General Revision of Regulations Relating to Withholding of Tax on Certain U.S. Source Income Paid to Foreign Persons and Related Collection, Refunds, and Credits; Revision of Information Reporting and Backup Withholding Regulations; and Removal of Regulations Under Part 35a and of Certain Regulations Under Income Tax Treaties

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This document contains proposed regulations relating to the withholding of income tax under sections 1441 and 1442 on certain U.S. source income paid to foreign persons, the related tax deposit and reporting requirements under section 1461, and the related collection, refunds, and credits of withheld tax under sections 1461 through 1463 and section 6402. Additionally, this document contains proposed regulations relating to the statutory exemption under sections 871(h) and 881(c) for portfolio interest. This document proposes to remove certain temporary employment tax regulations under the Interest and Dividend Compliance Act of 1983 and to amend existing regulations under sections 6041A and 6050N. This document also proposes changes to proposed regulations contained in project number INTL-52-86, published on February 29, 1988 (53 FR 5991) under sections 6041, 6042, 6045, and 6049. This document proposes related changes to the regulations under sections 163(f), 165(j), 3401, 3406, 6114, and 6413 and proposes further changes to the proposed regulations under section 6109 contained in project number IL-0024-94 published on June 8, 1995 (60 FR 30211). This document proposes to remove c