Internal Revenue Bulletin: 2009-17

April 27, 2009


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.

INCOME TAX

Notice 2009-32 Notice 2009-32

2008 section 45K inflation adjustment factor. This notice announces the inflation adjustment factor, the reference price, and the credit amount for the nonconventional source fuel credit for coke or coke gas (other than from petroleum based products) for the 2008 calendar year.

Notice 2009-33 Notice 2009-33

This notice solicits applications for allocations of the present total national bond volume limitation authority of $2.4 billion to issue new clean renewable energy bonds (New CREBs) under section 54C(a) of the Code to finance certain qualified projects described in section 45(d). This notice also provides related guidance on the following: (1) eligibility requirements that a project must meet to be considered for a volume cap allocation; (2) application requirements and the application form for requests for volume cap allocations; (3) the method that the IRS will use to allocate the volume cap; and (4) certain aspects of the applicable law and interim guidance in this area.

Notice 2009-35 Notice 2009-35

This notice provides the face amount of qualified school construction bonds (QSCBs) allocated by the Department of the Treasury to each state and large local education agency for 2009 under section 54F(d) of the Code. This notice also provides other limited interim guidance with respect to QSCBs.

Notice 2009-36 Notice 2009-36

This notice states that pursuant to the administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), the United States Government may make certain payments to a real estate mortgage investment conduit (REMIC). It also states that if those payments are “ contributions” subject to the 100 percent contribution tax set forth in section 860G(d)(1) of the Code and if none of the exceptions set forth in section 860G(d)(2) apply, then regulations will be issued that will provide an exception for such payments pursuant to section 860G(d)(2)(E).

Rev. Proc. 2009-23 Rev. Proc. 2009-23

This procedure describes the conditions under which modifications to residential mortgage loans pursuant to the administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) will not cause the IRS to challenge the tax status of real estate mortgage investment conducts (REMICs) or fixed investment trusts or to assert that those modifications to mortgages held by a REMIC give rise to a prohibited transaction.

Rev. Proc. 2009-24 Rev. Proc. 2009-24

Automobile owners and lessees. This procedure provides owners and lessees of passenger automobiles (including trucks and vans) with tables detailing the limitations on depreciation deductions for passenger automobiles first placed in service during calendar year 2009 and the amounts to be included in income for passenger automobiles first leased during calendar year 2009.

EXCISE TAX

Notice 2009-34 Notice 2009-34

This notice extends the time for making claims pertaining to biodiesel and biodiesel mixtures that was certified under the old ASTM D6751 standard from April 1, 2009, set forth in Notice 2008-110, 2008-51 I.R.B. 1298, to September 30, 2009. Notice 2008-110 modified.

Preface

The IRS Mission

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Introduction

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The Bulletin is divided into four parts as follows:

Part I.—1986 Code. 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.

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Part IV.—Items of General Interest. This part includes notices of proposed rulemakings, disbarment and suspension lists, and announcements.

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Part III. Administrative, Procedural, and Miscellaneous

Notice 2009-32

Nonconventional Source Fuel Credit, Section 45K Inflation Adjustment Factor, and Section 45K Reference Price

SECTION 1. PURPOSE

This notice publishes the nonconventional source fuel credit, inflation adjustment factor, and reference price under § 45K of the Internal Revenue Code for coke or coke gas (other than from petroleum based products) for calendar year 2008. The inflation adjustment factor and the reference price are used to determine the credit allowable under § 45K for coke or coke gas. The calendar year 2008 inflation-adjusted credit applies to the sales of barrel-of-oil equivalent of coke or coke gas sold by a taxpayer to an unrelated person during the 2008 calendar year, the domestic production of which is attributable to the taxpayer.

SECTION 2. BACKGROUND

Section 45K(a) provides for a credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source, measured in barrel-of-oil equivalent of qualified fuel, the production of which is attributable to the taxpayer and is sold by the taxpayer to an unrelated person during the taxable year. For calendar year 2008, the credit is available only for coke or coke gas. The credit amount for coke or coke gas is equal to the product of $3.00 and the appropriate inflation adjustment factor.

Section 45K(d)(1) provides that the credit applies only to sales of qualified fuels the production of which is within the United States (within the meaning of § 638(1)) or a possession of the United States (within the meaning of § 638(2)).

Section 45K(d)(2)(A) requires that the Secretary, not later than April 1 of each calendar year, determine and publish in the Federal Register the inflation adjustment factor and the reference price for the preceding calendar year.

Section 45K(d)(2)(B) defines “inflation adjustment factor” for a calendar year as a fraction the numerator of which is the GNP implicit price deflator for the calendar year and the denominator of which is the GNP implicit price deflator for calendar year 1979. The term “GNP implicit price deflator” means the first revision of the implicit price deflator for the gross national product as computed and published by the Department of Commerce.

Section 45K(d)(2)(C) defines “reference price” to mean with respect to a calendar year the Secretary’s estimate of the annual average wellhead price per barrel for all domestic crude oil the price of which is not subject to regulation by the United States.

Section 45K(d)(5) provides that the term “barrel-of-oil equivalent” with respect to any fuel generally means that amount of the fuel that has a Btu content of 5.8 million.

Section 45K(g)(1) provides that in the case of a facility for producing coke or coke gas (other than from petroleum based products), which was placed in service before January 1, 1993, or after June 30, 1998, and before January 1, 2010, § 45K(g) shall apply with respect to coke or coke gas produced in such facility and sold during the period beginning on the later of January 1, 2006, or the date that such facility is placed in service, and ending on the date which is 4 years after the date such period began.

Section 45K(g)(2)(A) provides that the amount of coke or coke gas sold during any taxable year that may be taken into account to compute the credit under § 45K with respect to any facility shall not exceed an average barrel-of-oil equivalent of 4,000 barrels per day.

Section 45K(g)(2)(B) provides that in determining the amount of credit allowable to coke or coke gas sold after 2005, the credit shall be computed by substituting “2004” for “1979.” Accordingly, for purposes of § 45K(g), the inflation adjustment factor for a calendar year is a fraction the numerator of which is the GNP implicit price deflator for the calendar year and the denominator of which is the GNP implicit price deflator for calendar year 2004.

Section 45K(g)(2)(D) provides that the phase-out of the credit under § 45K(b)(1) does not apply in the case of facilities producing coke or coke gas.

SECTION 3. REFERENCE PRICE

The reference price for calendar year 2008 is $94.03.

SECTION 4. INFLATION ADJUSTMENT AND CREDIT AMOUNT

The inflation adjustment factor for calendar year 2008 is 1.1183. The nonconventional source fuel credit is $3.36 per barrel-of-oil equivalent ($3.00 x 1.1183).

SECTION 5. DRAFTING INFORMATION CONTACT

The principal author of this notice is Jennifer C. Bernardini of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Passthroughs & Special Industries). For further information regarding this notice, contact Jennifer C. Bernardini at (202) 622-3110 (not a toll-free call).

Notice 2009-33

New Clean Renewable Energy Bonds Application Solicitation and Requirements

SECTION 1. PURPOSE

This notice solicits applications for allocations of the present total national bond volume limitation authority (“volume cap”) of $2.4 billion to issue new clean renewable energy bonds (“New CREBs”) under § 54C(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) to finance certain qualified renewable energy facilities described in § 45(d) of the Code (also referred to in this notice as a qualified “project” or “projects”). This notice also provides related guidance on the following: (1) eligibility requirements that a project must meet to be considered for a volume cap allocation; (2) application requirements and the application form for requests for volume cap allocations; (3) the method that the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the Treasury Department will use to allocate the volume cap; and (4) certain aspects of the applicable law and interim guidance in this area.

Applications for New CREB volume cap allocations pursuant to this notice must be filed in accordance with this notice by the following application deadline: August 4, 2009.

This notice will use the term “CREBs” for clean renewable energy bonds issued under § 54 and the term “New CREBs” for new clean renewable energy bonds issued under § 54C. To the extent that this notice refers generally to the clean renewable energy bond program, the term “CREB program” will be used.

SECTION 2. BACKGROUND

.01 Introduction

Section 1303 of the Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-58, 119 Stat. 594 (2005), added § 54 to the Code. Section 54 originally provided for a total national volume cap of $800 million for CREBs to finance eligible clean renewable energy projects and delegated to the Secretary the authority to allocate that volume cap, subject to the constraint that the Secretary could allocate no more than $500 million of that volume cap to qualified borrowers that were governmental bodies (with the balance to be allocated to qualified borrowers which were cooperative electric companies). Section 54 originally required that CREBs had to be issued by an expiration date of December 31, 2007.

Section 202 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-432, 120 Stat. 2922 (2006) (the “2006 Act”), amended § 54 in three respects. First, the 2006 Act increased the total national bond volume cap for CREBs from $800 million to $1.2 billion. Second, the 2006 Act extended the expiration date for the issuance of CREBs under the total authorized national volume cap of $1.2 billion from December 31, 2007, to December 31, 2008. Third, the 2006 Act increased the maximum allocations or reallocations to qualified borrowers which are governmental bodies from $500 million to $750 million (with the balance to be allocated to cooperative electric companies). In 2007, the IRS completed the allocation with respect to the volume cap under § 54 of the Code, as amended.

Section 15316 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-246, 122 Stat. 1651 (2008) (the “2008 Food Act”), added new § 54A to the Code. Section 54A provides certain general program requirements and operating rules for qualified tax credit bonds. Section 54A(a) provides that a taxpayer that holds a qualified tax credit bond on one or more credit allowance dates of the bond occurring during any taxable year is allowed as a credit against Federal income tax for the taxable year an amount equal to the sum of the credits determined under § 54A(b) with respect to such dates.

Section 107 of the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008, Division B of Pub. L. No. 110-343, 122 Stat. 3765 (2008) (the “2008 Energy Act”) (the 2008 Food Act and the 2008 Energy Act are referred to collectively as the “2008 Acts”), added new § 54C to the Code to provide for a new national volume cap of $800 million for New CREBs to finance qualified renewable energy facilities. Section 107(b) of the 2008 Energy Act amended § 54A(d)(1) of the Code to provide that the term qualified tax credit bond, in part, means a New CREB that is part of an issue that meets the requirements of § 54A(d)(2), (3), (4), (5), and (6) regarding expenditures of bond proceeds, information reporting, arbitrage, maturity limitations, and prohibitions on financial conflicts of interest, respectively. Section 107(d) of the 2008 Energy Act provides that amendments to the Code made by § 107 of the 2008 Energy Act apply to obligations issued after October 3, 2008.

Section 1111 of Title I of Division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115 (2009) (the “2009 Act”), increased the national bond volume cap for New CREBs by $1.6 billion.

Section 107(c) of the 2008 Energy Act extends the expiration date for the issuance of CREBs under authority previously allocated by the IRS pursuant to § 54 of the Code from December 31, 2008, to December 31, 2009. In addition to providing for authority to issue New CREBs, the 2008 Acts amended certain provisions and requirements applicable to CREBs with respect to New CREBs authorized under §§ 54A and 54C of the Code. These amended requirements include: (1) requiring that 100 percent of the “available project proceeds” (as defined in § 54A(e)(4)) be used for capital expenditures incurred for one or more qualified renewable energy facilities; (2) reducing the amount of annual CREB credit under § 54C to 70 percent of the amount determined under the general rules of § 54A(b); (3) providing that not more than one-third of the national volume cap of $800 million may be allocated to qualified projects owned by each of three types of qualified owners, including public power providers, governmental bodies, and cooperative electric companies, respectively; (4) allowing unrestricted investments of available project proceeds during a prescribed three-year spending period and, subject to certain restrictions, allowing investments of certain sinking funds expected to be used to repay the CREBs within certain limitations; (5) permitting credit “stripping” or separation of the ownership of a qualified tax credit bond, including a New CREB, and the entitlement to the credit under § 54A with respect to a qualified tax credit bond under regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary; and (6) omitting the requirement that the New CREBs be repaid in equal annual installments.

.02 New clean renewable energy bonds under § 54C

Section 54C(a) provides that a “new clean renewable energy bond” or New CREB means any bond issued as part of an issue if: (1) 100 percent of the available project proceeds of such issue are to be used for capital expenditures incurred by qualified owners, including governmental bodies, public power providers, or cooperative electric companies, for one or more qualified renewable energy facilities; (2) the bond is issued by a qualified issuer; and (3) the issuer designates such bond for purposes of this section.

Section 54C(b) provides that the annual credit amount under § 54A(b) with respect to any New CREB issued under § 54C shall be 70 percent of the amount so determined without regard to § 54C(b).

Section 54C(d)(6) defines a “qualified issuer” as: (1) a public power provider; (2) a cooperative electric company; (3) a governmental body; (4) a clean renewable energy bond lender; or (5) a not-for-profit electric utility that has received a loan or loan guarantee under the Rural Electrification Act. Section 54C(d)(2) provides that the term “public power provider” means a State utility with a service obligation, as such terms are defined in § 217 of the Federal Power Act (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this paragraph). Section 54C(d)(3) provides that the term “governmental body” means any State (including the District of Columbia and any possession of the United States) or Indian tribal government, or any political subdivision thereof. Section 54C(d)(4) provides that the term “cooperative electric company” means a mutual or cooperative electric company described in § 501(c)(12) or § 1381(a)(2)(C). Section 54C(d)(5) provides that the term “clean renewable energy bond lender” means a lender that is a cooperative that is owned by, or has outstanding loans to, 100 or more cooperative electric companies and is in existence on February 1, 2002, and shall include any affiliated entity controlled by such lender.

Section 54C(d)(1) defines the term “qualified renewable energy facility” to mean any of the following qualified facilities (as determined under § 45(d) without regard to paragraphs (8) and (10) thereof and to any placed in service date) owned by a public power provider, a governmental body, or a cooperative electric company: (1) a wind facility under § 45(d)(1); (2) a closed-loop biomass facility under § 45(d)(2); (3) an open-loop biomass facility under § 45(d)(3); (4) a geothermal or solar energy facility under § 45(d)(4); (5) a small irrigation power facility under § 45(d)(5); (6) a landfill gas facility under § 45(d)(6); (7) a trash combustion facility under § 45(d)(7); (8) a qualified hydropower facility under § 45(d)(9); and (9) a marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facility under § 45(d)(11).

Section 54C(c) provides that the national bond volume cap for New CREBs is $2.4 billion. Section 54C(c)(2) provides that the Secretary shall allocate no more than one third of the volume cap to qualified projects owned by public power providers, governmental bodies, and cooperative electric companies, respectively. Section 54C(c)(3)(A) provides that with respect to public power providers, after the Secretary identifies the qualified projects of public power providers that are appropriate for receiving an allocation of the CREB volume cap, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, make allocations among such projects in such manner that the amount allocated to each such project bears the same ratio to the cost of such project as the portion of the CREB volume cap that may be allocated to public power providers bears to the cost of all such projects. Section 54C(c)(3)(B) provides that with respect to governmental bodies and cooperative electric companies, the Secretary shall make allocations of the respective CREB volume caps among qualified projects of governmental bodies and cooperative electric companies in such manner as the Secretary determines appropriate.

