REG-127270-06 contains proposed regulations relating to the exclusion from gross income for amounts received on account of personal physical injuries or physical sickness. The proposed regulations reflect amendments under the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996. The proposed regulations also delete the requirement that to qualify for exclusion from gross income, damages received from a legal suit, action, or settlement agreement must be based upon “tort or tort type rights.” The proposed regulations affect taxpayers receiving damages on account of personal physical injuries or physical sickness and taxpayers paying these damages.

Revenue Procedure 2009-39 amplifies, clarifies, and modifies Rev. Proc. 2008-52, which provides procedures for taxpayers to obtain automatic consent for the changes in method of accounting described in its APPENDIX. This revenue procedure also clarifies and modifies Rev. Proc. 97-27, as amplified and modified by Rev. Proc. 2002-19, as amplified and clarified by Rev. Proc. 2002-54, and as modified by Rev. Proc. 2007-67, which provides the general procedures for obtaining non-automatic consent for changes in method of accounting.
Revenue Procedure 2009-39 will be in IRB 2009-38, dated September 21, 2009.