INCOME TAX
This notice provides rules relating to the availability of the production tax credit for refined coal.
Specifications are set forth for the private printing of paper and laster-printed substitutes for the February 2009 revisions of Form W-2c, Corrected Wage and Tax Statement, and Form W-3c, Transmittal of Corrected Wage and Tax Statements. Rev. Proc. 2006-19 superseded.
EMPLOYEE PLANS
Final regulations under section 4980F of the Code provide guidance relating to the section’s application to a plan amendment that is permitted to be effective before the plan amendment’s applicable amendment date. The regulations also reflect certain amendments made to section 4980F by the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
Temporary closing of the determination letter program for adopters of pre-approved defined benefit plans. The Service announces that it will temporarily stop accepting determination letter applications for defined benefit plans filed on Form 5307, beginning February 22, 2010. This announcement does not affect the ability of adopting employers to apply for determination letters on Form 5307 for pre-approved defined contribution plans.
EMPLOYMENT TAX
2010 social security contribution and benefit base; domestic employee coverage threshold. The Commissioner of the Social Security Administration has announced (1) the OASDI contribution and benefit base for remuneration paid in 2010 and self-employment income earned in taxable years beginning in 2010, and (2) the domestic employee coverage threshold amount for 2010.
Specifications are set forth for the private printing of paper and laster-printed substitutes for the February 2009 revisions of Form W-2c, Corrected Wage and Tax Statement, and Form W-3c, Transmittal of Corrected Wage and Tax Statements. Rev. Proc. 2006-19 superseded.
ADMINISTRATIVE
This notice creates a pilot program allowing filers of information returns to truncate an individual payee’s nine-digit identifying number on paper payee statements for calendar years 2009 and 2010 if the filers meet the requirements set forth in this notice.
General rules and specifications for private printing of substitute forms. This procedure provides requirements for reproducing paper substitutes and for furnishing substitute recipient statements for Forms 1096, 1098, 1099, 5498, W-2G, 1042-S, and 8935. It will be reproduced as the next revision of Publication 1179. Rev. Proc. 2008-36 superseded.
2010 optional standard mileage rates. This procedure announces 50 cents as the optional rate for deducting or accounting for expenses for business use of an automobile, 14 cents as the optional rate for use of an automobile as a charitable contribution, and 16.5 cents as the optional rate for use of an automobile as a medical or moving expense for 2010. The procedure also provides rules for substantiating the deductible expenses of using an automobile for business, moving, medical, or charitable purposes. Rev. Proc. 2008-72 superseded.