INCOME TAX

Rev. Rul. 2010–6, page 387. Federal rates; adjusted federal rates; adjusted federal long-term rate and the long-term exempt rate . For purposes of sections 382, 642, 1274, 1288, and other sections of the Code, tables set forth the rates for February 2010.

T.D. 9477, page 385. REG–132232–08, page 401. Final, temporary, and proposed regulations under section 304 of the Code address the tax treatment of certain shareholders who transfer stock or securities to related corporations. When shareholders control two corporations and sell the stock or securities of one controlled corporation to the other, section 304 governs the tax treatment of the shareholders on the amounts received for the transferred stock or securities. The regulations provide that shareholders will not avoid the application of section 304 by causing controlled corporations to form or avail themselves of related corporations to execute the transaction.

Notice 2010–16, page 396. Haiti earthquake in 2010. This notice designates the Haiti earthquake occurring in January 2010 as a qualified disaster for purposes of section 139 of the Code.