The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (AJCA) expanded the meaning of the term "determination" to include self-determinations made by a regulated investment company (RIC) or a real estate investment trust (REIT). IRC section 860(g) provides that no deficiency dividend deduction shall be allowed under IRC section 860(a) unless a claim is filed within 120 days after the date of the determination. Form 8927 is used by the RIC or REIT to establish the date of detemination under IRC section 860(e)(4).
The collection of information is needed quicker than the normal review process in order to provide a means for regulated investment companies (RICs) and real estate investment trusts (REITs) to effect a self-determination of a deficiency dividend under section 860(e)(4) of the Code. This provision allows a RIC or REIT to be relieved from the payment of a deficiency in (or to be allowed a credit or refund of) certain taxes. This self-determination provision is part of a complicated set of relief provisions to help ensure that shareholders of RICs and REITs are not harmed by minor errors made by the RIC or REIT in meeting numerous qualifying requirements in the Code. Taxpayers have been confused on how to comply with the self-determination provision, and the Service has had significant problems processing taxpayer attempts to comply with the provision. After much coordination with numerous offices in the Service and Treasury, Form 8927 was developed to assist taxpayers in making a self determination of a deficiency dividend in a manner that can be processed by Service in accordance with its mission. We wish to implement the Form on January 1, 2009.
The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (AJCA) expanded the meaning of the term "determination" to include self-determinations made by a regulated investment company (RIC) or a real estate investment trust (REIT). IRC section 860(g) provides that no deficiency dividend deduction shall be allowed under IRC section 860(a) unless a claim is filed within 120 days after the date of the determination.
This is a new form.
$7,500
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
John Nelson 202 927-9488
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
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