[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 45474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12887]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

26 CFR Part 1

[REG-118775-06]
RIN 1545-BF64


Revisions to Regulations Relating to Repeal of Tax on Interest of 
Nonresident Alien Individuals and Foreign Corporations Received From 
Certain Portfolio Debt Investments; Hearing

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Changes of date and location for public hearing.

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SUMMARY: This document provides changes of date and location for a 
public hearing on proposed regulations under sections 871 and 881 of 
the Internal Revenue Code (Code) relating to the exclusion from gross 
income of portfolio interest paid to a nonresident alien individual or 
foreign corporation.

DATES: The public hearing originally scheduled for Thursday, September 
7, 2006, at 10 a.m. is rescheduled for Friday, October 6, 2006, at 10 
a.m. Outlines of topics to be discussed at the public hearing will be 
due by August 24, 2006.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing was originally being held in the IRS 
Auditorium, Internal Revenue Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington DC. The hearing location has changed. The public hearing 
will be held in the IRS Auditorium, New Carrollton Federal Building, 
5000 Ellin Road, Lanham, Maryland 20706.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Guy R. Traynor, (301) 922-0539 (not a 
toll free number) or Richard Hurst at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    A notice of proposed rulemaking and notice of public hearing (REG-
118775-06) appearing in the Federal Register on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 
(71 FR 34047), announced that a public hearing on proposed regulations 
relating to the exclusion from gross income of portfolio interest paid 
to a nonresident alien individual or foreign corporation would be held 
on Thursday, September 7, 2006, beginning at 10 a.m. in the IRS 
Auditorium, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
    The date and location of the hearing have changed. The hearing is 
rescheduled for Friday, October 6, 2006, beginning at 10 a.m. in the 
IRS Auditorium, New Carrollton Federal Building, 5000 Ellin Road, 
Lanham, Maryland 20706.
    A period of 10 minutes is allotted to each person for presenting 
oral comments. The IRS will prepare an agenda containing the schedule 
of speakers. Copies of the agenda will be made available, free of 
charge, at the hearing.

Guy R. Traynor,
Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Legal Processing Division, 
Associate Chief Counsel (Procedure and Administration).
 [FR Doc. E6-12887 Filed 8-8-06; 8:45 am]
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