SECTION 3. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS IN GENERAL

Each application for an allocation of the New CREBs volume cap under § 54C (“Application”) must be prepared and submitted in accordance with this section. In order for an Application to comply with this section, among other things, the Application must be prepared in substantially the form attached to this notice as Appendix A, subject to such minor changes or variations as the IRS and the Treasury Department may approve in their discretion. This notice, including Appendix A, may be found on the IRS web site at http://www.irs.gov/taxexemptbond/index.html or http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/. By submitting an Application, the applicant agrees to comply with the requirements of this notice.

a. Qualified issuer. An Application must be submitted by a qualified issuer within the meaning of § 54C(d)(6). A “qualified issuer” is: (1) a public power provider (as defined in § 54C(d)(2)); (2) a cooperative electric company (as defined in § 54C(d)(4)); (3) a governmental body (as defined in § 54C(d)(3)); (4) a New CREB lender (as defined in § 54C(d)(5)); or (5) a not-for-profit electric utility that has received a loan or loan guarantee under the Rural Electrification Act. An Application must identify the qualified issuer (including the qualified issuer’s Federal tax identification number) and must demonstrate that the entity constitutes a qualified issuer within the meaning of § 54C(d)(6).

b. Signatures. An Application must be signed and dated by, and must include the printed name and title of, an authorized official of the qualified issuer. For purposes of this notice, the term “authorized official of the qualified issuer” means an officer, board member, employee, or other official of the qualified issuer who is duly authorized to execute legal documents on behalf of the qualified issuer in connection with incurring debt of the qualified issuer ( e.g. , a mayor, chairperson of a city council, chairperson of a board of directors, county or city administrator or manager, chief executive officer or chief financial officer), similar to the kind of duly authorized official of an issuer who would be authorized to execute documents in connection with an issuer’s declaration of official intent to reimburse expenditures from the proceeds of a borrowing under § 1.150-2(e), Income Tax Regs.

c. Contact person. An Application must designate one or more persons with knowledge regarding the project that the qualified issuer duly authorizes to discuss with the IRS any information relating to the Application. The designation must include the designee’s name, title, telephone number, fax number, and mailing address. If a designee is not an official or officer of the issuer, the Application must include an executed Form 8821 (Taxpayer Information Authorization), authorizing the disclosure of taxpayer information specifically relating to the Application to the designee.

d. Addresses. An Application must be submitted by hard copy in duplicate accompanied by a copy of the Application in electronic format on compact disc (“CD”) by mail to the IRS, TEB CREBs Allocations, 1122 Town & Country Commons, St. Louis, Missouri 63017.

e. Due date. An Application must be filed with the IRS on or before the Application deadline of August 4, 2009.

f. Project description. Each Application must contain the information required by this subsection f.

(i) Qualified owner. Each Application must identify the public power provider, governmental body, or cooperative electric company expected to own the qualified renewable energy facility. A “public power provider” is a State utility with a service obligation, as such terms are defined in § 217 of the Federal Power Act (as in effect on October 3, 2008). A “governmental body” is any State or Indian Tribal government, or any political subdivision thereof (within the meaning of § 103 of the Code). A “cooperative electric company” is a mutual or cooperative electric company described in §§ 501(c)(12) or 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code. The Application must demonstrate that the entity is a public power provider, governmental body, or cooperative electric company within the meaning of § 54C(d)(2), (3), and (4), respectively.

(ii) Qualified project. Each Application must describe in reasonable detail the qualified renewable energy facility or facilities constituting the project to be financed with the proceeds of the New CREBs. The Application must demonstrate that each project will constitute a “qualified renewable energy facility” under § 54C(d)(1). The Application must indicate the expected date that the acquisition and construction of each project will commence and the expected date that each project will be placed in service.

The Application must contain a certification by an independent, licensed engineer that each project will meet the requirements for a “qualified facility” under § 45(d) (but without regard to § 45(d)(8) and (10) and to any placed in service date), and that the project will be technically viable and will produce electricity.

If the project is a qualified hydropower facility under § 45(d)(9) producing incremental hydropower production (as defined under § 45(c)(8)(B)), then the certification also must state that the project consists only of efficiency improvements or additions to capacity that produce additional production as described in § 45(c)(8)(B) based on a methodology that would meet Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) standards. If the project is a qualified hydropower facility under § 45(d)(9) for qualified hydropower production at a nonhydroelectric dam under § 45(c)(8)(C), then the certification also must state that: (i) the facility, when constructed, will meet FERC licensing requirements and other applicable environmental, licensing and regulatory requirements; and (ii) the facility will be operated so that the water surface elevation at any given location and time that would have occurred in the absence of the hydroelectric project is maintained, subject to any license requirements imposed under applicable law that change the water surface elevation for the purpose of improving environmental quality of the affected waterway.

(iii) Prior allocations and related projects. Each Application must describe the amount of CREB volume cap previously allocated to each project under § 54 of the Code described in the Application and to any “related projects.” For purposes of this notice and the Application, the term “related projects” means projects that are owned by the same entity, or a “related party” as defined in § 1.150-1(b), that are of the same type under § 45(d), located on the same site, and integrated, interconnected, or directly or indirectly dependent on each other, based on all the facts and circumstances (“Related Projects”). For purposes of the allocation methodology described in section 6 of this notice, a facility the construction of which causes an increase in capacity (measured in units of power) of a project for which an Applicant previously received an allocation under § 54 will not be treated as a Related Project with respect to such project.

(iv) Location of project. The Application must indicate the location of the project.

(v) Regulatory approvals. The Application must describe a plan to obtain all necessary Federal, state and local regulatory approvals for the project.

g. Plan of financing. The Application must contain a reasonably detailed description of the plan of financing for the project, including all reasonably expected sources and uses of financing and other funds, the status of such financing, the anticipated date of bond issuance, the sources of security and repayment for the bonds, the aggregate face amount of bonds expected to be issued for the project, and the issuer’s reasonably expected schedule for spending proceeds of New CREBs. If the owner intends to use the proceeds of New CREBs to reimburse amounts paid with respect to a qualified project, the Application must demonstrate that the requirements under § 54A(d)(2)(D) will be met.

h. Dollar amount of allocation requested. The Application must specify the dollar amount of the volume cap requested for the project.

SECTION 4. REQUIRED DECLARATIONS IN APPLICATIONS

Each application submitted under this notice must include the following declaration signed and dated by an authorized official of the qualified issuer who has personal knowledge of the relevant facts and circumstances: “Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this document and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the facts contained herein are true, correct, and complete.”

SECTION 5. CONSENT TO DISCLOSURE OF ALLOCATION

In order to provide the public with information on how the volume cap authorized by Congress has been allocated and to facilitate oversight of the CREB program, the IRS intends to publish the results of the allocation process. The information will be the most useful to the public if it identifies the specific allocations awarded. Pursuant to § 6103, consent is required in order for the IRS to disclose identifying information with respect to applicants awarded an allocation. Therefore, the IRS requests that each applicant submit with the Application a declaration consenting to the disclosure by the IRS of the name of the applicant (issuer), the name of the qualified renewable energy facility owner (if other than the issuer), the type and location of the qualified renewable energy facility that is the subject of the Application, and the amount of the New CREBs volume cap allocation for such facility in the event the facility receives an allocation. To provide valid consent, the declaration must be in the form set forth in Appendix B. An applicant is not required to provide a declaration consenting to disclosure in order to receive an allocation. The IRS will not publish identifying information with respect to applications that are not awarded an allocation of volume cap or while applications are pending.

SECTION 6. VOLUME CAP ALLOCATIONS AND METHODOLOGY

a. In general. New CREB volume cap under § 54C will be allocated in accordance with this section for qualified projects for which Applications meeting the requirements of this notice have been filed with the IRS on or before the Application deadline set forth in this notice. For purposes of this section 6, all Related Projects, as defined in section 3(f)(iii), will be treated as a single project.

b. Allocation methodology for governmental bodies and cooperative electric companies. Up to one-third of the total national volume cap will be allocated to qualified projects owned by governmental bodies and up to an additional one-third of the total national volume cap will be allocated to qualified projects owned by cooperative electric companies. With respect to each such category of qualified owners, the full amount of volume cap requested will be allocated beginning with the project for which the smallest dollar amount of volume cap has been requested and continuing with the project for which the next-smallest dollar amount of volume cap has been requested until the total amount of volume cap set aside for that category of qualified owners has been exhausted or until all applications from that category of qualified owners have been granted, whichever occurs first. For this purpose, except for projects consisting of increases in capacity as described in section 3(f)(iii) of this notice, any amount of the CREB volume cap previously allocated to a project under § 54 (for CREBs) of the Code will be taken into account by increasing the amount requested for that project in the Application submitted pursuant to this notice by the amount previously allocated to the project. A project that causes an increase in capacity of an existing project or of a project that was previously allocated CREB volume cap under § 54 will be treated as a separate, new project for purposes of the allocation of New CREBs volume cap under this section.

c. Allocation methodology for public power providers. Up to one-third of the total national volume cap will be allocated to qualified projects owned by public power providers using the pro rata allocation method described below. The amount of volume cap allocated to a project for a public power provider will bear the same proportion to the national volume cap allocated to public power providers as the amount of volume cap requested for that project bears to the total amount of volume cap requested for all projects by public power providers.

SECTION 7. INSUBSTANTIAL DEVIATIONS FROM APPLICATION PROVISIONS

Generally, any allocation of CREBs or New CREBs volume cap is valid for purposes of § 54 or § 54C, respectively, with respect to bonds issued pursuant to such allocation that are used to finance qualified renewable energy facilities described in the application. An allocation of CREBs or New CREBs under §§ 54 and 54C, respectively, is also valid notwithstanding insubstantial deviations with respect to the information submitted in the Application. Whether a deviation with respect to the information submitted in the Application is insubstantial is determined based on all the facts and circumstances using criteria similar to those used under § 5f.103-2(f)(2) and Prop. Reg. § 1.147(f)-1(b)(6), as amended from time to time, relating to the insubstantial deviation in the information required for public approval of an issue of governmental bonds under § 147(f) of the Code. Applications for approval of specific insubstantial deviations must be submitted by hard copy and in electronic format on compact disk (“CD”) by mail to IRS, TEB CREBs Determinations, 1122 Town & Country Commons, St. Louis, Missouri 63017. An application for approval of a specific insubstantial deviation must include (a) a detailed description of the proposed deviation, (b) facts establishing the continued technical viability of the project and that no other taxpayer or the Government will be prejudiced, (c) a copy of the allocation letter issued by the IRS, and (d) a declaration pursuant to section 4 of this notice signed by an authorized person in accordance with section 3.b. of this notice.

SECTION 8. INFORMATION REPORTING

Section 54A(d)(3) requires issuers of New CREBs to submit information reporting returns to the IRS similar to those required to be submitted under § 149(e) for tax-exempt State or local governmental bonds. These information reporting returns are required to be submitted at the same time and in the same manner as those under § 149(e) on such forms as shall be prescribed by the IRS for such purpose. Pending further guidance from the IRS regarding the applicable forms to be used for such information reporting for New CREBs, in the case of an issue of New CREBs, the issuer must submit to the IRS an information return on Form 8038, Information Return for Tax-Exempt Private Activity Bond Issues, at the same time and in the same manner as required under § 149(e), with modifications as described below. Issuers of New CREBs should complete Part II of Form 8038 by checking the box on Line 20c (Other), writing “New Clean Renewable Energy Bonds” or “New CREBs” in the space provided for the bond description, and entering the issue price of the New CREBs in the Issue Price column. For purposes of this notice, the term “issue” has the meaning used for tax-exempt bond purposes in § 1.150-1(c).

SECTION 9. RELIANCE ON NOTICE AND INTERIM GUIDANCE

(a) Generally

Pending the promulgation and effective date of applicable future regulations or other published administrative guidance, taxpayers may rely on the interim guidance provided in this notice and, to the extent not inconsistent with §§ 54A and 54C and this notice, taxpayers may also rely on Notice 2006-7, 2006-1 C.B. 559 (March 6, 2006), and Notice 2007-26, 2007-1 C.B. 870 (April 2, 2007).

(b) Credit Rate

For New CREBs issued under § 54C, the credit rate is determined as of the date that the issue of New CREBs is sold. The New CREB credit rate is published for that date by the Bureau of Public Debt on its Internet site for State and Local Government Series securities at: https://www.treasurydirect.gov. The credit rates will be determined by the Treasury Department in accordance with Notice 2009-15, 2009-6 I.R.B. 449 (February 9, 2009).

(c) Maximum term

The maximum term for a New CREB is determined under § 54A(d)(5) by using a discount rate equal to 110 percent of the long-term adjusted AFR, compounded semi-annually, for the month in which the bond is sold. For purposes of this notice, a bond is “sold” on the first day on which there is a binding written contract for the sale or exchange of the bond. The maximum term for a New CREB is published daily by the Bureau of Public Debt on its Internet site for State and Local Government Series securities at: https://www.treasurydirect.gov.

(d) Permitted sinking fund yield

Section 54A(d)(4)(C) provides that an issue shall not be treated as failing to meet the arbitrage requirements of § 148 by reason of any fund which is expected to be used to repay the issue if: (i) the fund is funded at a rate not more rapid than equal annual installments; (ii) the fund is funded in a manner reasonably expected to result in an amount not greater than an amount necessary to repay the issue; and (iii) the yield on such fund is not greater than the discount rate determined under § 54A(d)(5)(B) (the “permitted sinking fund yield”).

The permitted sinking fund yield is determined under § 54A(d)(5)(B) by using a rate equal to 110 percent of the long-term adjusted AFR, compounded semi-annually, for the month in which the bond is sold. The IRS publishes the long-term adjusted AFR, compounded semi-annually, each month in a revenue ruling published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin. The Bureau of Public Debt publishes the permitted sinking fund yield for each month on its Internet site for State and Local Government Series securities at: https://www.treasurydirect.gov.

(e) Joint ownership of qualified renewable energy facilities

Joint ownership of qualified renewable energy facilities financed with New CREBs will be recognized in a manner similar to the recognition of joint ownership of output projects under the private activity bond restrictions on tax-exempt bonds under § 141.

(f) Allocation and accounting

In determining whether all or a part of a facility will be eligible to be a qualified renewable energy facility for New CREBs purposes, allocation and accounting rules similar to those employed for mixed-use projects will be applied.

(g) Qualified expenditures

For purposes of the requirement under § 54C(a)(1) to use 100 percent of the available project proceeds of an issue of New CREBs for qualified costs to finance capital expenditures for qualified renewable energy facilities, available project proceeds used to finance a reserve, sinking, or replacement fund ( e.g. , a debt service reserve fund to secure the New CREBs), including a Qualified Tax Credit Bond sinking fund, will be treated as nonqualified costs. Except in limited circumstances involving reimbursements to which § 54A(d)(2)(D) applies, costs of acquiring existing facilities, including refinancing costs (as contrasted with costs of enhancements, repair, or rehabilitation of existing facilities), generally will be treated as nonqualified costs for purposes of the 100 percent use of proceeds test under § 54C(a)(1).

(h) Coordination with tax credit under § 45K

A qualified renewable energy facility under § 54C(d)(1) shall include a qualified facility under § 45(d)(6) without regard to the limitation under § 45(e)(9)(A) (which limitation disallows the renewable electricity production credit under § 45 for certain facilities which receive the nonconventional source production credit under § 45K), provided that the owner of the qualified renewable energy facility has not been allowed a credit under § 45K during any taxable year with respect to landfill gas to be used by the qualified renewable energy facility.

