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 final regulations relating to the withholding of income tax under sections 1441, 1442, and 1443 on certain U.S. source income paid to foreign persons, the related tax deposit and reporting requirements under section 1461, and the related requirements governing collection, refunds, and credits of withheld amounts under sections 1461 through 1463 and sections 6402 and 6413. Additionally, this document contains final regulations relating to the statutory exemption under sections 871(h) and 881(c) for portfolio interest. This document removes temporary employment tax regulations under the Interest and Dividend Compliance Act of 1983 and amends existing regulations under sections 6041A and 6050N. This document finalizes changes to the proposed regulations contained in project number INTL- 52-86, published on February 29, 1988, under sections 6041, 6042, 6044, 6045, and 6049. This document also finalizes proposed regulations contained in project number IA-33-95, published on December 21, 1995 , relating to the effective date of certain temporary employment tax regulations. This document finalizes related changes to the regulations under sections 163(f), 165(j), 340