5843 91.0753
2014 73.7017 11.6750 26.2983 23.7413 90.2768
2015 80.0846 6.3830 19.9154 17.9529 90.1459
2016 85.7818 5.6971 14.2182 12.6929 89.2717
2017 90.2809 4.4992 9.7191 8.4960 87.4154
2018 91.9588 1.6778 8.0412 7.0396 87.5436
2019 92.9722 1.0134 7.0278 6.2151 88.4353
2020 94.0835 1.1113 5.9165 5.2674 89.0295
2021 94.7469 0.6634 5.2531 4.7468 90.3608
2022 0.6634 4.5898 4.2111 91.7492
2023 0.6634 3.9264 3.6599 93.2124
2024 0.6634 3.2631 3.0928 94.7824
2025 0.6634 2.5997 2.5093 96.5231
2026 and later years 0.6634 1.9364 1.9090 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 93.7821 percent to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years and that are outstanding at the end of the 2022 taxable year.
2012 22.8449 22.8449 77.1551 74.2475 96.2315
2013 55.8585 33.0137 44.1415 42.9060 97.2010
2014 and later years 22.0707 22.0707 21.7586 98.5856
2012 6.2515 6.2515 93.7485 90.0777 96.0845
2013 43.0154 36.7639 56.9846 55.3896 97.2010
2014 and later years 28.4923 28.4923 28.0893 98.5856
Medical Professional Liability— Claims-Made
2012 6.3462 6.3462 93.6538 85.6244 91.4266
2013 23.0958 16.7496 76.9042 71.1091 92.4645
2014 41.6827 18.5868 58.3173 54.3106 93.1295
2015 56.5267 14.8440 43.4733 40.8232 93.9041
2016 71.2882 14.7615 28.7118 27.0298 94.1415
2017 82.3023 11.0141 17.6977 16.6387 94.0165
2018 86.5143 4.2120 13.4857 12.8472 95.2653
2019 91.1422 4.6279 8.8578 8.5242 96.2335
2020 94.8664 3.7242 5.1336 4.9929 97.2591
2021 97.5408 2.6745 2.4592 2.4244 98.5856
2022 and later years 2.4592 - - 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 98.5856 percent to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years and that are outstanding at the end of the 2022 taxable year.
Medical Professional Liability— Occurrence
2012 1.2044 1.2044 98.7956 86.1709 87.2213
2013 4.3376 3.1332 95.6624 85.4830 89.3591
2014 11.8161 7.4785 88.1839 80.3677 91.1365
2015 24.7088 12.8928 75.2912 69.6126 92.4579
2016 42.3863 17.6774 57.6137 53.6934 93.1954
2017 57.1600 14.7738 42.8400 40.2594 93.9762
2018 68.9797 11.8196 31.0203 29.4337 94.8851
2019 82.4247 13.4450 17.5753 16.6464 94.7145
2020 86.7084 4.2837 13.2916 12.7823 96.1682
2021 91.6701 4.9617 8.3299 8.1188 97.4659
2022 and later years 4.9617 3.3683 3.3206 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 93.6211 percent to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years and that are outstanding at the end of the 2022 taxable year.
2012 69.0731 69.0731 30.9269 29.8935 96.6586
2013 85.5169 16.4438 14.4831 14.0777 97.2010
2014 and later years 7.2415 7.2415 7.1391 98.5856
2012 60.9719 60.9719 39.0281 37.0187 94.8513
2013 82.9059 21.9341 17.0941 15.8398 92.6624
2014 89.2783 6.3724 10.7217 9.8337 91.7181
2015 91.5605 2.2822 8.4395 7.8029 92.4579
2016 94.4255 2.8649 5.5745 5.1224 91.8898
2017 96.5899 2.1644 3.4101 3.0750 90.1726
2018 97.6023 1.0124 2.3977 2.1369 89.1235
2019 98.0034 0.4011 1.9966 1.7918 89.7436
2020 98.3410 0.3376 1.6590 1.5012 90.4859
2021 98.5727 0.2317 1.4273 1.3096 91.7483
2022 0.2317 1.1957 1.1124 93.0370
2023 0.2317 0.9640 0.9096 94.3539
2024 0.2317 0.7324 0.7009 95.7035
2025 0.2317 0.5007 0.4862 97.0975
2026 and later years 0.2317 0.2691 0.2653 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 93.1358 percent to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years and that are outstanding at the end of the 2022 taxable year.