(i) Cooperative electric companies treated like state or local governmental entities

Cooperative electric companies under § 54C(d)(4) will be treated as “governmental persons” under § 1.141-1(b) for purposes of (1) applying the arbitrage investment restrictions under § 148, including the program investment definition under § 1.148-1(b), and (2) determining whether New CREBs are private activity bonds under § 141 in applying any particular arbitrage investment restriction that depends on whether bonds are private activity bonds.

(j) Expiration of allocation

An allocation of New CREBs volume cap is valid for 3 years after the date of the letter issuing the allocation (the “allocation date”). An allocation of unused volume cap will expire and revert back to the IRS on the first day following 3 years after the allocation date. Any bonds issued pursuant to such expired allocation will not be New CREBs for purposes of §§ 54A and 54C. Under a program to be announced, the IRS plans to reallocate any unallocated volume cap, and any allocated volume cap that has been relinquished or that has reverted to the IRS. For purposes of reallocation, relinquished volume cap means volume cap previously allocated to a qualified issuer to finance a qualified project for which the IRS has received written notice from a duly authorized official of the qualified issuer stating that the issuer will not issue CREBs pursuant to the allocation.

To facilitate reallocation of the unused New CREBs volume cap, a qualified issuer that determines it will not issue bonds within 3 years from the allocation date must notify the IRS of such determination in writing within 90 days after the determination is made. If no determination is made, a qualified issuer that fails to issue bonds pursuant to its allocation within the 3-year period must notify the IRS of such failure within 90 days after the end of the 3-year period. The notification must include a copy of the original allocation letter and must be submitted by hard copy and in electronic format on compact disk (“CD”) by mail to the IRS, TEB CREBs Forfeiture, 1122 Town & Country Commons, St. Louis, Missouri 63017.

Consistent with allocation requirements under § 54C(c)(2), any relinquished or reverted New CREB volume cap under § 54C will be reallocated only for a qualified project owned or to be owned by the same category of qualified owner as the owner that originally received the relinquished or reverted allocation. The IRS does not plan to reallocate any unused, relinquished, or unallocated portion of the CREB volume cap authorized under § 54 of the Code.

SECTION 10. EFFECT ON OTHER DOCUMENTS

To the extent not amended by the 2008 Acts and 2009 Act, references to § 54 of the Code under Notice 2006-7 and Notice 2007-26 apply as if the references were to corresponding provisions of §§ 54A and 54C.

SECTION 11. DRAFTING INFORMATION

The principal authors of this notice are Zoran Stojanovic and Timothy L. Jones of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Financial Institutions and Products). However, other personnel from the IRS and the Treasury Department participated in its development. For further information regarding this notice and the Application, contact Janae Lemley at (636) 255-1202 (not a toll-free call).

APPENDIX A
APPLICATION FOR ALLOCATION OF NEW CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY BOND VOLUME CAP
Internal Revenue Service TEB CREBs Allocations 1122 Town & Country Commons St. Louis, Missouri 63017
The following constitutes the application (“Application”) of (Name) (the “Applicant”) for allocation of new clean renewable energy bond (“New CREB”) volume cap under section 54C(c) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) (unless otherwise noted, section references herein are to the Code) to finance the project described below. (If a single Application is used to request New CREB volume cap for more than one project, then all of the required information in the Application must be provided separately for each project.)
1. Name of Applicant/Issuer
Street Address
City State Zip
Telephone Number Fax Number
Taxpayer Identification Number
2. Status of Issuer (Select as appropriate)
The Applicant/Issuer is a “qualified issuer” under section 54C(d)(6) because it is —
(i) a “clean renewable energy lender” that is a cooperative owned by, or has outstanding loans to, 100 or more cooperative electrical companies and was in existence on February 1, 2002, or is an affiliate that is owned by such a lender, as demonstrated by the attached documents included as Exhibit D.
(ii) a “cooperative electric company” that is a mutual or cooperative electric company described in section 501(c)(12) or section 1381(a)(2)(C), as demonstrated by the attached documents included as Exhibit D, including a copy of the determination letter previously obtained from the IRS, if any (or other relevant documents).
(iii) a “governmental body” that is a State, a possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, an Indian tribal government, or any political subdivision of the foregoing, as demonstrated by the attached documents included as Exhibit D. (Supporting documents are not required to be attached for governmental bodies that are general purpose governmental entities with substantial taxing, eminent domain, and police powers such as generally a county, city, municipality, township, or borough.)
(iv) a “public power provider” that is a State utility with a service obligation, as such terms are defined in section 217 of the Federal Power Act (as in effect on October 3, 2008), as demonstrated by the attached documents included as Exhibit D.
(v) a “not-for-profit electric utility which has received a loan or loan guarantee under the Rural Electrification Act,” as demonstrated by the attached documents included as Exhibit D. For this purpose, supporting documents should include copies of the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the not-for-profit electric utility, and of the loan or loan guarantee documents.
3. Name of Qualified Renewable Energy Facility Owner
Street Address
City State Zip
Telephone Number Fax Number
4. Status of Owner (Select as appropriate)
The Owner is a qualified entity under section 54C(d)(1) because it is —
(i) a qualified owner under section 54C(d)(4) that is a mutual or cooperative electric company under section 501(c)(12) or section 1381(a)(2)(C), as demonstrated by the attached documents included as Exhibit D, including a copy of the determination letter previously obtained from the IRS, if any (or other relevant documents).
(ii) a qualified owner under section 54C(d)(3) that is a “governmental body” and is a State, a possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, an Indian tribal government, or any political subdivision of the foregoing, as demonstrated by the attached documents included as Exhibit D. (Supporting documents are not required to be attached for governmental bodies that are general purpose governmental entities with substantial taxing, eminent domain, and police powers such as generally a county, city, municipality, township, or borough.)
(iii) a qualified owner under section 54C(d)(2) that is a “public power provider” and is a State utility with a service obligation, as such terms are defined in section 217 of the Federal Power Act (as in effect on October 3, 2008), as demonstrated by the attached documents included as Exhibit D. For this purpose, supporting documents should include copies of the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the electric utility.
5. Name of Qualified Renewable Energy Facility.
6. Detailed Description of the Qualified Renewable Energy Facility. A reasonably detailed description of the qualified renewable energy facility (the “Project”) is set forth below or in attached Exhibit A, including reasonably expected costs of components, such as land, site prep, equipment, installation, other dedicated facilities such as transmission, Project capacity and projected or expected use of the power produced at the Project:
7. Qualified Renewable Energy Facility. The Project is a “qualified renewable energy facility” within the meaning of section 54C(d)(1) of the Code because it is a “qualified facility” (as determined under section 45(d) of the Code without regard to section 45(d)(8) and (10) and to any placed in service date) that is (select as appropriate)
(1) a wind facility — a facility using wind to produce electricity;
(2) a closed-loop biomass facility — a facility using closed-loop biomass (as defined in section 45(c)) to produce electricity or, if owned by the taxpayer prior to January 1, 2008, a facility using closed-loop biomass to produce electricity which is modified to use closed-loop biomass to co-fire with coal, with other biomass, or with both, but only if the modification is approved under the Biomass Power for Rural Development Programs or is part of a pilot project of the Commodity Credit Corporation;
(3) an open-loop biomass facility — a facility using open-loop biomass (as defined in section 45(c)) to produce electricity and in the case of a facility using agricultural livestock waste nutrients, the nameplate capacity rating of which is not less than 150 kilowatts;
(4) a geothermal or solar energy facility — a facility using geothermal energy (as defined in section 45(c)) or solar energy to produce electricity (not including a facility described in section 48(a)(3) the basis of which is taken into account by the taxpayer for purposes of determining the energy credit under section 48 of the Code);
(5) a small irrigation power facility — a facility using small irrigation power (as defined in section 45(c)) to produce electricity;
(6) a landfill gas facility — a facility producing electricity from gas derived from the biodegradation of municipal solid waste (as defined in section 45(c));
(7) a trash combustion facility — a facility that burns municipal solid waste (as defined in section 45(c)) to produce electricity;
(8) a qualified hydropower facility — a facility engaged in qualified hydropower production (as defined in section 45(c)); or
(9) a marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facility — a facility producing electricity from marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy (as defined in section 45(c)) with a nameplate capacity of at least 150 kilowatts.
8. Construction Commencement Date and Placed in Service Date. The Borrower begun or expects to begin the construction, installation and equipping of the Project on . The Borrower expects that the Project will be placed into service on or before .
9. Independent Engineer’s Certificate: (If the Application is for more than one Project, a separate certificate must be included for each Project.) Attached as Exhibit B hereto is a certification by an independent, licensed engineer to the effect that the Project will be a “qualified renewable energy facility” within the meaning of section 54C(d)(1) and a “qualified facility” within the meaning of section 45(d) of the Code (without regard to section 45(d)(8) and (10) of the Code and to any placed in service date), and that the project is technically viable and will produce electricity.
If the project is a qualified hydropower facility under section 45(d)(9)
a. producing incremental hydropower production, then the engineering certificate also must state that the project consists only of efficiency improvements or additions to capacity that produce additional production as described in section 45(c)(8)(B) based on a methodology that would meet Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) standards; or
b. that is a nonhydroelectric dam under section 45(c)(8)(C), then the engineering certificate also must state that the facility, when constructed, (a) will meet FERC licensing requirements and other applicable environmental, licensing and regulatory requirements, and (b) will be operated so that the water surface elevation at any given location and time that would have occurred in the absence of the hydroelectric project is maintained, subject to any license requirements imposed under applicable law that change the water surface elevation for the purpose of improving environmental quality of the affected waterway.
10. Location of the Project:
Project address or physical location (do not include postal box numbers or mailing address)
City State Zip
County where Project is located
11. Individual to contact for more information about the Project:
Individual Name and Title
Company Name
Street Address
City State Zip
Telephone Number
Fax Number
Email Address
(Include as appropriate) The contact person is not an authorized official or officer of the Issuer and a properly executed Form 8821 is included with this Application that authorizes the disclosure by the IRS of information that relates to this Application and the Project(s) described above to the contact person.
12. Regulatory Approvals. Identify each regulatory body, the action that must be taken, status of any pending action and the remaining timeframe required to obtain each required approval such as a FERC approval, or siting permits. The plan of the Applicant for obtaining such approvals is as follows: (or attach an Exhibit)
13. Plan of Financing. Include a reasonably detailed description of the plan of financing for the Project, including all reasonably expected sources and uses of financing and other funds, the status of such financing, the anticipated date of bond issuance, the sources of security and repayment for the bonds, the aggregate face amount of bonds expected to be issued for the Project, and the issuer’s reasonably expected schedule for spending proceeds of New CREBs. Attached as Exhibit C is a plan of financing for the Project.
14. Reimbursements. (For reimbursements, include the following statement.) The Issuer intends to use the proceeds of New CREBs to reimburse costs of the Project in accordance with section 54A(d)(2)(D). (In addition, the Issuer must demonstrate that the requirements of § 54A(d)(2)(D) will be met.)
15. Dollar Amount of Allocation Requested for the Project. To finance the Project, the Applicant hereby requests a New CREB allocation in the amount of $.
16. Prior Allocations for the Project or Related Project. (If the Project or any Related Project (as defined in section 3.f.(iii) of this notice) previously received an allocation of CREBs volume cap under section 54 of the Code, then this paragraph must include a statement to that effect.)
[If applicable, include the following statement: On (Insert date), the Project previously received a CREBs volume cap allocation in the amount of $. A copy of the IRS allocation letter for that allocation is attached.]
[If applicable, include the following statement: On (Insert date), a Related Project previously received a CREBs volume cap allocation in the amount of $. A copy of the IRS allocation letter for that allocation is attached.]
17. Other Allocation Requests for Related Projects to the Project. Included below are descriptions of other projects that are Related Projects (as defined in paragraph 16 above) to the Project for which the applicant or other entities are applying for a CREB volume cap allocation. With respect to an applicant on a Related Project other than the Applicant, set forth below are the names, addresses, contact persons, and telephone numbers for any such applicant.

I hereby certify that I am an authorized officer or official of the Applicant and am duly authorized to execute legal documents on behalf of the Applicant in connection with incurring debt and that I am duly authorized to execute legal documents on behalf of the Application in making this Application. Under penalties of perjury, I declare that (i) I have knowledge of the relevant facts and circumstances relating to this Application and the Project(s), (ii) I have examined this Application, and (iii) to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the facts contained in this Application are true, correct and complete.

By:
Name and Title:
Date:
EXHIBIT A
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT (RESPONSE TO QUESTION 6 OF THE APPLICATION)
(Attached hereto)
EXHIBIT B
ENGINEER’S CERTIFICATE (RESPONSE TO QUESTION 9 OF THE APPLICATION)
(Attached hereto in substantially the form below)
Dated: , 2009

This certificate is being provided to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) in connection with an application (the “Application”) by [Name of Applicant Issuer: ] (the “Issuer”) to the IRS requesting an allocation of volume cap authority to issue new clean renewable energy bonds (“New CREBs”) under section 54C of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “Code”). The New CREBs are being issued to make a loan to [Name of the qualified renewable energy facility owner]: (the “Owner”), to finance the costs of certain qualified renewable energy facility or facilities described more particularly in the Application (the “Project”). The undersigned hereby certifies as follows:

1. I am an independent, licensed engineer, duly qualified to practice the profession of engineering under the laws of the State of and I am not an officer or employee of the Issuer or the Borrower.

2. I have reviewed the Application for a New CREBs volume cap allocation (including the exhibits thereto) of the Issuer of even date herewith describing the Project. To the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, the Project will meet the requirements to be a “qualified renewable energy facility” under section 54C(d)(1) of the Code and correspondingly a “qualified facility” under section 45(d) of the Code (determined without regard to section 45(d)(8) and (10) of the Code and without regard to any placed in service date).

[(Include as applicable) To the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, the Project is a qualified hydropower facility under section 45(d)(9)
a. producing incremental hydropower production consisting only of efficiency improvements or additions to capacity that produce additional production as described in section 45(c)(8)(B) based on a methodology that would meet Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) standards. or
b. that is a nonhydroelectric dam under section 45(c)(8)(C) and the facility, when constructed, (a) will meet FERC licensing requirements and other applicable environmental, licensing and regulatory requirements, and (b) will be operated so that the water surface elevation at any given location and time that would have occurred in the absence of the hydroelectric project is maintained, subject to any license requirements imposed under applicable law that change the water surface elevation for the purpose of improving environmental quality of the affected waterway.]

3. To the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the Project is technically viable and, when constructed, will produce electricity.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my official signature on the date of this Engineer’s Certificate.

