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Federal Register rules, proposed rules, and notices from Department of the Treasury and its acquisition components — sorted newest first. Treasury's contract pipeline is dominated by IT modernization, financial-services support, and IRS technology contracts. Sustained protests typically center on technical-evaluation reasonableness for sensitive financial systems work.

Final Rule

Revising Qualified Domestic Trust Regulations Under Section 2056A To Update Outdated References and Procedures

This document contains final regulations that amend the Federal estate tax regulations applicable to estates of decedents passing property to or for the benefit of a noncitizen spouse in a domestic trust that satisfies all of the requirements under applicable Federal tax law and regulations to be a qualified domestic trust and for which the executor of the decedent's estate has made a qualified domestic trust election. These final regulations modify the existing regulations to update outdated re

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY · Published Jul 10, 2026

Final Rule

Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust Listed Transaction

This document contains final regulations that identify certain charitable remainder annuity trust (CRAT) transactions and substantially similar transactions as listed transactions, a type of reportable transaction. Material advisors and certain participants in these listed transactions are required to file disclosures with the IRS and will be subject to penalties for failure to disclose. The final regulations affect participants in these transactions as well as material advisors but provide that

DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY · Published Jul 9, 2026

Final Rule

Information Reporting and Transfer for Valuable Consideration Rules for Section 1035 Exchanges of Life Insurance and Certain Other Life Insurance Contract Transactions

This document contains final regulations providing guidance on the application of the transfer for valuable consideration rules and associated information reporting requirements for reportable policy sales of interests in life insurance contracts to exchanges of life insurance contracts qualifying for nonrecognition of gain or loss and certain acquisitions of interests in life insurance contracts in transactions that qualify as corporate reorganizations. The final regulations affect parties invo

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY · Published Jul 9, 2026

Proposed Rule

Increase in Threshold for Requiring Information Reporting With Respect to Certain Payees; Extension and Modification of Limitation on Wagering Losses; Hearing

This document provides a notice of public hearing on the notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-113229-25) published in the Federal Register on April 17, 2026. The proposed regulations contain proposed amendments relating to the dollar thresholds in regulations governing information reporting for payments made in the course of a trade or business and the corresponding backup withholding regulations. The proposed regulations also contain proposed amendments to the regulations governing wagering losse

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY · Published Jul 2, 2026

Final Rule

Real Estate Lending Escrow Accounts

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY · Published Jun 29, 2026

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