2012 54.6589 54.6589 45.3411 44.0509 97.1546
2013 84.2314 29.5725 15.7686 15.3272 97.2010
2014 and later years 7.8843 7.8843 7.7728 98.5856
2012 7.4270 7.4270 92.5730 84.1387 90.8891
2013 25.2808 17.8538 74.7192 68.4604 91.6236
2014 44.2108 18.9301 55.7892 51.2373 91.8409
2015 56.4956 12.2848 43.5044 40.2571 92.5355
2016 69.2838 12.7883 30.7162 28.4487 92.6181
2017 77.6662 8.3823 22.3338 20.7683 92.9904
2018 83.1572 5.4910 16.8428 15.7987 93.8010
2019 88.1777 5.0205 11.8223 11.1628 94.4213
2020 93.1315 4.9539 6.8685 6.4605 94.0597
2021 92.9490 -0.1826 7.0510 6.8324 96.8986
2022 3.2639 3.7871 3.7191 98.2030
2023 and later years 3.2639 0.5232 0.5158 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 98.2239 percent to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years and that are outstanding at the end of the 2022 taxable year.
2012 10.0721 10.0721 89.9279 79.6509 88.5720
2013 24.3995 14.3274 75.6005 67.4199 89.1791
2014 37.3366 12.9372 62.6634 56.2456 89.7583
2015 52.4142 15.0776 47.5858 42.5771 89.4745
2016 64.3437 11.9295 35.6563 31.7069 88.9239
2017 73.7950 9.4512 26.2050 23.0365 87.9085
2018 79.7756 5.9807 20.2244 17.6357 87.2005
2019 84.0963 4.3206 15.9037 13.7628 86.5381
2020 85.6878 1.5915 14.3122 12.5462 87.6607
2021 86.9224 1.2346 13.0776 11.6565 89.1329
2022 1.2346 11.8431 10.7411 90.6950
2023 1.2346 10.6085 9.7992 92.3713
2024 1.2346 9.3740 8.8302 94.1988
2025 1.2346 8.1394 7.8331 96.2365
2026 and later years 1.2346 6.9048 6.8072 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 92.6009 percent to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years and that are outstanding at the end of the 2022 taxable year.
2012 42.9881 42.9881 57.0119 54.6061 95.7801
2013 71.9931 29.0051 28.0069 26.7630 95.5587
2014 84.8250 12.8318 15.1750 14.5205 95.6868
2015 92.3500 7.5251 7.6500 7.3071 95.5183
2016 96.2665 3.9165 3.7335 3.5456 94.9681
2017 97.9880 1.7214 2.0120 1.9019 94.5282
2018 98.7958 0.8078 1.2042 1.1375 94.4596
2019 99.2445 0.4487 0.7555 0.7152 94.6679
2020 99.4543 0.2097 0.5457 0.5231 95.8548
2021 99.6370 0.1827 0.3630 0.3529 97.2105
2022 and later years 0.1827 0.1803 0.1777 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 98.5029 percent to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years and that are outstanding at the end of the 2022 taxable year.
2012 4.5270 4.5270 95.4730 83.8330 87.8080
2013 16.0134 11.4865 83.9866 74.6045 88.8291
2014 45.1313 29.1179 54.8687 47.2249 86.0690
2015 39.2459 -5.8854 60.7541 54.5596 89.8039
2016 44.8357 5.5898 55.1643 50.4663 91.4837
2017 72.1615 27.3258 27.8385 24.2070 86.9550
2018 80.4448 8.2834 19.5552 16.5044 84.3991
2019 73.2957 -7.1491 26.7043 24.2330 90.7459
2020 87.4824 14.1866 12.5176 10.5432 84.2267
2021 87.7500 0.2677 12.2500 10.5764 86.3381
2022 0.2677 11.9823 10.6106 88.5517
2023 0.2677 11.7147 10.6457 90.8750
2024 0.2677 11.4470 10.6819 93.3158
2025 0.2677 11.1793 10.7191 95.8828
2026 and later years 0.2677 10.9117 10.7573 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 92.8642 percent to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years and that are outstanding at the end of the 2022 taxable year.