By:
Seal and/or License number: Name and Title:
Company:
EXHIBIT C
PLAN OF FINANCING (RESPONSE TO QUESTION 13 OF THE APPLICATION)
(Attached hereto)
EXHIBIT D
DOCUMENTS REGARDING ISSUER OR BORROWER ORGANIZATIONAL STATUS (RESPONSE TO QUESTION 2 OR 4 OF THE APPLICATION, AS APPLICABLE)
(Attached hereto)
APPENDIX B
CONSENT TO PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN NEW CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY BONDAPPLICATION INFORMATION
In the event that the Application of [(Insert name of applicant here): ] (the “Applicant”) for an allocation of authority to issue new clean renewable energy bonds (“New CREBs”) under section 54C of the Internal Revenue Code is approved, the undersigned authorized representative of the Applicant hereby consents to the disclosure by the Internal Revenue Service through publication of a notice in the Internal Revenue Bulletin or a press release of the name of applicant (issuer), the name of the qualified renewable energy facility owner (if other than the issuer), the type and location of the facility that is the subject of the Application, and the amount of the allocation, if any, of volume cap authority to issue New CREBs for such facility. The undersigned understands that this information might be published, broadcast, discussed or otherwise disseminated in the public record.
This authorization shall become effective upon the execution thereof. Except to the extent disclosure is authorized herein, the returns and return information of the undersigned taxpayer are confidential and are protected by law under the Internal Revenue Code.
I certify that I have the authority to execute this consent to disclose on behalf of the taxpayer named below.
Date: Signature:
Print name:
Title:
Name of Applicant-Taxpayer:
Taxpayer Identification Number:
Taxpayer’s Address:
Note: Treasury Regulations require that the Internal Revenue Service must receive this consent within 60 days after it is signed and dated.

Notice 2009-34

Modification of Notice 2008-110; ASTM Standards for Biodiesel

SECTION 1. PURPOSE

This notice extends the transitional rule set forth in Section 2(c) of Notice 2008-110, 2008-51 I.R.B. 1298, to September 30, 2009.

SECTION 2. BACKGROUND

(1) Sections 40A, 6426, and 6427(e) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) provide tax incentives for the production, sale, and use of biodiesel and biodiesel mixtures. Section 40A(d)(1) of the Code defines biodiesel as monoalkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from plant or animal matter which meet (i) the registration requirements for fuels and fuel additives established by the Environmental Protection Agency under section 211 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545), and (ii) the requirements of ASTM D6751.

(2) Effective on October 13, 2008, the American Society of Testing and Materials revised the requirements of ASTM D6751 by adding a cold soak filtration test for biodiesel (the October 13, 2008 revision).

(3) Section 2(c) of Notice 2008-110 provides a transitional rule to address this new ASTM D6751 requirement. Under the transitional rule, if a taxpayer’s claim for biodiesel incentives is related to the production, sale, or use of biodiesel or a biodiesel mixture before April 1, 2009, a certification that the biodiesel covered by the claim meets the requirements of ASTM 6751 is valid if the biodiesel meets the requirements of ASTM 6751 as in effect either before or after the October 13, 2008, revision. However, if the claim is related to the production, sale, or use on or after April 1, 2009, the certification of the biodiesel covered by the claim is valid only if the biodiesel meets the requirements of ASTM 6751 as in effect after the October 13, 2008 revision.

SECTION 3. EXTENSION OF TRANSITIONAL RULE

This guidance extends the transitional rule set forth in Section 2(c) of Notice 2008-110 through September 30, 2009. Therefore, if a taxpayer’s claim for biodiesel incentives relates to the production, sale, or use of biodiesel or a biodiesel mixture and the production, sale, or use occurs before October 1, 2009, a certification that the biodiesel covered by the claim meets the requirements of ASTM D6751 is valid if the biodiesel meets the requirements of ASTM D6751 as in effect either before or after the October 13, 2008 revision that added the cold soak filtration test for biodiesel. If a claim relates to the production, sale, or use of biodiesel or a biodiesel mixture and the production, sale, or use occurs on or after October 1, 2009, a certification that the biodiesel covered by the claim meets the requirements of ASTM D6751 is valid only if the biodiesel satisfies the requirements of ASTM D6751 as in effect after the October 13, 2008, revision that added the cold soak filtration test for biodiesel.

SECTION 4. EFFECT ON OTHER DOCUMENTS

Notice 2008-110 is modified.

SECTION 5. DRAFTING INFORMATION

The principal author of this notice is Charles J. Langley, Jr. of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Passthroughs and Special Industries). For further information regarding this notice, contact Charles J. Langley, Jr. at (202) 622-3130 (not a toll-free call).

Notice 2009-35

Qualified School Construction Bond Allocations for 2009

SECTION 1. PURPOSE

This notice sets forth the maximum face amount of qualified school construction bonds (“QSCBs”) allocated by the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) to each State and large local educational agency for 2009 under § 54F(d) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). For this purpose, § 54A(e)(3) provides that the term “State” includes the District of Columbia and any possession of the United States. This notice also provides interim guidance for QSCBs.

SECTION 2. BACKGROUND

.01 INTRODUCTION

Section 1521(a) of Title I of Division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115 (2009) (“Act”) added new § 54F to the Code, setting forth program provisions for QSCBs. The Act amended § 54A(d)(1) to provide that the term “qualified tax credit bond” means, in part, a qualified school construction bond that is part of an issue that meets the requirements of §§ 54A(d)(2), (3), (4), (5), and (6) regarding expenditures of bond proceeds, information reporting, arbitrage, maturity limitations, and prohibitions against financial conflicts of interest, respectively. The Act also amended § 54A(d)(2) to provide that, for purposes of § 54A(d)(2)(C), the term “qualified purpose” for a QSCB means a purpose specified in § 54F(a)(1) described below.

The Act added § 54F(c) to provide a national bond limitation authorization for QSCBs of $11 billion for 2009 and $11 billion for 2010 (each, a “calendar year volume cap” and together “volume cap”). Section 54F(c)(3) provides that except for carryforwards provided for in § 54F(e), there is no calendar year volume cap for calendar years after 2010.

.02 QUALIFIED SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BONDS UNDER § 54F

Section 54F(a) defines a “qualified school construction bond” to mean any bond issued as part of an issue if —

(1) 100 percent of the available project proceeds of such issue are to be used for the construction, rehabilitation, or repair of a public school facility or for the acquisition of land on which such a facility is to be constructed with part of the proceeds of such issue,

(2) the bond is issued by a State or local government within the jurisdiction of which such school is located, and

(3) the issuer designates such bond for purposes of this section.

Section 54F(b) provides that the maximum aggregate face amount of bonds issued during any calendar year that may be designated under § 54F(a) by any issuer shall not exceed the portion of the calendar year volume cap allocated to such issuer for the calendar year under § 54F(d).

Section 54F(d)1) provides that, except as provided in § 54F(d)(2)(C), the calendar year volume cap shall be allocated by the Treasury among the States in proportion to the respective amounts each State is eligible to receive under § 1124 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333) (the “Education Act”) for the most recent fiscal year ending before the calendar year. Section 54F(d)(1) further provides that the calendar year volume cap amount allocated to each State is to be further allocated by the State to the issuers within the State.

Section 54F(d)(2)(A) provides that 40 percent of the calendar year volume cap for any calendar year is to be allocated under § 54F(d)(2)(B) by the Treasury among local educational agencies that are large local agencies for the calendar year. Section 54F(d)(2)(B) provides that 40 percent of the calendar year volume cap is to be allocated among large local educational agencies in proportion to the respective amounts each such agency received under § 1124 of the Education Act for the most recent fiscal year ending before the calendar year.

Section 54F(d)(2)(C) provides that the allocation of calendar year volume cap to any State under § 54F(d)(1) is reduced by the aggregate amount of allocations under § 54F(d)(2) to large local educational agencies within the State.

Section 54F(d)(2)(D) provides the amount of calendar year volume cap allocated to a large local educational agency for any calendar year may be reallocated by such agency to the State in which such agency is located for the calendar year. Section 54F(d)(2)(D) further provides that any amount reallocated to a State by a large local educational agency may be further allocated by the State to issuers within the State.

Section 54F(d)(2)(E) defines a large local educational agency as any local educational agency if such agency is: (1) among the one hundred local educational agencies with the largest number of children aged 5 through 17 from families living below the poverty level, as determined by the Treasury using the most recent data available from the Department of Commerce that are satisfactory to the Treasury; or (2) one of not more than twenty-five additional local educational agencies that the Secretary of Education determines (based on the most recent data available satisfactory to the Treasury) are in particular need of assistance, based on a low level of resources for school construction, a high level of enrollment growth, or such other factors as the Treasury deems appropriate.

Section 54F(d)(3) provides that the amount allocated under § 54F(d)(1) to any United States possession other than Puerto Rico is an amount that would have been allocated to such possession if all allocations under § 54F(d)(1) were made on the basis of respective populations of individuals below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget). Section 54F(d)(3) further provides that in making the other allocations, the amount to be allocated under § 54F(d)(1) to the States is reduced by the aggregate amount allocated under § 54F(d)(3) to the United States possessions.

Section 54F(d)(4) provides for additional calendar year volume cap amounts of $200 million for calendar year 2009 and $200 million for calendar year 2010 (each an “Indian tribal government calendar year volume cap” and together the “Indian tribal government volume cap”) to be allocated by the Secretary of Interior for purposes of the construction, rehabilitation, and repair of schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This $ 200 million Indian tribal government calendar year volume cap allocated to the Indian tribal governments does not reduce the $11 billion calendar year volume cap allocated to the States and the large local educational agencies. Section 54F(d)(4) further provides that, for amounts of Indian tribal government volume cap allocated, Indian tribal governments (as defined in § 7701(a)(40)) are to be treated as qualified issuers.

Section 54F(e) provides that if for any calendar year, the amount of calendar year volume cap allocated under § 54(d) to any State or the amount of Indian tribal government calendar year volume cap allocated to an Indian tribal government exceeds the amount of QSCBs issued during the calendar year pursuant to such allocation, the amount of such excess shall to be carried over to the following calendar year and shall increase the calendar year volume cap or the Indian tribal government calendar year volume cap allocation for the following calendar year for the State or Indian tribal government.

SECTION 3. INTERIM GUIDANCE AND RELIANCE

.01 GENERALLY

Pending the promulgation and effective date of future administrative or regulatory guidance, taxpayers may rely on the interim guidance provided in this notice.

.02 CREDIT RATE

For QSCBs issued under §§ 54A and 54F, the maximum maturity and the credit rate are determined as of the date that there is a binding, written contract for the sale or exchange of the bond. The applicable maximum maturity, the discount rate for determining the maturity, and QSCB credit rate are published for that date by the Bureau of Public Debt on its Internet site for State and Local Government Series securities at: https://www.treasurydirect.gov. For further information regarding the methodology and procedures that the Treasury uses to determine these credit rates, see Notice 2009-15, 2009-6 I.R.B. 449 (February 9, 2009).

.03 SINKING FUND YIELD

Section 54A(d)(4)(C) provides that an issue shall not be treated as failing to meet the requirements of § 148 by reason of any fund that is expected to be used to repay the issue if: (i) the fund is funded at a rate not more rapid than equal annual installments; (ii) the fund is funded in a manner reasonably expected to result in an amount not greater than an amount necessary to repay the issue; and (iii) the yield on such fund is not greater than the discount rate determined under § 54A(d)(5)(B) (the “permitted sinking fund yield”).

The permitted sinking fund yield is determined under § 54A(d)(5)(B) by using a rate equal to 110 percent of the long-term adjusted federal rate (“AFR”), compounded semiannually, for the month in which the bond is sold. The IRS publishes the long-term adjusted AFR, compounded semiannually, each month in a revenue ruling published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin. The Bureau of Public Debt publishes the permitted sinking fund yield for each month on its Internet site for State and Local Government Series securities at: https://www.treasurydirect.gov.

.04 INFORMATION REPORTING

Section 54A(d)(3) requires issuers of QSCBs to submit information reporting returns to the IRS similar to those required to be submitted under § 149(e) for tax-exempt State or local governmental bonds. These information reporting returns are required to be submitted at the same time and in the same manner as those under § 149(e) on such forms as shall be prescribed by the IRS for such purpose. Pending further guidance from the IRS regarding the applicable forms to be used for such information reporting for QSCBs, in the case of an issue of QSCBs, the issuer must submit to the IRS an information return on Form 8038, at the same time and in the same manner as required under § 149(e), with modifications as described below. Issuers of QSCBs should complete Part II of Form 8038 by checking Line 20c (Other), writing “QSCBs” in the space provided for the bond description, and entering the issue price of the QSCBs in the Issue Price column on Line 20c. For purposes of this notice, the term “issue” has the meaning used for tax-exempt bond purposes in § 1.150-1(c) of the Income Tax Regulations.

.05 CERTAIN ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES FOR EQUIPMENT

For purposes of the § 54F(a)(1) requirement that all available proceeds of QSCBs be spent on construction, rehabilitation, or repair of a public school facility or for the acquisition of land on which such a facility is to be constructed with part of the proceeds of such issue, eligible expenditures include, among other things, expenditures for costs of acquisition of equipment to be used in such portion or portions of the public school facility that is being constructed, rehabilitated, or repaired with the proceeds of QSCBs.

.06 ELIGIBLE ISSUERS

Eligible issuers of QSCBs include States, political subdivisions as defined for purposes of § 103, large local educational agencies that are State or local governmental entities, and entities empowered to issue bonds on behalf of any such entity under rules similar to those for determining whether a bond issued on behalf of a State or political subdivision constitutes an obligation of that State or political subdivision for purposes of § 103 and § 1.103-1(b), Income Tax Regs. Further, eligible issuers include otherwise-eligible issuers in conduit financing issues (as defined in § 1.150-1(b), Income Tax Regs.) An eligible issuer may issue QSCBs based on a volume cap allocation received by the eligible issuer itself or by a conduit borrower or other ultimate beneficiary of the issue of QSCBs. In all events, the eligible costs of public school facilities financed with the proceeds of an issue of QSCBs under § 54F(a)(1) must relate to public school facilities that are located within both the jurisdiction of the issuer of the QSCBs and the jurisdiction of the authorized entity that allocates volume cap to the issue of QSCBs for the financing of those public school facilities. Authorized entities that may allocate volume cap consist of those entities that receive volume cap allocations under § 54F(d). Thus, for example, a large local educational agency that has received a volume cap allocation under § 54F(d)(2) either may issue QSCBs with respect to that volume cap itself or it may be a beneficiary of proceeds of an issue issued by another eligible issuer with respect to that volume cap, provided that, in either event, the public school facilities to be financed with the proceeds of the issue of QSCBs are located within both the jurisdiction of the issuer of the QSCBs and the jurisdiction of the large local educational agency that allocated volume cap to the issue of QSCBs for the financing of those public school facilities.

SECTION 4. 2009 ALLOCATIONS OF NATIONAL BOND VOLUME CAP FOR QSCBs

The 2009 national bond volume cap for QSCBs is $11 billion. This amount is allocated among the States and large local educational agencies as set forth in this notice. The 2009 allocations to 100 large local educational agencies reflects the determination by the Secretary of Education to decline to select 25 additional large local educational agencies under § 54F(d)(2)(E)(ii) for such year. The first chart below allocates $6.6 billion of the $11 billion 2009 calendar year volume cap for QSCBs to States to be further allocated to the issuers within such State. The second chart below allocates $4.4 billion of the $11 billion 2009 calendar year volume cap for QSCBs to large local educational agencies.

