Income taxes: National principal contracts; contingent nonperiodic payments Hearing cancelled,

[Federal Register: May 14, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 94)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 26782-26783]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

26 CFR Part 1

[REG-166012-02]

RIN 1545-BB82

National Principal Contracts; Contingent Nonperiodic Payments; Hearing Cancellation

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

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ACTION: Cancellation of public hearing on proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: This document cancels a public hearing on a notice of proposed rulemaking under section 446(b) of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the inclusion into income or deduction of a contingent nonperiodic payment provided for under a notional principal contract (NPC).

DATES: The public hearing originally scheduled for May 25, 2004, at 10 a.m., is cancelled.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sonya M. Cruse of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Legal Processing Division, Associate Chief Counsel (Procedures and Administration), at (202) 622-4693 (not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice of proposed rulemaking and notice of public hearing that appeared in the Federal Register on Thursday, February 26, 2004 (69 FR 8886), announced that a public hearing was scheduled for May 25, 2004, at 10 a.m., in the auditorium, Internal Revenue Service Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The subject of the public hearing is under section 446(e) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The public comment period for these regulations expired on May 4, 2004. The notice of proposed rulemaking instructed those interested in testifying at the public hearing to submit a request to speak and an outline of the topics to be addressed. As of Friday, May 7, 2004, no one has requested to speak. Therefore, the public hearing scheduled for May 25, 2004, is cancelled.

Cynthia E. Grigsby, Acting Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Legal Processing Division, Associate Chief Counsel (Procedures and Administration).

[FR Doc. 04-11016 Filed 5-13-04; 8:45 am]

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