2012 7.1936 7.1936 92.8064 80.9429 87.2170
2013 16.9555 9.7619 83.0445 73.3802 88.3625
2014 28.3624 11.4069 71.6376 63.9304 89.2413
2015 39.7945 11.4321 60.2055 54.1818 89.9948
2016 54.3906 14.5961 45.6094 40.9422 89.7670
2017 60.9060 6.5154 39.0940 35.5165 90.8490
2018 67.7760 6.8700 32.2240 29.5744 91.7775
2019 75.7119 7.9359 24.2881 22.3793 92.1411
2020 79.5966 3.8847 20.4034 19.0856 93.5415
2021 83.9430 4.3464 16.0570 15.2285 94.8401
2022 4.3464 11.7107 11.2599 96.1507
2023 4.3464 7.3643 7.1766 97.4508
2024 and later years 4.3464 3.0179 2.9752 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 96.3135 percent to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years and that are outstanding at the end of the 2022 taxable year.
2012 20.1003 20.1003 79.8997 75.4585 94.4415
2013 59.2833 39.1830 40.7167 37.8941 93.0676
2014 73.0867 13.8034 26.9133 24.9877 92.8453
2015 80.3675 7.2808 19.6325 18.3246 93.3382
2016 87.7278 7.3603 12.2722 11.3883 92.7976
2017 94.4454 6.7175 5.5546 4.9035 88.2774
2018 96.5143 2.0689 3.4857 2.9466 84.5335
2019 97.9468 1.4326 2.0532 1.5786 76.8884
2020 97.4560 -0.4909 2.5440 2.1222 83.4180
2021 97.0652 -0.3908 2.9348 2.5799 87.9068
2022 0.1836 2.7512 2.4682 89.7139
2023 0.1836 2.5675 2.3533 91.6537
2024 0.1836 2.3839 2.2350 93.7531
2025 0.1836 2.2003 2.1133 96.0476
2026 and later years 0.1836 2.0166 1.9881 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 89.7139 percent to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years and that are outstanding at the end of the 2022 taxable year.
2012 3.4987 3.4987 96.5013 84.4091 87.4694
2013 23.2170 19.7183 76.7830 66.8474 87.0601
2014 43.7483 20.5313 56.2517 47.9534 85.2478
2015 38.9131 -4.8352 61.0869 54.2434 88.7977
2016 47.9298 9.0167 52.0702 46.6654 89.6201
2017 80.0315 32.1017 19.9685 15.4517 77.3805
2018 76.5053 -3.5292 23.4947 19.4751 82.8913
2019 78.1701 1.6649 21.8299 18.3492 84.0554
2020 80.0717 1.9015 19.9283 16.9507 85.0580
2021 79.8791 -0.1926 20.1209 17.6359 87.6494
2022 1.1246 18.9963 17.0048 89.5164
2023 1.1246 17.8717 16.3555 91.5162
2024 1.1246 16.7471 15.6875 93.6726
2025 1.1246 15.6225 15.0001 96.0158
2026 and later years 1.1246 14.4979 14.2928 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 91.3700 percent to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years and that are outstanding at the end of the 2022 taxable year.