2009 Allocations to States of Volume Cap for Qualified School Construction Bonds (Net of Allocations to Large Local Educational Agencies)
State/Territory Total Allocation by State/ Territory
Alabama 118,776,000
Alaska 29,784,000
Arizona 186,292,000
Arkansas 113,443,000
California 773,525,000
Colorado 87,147,000
Connecticut 105,092,000
Delaware 29,784,000
District of Columbia 0
Florida 106,806,000
Georgia 201,062,000
Hawaii 0
Idaho 37,665,000
Illinois 244,435,000
Indiana 177,861,000
Iowa 64,252,000
Kansas 79,589,000
Kentucky 135,132,000
Louisiana 131,622,000
Maine 42,074,000
Maryland 50,354,000
Massachusetts 144,783,000
Michigan 296,860,000
Minnesota 75,850,000
Mississippi 132,443,000
Missouri 141,441,000
Montana 31,623,000
Nebraska 32,343,000
Nevada 6,767,000
New Hampshire 29,784,000
New Jersey 223,279,000
New Mexico 64,602,000
New York 192,049,000
North Carolina 187,167,000
North Dakota 25,740,000
Ohio 267,112,000
Oklahoma 87,018,000
Oregon 112,886,000
Pennsylvania 315,737,000
Rhode Island 22,062,000
South Carolina 131,364,000
South Dakota 29,784,000
Tennessee 121,738,000
Texas 538,585,000
Utah 50,962,000
Vermont 24,845,000
Virginia 191,077,000
Washington 164,111,000
West Virginia 78,219,000
Wisconsin 98,589,000
Wyoming 24,080,000
American Samoa 10,748,000
Guam 10,980,000
Northern Marianas 10,703,000
Puerto Rico 0
Virgin Islands 9,974,000
Total 6,600,000,000
2009 Allocations to Large Local Educational Agencies of Volume Cap for Qualified School Construction Bonds
State Large Local Educational Agency Allocation
Alabama Birmingham City School District 15,683,000
Alabama Mobile County School District 23,135,000
Alabama Montgomery County School District 11,421,000
Arizona Mesa Unified District 16,111,000
Arizona Tucson Unified District 21,375,000
California Bakersfield City Elementary 15,720,000
California Compton Unified 18,559,000
California Fresno Unified 41,398,000
California Long Beach Unified 37,905,000
California Los Angeles Unified 318,816,000
California Oakland Unified 26,326,000
California Sacramento City Unified 21,251,000
California San Bernardino City Unified 27,790,000
California San Diego City Unified 38,877,000
California Santa Ana Unified 19,269,000
California Stockton City Unified 16,055,000
Colorado Denver County 1 24,022,000
District of Columbia District of Columbia Public Schools 33,936,000
Florida Broward County School District 49,913,000
Florida Dade County School District 104,855,000
Florida Duval County School District 27,220,000
Florida Hillsborough County School District 40,633,000
Florida Lee County School District 12,701,000
Florida Orange County School District 35,824,000
Florida Palm Beach County School District 33,643,000
Florida Pasco County School District 11,028,000
Florida Pinellas County School District 24,352,000
Florida Polk County School District 20,543,000
Florida Volusia County School District 11,941,000
Georgia Atlanta City School District 37,934,000
Georgia Clayton County School District 13,793,000
Georgia Cobb County School District 12,732,000
Georgia De Kalb County School District 27,832,000
Georgia Fulton County School District 17,720,000
Georgia Gwinnett County School District 18,985,000
Georgia Richmond County School District 16,163,000
Hawaii Hawaii 32,058,000
Illinois City of Chicago School District 299 254,250,000
Indiana Indianapolis Public Schools 31,181,000
Kentucky Jefferson County School District 27,483,000
Louisiana Caddo Parish School Board 17,359,000
Louisiana East Baton Rouge Parish School Board 21,433,000
Louisiana Jefferson Parish School Board 21,646,000
Louisiana Orleans Parish School Board 39,607,000
Maryland Baltimore City Public School System 58,096,000
Maryland Baltimore County Public Schools 19,424,000
Maryland Prince George’s County Public Schools 25,102,000
Massachusetts Boston 37,567,000
Massachusetts Springfield 17,864,000
Michigan Detroit City School District 123,272,000
Minnesota Minneapolis 21,739,000
Minnesota St. Paul 16,119,000
Mississippi Jackson Public School District 15,255,000
Missouri Kansas City School District 17,880,000
Missouri St Louis City 28,163,000
Nebraska Omaha Public Schools 17,378,000
Nevada Clark County School District 51,414,000
New Jersey Newark City 27,258,000
New Mexico Albuquerque Public Schools 21,968,000
New York Buffalo City School District 34,374,000
New York New York City 699,872,000
New York Rochester City School District 29,535,000
North Carolina Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 25,962,000
North Carolina Cumberland County Schools 15,948,000
North Carolina Forsyth County Schools 12,244,000
North Carolina Guilford County Schools 17,147,000
North Carolina Wake County Schools 17,304,000
Ohio Akron City School District 15,062,000
Ohio Cincinnati City School District 25,632,000
Ohio Cleveland Municipal School District 53,145,000
Ohio Columbus City School District 36,372,000
Ohio Toledo City School District 21,460,000
Oklahoma Oklahoma City 17,844,000
Oklahoma Tulsa 14,327,000
Pennsylvania Philadelphia City School District 146,897,000
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 376,055,000
Rhode Island Providence School District 22,338,000
South Carolina Charleston County School District 13,517,000
South Carolina Greenville County School District 15,060,000
Tennessee Memphis City School District 41,736,000
Tennessee Nashville-Davidson County School District 21,132,000
Texas Aldine Independent School District 18,810,000
Texas Alief Independent School District 16,297,000
Texas Arlington Independent School District 12,805,000
Texas Austin Independent School District 24,440,000
Texas Brownsville Independent School District 25,612,000
Texas Dallas Independent School District 73,741,000
Texas Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District 13,810,000
Texas El Paso Independent School District 29,067,000
Texas Fort Worth Independent School District 31,602,000
Texas Garland Independent School District 10,186,000
Texas Houston Independent School District 94,303,000
Texas La Joya Independent School District 13,392,000
Texas Laredo Independent School District 13,639,000
Texas Northside Independent School District 13,299,000
Texas Pasadena Independent School District 14,445,000
Texas Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District 13,302,000
Texas San Antonio Independent School District 30,385,000
Texas Ysleta Independent School District 16,807,000
Wisconsin Milwaukee 72,118,000
Total 4,400,000,000

SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2009 ALLOCATIONS OF NATIONAL BOND VOLUME CAP

The allocations of the national bond volume cap for QSCBs in Section 4 are effective for QSCBs issued, pursuant to an allocation of 2009 calendar year volume cap, after February 17, 2009, and before January 1, 2010.

SECTION 6. ALLOCATION OF THE INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENT VOLUME CAP

The Department of the Interior is exclusively responsible for making the allocations of the Indian tribal government volume cap and inquiries about the process and timing for those allocations of Indian tribal government volume cap should be directed to John Rever, Director, Office of Management Support Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, at (703) 390-6314 or John.rever@bia.gov.

SECTION 7. DRAFTING INFORMATION

The principal author of this notice is Aviva M. Roth of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Financial Institutions & Products). For further information regarding this notice, contact Aviva M. Roth at (202) 622-3980 (not a toll-free call.)

Notice 2009-36

Payments made to a REMIC Pursuant to the Home Affordable Modification Program

The Internal Revenue Service (Service) and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) intend to issue regulations regarding the application of section 860G(d) of the Internal Revenue Code to certain amounts that may be paid to real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICs) as part of the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). The HAMP was announced on February 18, 2009, and many details of its operation were provided on March 4, 2009. See documents entitled “Home Affordable Modification Program Guidelines” and “Making Home Affordable, Summary of Guidelines.”

BACKGROUND

.01 Section 860G(d)(1) states that, except as provided in section 860G(d)(2), “if any amount is contributed to a REMIC after the startup day, there is hereby imposed a tax for the taxable year of the REMIC in which the contribution is received equal to 100 percent of the amount of such contribution.”

.02 Section 860G(d)(2) provides that this tax does not apply to any cash contributions that are—

(A) Contributions made to facilitate a clean-up call or a qualified liquidation;

(B) Payments in the nature of a guarantee;

(C) Contributions made during the 3-month period beginning on the startup day;

(D) Contributions made to a qualified reserve fund by any holder of a residual interest in the REMIC; or

(E) Other contributions permitted in regulations.

.03 The question has arisen whether some of the payments that may be made to REMICs under the HAMP are “contributions” that are described in section 860G(d)(1) and, if so, whether they are covered by the exceptions in section 860G(d)(2).

DISCUSSION

If a payment is made to a REMIC under the HAMP, if the payment is described in section 860G(d)(1), and if the payment is not covered by any of the exceptions in section 860G(d)(2), then regulations to be issued by the Service and Treasury will provide an exception for that payment. The regulations are expected to be effective for payments made on or after March 4, 2009. Pending the issuance of further guidance, taxpayers may rely on this notice and, accordingly, any payment made to a REMIC under the HAMP will not be subject to the 100 percent tax set forth in section 860G(d)(1).

DRAFTING INFORMATION

The principal author of this notice is Diana Imholtz of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Financial Institutions and Products). For further information regarding this notice, contact Ms. Imholtz at 202-622-3930 (not a toll-free call).

Rev. Proc. 2009-23

SECTION 1. PURPOSE

This revenue procedure describes the conditions under which modifications to certain mortgage loans will not cause the Internal Revenue Service (Service) to challenge the tax status of certain securitization vehicles that hold the loans or to assert that those modifications give rise to prohibited transactions.

This revenue procedure provides certainty in the current economic environment with respect to certain potential tax issues that may be implicated by loan modifications made pursuant to the Home Affordable Modification Program (“HAMP”), described below. No inference should be drawn about whether similar consequences would obtain if a transaction falls outside the limited scope of this revenue procedure. Furthermore, there should be no inference that, in the absence of this revenue procedure, transactions within its scope would have impaired the tax status of securitization vehicles or would have given rise to prohibited transactions.

SECTION 2. BACKGROUND-THE HAMP

.01 The deep contraction in the economy and in the housing market has created distress for homeowners and communities throughout the country. Large numbers of homeowners are unable to afford their current monthly mortgage payments and are at risk of losing their homes. In response, on February 18, 2009, the United States Government announced the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan is intended to help at-risk homeowners to modify their mortgages to avoid foreclosure. On March 4, 2009, as a key component of the Plan, the United States Government released further details about the HAMP. See documents entitled “Home Affordable Modification Program Guidelines” and “Making Home Affordable, Summary of Guidelines.”

.02 The HAMP includes detailed protocols for identifying borrowers at risk of default. As is more fully set forth in the program documents, the HAMP is intended to reach borrowers with high mortgage debt service compared to income and other indications of being at risk of default. Delinquency is not a requirement for eligibility. Rather, because loan modifications are more likely to succeed if they are made before a borrower misses a payment, the HAMP is also intended to reach borrowers for whom default is imminent despite the fact that those borrowers are current on their mortgage payments. In determining whether default is imminent for a particular borrower, the HAMP takes into account a broad range of information, including whether the borrower has had a change in circumstances that causes financial hardship, or is facing a recent or imminent increase in the monthly mortgage payment that would likely create a financial hardship.

.03 The HAMP applies both to loans that investors hold directly and to those that are held through securitization vehicles such as investment trusts and real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICs).

SECTION 3. BACKGROUND—REMICS

.01 REMICs are widely used securitization vehicles for mortgages. REMICs are governed by sections 860A through 860G of the Internal Revenue Code.

.02 For an entity to qualify as a REMIC, all of the interests in the entity must consist of one or more classes of regular interests and a single class of residual interests, see section 860D(a), and those interests must be issued on the startup day, within the meaning of § 1.860G-2(k) of the Income Tax Regulations.

.03 A regular interest is one that is designated as a regular interest and whose terms are fixed on the startup day. Section 860G(a)(1). In addition, a regular interest must (1) unconditionally entitle the holder to receive a specified principal amount (or other similar amount), and (2) provide that interest payments, if any, at or before maturity are based on a fixed rate (or to the extent provided in regulations, at a variable rate).

.04 An interest issued after the startup day does not qualify as a REMIC regular interest.

.05 Under section 860D(a)(4), an entity qualifies as a REMIC only if, among other things, as of the close of the third month beginning after the startup day and at all times thereafter, substantially all of its assets consist of qualified mortgages and permitted investments. This asset test is satisfied if the entity owns no more than a de minimis amount of other assets. See § 1.860D-1(b)(3)(i). As a safe harbor, the amount of assets other than qualified mortgages and permitted investments is de minimis if the aggregate of the adjusted bases of those assets is less than one percent of the aggregate of the adjusted bases of all of the entity’s assets. § 1.860D-1(b)(3)(ii).

.06 With limited exceptions, a mortgage loan is not a qualified mortgage unless it is transferred to the REMIC on the startup day in exchange for regular or residual interests in the REMIC. See section 860G(a)(3)(A)(i).

.07 The legislative history of the REMIC provisions indicates that Congress intended the provisions to apply only to an entity that holds a substantially fixed pool of real estate mortgages and related assets and that “has no powers to vary the composition of its mortgage assets.” S. Rep. No. 99-313, 99th Cong., 2nd Sess. 791-92, 1986-3 (Vol. 3) C.B. 791-92.

.08 Section 1.1001-3(c)(1)(i) defines a “modification” of a debt instrument as any alteration, including any deletion or addition, in whole or in part, of a legal right or obligation of the issuer or holder of a debt instrument, whether the alteration is evidenced by an express agreement (oral or written), conduct of the parties, or otherwise. Section 1.1001-3(e) governs which modifications of debt instruments are “significant.” Under § 1.1001-3(b), for most federal income tax purposes, a significant modification produces a deemed exchange of the original debt instrument for a new debt instrument.

.09 Under § 1.860G-2(b), related rules apply to determine REMIC qualification. Except as specifically provided in § 1.860G-2(b)(3), if there is a significant modification of an obligation that is held by a REMIC, then the modified obligation is treated as one that was newly issued in exchange for the unmodified obligation that it replaced. See § 1.860G-2(b)(1). For this purpose, the rules in § 1.1001-3(e) determine whether a modification is “significant.” See § 1.860G-2(b)(2). Thus, even if an entity initially qualifies as a REMIC, one or more significant modifications of loans held by the entity may terminate the qualification if the modifications cause less than substantially all of the entity’s assets to be qualified mortgages.

.10 Certain loan modifications, however, are not significant for purposes of § 1.860G-2(b)(1), even if the modifications are significant under the rules in § 1.1001-3. In particular, under § 1.860G-2(b)(3)(i), if a change in the terms of an obligation is “occasioned by default or a reasonably foreseeable default,” the change is not a significant modification for purposes of § 1.860G-2(b)(1), regardless of the modification’s status under § 1.1001-3.

.11 Section 860F(a)(1) imposes a tax on REMICs equal to 100 percent of the net income derived from “prohibited transactions.” The disposition of a qualified mortgage is a prohibited transaction unless the “disposition [is] pursuant to—(i) the substitution of a qualified replacement mortgage for a qualified mortgage . . . , (ii) a disposition incident to the foreclosure, default, or imminent default of the mortgage, (iii) the bankruptcy or insolvency of the REMIC, or (iv) a qualified liquidation.” Section 860F(a)(2)(A).

.12 Under section 860C(b)(1), “The taxable income of a REMIC shall be determined under an accrual method of accounting . . . except that— . . . (C) there shall not be taken into account any item of income, gain, loss, or deduction allocable to a prohibited transaction, . . .”

SECTION 4. BACKGROUND-TRUSTS

.01 Section 301.7701-2(a) of the Procedure and Administration Regulations defines a “business entity” as any entity recognized for federal tax purposes (including an entity with a single owner that may be disregarded as an entity separate from its owner under § 301.7701-3) that is not properly classified as a trust under § 301.7701-4 or otherwise subject to special treatment under the Code.

