INCOME TAX—Continued INCOME TAX—Continued

Interest:

Investment:

Federal short-term, mid-term, and

long-term rates for January 1998 (RR4) 2, 18 ; February 1998 (RR7) 6, 6 ; March 1998 (RR11) 10, 13 Rates, underpayments and overpay

ments (RR 17) 13, 21 Inventory:

LIFO:

Price indexes; department stores for

26 CFR 1.1397E–1, added; qualified zone academy bonds (REG– 119449–97) 10, 35 26 CFR 1.1502–3(c), revised; 1.1502– 4(f)(3), (g)(3), added; 1.1502–9(b)(1)(v), added; 1.1502–21(c)(1)(iii), amended; consolidated returns, limitations on the use of certain losses and credits (REG–104062–97) 10, 34 26 CFR 1.7702B–1, –2, added; qualified long-term care insurance contracts (REG–109333–97) 9, 9 26 CFR 301.6159–1, amended; agreements for tax liability installment payments (REG–100841–97) 8, 30 26 CFR 301.6404–2, added; abatement of interest (REG–209276–87) 11, 18 26 CFR 301.7433–1(a), (d), (e), and (f), revised; civil cause of action for certain unauthorized collection actions (REG–251502–96) 9, 14 26 CFR 54.9812–1, added; mental health parity; HIPAA (REG– 109704–97) 3, 60 Qualified Funeral Trust; guidance (Notice

6. 3, 52 Qualified Subchapter S Trust (QSST)

conversion to Electing Small Business Trust (ESBT) 10, 30 Qualified Zone Academy Zone Bonds

November 1997 (RR 6) 4, 4 ; December 1997 (RR 9) 6, 5; January 1998 (RR 16) 13, 18 Letter rulings, determination letters, and

information letters issued by Associate Chief Counsel (Domestic), Associate Chief Counsel (EBEO), Associate Chief Counsel (Enforcement Litigation), and Associate Chief Counsel (International) (RP 1) 1, 7 Losses attributable to a disaster during

1997 (RR 12) 10, 5 Low-income housing tax credit (Notice

13. 6, 19 Satisfactory bond; “bond factor”

amounts for the period October through December 1997 (RR 3) 2, 4; January–March 1998 (RR 13) 11, 4 Proposed regulations:

26 CFR 1.72(p)–1, amended; loans to plan participants (REG–209476–82) 8, 36 26 CFR 1.141–7, 1.142(f)(4)–1, 1.150–5, added; 1.141–8, –15, amended; obligations of states and political subdivisions (REG– 110965–97) 13, 42 26 CFR 1.356–6, added; reorganizations, nonqualified preferred stock (REG–121755–97) 9, 13 26 CFR 1.460–6, amended; election not to apply look-back method in de minimis cases (REG–120200–97) 12, 32 26 CFR 1.469–10, revised; 1.7704–1, added; investment income, passive activity income and loss rules for publicly traded partnerships (REG–105163–97) 8, 31 26 CFR 1.1291–1, 1.1293–1, 1.1295–1, –3, 1.1297–3(c), added; 1.1296–4, amended; passive foreign investment company preferred shares, special income exclusion (REG–115795– 97) 8, 33

(RP) 3, 100 Real estate transactions (RP 20) 7, 32 Regulations:

26 CFR 1.61–12, 1.249–1, 1.1016–5, 1.1275–1, amended; 1.163–13, 1.171–5, added; 1.171–1, –2, –3, –4, revised; 1.1016–9, removed; amortizable bond premium (TD 8746) 7, 4 26 CFR 1.141–0, –2, amended; 1.141–7, –8, removed; 1.141–7T, –8T, –15T, 1.142(f)(4)–1T, 1.150– 5T, added; 1.141–15, revised; obligations of states and political subdivisions (TD 8757) 13, 4 26 CFR 1.280B–1, added; building demolition, definition of structure (TD 8745) 7, 15 26 CFR 1.354–1, 1.355–1, 1.356–3, amended; reorganizations, treatment of warrants as securities (TD 8752) 9, 4 26 CFR 1.356–6T, added; reorganizations, nonqualified preferred stock (TD 8753) 9, 6 26 CFR 1.446–1, amended; 1.446–1T, removed; 301.9100–0, added; 301.9100–1, revised; 301.9100–2,

–3, added; 301.9100–1T, –2T, –3T; removed extensions of time to make elections (TD 8742) 5, 4 26 CFR 1.460–0, amended; 1.460–6T, added; election not to apply lookback method in de minimis cases (TD 8756) 12, 4 26 CFR 1.468A–2, –3, –8, amended; nuclear decommissioning funds; revised schedules of ruling amounts (TD 8758) 13, 15 26 CFR 1.905–2, amended; foreign tax credit filing requirements (TD 8759) 13, 19 26 CFR 1.1271–1, 1.1275–1, amended; debt instruments with original issue discount, annuity contracts (TD 8754) 10, 15 26 CFR 1.1202–0, –2, added; qualified small business stock (TD 8749) 7, 16 26 CFR 1.1290–0, amended; 1.1294–0, added; a. 1291–0T, amended; 1.1291–1T, added; 1.1291–9, amended; 1.1293–0, –1T, added; 1.1295–0, –1T, –3T, 1.1297–3T(c), added; passive foreign investment company preferred shares, special income exclusion (TD 8750) 8, 4 26 CFR 1.1396–1; empowerment zone employment credit, qualified zone employees (TD 8747) 7, 18 26 CFR 1.1397E–1T, added; qualified zone academy bonds (TD 8755) 10, 21 26 CFR 1.1502–3, –4, –9(a), –21T(c)(1)(iii), amended; 1.1502– 3T, –4T, –9T, –55T, added; 1.1502– 23T(b), (c), redesignated; consolidated returns, limitations on the use of certain losses and credits, overall foreign loss accounts (TD 8751) 10, 23 26 CFR 54.9801–2T, amended; 54.9801–4T, –5T, revised; 54.9804– 1T, redesignated; 54.9806–1T, redesignated; 54.9812–1T, added; mental health parity, interim rules (TD 8741) 3, 6 Reorganizations; exchange of securities

tic), Associate Chief Counsel (EBEO) (RP 3) 1, 100

(RR 10) 10, 11 Rulings:

Areas in which advance rulings will not

be issued:

Associate Chief Counsel (Domes

1998–14 I.R.B. 35 April 6, 1998