Paragraph 1. The authority citation for part 301 is amended by adding
an entry in numerical order to read, in part, as follows:
Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *
Section 301.6103(j)(1)-1T also issued under 26 U.S.C. 6103(j)(1), *
* *
Par. 2. Section 301.6103(j)(1)-1 is amended by revising paragraphs (c)
introductory text to read as follows:
§301.6103(j)(1)-1T Disclosures of return information
reflected on returns to officers and employees of the Department of Commerce
for certain statistical purposes and related activities (temporary).
(a) and (b) [Reserved]. For further guidance, see §301.6103(j)(1)-1(a)
and (b).
(c) Disclosure of return information reflected on returns
of corporations to officers and employees of the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
(1) The Internal Revenue Service will disclose to officers and employees
of the Bureau of Economic Analysis for purposes of, but only to the extent
necessary in, conducting and preparing statistical analyses, as authorized
by law, all return information from the Statistics of Income sample, including
edited information and regardless of format or medium, of designated classes
or categories of corporations with respect to the tax imposed by chapter 1
of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) [Removed and Reserved.]
(3) The Internal Revenue Service will disclose the following return
information reflected on returns filed by corporations to officers and employees
of the Bureau of Economic Analysis:
(i) From the business master files of the Internal Revenue Service—
(A) Taxpayer identity information (as defined in section 6103(b)(6)
of the Internal Revenue Code) with respect to corporate taxpayers;
(B) Business or industry activity codes;
(C) Filing requirement code; and
(D) Physical location.
(ii) From Form SS-4 filed by an entity identifying itself on the form
as a corporation or a private services corporation—
(A) Taxpayer identity information (as defined in section 6103(b)(6),
including legal, trade, and business name);
(B) Physical location;
(C) State or Country of incorporation;
(D) Entity Type (Corporate only);
(E) Estimated highest number of employees expected in the next 12 months;
(F) Principal activity of the business;
(G) Principal line of merchandise;
(H) Posting cycle date relative to filing; and
(I) Document code.
(iii) From an employment tax return filed by a corporation—
(A) Taxpayer identity information (as defined in section 6103(b)(6));
(B) Total compensation reported;
(C) Taxable wages paid for purposes of Chapter 21 to each employee;
(D) Master file tax account code (MFT);
(E) Total number of individuals employed in the taxable period covered
by the return;
(F) Posting cycle date relative to filing;
(G) Accounting period covered; and
(H) Document code.
(iv) From returns of corporate taxpayer, including Forms 1120, 851,
and other business returns, schedules and forms that the Internal Revenue
Service may issue—
(A) Taxpayer identity information (as defined in section 6103(b)(6)),
including that of parent corporation, affiliate or subsidiary, and shareholder;
(B) Gross sales and receipts;
(C) Returns and allowances;
(D) Cost of labor, salaries, and wages;
(E) Total assets;
(F) Posting cycle date relative to filing;
(G) Accounting period covered;
(H) Master file tax account code (MFT);
(I) Document code; and
(J) Principal industrial activity code.
(d) [Reserved]. For further guidance, see §301.6103(j)(1)-1(d).
(e) [Reserved]. For further guidance, see §301.6103(j)(1)-1(e).
(f) Effective date. This section is applicable to disclosures to the
Bureau of Economic Analysis on or after July 6, 2006.
Mark E. Matthews,
Deputy
Commissioner for
Services and Enforcement.
Approved June 5, 2006.
Eric Solomon,
Acting
Deputy Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury (Tax Policy).
Note
(Filed by the Office of the Federal Register on July 5, 2006, 8:45 a.m.,
and published in the issue of the Federal Register for July 6, 2006, 71 F.R.
38262)