.02 Section 301.7701-4(a) provides that an arrangement is treated as a trust if the purpose of the arrangement is to vest in trustees responsibility for the protection and conservation of property for beneficiaries who cannot share in the discharge of this responsibility and, therefore, are not associates in a joint enterprise for the conduct of business for profit.

.03 Section 301.7701-4(c) provides that an “investment” trust is not classified as a trust if there is a power under the trust agreement to vary the investment of the certificate holders.

SECTION 5. SCOPE

This revenue procedure applies to a modification made pursuant to the HAMP of a mortgage loan that is held by a REMIC or by an investment trust.

SECTION 6. APPLICATION

If one or more modifications of mortgage loans are described in Section 5 of this revenue procedure—

.01 The Service will not challenge a securitization vehicle’s qualification as a REMIC on the grounds that the modifications are not among the exceptions listed in § 1.860G-2(b)(3);

.02 The Service will not contend that the modifications are prohibited transactions under section 860F(a)(2) on the grounds that the modifications result in one or more dispositions of qualified mortgages and that the dispositions are not among the exceptions listed in section 860F(a)(2)(A)(i)-(iv);

.03 The Service will not challenge a securitization vehicle’s classification as a trust under § 301.7701-4(c) on the grounds that the modifications manifest a power to vary the investment of the certificate holders; and

.04 The Service will not challenge a securitization vehicle’s qualification as a REMIC on the grounds that the modifications result in a deemed reissuance of the REMIC regular interests.

SECTION 7. OTHER GUIDANCE

For the treatment of mortgage loans modified pursuant to certain foreclosure prevention programs, see Rev. Proc. 2008-47, 2008-31 I.R.B. 272, and Rev. Proc. 2008-28, 2008-23 I.R.B. 1054.

SECTION 8. EFFECTIVE DATE

This revenue procedure is effective for loan modifications on or after March 4, 2009.

SECTION 9. DRAFTING INFORMATION

The principal author of this revenue procedure is Diana Imholtz of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Financial Institutions and Products). For further information, contact Ms. Imholtz at (202) 622-3930 (not a toll-free call).

Rev. Proc. 2009-24

SECTION 1. PURPOSE

.01 This revenue procedure provides: (1) limitations on depreciation deductions for owners of passenger automobiles first placed in service by the taxpayer during calendar year 2009, including a separate table of limitations on depreciation deductions for trucks and vans; and (2) the amounts to be included in income by lessees of passenger automobiles first leased by the taxpayer during calendar year 2009, including a separate table of inclusion amounts for lessees of trucks and vans.

.02 The tables detailing these depreciation limitations and lessee inclusion amounts reflect the automobile price inflation adjustments required by § 280F(d)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code.

SECTION 2. BACKGROUND

.01 For owners of passenger automobiles, § 280F(a) imposes dollar limitations on the depreciation deduction for the year that the passenger automobile is placed in service by the taxpayer and each succeeding year. Section 280F(d)(7) requires the amounts allowable as depreciation deductions to be increased by a price inflation adjustment amount for passenger automobiles placed in service after 1988. The method of calculating this price inflation amount for trucks and vans placed in service in or after calendar year 2003 uses a different CPI “automobile component” (the “new trucks” component) than that used in the price inflation amount calculation for other passenger automobiles (the “new cars” component), resulting in somewhat higher depreciation deductions for trucks and vans. This change reflects the higher rate of price inflation that trucks and vans have been subject to since 1988.

.02 Section 168(k)(1)(A) provides a 50 percent additional first year depreciation deduction for certain new property acquired by a taxpayer after December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 2010, if no written binding contract for the acquisition of the property existed before January 1, 2008. Section 168(k)(2)(F)(i) increases the first year depreciation allowed under § 280F(a)(1)(A) by $8,000 for passenger automobiles to which the 50 percent additional first year depreciation deduction applies.

.03 Section 168(k)(2)(D)(i) provides that the 50 percent additional first year depreciation deduction does not apply to any property required to be depreciated under the alternative depreciation system of § 168(g), including property described in § 280F(b)(1). Section 168(k)(2)(D)(iii) permits a taxpayer to elect to not claim the 50 percent additional first year depreciation deduction for any class of property. Section 168(k)(4) permits a corporation to elect to not claim the 50 percent additional first year depreciation deduction for all eligible qualified property (that is extension property or that is not extension property, as applicable) and instead to increase the business credit limitation under § 38(c) or the alternative minimum tax credit limitation under § 53(c). Accordingly, this revenue procedure provides tables for passenger automobiles for which the 50 percent additional depreciation deduction applies and tables for passenger automobiles for which the 50 percent additional first year depreciation deduction does not apply, including passenger automobiles in a class of property for which the taxpayer “elects out” of the 50 percent additional first year depreciation deduction or passenger automobiles that are eligible qualified property to which the § 168(k)(4) election applies.

.04 For leased passenger automobiles, § 280F(c) requires a reduction in the deduction allowed to the lessee of the passenger automobile. The reduction must be substantially equivalent to the limitations on the depreciation deductions imposed on owners of passenger automobiles. Under § 1.280F-7(a) of the Income Tax Regulations, this reduction requires a lessee to include in gross income an inclusion amount determined by applying a formula to the amount obtained from a table. One table applies to lessees of trucks and vans and another table applies to all other passenger automobiles. Each table shows inclusion amounts for a range of fair market values for each taxable year after the passenger automobile is first leased.

SECTION 3. SCOPE

.01 The limitations on depreciation deductions in section 4.02(2) of this revenue procedure apply to passenger automobiles (other than leased passenger automobiles) that are placed in service by the taxpayer in calendar year 2009, and continue to apply for each taxable year that the passenger automobile remains in service.

.02 The tables in section 4.03 of this revenue procedure apply to leased passenger automobiles for which the lease term begins during calendar year 2009. Lessees of these passenger automobiles must use these tables to determine the inclusion amount for each taxable year during which the passenger automobile is leased. See Rev. Proc. 2002-14, 2002-1 C.B. 450, for passenger automobiles first leased before January 1, 2003, Rev. Proc. 2003-75, 2003-2 C.B. 1018, for passenger automobiles first leased during calendar year 2003, Rev. Proc. 2004-20, 2004-1 C.B. 642, for passenger automobiles first leased during calendar year 2004, Rev. Proc. 2005-13, 2005-1 C.B. 759, for passenger automobiles first leased during calendar year 2005, Rev. Proc. 2006-18, 2006-1 C.B. 645, for passenger automobiles first leased during calendar year 2006, Rev. Proc. 2007-30, 2007-1 C.B. 1104, for passenger automobiles first leased during calendar year 2007, and Rev. Proc. 2008-22, 2008-12 I.R.B. 658, for passenger automobiles first leased during calendar year 2008.

SECTION 4. APPLICATION

.01 In General.

(1) Limitations on depreciation deductions for certain automobiles. The limitations on depreciation deductions for passenger automobiles placed in service by the taxpayer for the first time during calendar year 2009 are in Tables 1 through 4 in section 4.02(2) of this revenue procedure.

(2) Inclusions in income of lessees of passenger automobiles. A taxpayer first leasing a passenger automobile during calendar year 2009 must determine the inclusion amount that is added to gross income using Tables 5 and 6 in section 4.03 of this revenue procedure. In addition, the taxpayer must follow the procedures of § 1.280F-7(a).

.02 Limitations on Depreciation Deductions for Certain Automobiles.

(1) Amount of the inflation adjustment.

(a) Passenger automobiles (other than trucks or vans). Under § 280F(d)(7)(B)(i), the automobile price inflation adjustment for any calendar year is the percentage (if any) by which the CPI automobile component for October of the preceding calendar year exceeds the CPI automobile component for October 1987. The term “CPI automobile component” is defined in § 280F(d)(7)(B)(ii) as the “automobile component” of the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor. The new car component of the CPI was 115.2 for October 1987 and 134.837 for October 2008. The October 2008 index exceeded the October 1987 index by 19.637. The Internal Revenue Service has, therefore, determined that the automobile price inflation adjustment for 2009 for passenger automobiles (other than trucks and vans) is 17.05 percent (19.637/115.2 x 100%). This adjustment is applicable to all passenger automobiles (other than trucks and vans) that are first placed in service in calendar year 2009. The dollar limitations in § 280F(a) therefore must be multiplied by a factor of 0.1705, and the resulting increases, after rounding to the nearest $100, are added to the 1988 limitations to give the depreciation limitations applicable to passenger automobiles (other than trucks and vans) for calendar year 2009.

(b) Trucks and vans. To determine the dollar limitations applicable to trucks and vans first placed in service during calendar year 2009, the new truck component of the CPI is used instead of the new car component. The new truck component of the CPI was 112.4 for October 1987 and 133.640 for October 2008. The October 2008 index exceeded the October 1987 index by 21.24. The Service has, therefore, determined that the automobile price inflation adjustment for 2009 for trucks and vans is 18.90 percent (21.24/112.4 x 100%). This adjustment is applicable to all trucks and vans that are first placed in service in calendar year 2009. The dollar limitations in § 280F(a) therefore must be multiplied by a factor of 0.1890, and the resulting increases, after rounding to the nearest $100, are added to the 1988 limitations to give the depreciation limitations applicable to trucks and vans.

(2) Amount of the limitation. For passenger automobiles placed in service by the taxpayer in calendar year 2009, Tables 1 through 4 contain the dollar amount of the depreciation limitation for each taxable year. Use Table 1 for a passenger automobile (other than a truck or van) placed in service by the taxpayer in calendar year 2009, for which the 50 percent additional first year depreciation deduction does not apply, including a passenger automobile (other than a truck or van) in a class of property for which the taxpayer elects out of the 50 percent additional first year depreciation deduction or a passenger automobile that is eligible qualified property to which the § 168(k)(4) election applies. Use Table 2 for a passenger automobile (other than a truck or van) placed in service by the taxpayer in calendar year 2009, for which the 50 percent additional first year depreciation deduction applies. Use Table 3 for a truck or van placed in service by the taxpayer in calendar year 2009, for which the 50 percent additional first year depreciation deduction does not apply, including a truck or van in a class of property for which the taxpayer elects out of the 50 percent additional first year depreciation deduction or a truck or van that is eligible qualified property to which the § 168(k)(4) election applies. Use Table 4 for a truck or van placed in service by the taxpayer in calendar year 2009, for which the 50 percent additional first year depreciation deduction applies.

REV. PROC. 2009-24 TABLE 1
DEPRECIATION LIMITATIONS FOR PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES (THAT ARE NOT TRUCKS OR VANS) PLACED IN SERVICE BY THE TAXPAYER IN CALENDAR YEAR 2009, FOR WHICH THE 50 PERCENT ADDITIONAL FIRST YEAR DEPRECIATION DEDUCTION DOES NOT APPLY
Tax Year Amount
1st Tax Year $2,960
2nd Tax Year $4,800
3rd Tax Year $2,850
Each Succeeding Year $1,775
REV. PROC. 2009-24 TABLE 2
DEPRECIATION LIMITATIONS FOR PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES (THAT ARE NOT TRUCKS OR VANS) PLACED IN SERVICE BY THE TAXPAYER IN CALENDAR YEAR 2009, FOR WHICH THE 50 PERCENT ADDITIONAL FIRST YEAR DEPRECIATION DEDUCTION APPLIES
Tax Year Amount
1st Tax Year $10,960
2nd Tax Year $4,800
3rd Tax Year $2,850
Each Succeeding Year $1,775
REV. PROC. 2009-24 TABLE 3
DEPRECIATION LIMITATIONS FOR TRUCKS AND VANS PLACED IN SERVICE BY THE TAXPAYER IN CALENDAR YEAR 2009, FOR WHICH THE 50 PERCENT ADDITIONAL FIRST YEAR DEPRECIATION DEDUCTION DOES NOT APPLY
Tax Year Amount
1st Tax Year $3,060
2nd Tax Year $4,900
3rd Tax Year $2,950
Each Succeeding Year $1,775
REV. PROC. 2009-24 TABLE 4
DEPRECIATION LIMITATIONS FOR TRUCKS AND VANS PLACED IN SERVICE BY THE TAXPAYER IN CALENDAR YEAR 2009, FOR WHICH THE 50 PERCENT ADDITIONAL FIRST YEAR DEPRECIATION DEDUCTION APPLIES
Tax Year Amount
1st Tax Year $11,060
2nd Tax Year $4,900
3rd Tax Year $2,950
Each Succeeding Year $1,775

.03 Inclusions in Income of Lessees of Passenger Automobiles.

The inclusion amounts for passenger automobiles first leased in calendar year 2009 are calculated under the procedures described in § 1.280F-7(a). Lessees of passenger automobiles other than trucks and vans should use Table 5 of this revenue procedure in applying these procedures, while lessees of trucks and vans should use Table 6 of this revenue procedure.

