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            <NAME>Internal Revenue Service</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of the Treasury</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Collectively Bargained Welfare Benefit Funds</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>Under section 419A(f)(5)(A), an employer who contributes to a welfare benefit fund under a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) is not subject to otherwise applicable deduction limits on those contributions. Section 1.419A-2(T), published on July 3, 1985, along with a cross-referencing NPRM, and provides guidance on an employer's deduction limits for contributions to welfare benefit funds maintained pursuant to a CBA, including a definition of a "collectively bargained welfare benefit fund." Section 1.419(A)-2 is being re-proposed to broaden the definition of "collectively bargained welfare benefit fund" and to make certain other clarifying changes.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Other</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
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            <CFR>Not Yet Determined</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>26 U.S.C. 7805</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>26 U.S.C. 419(A)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/2018</TTBL_DATE>
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        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>REG-102777-13 (NPRM)

Drafter attorney: Dara R. Alderman (202) 317-5500

Reviewer attorney: Janet A. Laufer (202) 317-5500

Treasury attorney: Carol Weiser (202) 622-0869

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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Dara</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Alderman</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>R.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Attorney</TITLE>
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                    <CODE>1545</CODE>
                    <NAME>Internal Revenue Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>IRS</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 317-5500</PHONE>
                <FAX>855 592-9846</FAX>
                <EMAIL>dara.r.alderman@irscounsel.treas.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 5712,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20224</ZIP>
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