2012 1.5423 1.5423 98.4577 88.8020 90.1930
2013 20.9273 19.3850 79.0727 71.7053 90.6827
2014 30.4705 9.5433 69.5295 64.0974 92.1873
2015 46.3043 15.8337 53.6957 49.8889 92.9103
2016 51.8464 5.5421 48.1536 45.7090 94.9234
2017 72.7869 20.9405 27.2131 25.7890 94.7671
2018 82.0967 9.3097 17.9033 17.0911 95.4629
2019 89.2630 7.1664 10.7370 10.3158 96.0773
2020 95.3692 6.1062 4.6308 4.4201 95.4510
2021 96.7995 1.4303 3.2005 3.0970 96.7682
2022 1.4303 1.7702 1.7357 98.0539
2023 and later years 1.4303 0.3399 0.3351 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 98.0539 percent to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years and that are outstanding at the end of the 2022 taxable year.
2012 55.6145 55.6145 44.3855 43.3187 97.5967
2013 89.3328 33.7182 10.6672 10.3687 97.2010
2014 and later years 5.3336 5.3336 5.2582 98.5856
2012 85.4101 85.4101 14.5899 14.3645 98.4555
2013 99.5388 14.1287 0.4612 0.4483 97.2010
2014 and later years 0.2306 0.2306 0.2273 98.5856
2012 21.8973 21.8973 78.1027 68.3810 87.5527
2013 43.4962 21.5989 56.5038 48.4485 85.7437
2014 56.0061 12.5099 43.9939 37.1592 84.4646
2015 63.5544 7.5482 36.4456 30.5766 83.8965
2016 68.9880 5.4337 31.0120 25.9486 83.6730
2017 73.9567 4.9687 26.0433 21.6586 83.1638
2018 76.0580 2.1013 23.9420 20.1531 84.1746
2019 77.6365 1.5785 22.3635 19.1344 85.5607
2020 80.1194 2.4828 19.8806 17.1689 86.3597
2021 81.3456 1.2262 18.6544 16.4212 88.0286
2022 1.2262 17.4281 15.6519 89.8084
2023 1.2262 16.2019 14.8604 91.7203
2024 1.2262 14.9757 14.0461 93.7927
2025 1.2262 13.7494 13.2082 96.0635
2026 and later years 1.2262 12.5232 12.3460 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 92.3332 percent to discount unpaid losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years and that are outstanding at the end of the 2022 taxable year.
The principal author of this revenue procedure is David Remus of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Financial Institutions & Products). For further information regarding this revenue procedure, contact Mr. Remus on (202) 622-3970 (not a toll-free call).
This revenue procedure prescribes the salvage discount factors for 2012. These factors must be used to compute discounted estimated salvage recoverable under § 832 of the Internal Revenue Code.
.01 The following tables present separately for each line of business the discount factors under § 832 for 2012. All the discount factors presented in this section were determined using the applicable interest rate under § 846(c) for 2012, which is 2.89 percent, and by assuming all estimated salvage is recovered in the middle of the calendar year.
.02 Section V of Notice 88-100, 1988-2 C.B. 439, sets forth a composite method for computing discounted unpaid losses for accident years that are not separately reported on the annual statement. Rev. Proc. 2002-74, section 3.03, 2002-2 C.B. 980, provides that an insurance company that elects to use the composite method of Notice 88-100 must use the same method to compute discounted estimated salvage recoverable. Accordingly, the tables separately provide discount factors for taxpayers who elect to use the composite method of section V of Notice 88-100.
.02 These tables must be used by taxpayers irrespective of whether they elected to discount unpaid losses using their own experience under § 846(e).
Taxpayers that do not use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 98.5856 percent to discount salvage recoverable with respect to losses incurred in this line of business in the 2012 accident year as of the end of the 2012 and later taxable years.
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 98.5856 percent to discount all salvage recoverable in this line of business as of the end of the 2012 taxable year.
Tax Year Discount Factors (%)
2012 97.9926
2013 97.2010
Taxpayers that do not use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use the following factor to discount salvage recoverable as of the end of the tax year shown with respect to losses incurred in this line of business in the 2012 accident year.
2014 and later years 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 98.5856 percent to discount salvage recoverable as of the end of the 2014 taxable year with respect to losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years.