REV. PROC. 2009-24 TABLE 5
DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES (THAT ARE NOT TRUCKS OR VANS) WITH A LEASE TERM BEGINNING IN CALENDAR YEAR 2009
Fair Market Value of Passenger Automobile Tax Year During Lease
Over Not Over 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th & Later
$18,500 $19,000 9 19 28 34 38
19,000 19,500 10 21 32 38 43
19,500 20,000 11 24 36 42 48
20,000 20,500 12 27 39 46 54
20,500 21,000 13 29 43 51 58
21,000 21,500 15 31 47 55 64
21,500 22,000 16 34 50 60 68
22,000 23,000 17 38 56 66 76
23,000 24,000 20 42 64 75 86
24,000 25,000 22 47 71 84 96
25,000 26,000 24 52 78 93 107
26,000 27,000 26 58 85 101 117
27,000 28,000 29 62 93 110 127
28,000 29,000 31 67 100 119 138
29,000 30,000 33 72 108 128 147
30,000 31,000 35 77 115 137 157
31,000 32,000 38 82 122 146 167
32,000 33,000 40 87 129 155 178
33,000 34,000 42 92 137 163 188
34,000 35,000 44 97 144 172 199
35,000 36,000 47 102 151 181 208
36,000 37,000 49 107 159 189 219
37,000 38,000 51 112 166 199 228
38,000 39,000 53 117 173 208 239
39,000 40,000 56 122 180 216 250
40,000 41,000 58 127 188 225 259
41,000 42,000 60 132 195 234 269
42,000 43,000 62 137 203 242 280
43,000 44,000 65 141 210 252 290
44,000 45,000 67 146 218 260 300
45,000 46,000 69 151 225 269 311
46,000 47,000 71 157 232 278 320
47,000 48,000 74 161 240 286 331
48,000 49,000 76 166 247 296 340
49,000 50,000 78 171 255 304 351
50,000 51,000 80 176 262 313 361
51,000 52,000 83 181 269 322 371
52,000 53,000 85 186 276 331 381
53,000 54,000 87 191 284 339 392
54,000 55,000 89 196 291 349 401
55,000 56,000 92 201 298 357 412
56,000 57,000 94 206 306 365 423
57,000 58,000 96 211 313 375 432
58,000 59,000 98 216 320 384 442
59,000 60,000 101 221 327 393 452
60,000 62,000 104 228 339 406 467
62,000 64,000 109 238 353 424 488
64,000 66,000 113 248 368 441 509
66,000 68,000 118 258 382 459 529
68,000 70,000 122 268 397 476 550
70,000 72,000 127 277 413 493 570
72,000 74,000 131 288 427 511 590
74,000 76,000 136 297 442 529 610
76,000 78,000 140 307 457 546 631
78,000 80,000 145 317 471 564 651
80,000 85,000 152 335 497 595 686
85,000 90,000 164 359 534 639 737
90,000 95,000 175 384 570 683 789
95,000 100,000 186 409 607 727 839
100,000 110,000 203 446 662 793 916
110,000 120,000 226 495 736 881 1,018
120,000 130,000 248 545 809 970 1,119
130,000 140,000 271 594 883 1,058 1,220
140,000 150,000 293 644 956 1,146 1,322
150,000 160,000 316 693 1,030 1,234 1,424
160,000 170,000 338 743 1,103 1,322 1,526
170,000 180,000 361 792 1,177 1,410 1,628
180,000 190,000 383 842 1,250 1,498 1,730
190,000 200,000 406 891 1,324 1,586 1,831
200,000 210,000 428 941 1,397 1,675 1,932
210,000 220,000 451 990 1,471 1,762 2,035
220,000 230,000 473 1,040 1,544 1,851 2,136
230,000 240,000 496 1,089 1,618 1,939 2,238
240,000 And up 518 1,139 1,691 2,027 2,340
REV. PROC. 2009-24 TABLE 6
DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR TRUCKS AND VANS WITH A LEASE TERM BEGINNING IN CALENDAR YEAR 2009
Fair Market Value of Electric Automobile Tax Year During Lease
Over Not Over 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th and Later
$18,500 $19,000 8 17 25 30 35
19,000 19,500 9 19 29 35 40
19,500 20,000 10 22 33 38 45
20,000 20,500 11 25 36 43 50
20,500 21,000 12 27 40 48 55
21,000 21,500 13 30 43 52 60
21,500 22,000 15 32 47 56 66
22,000 23,000 16 36 52 64 72
23,000 24,000 18 41 60 72 83
24,000 25,000 21 45 68 81 93
25,000 26,000 23 50 75 90 103
26,000 27,000 25 56 82 98 114
27,000 28,000 27 61 89 107 124
28,000 29,000 30 65 97 116 134
29,000 30,000 32 70 104 125 144
30,000 31,000 34 75 112 134 154
31,000 32,000 36 80 119 143 164
32,000 33,000 39 85 126 151 175
33,000 34,000 41 90 134 160 184
34,000 35,000 43 95 141 169 195
35,000 36,000 45 100 148 178 205
36,000 37,000 48 105 155 187 215
37,000 38,000 50 110 163 195 226
38,000 39,000 52 115 170 204 236
39,000 40,000 55 120 177 213 246
40,000 41,000 57 125 185 221 256
41,000 42,000 59 130 192 231 266
42,000 43,000 61 135 199 240 276
43,000 44,000 64 139 207 249 286
44,000 45,000 66 144 215 257 296
45,000 46,000 68 149 222 266 307
46,000 47,000 70 155 229 274 317
47,000 48,000 73 159 237 283 327
48,000 49,000 75 164 244 292 338
49,000 50,000 77 169 251 301 348
50,000 51,000 79 174 259 310 357
51,000 52,000 82 179 266 318 368
52,000 53,000 84 184 273 328 378
53,000 54,000 86 189 281 336 388
54,000 55,000 88 194 288 345 399
55,000 56,000 91 199 295 354 408
56,000 57,000 93 204 302 363 419
57,000 58,000 95 209 310 371 429
58,000 59,000 97 214 317 381 439
59,000 60,000 100 219 324 389 450
60,000 62,000 103 226 336 402 465
62,000 64,000 107 236 351 420 485
64,000 66,000 112 246 365 438 505
66,000 68,000 116 256 380 455 526
68,000 70,000 121 266 394 473 546
70,000 72,000 125 276 409 491 566
72,000 74,000 130 286 423 509 586
74,000 76,000 134 296 438 526 607
76,000 78,000 139 305 454 543 627
78,000 80,000 143 316 467 561 648
80,000 85,000 151 333 493 592 684
85,000 90,000 163 357 531 635 735
90,000 95,000 174 382 567 680 785
95,000 100,000 185 407 604 724 836
100,000 110,000 202 444 659 790 912
110,000 120,000 225 493 733 878 1,014
120,000 130,000 247 543 806 966 1,116
130,000 140,000 270 592 880 1,054 1,218
140,000 150,000 292 642 953 1,143 1,319
150,000 160,000 315 691 1,027 1,230 1,421
160,000 170,000 337 741 1,100 1,319 1,522
170,000 180,000 360 790 1,174 1,407 1,624
180,000 190,000 382 840 1,247 1,495 1,726
190,000 200,000 405 889 1,321 1,583 1,828
200,000 210,000 427 939 1,394 1,671 1,930
210,000 220,000 450 988 1,468 1,759 2,031
220,000 230,000 472 1,038 1,541 1,847 2,134
230,000 240,000 495 1,087 1,615 1,935 2,235
240,000 and up 517 1,137 1,688 2,024 2,336

SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE

This revenue procedure applies to passenger automobiles (other than leased passenger automobiles) that are first placed in service by a taxpayer during calendar year 2009, and to leased passenger automobiles that are first leased by a taxpayer during calendar year 2009.

SECTION 6. DRAFTING INFORMATION

The principal author of this revenue procedure is Bernard P. Harvey of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Income Tax & Accounting). For further information regarding this revenue procedure, contact Mr. Harvey at (202) 622-4930 (not a toll-free call).

Part IV. Items of General Interest

Announcement of Disciplinary Sanctions From the Office of Professional Responsibility

The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) announces recent disciplinary sanctions involving attorneys, certified public accountants, enrolled agents, enrolled actuaries, enrolled retirement plan agents, and appraisers. These individuals are subject to the regulations governing practice before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which are set out in Title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 10, and which are published in pamphlet form as Treasury Department Circular No. 230. The regulations prescribe the duties and restrictions relating to such practice and prescribe the disciplinary sanctions for violating the regulations.

The disciplinary sanctions to be imposed for violation of the regulations are:

Disbarred from practice before the IRS—An individual who is disbarred is not eligible to represent taxpayers before the IRS.

Suspended from practice before the IRS—An individual who is suspended is not eligible to represent taxpayers before the IRS during the term of the suspension.

Censured in practice before the IRS—Censure is a public reprimand. Unlike disbarment or suspension, censure does not affect an individual’s eligibility to represent taxpayers before the IRS, but OPR may subject the individual’s future representations to conditions designed to promote high standards of conduct.

Monetary penalty—A monetary penalty may be imposed on an individual who engages in conduct subject to sanction or on an employer, firm, or entity if the individual was acting on its behalf and if it knew, or reasonably should have known, of the individual’s conduct.

Disqualification of appraiser—An appraiser who is disqualified is barred from presenting evidence or testimony in any administrative proceeding before the Department of the Treasury or the IRS.

Under the regulations, attorneys, certified public accountants, enrolled agents, enrolled actuaries, and enrolled retirement plan agents may not assist, or accept assistance from, individuals who are suspended or disbarred with respect to matters constituting practice (i.e., representation) before the IRS, and they may not aid or abet suspended or disbarred individuals to practice before the IRS.

Disciplinary sanctions are described in these terms:

Disbarred by decision after hearing, Suspended by decision after hearing, Censured by decision after hearing, Monetary penalty imposed after hearing, and Disqualified after hearing—An administrative law judge (ALJ) conducted an evidentiary hearing upon OPR’s complaint alleging violation of the regulations and issued a decision imposing one of these sanctions. After 30 days from the issuance of the decision, in the absence of an appeal, the ALJ’s decision became the final agency decision.

Disbarred by default decision, Suspended by default decision, Censured by default decision, Monetary penalty imposed by default decision, and Disqualified by default decision—An ALJ, after finding that no answer to OPR’s complaint had been filed, granted OPR’s motion for a default judgment and issued a decision imposing one of these sanctions.

Disbarment by decision on appeal, Suspended by decision on appeal, Censured by decision on appeal, Monetary penalty imposed by decision on appeal, and Disqualified by decision on appeal—The decision of the ALJ was appealed to the agency appeal authority, acting as the delegate of the Secretary of the Treasury, and the appeal authority issued a decision imposing one of these sanctions.

Disbarred by consent, Suspended by consent, Censured by consent, Monetary penalty imposed by consent, and Disqualified by consent—In lieu of a disciplinary proceeding being instituted or continued, an individual offered a consent to one of these sanctions and OPR accepted the offer. Typically, an offer of consent will provide for: suspension for an indefinite term; conditions that the individual must observe during the suspension; and the individual’s opportunity, after a stated number of months, to file with OPR a petition for reinstatement affirming compliance with the terms of the consent and affirming current eligibility to practice (i.e., an active professional license or active enrollment status). An enrolled agent or an enrolled retirement plan agent may also offer to resign in order to avoid a disciplinary proceeding.

Suspended by decision in expedited proceeding, Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding, Suspended by consent in expedited proceeding—OPR instituted an expedited proceeding for suspension (based on certain limited grounds, including loss of a professional license and criminal convictions).

OPR has authority to disclose the grounds for disciplinary sanctions in these situations: (1) an ALJ or the Secretary’s delegate on appeal has issued a decision on or after September 26, 2007, which was the effective date of amendments to the regulations that permit making such decisions publicly available; (2) the individual has settled a disciplinary case by signing OPR’s “consent to sanction” form, which requires consenting individuals to admit to one or more violations of the regulations and to consent to the disclosure of the individual’s own return information related to the admitted violations (for example, failure to file Federal income tax returns); or (3) OPR has issued a decision in an expedited proceeding for suspension.

Announcements of disciplinary sanctions appear in the Internal Revenue Bulletin at the earliest practicable date. The sanctions announced below are alphabetized first by the names of states and second by the last names of individuals. Unless otherwise indicated, section numbers (e.g., §10.51) refer to the regulations.

City and State Name Professional Designation Disciplinary Sanction Effective Date(s)
Alabama
Stockton Aiken, Karen H. CPA Suspended by decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (revocation of CPA license) Indefinite from March 30, 2009
Alaska
Anchorage Labahn, William S. Attorney Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (attorney disbarment in New York) Indefinite from April 3, 2009
California
Downey Veen, Steven C. CPA Suspended by decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (revocation of CPA license) Indefinite from March 9, 2009
Florida
Crawfordville Strickland, Beverly A. Enrolled Agent Suspended by consent for violation of § 10.51 (failure to file several tax returns) Indefinite from March 23, 2009
Illinois
Burbank Roupas, Dean J. Attorney Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 666, corruptly offering and giving cash intending to influence and reward) Indefinite from March 30, 2009
Kentucky
Lexington Sebastian, Ruth A. Attorney Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (suspension of attorney license) Indefinite from April 3, 2009
Louisiana
Baton Rouge Sims, Carvel A. Attorney Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (suspension of attorney license) Indefinite from April 3, 2009
Massachusetts
Swansea Scallon, Edwin T. Attorney Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (suspension of attorney license) Indefinite from April 3, 2009
Nebraska
Omaha Hubbard, John E. Attorney Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (suspension of attorney license) Indefinite from April 3, 2009
New Jersey
South Orange Davis, Jr., Edwin CPA Disbarred by decision on appeal for violation of §10.51 (willfully failing to make a Federal tax return) Indefinite from March 10, 2009
Metuchen Hronich, Michael A. CPA Suspended by consent for violation of § 10.51 (failure to file several tax returns) Indefinite from March 6, 2009
New York
Brooklyn Fein, Leonard CPA Suspended by decision on appeal for violation of §10.51 (willfully failing to make a Federal tax return) Indefinite from October 17, 2008
Suffern Ginsberg, Martin Enrolled Agent Suspended by consent for violation of § 10.51 (failure to file several tax returns) Indefinite from March 23, 2009
Port Washington Holzberg, Bryan J. Attorney Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (suspension of attorney license) Indefinite from March 31, 2009
Labahn, William S., See Alaska
North Carolina
Concord Black, Pamela Enrolled Agent Suspended by consent for violation of § 10.51 (failure to file several tax returns) Indefinite from March 23, 2009
North Carolina (Continued)
Charlotte Cardinal, Roger C. Attorney Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (attorney disbarment) Indefinite from April 3, 2009
Rolesville Robinson, Amy Attorney Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (attorney disbarment) Indefinite from March 31, 2009
Elm City Watson, Hilda G. CPA Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (revocation of CPA license) Indefinite from April 3, 2009
Ohio
Beachwood Rubin, Kimball E. CPA Suspended by decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (conviction under 26 U.S.C. § 7203, failure to file tax returns) Indefinite from December 17, 2008
Pennsylvania
Devon Moose, Richard E. Attorney Disbarred by decision on appeal for violation of §10.51 (willfully failing to make a Federal tax return) Indefinite from March 16, 2009
Norristown Noonan, Gregory CPA Disbarred by default decision for violation of §10.51 (failure to file Federal income tax returns) Indefinite from February 4, 2009
Texas
Brownsville Altemeyer, Sandra L. CPA Suspended by decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (suspension CPA license) Indefinite from March 31, 2009
Dallas Ngoyi, Ngoyi P. Attorney Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (attorney disbarment) Indefinite from March 25, 2009
Houston Sandel, Michael W. Attorney Suspended by default decision in expedited proceeding under §10.82 (attorney disbarment) Indefinite from March 25, 2009

Definition of Terms and Abbreviations

Definition of Terms

Amplified describes a situation where no change is being made in a prior published position, but the prior position is being extended to apply to a variation of the fact situation set forth therein. Thus, if an earlier ruling held that a principle applied to A, and the new ruling holds that the same principle also applies to B, the earlier ruling is amplified. (Compare with modified, below).

Clarified is used in those instances where the language in a prior ruling is being made clear because the language has caused, or may cause, some confusion. It is not used where a position in a prior ruling is being changed.

Distinguished describes a situation where a ruling mentions a previously published ruling and points out an essential difference between them.

Modified is used where the substance of a previously published position is being changed. Thus, if a prior ruling held that a principle applied to A but not to B, and the new ruling holds that it applies to both A and B, the prior ruling is modified because it corrects a published position. (Compare with amplified and clarified, above).

Obsoleted describes a previously published ruling that is not considered determinative with respect to future transactions. This term is most commonly used in a ruling that lists previously published rulings that are obsoleted because of changes in laws or regulations. A ruling may also be obsoleted because the substance has been included in regulations subsequently adopted.

Revoked describes situations where the position in the previously published ruling is not correct and the correct position is being stated in a new ruling.

Superseded describes a situation where the new ruling does nothing more than restate the substance and situation of a previously published ruling (or rulings). Thus, the term is used to republish under the 1986 Code and regulations the same position published under the 1939 Code and regulations. The term is also used when it is desired to republish in a single ruling a series of situations, names, etc., that were previously published over a period of time in separate rulings. If the new ruling does more than restate the substance of a prior ruling, a combination of terms is used. For example, modified and superseded describes a situation where the substance of a previously published ruling is being changed in part and is continued without change in part and it is desired to restate the valid portion of the previously published ruling in a new ruling that is self contained. In this case, the previously published ruling is first modified and then, as modified, is superseded.

