INCOME TAX

Rev. Rul. 2005-53(HTML)
Assets produced on a routine and repetitive basis. For purposes of the simplified service cost method and simplified production method provided in the regulations under section 263A of the Code, a taxpayer's self-constructed assets are produced on a routine and repetitive basis in the ordinary course of its trade or business if the assets are either mass-produced (numerous identical goods are manufactured using standardized designs and assembly line techniques) or have a high degree of turnover.

Rev. Rul. 2005-56(HTML)
LIFO; price indexes; department stores. The June 2005 Bureau of Labor Statistics price indexes are accepted for use by department stores employing the retail inventory and last-in, first-out inventory methods for valuing inventories for tax years ended on, or with reference to, June 30, 2005.

T.D. 9212(HTML)
Final regulations under section 861 of the Code describe the proper basis for determining the source of compensation for labor or personal services performed partly within and partly without the United States.

REG-149436-04(HTML)
Proposed regulations under section 6012 of the Code prescribe the form that cooperatives must use to file their income tax returns. The regulations affect all cooperatives that are currently required to file an income tax return on either Form 1120, U.S. Corporation Income Tax Return, or Form 990-C, Farmers' Cooperative Association Income Tax Return. Announcement 84-26 obsoleted.

Rev. Proc. 2005-60(HTML)
The purpose of this procedure is to inform authorized IRS e-file providers of their obligations to the Service and to consolidate existing guidance. The procedure combines the rules governing IRS e-file, including the rules regulating Electronic Return Originators (EROs) that electronically file (1) Form 1040 and 1040A, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, and Form 1040EZ, Income Tax Return for Single and Joint Filers With No Dependents, contained in Publication 1345, Handbook for Authorized IRS e-file Providers of Individual Income Tax Returns; (2) Form 940, Employer's Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return, contained in Rev. Proc. 2001-9; and (3) Form 941, Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return, contained in Rev. Proc. 99-39. Rev. Procs. 99-39, 2000-31, and 2001-9 superseded.

Notice 2005-63(HTML)
Weighted average interest rate update; corporate bond indices; 30-year Treasury securities. The weighted average interest rate for August 2005 and the resulting permissible range of interest rates used to calculate current liability and to determine the required contribution are set forth.

Announcement 2005-60(HTML)
A list is provided of organizations now classified as private foundations.

ESTATE TAX

T.D. 9214(HTML)
Final regulations under section 2651 of the Code provide an exception to the general rules for determining the generation assignment of a transferee of property for generation-skipping transfer (GST) purposes. The regulations also provide rules regarding a transferee assigned to more than one generation.

Rev. Rul. 2005-52(HTML)
Tool allowance payments. This ruling holds that tool allowances paid to employees are not paid under an accountable plan because the substantiation and return of excess requirements are not met. All tool allowance payments under the arrangement must be included in the employees' gross income, reported on the employees' Forms W-2, and are subject to withholding and payment of federal employment taxes.

Notice 2005-59(HTML)
This notice provides information about additional criteria that will be applied in selecting proposals for the Internal Revenue Service's Industry Issue Resolution (IIR) program regarding application of accountable plan rules to specific industries.

EXCISE TAX

Notice 2005-62(HTML)
This notice modifies Notice 2005-4, 2005-2 I.R.B 289, by revising the guidance relating to the Certificate for Biodiesel, which is required as a condition for claiming a credit or payment under sections 6426(c), 6427(e), and 40A of the Code. This notice also provides guidance on issues related to the boidiesel credit or payment that are not addressed in Notice 2005-4. This notice further modifies Notice 2005-4 relating to the Certificate of Person Buying Aviation-Grade Kerosene for Commercial Aviation or Nontaxable Use, which is required to notify a position holder of certain transactions under sections 4081 and 4082. Notice 2005-4 modified.

T.D. 9213(HTML)
Section 6343(d) of the Code was added by the Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2 and authorizes the Service to return levied property in certain cases. Final regulations under section 6343 set forth the cases in which the Service may return levied property and the procedures for a taxpayer to request a return of property.

REG-149436-04(HTML)
Proposed regulations under section 6012 of the Code prescribe the form that cooperatives must use to file their income tax returns. The regulations affect all cooperatives that are currently required to file an income tax return on either Form 1120, U.S. Corporation Income Tax Return, or Form 990-C, Farmers' Cooperative Association Income Tax Return. Announcement 84-26 obsoleted.

Rev. Proc. 2005-60(HTML)
The purpose of this procedure is to inform authorized IRS e-file providers of their obligations to the Service and to consolidate existing guidance. The procedure combines the rules governing IRS e-file, including the rules regulating Electronic Return Originators (EROs) that electronically file (1) Form 1040 and 1040A, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, and Form 1040EZ, Income Tax Return for Single and Joint Filers With No Dependents, contained in Publication 1345, Handbook for Authorized IRS e-file Providers of Individual Income Tax Returns; (2) Form 940, Employer's Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return, contained in Rev. Proc. 2001-9; and (3) Form 941, Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return, contained in Rev. Proc. 99-39. Rev. Procs. 99-39, 2000-31, and 2001-9 superseded.