2012 94.8601
2013 94.3170
2014 94.7640
2015 94.1089
2016 94.6321
2017 94.3280
2018 90.0593
2019 88.2417
2020 91.0508
2021 92.3107
Taxpayers that do not use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use the following factors to discount salvage recoverable as of the end of the tax year shown with respect to losses incurred in this line of business in the 2012 accident year.
2022 93.5910
2023 94.8890
2024 96.1977
2025 97.4916
2026 and later years 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 93.5910 percent to discount salvage recoverable as of the end of the 2022 taxable year with respect to losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years.
2012 94.5210
2013 94.2990
2014 94.5290
2015 92.9773
2016 93.4682
2017 93.0095
2018 92.8551
2019 93.5193
2020 93.5262
2021 94.8250
2022 96.1362
2023 97.4384
2024 and later years 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 96.1362 percent to discount salvage recoverable as of the end of the 2022 taxable year with respect to losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years.
2012 95.5378
2012 95.0291
2012 93.7912
2013 94.6803
2014 92.2134
2015 95.0710
2016 95.3003
2017 95.7832
2018 96.7165
2019 97.3503
2020 97.3252
2021 98.5856
2022 and later years 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 98.5856 percent to discount salvage recoverable as of the end of the 2022 taxable year with respect to losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years.
2012 94.4161
2013 96.5442
2014 95.9802
2015 97.2713
2016 96.2322
2017 97.6681
2018 97.0089
2019 97.0932
2020 95.2155
2021 96.5222
2022 97.7949
2023 and later years 98.5856
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 97.7949 percent to discount salvage recoverable as of the end of the 2022 taxable year with respect to losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years.
2012 96.1880
2012 95.2320
2013 95.1821
2014 95.7186
2015 93.7419
2016 95.3602
2017 95.8534
2018 96.0053
2019 95.8968
2020 95.5350
2012 96.9381
2012 93.5677
2013 93.9483
2014 93.9860
2015 95.1734
2016 95.2144
2017 95.3785
2018 96.5322
2019 96.4985
2020 96.7811
2021 98.0683
2012 90.3389
2013 91.4894
2014 92.7055
2015 93.3713
2016 94.1617
2017 95.2667
2018 95.4478
2019 95.3361
2020 97.2714
2012 96.1315
2013 95.9985
2014 95.9758
2015 95.3522
2016 95.3346
2017 95.4812
2018 95.2304
2019 95.5517
2020 96.8469
2021 98.1429
2012 89.8196
2013 91.4110
2014 89.5038
2015 95.0117
2016 92.8700
2017 98.1820
2018 96.3577
2019 85.3703
2020 98.2509
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 97.2650 percent to discount salvage recoverable as of the end of the 2022 taxable year with respect to losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years.
2012 90.7468
2013 90.8255
2014 91.6861
2015 93.0159
2016 93.6033
2017 94.5013
2018 94.4114
2019 96.6942
2020 96.0812
2021 97.3920
2012 92.8721
2013 95.2410
2014 93.0843
2015 91.7774
2016 94.0583
2017 92.9687
2018 96.9437
2019 90.0756
2020 95.9421
2021 97.2787
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 95.1349 percent to discount salvage recoverable as of the end of the 2022 taxable year with respect to losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years.
2012 87.4545
2013 89.8069
2014 84.2710
2015 85.5707
2016 91.5781
2017 94.6877
2018 93.8198
2019 94.3842
2020 92.5740
2021 96.6295
2022 97.9045
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 97.9045 percent to discount salvage recoverable as of the end of the 2022 taxable year with respect to losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years.
2012 88.2387
2013 89.9441
2014 93.6256
2015 93.7540
2016 95.1568
2017 93.2046
2018 95.1579
2019 95.0763
2020 98.3612
2012 96.3560
2012 96.8733
2012 91.4448
2013 93.0206
2014 93.8697
2015 92.3671
2016 91.7503
2017 91.0454
2018 91.6474
2019 93.0907
2020 93.3550
2021 94.6576
2022 95.9786
2023 97.3078
Taxpayers that use the composite method of Notice 88-100 should use 96.5709 percent to discount salvage recoverable as of the end of the 2022 taxable year with respect to losses incurred in this line of business in 2012 and prior years.
