[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 91 (Thursday, May 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21224-21225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11566]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 24, 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 1995, Public Law 104-13. Copies of 
the submission(s) may be obtained by 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.
    Special Request: In order to conduct the focus group interviews 
described below by the May 1996 start-up date, the Department of 
Treasury is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and 
approve this

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information collection by May 1, 1996. To obtain a copy of this survey, 
please contact the IRS Clearance Officer at the address listed below.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

    OMB Number: 1545-1432.
    Project Number: PC:V 96-016-G.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: 1. Tax Forms and Publications 1996 1040 Forms and Condensed 
Instructions Focus Group Interviews; and 2. Tax Filing Behavior Focus 
Group Interviews.
    Description: 1. The Internal Revenue Service's Tax Forms and 
Publications Division has developed a new experimental version of the 
line-by-line instructions for Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax 
Return. The draft instructions are about 25% shorter than the current 
instructions, but contain all the information needed by most taxpayers 
whose tax situation remains fairly stable from year to year. IRS will 
use this series of focus groups to obtain reactions, comments and 
suggestions to these new instructions from Form 1040 filers who prepare 
their own returns.
    2. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently found that there is 
a significant increase in the usage of return preparation software 
within the professional accounting community. The IRS is interested in 
exploring if similar changes are occurring in individual taxpayer 
filing behavior and patterns. IRS will conduct this series of focus 
groups to obtain feedback from these taxpayers on (a) current filing 
practices, (b) changes to filing practices over the past few years, and 
(c) future filing practices. Information gathered in these focus groups 
will help IRS adapt their products and services to meet taxpayers 
changing needs.
    Respondents: Individuals or households
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 180
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent:

Screening participants--54 hours each.
Interview sessions plus travel--270 hours each.

    Frequency of Response: Other.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 648 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear, (202) 622-3869, Internal Revenue 
Service, Room 5571, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.
    OMB Reviewer: Milo Sunderhauf, (202) 395-7340, Office of Management 
and Budget, Room 10226, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.
Lois K. Holland,
Departmental Reports, Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-11566 Filed 5-8-96; 8:45 am]
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