[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15686-15687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7793]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
26 CFR Part 1
[TD 8817]
RIN 1545-AV70
Notice of Certain Transfers to Foreign Partnerships and Foreign
Corporations; Correction
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Correction to final regulations.
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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to final income tax
regulations that were published in the Federal Register on Friday,
February 5, 1999 (64 FR 5713) relating to certain transfers to foreign
partnerships and corporations by U.S. persons.
DATES: This correction is effective February 5, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliana Dolgoff (202)622-3860 (not a
toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The final regulations that are the subject of this correction are
under section 6038B of the Internal Revenue Code.
Need for Correction
As published, the final regulations contain errors that may prove
to be misleading and are in need of clarification.
Correction of Publication
Accordingly, the publication of the final regulations (TD 8817),
that were the subject of FR Doc. 99-2798, is corrected as follows:
Sec. 1.6038B-1 [Corrected]
1. On page 5715, column 1, amendatory instruction Par. 2,
instruction 2. is corrected to read ``2. In paragraph (b)(1)(i), the
first sentence is removed and two new sentences are added in its
place.''.
1a. On page 5715, column 1, Sec. 1.6038B-1(b)(1)(i), lines 4
through 7, the language ``paragraph (b)(2) of this section, or cash,
which is subject to special rules contained in paragraph (b)(3) of this
section, any U.S. person that makes a'' is corrected to read
``paragraph (b)(2) of this section, any U.S. person that makes a''. 1b.
On page 5715, column 1, in Sec. 1.6038B-1(b)(1)(i), a new sentence is
added after the first sentence to read ``For special rules regarding
cash transfers made in tax years beginning after February 5, 1999, see
paragraphs (b)(3) and (g) of this section.''.
2. On page 5715, column 1, Sec. 1.6038B-1(b)(3) introductory text,
line 2, the language ``foreign corporation must report the'' is
corrected to read ``foreign corporation in a transfer described in
section 6038B(a)(1)(A) must report the''.
3. On page 5715, column 2, Sec. 1.6038B-1(c), line 6, the language
``section 6038B(a)(1)(A) (including cash'' is corrected to read
``section 6038B(a)(1)(A) (including cash transferred in taxable years
beginning after February 5, 1999,''.
4. On page 5715, column 2, Sec. 1.6038B-1(g), lines 3 through 8,
the language ``July 20, 1998, except that the first sentence of
paragraph (b)(1)(i), paragraph (b)(3), and the first sentence of
paragraph (c) apply to transfers occurring in taxable years beginning
after February 5, 1999. See Sec. 1.6038B-'' is corrected to read ``July
20, 1998, except that transfers of cash made in taxable years beginning
on or before February 5, 1999 are not required to be reported under
section 6038B. See Sec. 1.6038B-''.
Sec. 1.6038B-2 [Corrected]
5. On page 5717, column 2, Sec. 1.6038B-2(j)(1)(ii) line 1, the
language, ``Filing a Form 926 with the'' is corrected to read ``Filing
a Form 926 (modified to reflect that the transferee is
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a partnership, not a corporation) with the''.
Cynthia E. Grigsby,
Chief, Regulations Unit, Assistant Chief Counsel (Corporate).
[FR Doc. 99-7793 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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