This announcement provides relief to taxpayers who have been adversely affected by Hurricane Sandy and have retirement assets in qualified employer plans they would like to use to alleviate hardships caused by Hurricane Sandy. In addition, this announcement provides relief from certain verification procedures that may be required under retirement plans with respect to loans and hardship distributions. The relief provided under this announcement is in addition to the relief already provided by the Service pursuant to News Release IR-2012-83 under § 7508A of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) for victims of Hurricane Sandy. (See the regulations under § 7508A and Section 8 of Rev. Proc. 2007-56, 2007-2 C.B. 388, for a listing of employee benefit-related acts currently postponed until February 1, 2013, because of the disaster.)
The laws relating to qualified employer plans impose various limitations on the permissibility of loans and distributions from those plans. For example, § 401(k)(2)(B)(i) of the Code provides that in the case of a § 401(k) plan that is part of a profit-sharing or stock bonus plan, elective deferrals may be distributed only in certain situations, one of which is on account of hardship. Section 403(b)(11) provides similar rules with respect to elective deferrals under a § 403(b) plan. Section 457(d)(1)(A) provides that a plan described in § 457(b) may not permit distributions before the occurrence of certain enumerated events, one being when the participant is faced with an unforeseeable emergency. Certain other types of plans or accounts are not permitted to make in-service distributions (distributions to a participant who is still an employee) even if there is a hardship. For example, in-service hardship distributions are generally not permitted from pension plans or from accounts holding qualified nonelective contributions (“QNECs”) described in § 401(m)(4)(C) or qualified matching contributions (“QMACs”) described in § 401(k)(3)(D)(ii)(I). However, Rev. Rul. 2004-12, 2004-2 C.B. 478, holds that if amounts attributable to rollover contributions are separately accounted for within a plan, those amounts may be distributed at any time, pursuant to the employee’s request. Section 72(p) imposes certain requirements relating to plan loans. Unless those requirements are satisfied, a loan is treated as a distribution under the plan.
As described below, a qualified employer plan will not be treated as failing to satisfy any requirement under the Code or regulations merely because the plan makes a loan, or a hardship distribution for a need arising from Hurricane Sandy, to an employee or former employee whose principal residence on October 26, 2012, was located in one of the counties or Tribal Nations that have been identified as covered disaster areas because of the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy or whose place of employment was located in one of these counties or Tribal Nations on that date or whose lineal ascendant or descendant, dependent or spouse had a principal residence or place of employment in one of these counties or Tribal Nations on that date. Covered disaster areas are identified as federally declared disaster areas in the News Releases issued by the IRS for Victims of Hurricane Sandy, which are found on IRS.gov at: — http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/Help-for-Victims-of-Hurricane-Sandy. Plan administrators may rely upon representations from the employee or former employee as to the need for and amount of a hardship distribution, unless the plan administrator has actual knowledge to the contrary, and the distribution is treated as a hardship distribution for all purposes under the Code and regulations.
For purposes of this announcement, a “qualified employer plan” means a plan or contract meeting the requirements of § 401(a), 403(a) or 403(b), and, for purposes of the hardship relief, which could, if it contained enabling language, make hardship distributions. For purposes of this paragraph, a “qualified employer plan” also means a plan described in § 457(b) maintained by an eligible employer described in § 457(e)(1)(A), and any hardship arising from Hurricane Sandy is treated as an “unforeseeable emergency” for purposes of distributions from such plans. For example, a profit-sharing or stock bonus plan that currently does not provide for hardship or other in-service distributions may nevertheless make Sandy-related hardship distributions pursuant to this announcement, except from QNEC or QMAC accounts or from earnings on elective contributions (see below for plan amendment requirements). A defined benefit or money purchase plan, which generally cannot make in-service hardship distributions, may not make hardship distributions pursuant to this announcement, other than from a separate account, if any, within the plan containing either employee contributions or rollover amounts.
