75 FR 12 pgs. 3159-3160 - Corporate Reorganizations; Distributions Under Sections 368(a)(1)(D) and 354(b)(1)(B); Correction

Type: RULEVolume: 75Number: 12Pages: 3159 - 3160
Docket number: [TD 9475]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2010-866 Filed 1-19-10; 8:45 am]
Agency: Treasury Department
Sub Agency: Internal Revenue Service
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

26 CFR Part 1

[TD 9475]

RIN 1545-BF83

Corporate Reorganizations; Distributions Under Sections 368(a)(1)(D) and 354(b)(1)(B); Correction

AGENCY:

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION:

Correcting amendment.

SUMMARY:

This document contains a correction to final regulations (TD 9475) that were published in the Federal Register on Friday, December 18, 2009 (74 FR 67053) providing guidance regarding the qualification of certain transactions as reorganizations described in section 368(a)(1)(D) where no stock and/or securities of the acquiring corporation is issued and distributed in the transaction.

DATES:

This correction is effective on January 20, 2010, and is applicable on December 18, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bruce A. Decker, (202) 622-7790 (not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The final regulations (TD 9475) that are the subject of this document are under sections 358, 368 and 1502 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Need for Correction

As published, the final regulations (TD 9475) contain an error that may prove to be misleading and is in need of clarification.

List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1

Income taxes, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

Correction of Publication

Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is corrected by making the following correcting amendment:

PART 1-INCOME TAXES

Paragraph 1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read in part as follows:

Authority:

26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *

Par. 2. Section 1.368-2 is amended by revising paragraph (l)(2)(iv) to read as follows:.

§ 1.368-2 Definition of terms.

(l) * * *

(2) * * *

(iv) Exception. Paragraph (l)(2) of this section does not apply to a transaction otherwise described in § 1.358-6(b)(2).

Guy R. Traynor,

Acting Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Legal Processing Division, Associate Chief Counsel, (Procedure and Administration).

[FR Doc. 2010-866 Filed 1-19-10; 8:45 am]

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