[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5061-5062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2879]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to OMB for 
Review

February 1, 1996.
    The Department of Treasury has submitted the following public 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Public Law 96-511. Copies of 
the submission(s) may be obtained by 

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calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance Officer listed. Comments 
regarding this information collection should be addressed to the OMB 
reviewer listed and to the Treasury Department Clearance Officer, 
Department of the Treasury, Room 2110, 1425 New York Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20220.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

    OMB Number: 1545-0152.
    Form Number: IRS Form 3115.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Application for Change in Accounting Method.
    Description: Form 3115 is used by taxpayers who wish to change 
their method of computing their taxable income. The form is used by the 
IRS to determine if electing taxpayers have met the requirements and 
are able to change to the method requested.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Individuals or 
households, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms.
    Estimated Number of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 6,400.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent/Recordkeeper:

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                                                                 Learning about the law   Preparing and Sending 
             Form/Sched.                    Recordkeeping             or the form          the form to the IRS  
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3115.................................  18 hr., 11 min.........  4 hr., 26 min..........  6 hr., 8 min.          
Sched. A.............................  4 hr., 4 min...........  1 hr., 23 min..........  1 hr., 31 min.         
Sched. B.............................  2 hr., 40 min..........  0 hr., 35 min..........  1 hr., 10 min.         
Sched. C.............................  27 hr., 44 min.........  2 hr., 3 min...........  3 hr., 48 min.         
Sched. D.............................  5 hr., 1 min...........  1 hr., 59 min..........  2 hr., 9 min.          
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    Frequency of Response: Other: When Needed.
    Estimated Total Reporting/Recordkeeping Burden: 270,490 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear (202) 622-3869, Internal Revenue 
Service, Room 5571, 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 
20224.
    OMB Reviewer: Milo Sunderhauf (202) 395-7340, Office of Management 
and Budget, Room 10226, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.
Dale A. Morgan,
Departmental Reports Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-2879 Filed 2-8-96; 8:45 am]
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