[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 53127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26495]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Proposed Discontinuance of the Cumulative Bulletin; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Bulletin (IRB), the weekly official 
publication of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, contains revenue 
rulings, revenue procedures, notices, announcements, and other tax 
matters. The contents of the weekly bulletins are consolidated 
semiannually and reissued in the Cumulative Bulletins. The IRS proposes 
to discontinue production of the Cumulative Bulletins after volume 
1997-2 (July-December 1997). They duplicate information already 
available in the Internal Revenue Bulletins, including the cumulative 
listings which appear semiannually. The IRBs can also be obtained 
electronically with Internet access. A commercial distributor also 
produces a cumulative product similar to the Cumulative Bulletin. The 
IRS invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this 
opportunity to comment on the proposed discontinuance of the Cumulative 
Bulletins.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before November 2, 
1998 to be assured consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Rene Mondesir, Jr., Internal 
Revenue Service, OP:FS:FP:P:1, room 5617, 1111 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20224. You may e-mail Mr. Mondesir at 
R[email protected] or send him a fax at (202) 622-5004.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 3506(d)(3) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, the IRS is 
soliciting comments from the public on the discontinuance of the 
Cumulative Bulletins.

Cumulative Bulletins

    The Cumulative Bulletins are semiannual publications consolidating 
Internal Revenue Bulletins. They span 6-month periods covering January 
through June and July through December of each year. The Cumulative 
Bulletins are divided into four parts as follows:
    Part I--1986 Code, includes rulings and decisions based on 
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
    Part II--Treaties and Tax Legislation, includes revenue rulings 
under tax conventions, tax legislation, and related committee reports;
    Part III--Administrative, Procedural, and Miscellaneous, includes 
revenue procedures, notices, and other miscellaneous material; and
    Part IV--Items of General Interest, includes notices of proposed 
rulemaking, and the disbarment and suspension list.
    The IRS proposes to discontinue the Cumulative Bulletins for the 
following reasons:
    1. They are compilations of the weekly Internal Revenue Bulletins. 
Information in the Cumulative Bulletins is already available to 
customers in the Internal Revenue Bulletins. Cumulative listings of 
actions relating to court decisions and declaratory judgement 
proceedings, as well as an index of items published in the bulletins, 
appear in the first weekly issue of the Internal Revenue Bulletins for 
January and July of each year.
    2. The Internal Revenue Bulletins can be accessed electronically; 
therefore, the electronic on-line research option makes a cumulative 
format unnecessary.
    3. A document comparable to the IRS-produced Cumulative Bulletin is 
available commercially for those customers still desiring a cumulative 
format.

    Approved:
Sheldon D. Schwartz,
National Director, Tax Forms and Publications Division.
[FR Doc. 98-26495 Filed 10-1-98; 8:45 am]
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