The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today released lists of rural counties and rural or underserved counties to use in 2016 in conjunction with the bureau’s Ability-to-Repay, escrow, HOEPA and appraisal rules. Rural counties were generally defined by using a U.S. Department of Agriculture classification system and underserved counties were defined by data collected under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the CFPB said.
IRS makes new reporting requirement for qualified charitable deductions optional for 2025
The IRS has delayed implementation of its new “code Y” reporting requirement on Form 1099-R for qualified charitable distributions made by individual retirement account owners. The change came after an ABA request.