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Treasury Regulations
Overview
Congress passes tax laws which are included in the Internal
Revenue Code.
The legislative process was discussed extensively in our previous
class.
https://www.federalregister.gov/
The Federal Register is a daily publication that consists of four types of entries:
4. Notices, including scheduled hearings and meetings open to the public, grant
applications, administrative orders, and other announcements of government
actions.
Federal Register (FR)
Step
Finally, the IRS issues a Final Regulation and
3 publishes it in the Federal Register. Final
Regulations are issued as Treasury
Decisions.
Federal Rulemaking Process
Compliance with the Administrative Procedures Act is important
because if the procedure is not followed the taxpayer may
challenge the validity of the regulation.
Three (3) Levels of Treasury Regulations
Proposed Regulations
(Issued to the public in a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking)
Temporary Regulations
(Issued in Treasury Decisions)
Final Regulations
(Issued in Treasury Decisions)
Proposed Regulations
Proposed regulations provide for a public comment period (30-60
days) during which interested parties may submit written
comments and participate in hearings.
Temporary regulations are valid for three (3) years after issuance.
Title Part
31-Employment
40-Excise
301-Procedure and
Administration
Classification Tax Regulations
Tax Regulations are classified in two types:
Legislative Interpretative
Regulations Regulations
Legislative Regulations
Compare the date of the IRC amendments to the date that the
respective regulation was issued to ascertain that the regulation
is current.
After the legislation was enacted, ABC Corp. spent additional tens
of thousands of dollars trying to influence officials at the Treasury
Department and the IRS to issue guidance as taxpayer-friendly as
possible.