This Week's Internal Revenue Bulletin

HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS ISSUE

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ADMINISTRATIVE

NOTICE 2019-47, page 731. This notice provides penalty relief for organizations exempt from tax under section 501(a), other than those organizations described in section 501(c)(3), that did not report the names and addresses of their contributors on the Schedule B of their Forms 990 or 990-EZ filed for a taxable year ending on or after December 31, 2018, and on or prior to July 30, 2019.

INCOME TAX

REG-104554-18, page 737. This document contains proposed regulations regarding the timing of income inclusion under section 451 of the Internal Revenue Code of advance payments for goods, services, and certain other items. The proposed regulations reflect changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. These pro-posed regulations affect taxpayers that use an accrual method of accounting and receive advance payments.

REG-104870-18, page 754. This document contains proposed regulations regarding the timing of income inclusion under section 451 of the Internal Revenue Code. The proposed regulations reflect changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. These proposed regulations affect taxpayers that use an accrual method of accounting and have an applicable financial statement.

REV. PROC. 2019-37, page 731. This revenue procedure modifies Rev. Proc. 2018-31, 2018-22 I.R.B. 637, to provide procedures under section 446 and the accompanying regulations to obtain automatic consent of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to change methods of accounting to comply with sections 451 and the proposed regulations under sections 1.451-3 and 1.451-8.