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November 2008

Issue

Date

Subject

2008-539

November 21, 2008

Legislative Update: Ways and Means Member Introduces Bill to Limit Notice 2008-83

2008-538

November 21, 2008

IRS Provides Adjustments to Limitation on Housing Expenses for Foreign Locations for 2008

2008-537

November 20, 2008

Legislative Update: Senate Leaders Propose Pension, Business Stimulus Changes

2008-536

November 20, 2008

Puerto Rico: Changes to Rules Concerning Tax Treatment of Certain Severance Payments Made to Discharged Employees

2008-535

November 19, 2008

IRS Provides Loss Payment Patterns, Discount Factors, and Salvage Discount Factors for Property and Casualty Insurance Companies for the 2008 Accident Year

2008-534

November 19, 2008

SEC Proposed Roadmap for Mandatory IFRS Filings by U.S. Public Companies

2008-533

November 17, 2008

Puerto Rico: Changes to Puerto Rico Code Section 1165(e) Plan Rules for 2008

2008-532

November 17, 2008

KPMG’s This Week in State Tax: California (Use Tax); Missouri (Right to Apportion); Tennessee (Federal Preemption)

2008-531

November 17, 2008

FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force Approves Three Consensuses

2008-530

November 13, 2008

IRS Guidance for REITs Seeking to Qualify for the Safe Harbor from the Prohibited Transaction Tax

2008-529

November 13, 2008

IRS Guidance Under the Low Income Housing Credit

2008-528

November 12, 2008

Legislative Update: Finance Chairman Baucus Releases White Paper on Health Care Reform; Proposes Possible Changes to Tax Incentives

2008-527

November 12, 2008

IRS Guidance on Requests by Plan Sponsors for Extensions of Amortization Period for Unfunded Liability

2008-526

November 10, 2008

KPMG’s What’s News in Tax: Rescission of Check-the-Box Election; Deferral of Gain in Mutual-to-Stock Conversion; Bad Debts in Bank Context; Cascading Insurance Excise Tax

2008-525

November 10, 2008

KPMG’s This Week in State Tax: Louisiana (Apportionment); Massachusetts (Extended Voluntary Disclosure Period); Massachusetts (Litigation Update); Wisconsin (Related-Party Expense Disallowance Rules)

2008-524

November 7, 2008

What He Promised: Obama’s Tax Proposals and Prospects in Congress

2008-523

November 7, 2008

Regulations Amending the Rules on Information Reporting for Discharges of Indebtedness

2008-522

November 7, 2008

IASB: New “Educational Guidance” on Fair Value in Inactive Markets

2008-521

November 6, 2008

Legislative Update: JCT Estimates of Federal Tax Expenditures for FY 2008-2012

2008-520

November 6, 2008

Treasury Proposes Reorganization of the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations

2008-519

November 5, 2008

Final Regulations on Information Reporting for Employer-Owned Life Insurance Contracts

2008-518

November 3, 2008

KPMG’s This Week in State Tax: Maryland (Economic Nexus); New York (FCC License Sale); Multistate (Definition of “Telephone Company”); Multistate (Budget Shortfalls)

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