INCOME TAX

REG–144689–04, page 906. Proposed regulations under section 706 of the Code relate to the determination of partners’ distributive shares of partnership items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit when a partner’s interests varies during a partnership taxable year. The regulations also modify the existing regulations regarding the required taxable year of a partnership.

Notice 2009–37, page 898. This notice announces the phase-out of the new qualified hybrid motor vehicle credit and the new advanced lean burn technology motor vehicle credit for passenger automobiles and light trucks manufactured by Ford Motor Company that are purchased for use or lease in the United States beginning on April 1, 2009.

Notice 2009–38, page 901. Section 382. This notice provides additional guidance regarding the application of section 382 of the Code and other provisions of law to corporations whose instruments are acquired by the Treasury Department pursuant to the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA). Notice 2009–14 amplified and superseded.