The amount available for hardship distribution is limited to the maximum amount that would be permitted to be available for a hardship distribution under the plan under the Code and regulations. However, the relief provided by this announcement applies to any hardship of the employee, not just the types enumerated in the regulations, and no post-distribution contribution restrictions are required. For example, regulations under § 401(k) provide safe harbor hardship distribution standards under which a hardship is deemed to exist only for certain enumerated events, and after receipt of the hardship amount, the employee is prohibited from making contributions for at least 6 months. Plans need not follow these rules with respect to hardship distributions for which relief is provided under this announcement.
To make a loan or hardship distribution, a qualified employer plan that does not provide for them must be amended to provide for loans or hardship distributions no later than the end of the first plan year beginning after December 31, 2012. To qualify for the relief under this announcement, a hardship distribution must be made on account of a hardship resulting from Hurricane Sandy and be made on or after October 26, 2012, and no later than February 1, 2013. Plan loans made pursuant to this announcement must satisfy the requirements of § 72(p).
In addition, a retirement plan will not be treated as failing to follow procedural requirements for plan loans (in the case of retirement plans other than IRAs) or distributions (in the case of all retirement plans, including IRAs) imposed by the terms of the plan merely because those requirements are disregarded for any period beginning on or after October 26, 2012, and continuing through February 1, 2013, with respect to distributions to individuals described in the first paragraph under “Relief”, above, provided the plan administrator (or financial institution in the case of distributions from IRAs) makes a good-faith diligent effort under the circumstances to comply with those requirements. However, as soon as practicable, the plan administrator (or financial institution in the case of IRAs) must make a reasonable attempt to assemble any forgone documentation. For example, if spousal consent is required for a plan loan or distribution and the plan terms require production of a death certificate if the employee claims his or her spouse is deceased, the plan will not be disqualified for failure to operate in accordance with its terms if it makes a loan or distribution to an individual described in the first paragraph under “Relief” in the absence of a death certificate if it is reasonable to believe, under the circumstances, that the spouse is deceased, the loan or distribution is made no later than February 1, 2013, and the plan administrator makes reasonable efforts to obtain the death certificate as soon as practicable. Taxpayers are reminded that in general the normal spousal consent rules continue to apply. For purposes of this announcement, “retirement plan” has the same meaning as “eligible retirement plan” under § 402(c)(8)(B).
The Department of Labor has advised Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service that it will not treat any person as having violated the provisions of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act solely because that person complied with the provisions of this announcement.
The principal author of this announcement is Eric Slack of the Employee Plans, Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division. Questions regarding this announcement may be sent via e-mail to RetirementPlanQuestions@irs.gov.
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Poway Reed, Michael J. Attorney Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (suspension of attorney license) From November 19, 2010 until reinstated by Director, OPR
Denver Levine, Alan L. CPA Public censure for admitted violation of §10.51 (failed to file Federal individual income tax returns for tax years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005) August 11, 2009
Panama City Weeks, George K. Attorney Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (conviction under 26 U.S.C. §7206(1), filing false Federal income tax returns) From June 18, 2012, until reinstated by Director, OPR
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Tifton Walker-Lanier, Betty Attorney Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (suspension of attorney license) From March 25, 2011 until reinstated by Director, OPR
Chicago Horwich, Arnold S. CPA Public censure for admitted violation of §10.22 (diligence as to accuracy) June 17, 2011
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Bethesda Fox, David E. Attorney Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (attorney disbarment) June 7, 2011
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Ann Arbor Lee, Lily Y. Enrolled Agent 36 month suspension by Appellate Authority (failure to timely file a Federal income tax return for tax years 2004 and 2005; and failure to file a Federal income tax return for tax years 2006 and 2007) From June 13, 2011 until reinstated by Director, OPR
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Milwaukee Purnell, Jeffrey W. Attorney Disbarred by ALJ for violation of §10.51 (failure to timely file individual Federal income tax returns for tax years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008) Indefinite from October 4, 2010, but not less than 5 years
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