Supplemented is used in situations in which a list, such as a list of the names of countries, is published in a ruling and that list is expanded by adding further names in subsequent rulings. After the original ruling has been supplemented several times, a new ruling may be published that includes the list in the original ruling and the additions, and supersedes all prior rulings in the series.

Suspended is used in rare situations to show that the previous published rulings will not be applied pending some future action such as the issuance of new or amended regulations, the outcome of cases in litigation, or the outcome of a Service study.

Revenue rulings and revenue procedures (hereinafter referred to as “rulings”) that have an effect on previous rulings use the following defined terms to describe the effect:

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations in current use and formerly used will appear in material published in the Bulletin.

A—Individual.

Acq.—Acquiescence.

B—Individual.

BE—Beneficiary.

BK—Bank.

B.T.A.—Board of Tax Appeals.

C—Individual.

C.B.—Cumulative Bulletin.

CFR—Code of Federal Regulations.

CI—City.

COOP—Cooperative.

Ct.D.—Court Decision.

CY—County.

D—Decedent.

DC—Dummy Corporation.

DE—Donee.

Del. Order—Delegation Order.

DISC—Domestic International Sales Corporation.

DR—Donor.

E—Estate.

EE—Employee.

E.O.—Executive Order.

ER—Employer.

ERISA—Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

EX—Executor.

F—Fiduciary.

FC—Foreign Country.

FICA—Federal Insurance Contributions Act.

FISC—Foreign International Sales Company.

FPH—Foreign Personal Holding Company.

F.R.—Federal Register.

FUTA—Federal Unemployment Tax Act.

FX—Foreign corporation.

G.C.M.—Chief Counsel’s Memorandum.

GE—Grantee.

GP—General Partner.

GR—Grantor.

IC—Insurance Company.

I.R.B.—Internal Revenue Bulletin.

LE—Lessee.

LP—Limited Partner.

LR—Lessor.

M—Minor.

Nonacq.—Nonacquiescence.

O—Organization.

P—Parent Corporation.

PHC—Personal Holding Company.

PO—Possession of the U.S.

PR—Partner.

PRS—Partnership.

PTE—Prohibited Transaction Exemption.

Pub. L.—Public Law.

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.

Rev. Proc.—Revenue Procedure.

Rev. Rul.—Revenue Ruling.

S—Subsidiary.

S.P.R.—Statement of Procedural Rules.

Stat.—Statutes at Large.

T—Target Corporation.

T.C.—Tax Court.

T.D. —Treasury Decision.

TFE—Transferee.

TFR—Transferor.

T.I.R.—Technical Information Release.

TP—Taxpayer.

TR—Trust.

TT—Trustee.

U.S.C.—United States Code.

X—Corporation.

Y—Corporation.

Z —Corporation.

Numerical Finding List

Numerical Finding List

A cumulative list of all revenue rulings, revenue procedures, Treasury decisions, etc., published in Internal Revenue Bulletins 2008-27 through 2008-52 is in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2008-52, dated December 29, 2008.

Bulletins 2009-1 through 2009-17

Announcements

Article Issue Link Page
2009-1 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 242
2009-2 2009-5 I.R.B. 2009-5 424
2009-3 2009-6 I.R.B. 2009-6 459
2009-4 2009-8 I.R.B. 2009-8 597
2009-5 2009-8 I.R.B. 2009-8 569
2009-6 2009-9 I.R.B. 2009-9 643
2009-7 2009-10 I.R.B. 2009-10 663
2009-8 2009-8 I.R.B. 2009-8 598
2009-9 2009-9 I.R.B. 2009-9 643
2009-10 2009-9 I.R.B. 2009-9 644
2009-11 2009-10 I.R.B. 2009-10 663
2009-12 2009-11 I.R.B. 2009-11 686
2009-13 2009-11 I.R.B. 2009-11 686
2009-14 2009-11 I.R.B. 2009-11 687
2009-15 2009-11 I.R.B. 2009-11 687
2009-16 2009-11 I.R.B. 2009-11 691
2009-17 2009-12 I.R.B. 2009-12 714
2009-18 2009-12 I.R.B. 2009-12 714
2009-19 2009-12 I.R.B. 2009-12 715
2009-20 2009-12 I.R.B. 2009-12 716
2009-21 2009-13 I.R.B. 2009-13 730
2009-22 2009-13 I.R.B. 2009-13 731
2009-23 2009-13 I.R.B. 2009-13 731
2009-24 2009-13 I.R.B. 2009-13 732
2009-25 2009-14 I.R.B. 2009-14 755
2009-26 2009-14 I.R.B. 2009-14 755
2009-27 2009-14 I.R.B. 2009-14 756
2009-28 2009-15 I.R.B. 2009-15 760
2009-29 2009-14 I.R.B. 2009-14 757
2009-30 2009-15 I.R.B. 2009-15 794
2009-31 2009-15 I.R.B. 2009-15 798
2009-32 2009-15 I.R.B. 2009-15 799
2009-33 2009-15 I.R.B. 2009-15 799
2009-35 2009-17 I.R.B. 2009-17


Notices

Article Issue Link Page
2009-1 2009-2 I.R.B. 2009-2 250
2009-2 2009-4 I.R.B. 2009-4 344
2009-3 2009-2 I.R.B. 2009-2 250
2009-4 2009-2 I.R.B. 2009-2 251
2009-5 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 309
2009-6 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 311
2009-7 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 312
2009-8 2009-4 I.R.B. 2009-4 347
2009-9 2009-5 I.R.B. 2009-5 419
2009-10 2009-5 I.R.B. 2009-5 419
2009-11 2009-5 I.R.B. 2009-5 420
2009-12 2009-6 I.R.B. 2009-6 446
2009-13 2009-6 I.R.B. 2009-6 447
2009-14 2009-7 I.R.B. 2009-7 516
2009-15 2009-6 I.R.B. 2009-6 449
2009-16 2009-8 I.R.B. 2009-8 572
2009-17 2009-8 I.R.B. 2009-8 575
2009-18 2009-10 I.R.B. 2009-10 648
2009-19 2009-10 I.R.B. 2009-10 660
2009-20 2009-12 I.R.B. 2009-12 711
2009-21 2009-13 I.R.B. 2009-13 724
2009-22 2009-14 I.R.B. 2009-14 741
2009-23 2009-16 I.R.B. 2009-16 802
2009-24 2009-16 I.R.B. 2009-16 817
2009-25 2009-15 I.R.B. 2009-15 758
2009-26 2009-16 I.R.B. 2009-16 833
2009-27 2009-16 I.R.B. 2009-16 838
2009-29 2009-16 I.R.B. 2009-16 849
2009-30 2009-16 I.R.B. 2009-16 852
2009-31 2009-16 I.R.B. 2009-16 856
2009-32 2009-17 I.R.B. 2009-17
2009-33 2009-17 I.R.B. 2009-17
2009-34 2009-17 I.R.B. 2009-17
2009-35 2009-17 I.R.B. 2009-17
2009-36 2009-17 I.R.B. 2009-17


Proposed Regulations

Article Issue Link Page
144615-02 2009-7 I.R.B. 2009-7 561
148568-04 2009-5 I.R.B. 2009-5 421
160872-04 2009-4 I.R.B. 2009-4 358
158747-06 2009-4 I.R.B. 2009-4 362
116699-07 2009-13 I.R.B. 2009-13 727
138326-07 2009-9 I.R.B. 2009-9 638
143686-07 2009-8 I.R.B. 2009-8 579
150670-07 2009-4 I.R.B. 2009-4 378
113462-08 2009-4 I.R.B. 2009-4 379
147636-08 2009-9 I.R.B. 2009-9 641
150066-08 2009-5 I.R.B. 2009-5 423


Revenue Procedures

Article Issue Link Page
2009-1 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 1
2009-2 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 87
2009-3 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 107
2009-4 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 118
2009-5 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 161
2009-6 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 189
2009-7 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 226
2009-8 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 229
2009-9 2009-2 I.R.B. 2009-2 256
2009-10 2009-2 I.R.B. 2009-2 267
2009-11 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 313
2009-12 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 321
2009-13 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 323
2009-14 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 324
2009-15 2009-4 I.R.B. 2009-4 356
2009-16 2009-6 I.R.B. 2009-6 449
2009-17 2009-7 I.R.B. 2009-7 517
2009-18 2009-11 I.R.B. 2009-11 670
2009-19 2009-14 I.R.B. 2009-14 747
2009-20 2009-14 I.R.B. 2009-14 749
2009-21 2009-16 I.R.B. 2009-16 860
2009-22 2009-16 I.R.B. 2009-16 862
2009-23 2009-17 I.R.B. 2009-17
2009-24 2009-17 I.R.B. 2009-17


Revenue Rulings

Article Issue Link Page
2009-1 2009-2 I.R.B. 2009-2 248
2009-2 2009-2 I.R.B. 2009-2 245
2009-3 2009-5 I.R.B. 2009-5 382
2009-4 2009-5 I.R.B. 2009-5 408
2009-5 2009-6 I.R.B. 2009-6 432
2009-6 2009-12 I.R.B. 2009-12 694
2009-7 2009-13 I.R.B. 2009-13 717
2009-8 2009-10 I.R.B. 2009-10 645
2009-9 2009-14 I.R.B. 2009-14 735
2009-10 2009-14 I.R.B. 2009-14 738


Tax Conventions

Article Issue Link Page
2009-5 2009-8 I.R.B. 2009-8 569


Treasury Decisions

Article Issue Link Page
9434 2009-4 I.R.B. 2009-4 339
9435 2009-4 I.R.B. 2009-4 333
9436 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 268
9437 2009-4 I.R.B. 2009-4 341
9438 2009-5 I.R.B. 2009-5 387
9439 2009-5 I.R.B. 2009-5 416
9440 2009-5 I.R.B. 2009-5 409
9441 2009-7 I.R.B. 2009-7 460
9442 2009-6 I.R.B. 2009-6 434
9443 2009-8 I.R.B. 2009-8 564
9444 2009-9 I.R.B. 2009-9 603
9445 2009-9 I.R.B. 2009-9 635
9446 2009-9 I.R.B. 2009-9 607
9447 2009-12 I.R.B. 2009-12 694


Effect of Current Actions on Previously Published Items

Finding List of Current Actions on Previously Published Items

A cumulative list of current actions on previously published items in Internal Revenue Bulletins 2008-27 through 2008-52 is in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2008-52, dated December 29, 2008.

Bulletins 2009-1 through 2009-17

Notices

Old Article Action New Article Issue Link Page
99-35 Obsoleted by Notice 2009-15 2009-6 I.R.B. 2009-6 449
2001-55 Modified by Notice 2009-1 2009-2 I.R.B. 2009-2 250
2002-27 Modified by Notice 2009-9 2009-5 I.R.B. 2009-5 419
2005-74 Obsoleted by T.D. 9446 2009-9 I.R.B. 2009-9 607
2007-26 Modified by Notice 2009-15 2009-6 I.R.B. 2009-6 449
2007-52 Clarified, modified, and amplified by Notice 2009-24 2009-16 I.R.B. 2009-16 817
2007-53 Clarified, modified, and ampilfied by Notice 2009-23 2009-16 I.R.B. 2009-16 802
2007-54 Obsoleted by T.D. 9436 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 268
2008-11 Obsoleted by T.D. 9436 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 268
2008-12 Obsoleted by T.D. 9436 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 268
2008-12 Obsoleted by Rev. Proc. 2009-11 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 313
2008-13 Obsoleted by T.D. 9436 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 268
2008-13 List of forms modified and superseded by Rev. Proc. 2009-11 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 313
2008-13 Modified and clarified by Notice 2009-5 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 309
2008-46 Obsoleted by T.D. 9436 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 268
2008-46 Obsoleted by Rev. Proc. 2009-11 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 313
2008-100 Amplified and superseded by Notice 2009-14 2009-7 I.R.B. 2009-7 516
2008-110 Modified by Notice 2009-34 2009-17 I.R.B. 2009-17


Proposed Regulations

Old Article Action New Article Issue Link Page
144615-02 Corrected by Ann. 2009-19 2009-12 I.R.B. 2009-12 715
149519-03 Withdrawn by Ann. 2009-4 2009-8 I.R.B. 2009-8 597
148326-05 Corrected by Ann. 2009-14 2009-11 I.R.B. 2009-11 687
158747-06 Hearing scheduled by Ann. 2009-29 2009-14 I.R.B. 2009-14 757
150066-08 Corrected by Ann. 2009-31 2009-15 I.R.B. 2009-15 798


Revenue Procedures

Old Article Action New Article Issue Link Page
2007-17 Superseded by Rev. Proc. 2009-14 2009-3 I.R.B. 2009-3 324
2007-66 Modified and superseded by Rev. Proc. 2009-21 2009-16 I.R.B. 2009-16 860
2007-68 Superseded by Rev. Proc. 2009-17 2009-7 I.R.B. 2009-7 517
2007-71 Modified by Notice 2009-3 2009-2 I.R.B. 2009-2 250
2008-1 Superseded by Rev. Proc. 2009-1 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 1
2008-2 Superseded by Rev. Proc. 2009-2 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 87
2008-3 Superseded by Rev. Proc. 2009-3 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 107
2008-4 Superseded by Rev. Proc. 2009-4 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 118
2008-5 Superseded by Rev. Proc. 2009-5 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 161
2008-6 Superseded by Rev. Proc. 2009-6 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 189
2008-7 Superseded by Rev. Proc. 2009-7 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 226
2008-8 Superseded by Rev. Proc. 2009-8 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 229
2008-9 Superseded by Rev. Proc. 2009-9 2009-2 I.R.B. 2009-2 256
2008-17 Obsoleted in part by Rev. Proc. 2009-18 2009-11 I.R.B. 2009-11 670
2008-61 Superseded by Rev. Proc. 2009-3 2009-1 I.R.B. 2009-1 107
2008-65 Amplified and supplemented by Rev. Proc. 2009-16 2009-6 I.R.B. 2009-6 449
2008-66 Modified and superseded by Rev. Proc. 2009-21 2009-16 I.R.B. 2009-16 860
2008-68 Amplified and superseded by Rev. Proc. 2009-15 2009-4 I.R.B. 2009-4 356


Revenue Rulings

Old Article Action New Article Issue Link Page
65-286 Obsoleted by T.D. 9435 2009-4 I.R.B. 2009-4 333
71-381 Obsoleted in part by Rev. Rul. 2009-9 2009-14 I.R.B. 2009-14 735
76-54 Obsoleted by T.D. 9435 2009-4 I.R.B. 2009-4 333
92-19 Supplemented by Rev. Rul. 2009-3 2009-5 I.R.B. 2009-5 382
2008-19 Modified by Rev. Rul. 2009-3 2009-5 I.R.B. 2009-5 382


Treasury Decisions

Old Article Action New Article Issue Link Page
9436 Corrected by Ann. 2009-15 2009-11 I.R.B. 2009-11 687
9438 Corrected by Ann. 2009-30 2009-15 I.R.B. 2009-15 794
9439 Corrected by Ann. 2009-12 2009-11 I.R.B. 2009-11 686
9441 Corrected by Ann. 2009-18 2009-12 I.R.B. 2009-12 714
9442 Corrected by Ann. 2009-13 2009-11 I.R.B. 2009-11 686
9442 Corrected by Ann. 2009-20 2009-12 I.R.B. 2009-12 716
9446 Corrected by Ann. 2009-23 2009-13 I.R.B. 2009-13 731


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