EMPLOYEE PLANS

Notice 2017–39 Notice 2017–39

This notice sets forth updates on the corporate bond monthly yield curve, the corresponding spot segment rates for July 2017 used under § 417(e)(3)(D), the 24-month average segment rates applicable for July 2017, and the 30-year Treasury rates. These rates reflect the application of § 430(h)(2)(C)(iv), which was added by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, Public Law 112–141 (MAP–21) and amended by section 2003 of the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (HATFA).

ADMINISTRATIVE

Rev. Proc. 2017–43 Rev. Proc. 2017–43

Rev. Proc. 2017–43 revises procedures for applying for Treasury Department approval of a suspension of benefits under a multiemployer defined benefit pension plan that is in critical and declining status under § 432(e)(9). Effective for applications submitted on or after September 1, 2017, the revenue procedure modifies and supersedes Rev. Proc. 2016–27 and is intended to facilitate the Treasury Department’s review in light of its experience in processing benefit suspension applications.

INCOME TAX

REG–139633–08 REG–139633–08

This is a partial withdrawal of notice of proposed rulemaking (REG–163314–03) published on March 10, 2005 in the Federal Register (70 FR 11903) containing proposed regulations under sections 332, 351, and 368 (2005 Proposed Regulations). On December 12, 2008, Treasury adopted the Creditor Continuity of Interest provisions of the 2005 Proposed Regulations (TD 9434) published in the Federal Register (73 FR 75566). Minor portions of the 2005 Proposed Regulations that reflected statutory changes to sections 332 and 351 were adopted as part of a Treasury decision adopting final regulations under sections 334(b)(1)(B) and 362(e)(1) (TD 9759), published in the Federal Register (81 FR 17066) on March 28, 2016. The Treasury Department and the IRS have decided to withdraw the remainder of the 2005 Proposed Regulations that generally would have provided the non-recognition rules in subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle 1 of the Code do not apply unless there is an exchange (or, in the case of section 332, a distribution) of net value (the net value requirement).