[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 217 (Thursday, November 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 57727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28644]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

October 21, 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 survey described below in 
early November 1996, the Department of Treasury is requesting that the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and approve this 
information collection by October 30, 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: M:SP:V 96-0021-G.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Employer Identification Number (EIN) Public Education Packet 
Customer Opinion Survey.
    Description: To track the effects of compliance, IRS plans to 
conduct a study where taxpayers requesting information about the 
regulations and requirements for starting a new business in Buffalo and 
Seattle will receive a newly-developed information packet on EIN. The 
packets will contain an SS-4, Application for Employer Identification 
Number, and EIN information sheet, several publications, and a customer 
opinion survey. IRS plans to distribute the packets for approximately 
one year. Since the compliance test will take two years to complete, 
IRS will use the customer opinion survey to get an early indication of 
how the education effort is working and suggestions for improving the 
packet.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,500.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 2 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Other.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 152 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) 395-7860, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.
Lois K. Holland,
Departmental Reports Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-28644 Filed 11-6-96; 8:45 am]
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