[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 155 (Friday, August 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41681-41682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20357]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Submission to OMB for Review; Comment Request

July 29, 1996.
    The Department of the 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

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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: 1545-0014.
    Form Number: IRS Form 637.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Application for Registration (For Certain Excise Tax 
Activities).
    Description: Form 637 is used to apply for excise tax registration. 
The registration applies to a person required to be registered under 
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 4101 for purposes of the Federal 
excise tax on taxable fuel imposed by IRC 4041 and 4081; and to certain 
manufacturers or sellers and purchasers that must register under IRC 
4222 to be exempt from the excise tax on taxable articles. The data is 
used to determine if the applicant qualifies for exemption. Taxable 
fuel producers are required by IRC 4101 to register with the Service 
before incurring any tax liability.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 2,000.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent/Recordkeeper:

Recordkeeping..............................................    9 hr., 20
                                                                    min.
Learning about the law or the form.........................      41 min.
Preparing and sending the form to the IRS..................      53 min.
                                                                        


    Frequency of Response: Other (one time only).
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 21,820 hours.
Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear (202) 622-3869, Internal Revenue 
Service, Room 5571, 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 
20224.
OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt (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. 96-20357 Filed 8-8-96; 8:45 am]
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