ADMINISTRATIVE

T.D. 9197, page 985. REG–148521–04, page 995. Final, temporary, and proposed regulations under section 7701 of the Code add to the list of foreign business entities that are always classified as corporations, per se corporations, and, therefore, are not eligible to check the box to change their classification. A public hearing on the proposed regulations is scheduled for July 27, 2005.

Rev. Proc. 2005–20, page 990. This procedure describes how a regulated investment company (RIC) that holds a partnership interest is treated. A RIC that is a consenting partner in a partnership, that has in effect a monthly closing election under Rev. Proc. 2003–84, 2003–2 C.B. 1159, is treated as if directly invested in the assets held by the partnership. Rev. Proc. 2003–32 amplified and superseded.

May 2, 2005 2005–18 I.R.B.