INCOME TAX

T.D. 9360, page 860. Final regulations under section 1291 of the Code provide certain elections for taxpayers that continue to be subject to the passive foreign investment company (PFIC) excess distribution regime even though the foreign corporation in which they own stock is no longer treated as a PFIC under section 1297(a) or (e).

REG–143326–05, page 873. Proposed regulations under sections 1361, 1362, and 1366 of the Code provide guidance regarding changes to the rules governing S corporations under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (AJCA) and the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005 (GOZA). The regulations provide guidance on the family shareholder rules, the treatment of electing small business trusts, the allowance of suspended losses to spouses and former spouses of S corporation shareholders, and relief for inadvertently terminated or invalid qualified subchapter S subsidiary elections. The regulations also remove or update various obsolete references in the current regulations. A public hearing is scheduled for January 16, 2008.

REG–106143–07, page 881. Proposed regulations under section 148 of the Code provide arbitrage guidance for tax-exempt bonds. A public hearing is scheduled for January 30, 2008.

REG–129916–07, page 891. Proposed regulations under section 6011 of the Code add the patented transactions category of reportable transaction to regulations section 1.6011–4. A patented transaction is a transaction for which a taxpayer pays (directly or indirectly) a fee in any amount to a patent holder or the patent holder’s

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