IRS Revises Correction to Proposed FATCA Coordination Regs

Revision of Regulations under Chapter 3 Regarding Withholding of Tax on
Certain U.S. Source Income Paid to Foreign Persons; Correction

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
26 CFR Part 1

[REG-134247-16]

RIN 1545-BN73

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; correction.

SUMMARY: This document corrects a correction to a notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-134247-16) that was published in the Federal Register on Friday, September 15, 2017. The notice of proposed rulemaking, published on January 6, 2017, under section 1441 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Code), relates to withholding of tax on certain U.S. source income paid to foreign persons and requirements for certain claims for refund or credit of income tax made by foreign persons.

DATES: The correction published on September 15, 2017 (82 FR 43314), is corrected as of October 26, 2017, and is applicable beginning January 6, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kamela Nelan at (202) 317-6942 (not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-134247-16) that is the subject of this correction is under section 1441 of the Code.

Need for Correction

As published, the notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-134247-16) contains an error which may prove to be misleading and needs to be corrected.

Correction of Publication

Accordingly, the notice of proposed rulemaking published at 82 FR 43314, September 15, 2017, is corrected as follows:

On page 43314, in the third column, under the heading “Correction of Publication”, in the fourth line, the language “On page 1636,” is corrected to read “On page 1646,”.

Martin V. Franks, Chief,
Publications and Regulations Branch,
Legal Processing Division,
Associate Chief Counsel
(Procedure and Administration).

[FR Doc. 2017-22815 Filed: 10/25/2017 8:45 am; Publication Date: 10/26/2017]