[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4830-4831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2399]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

January 23, 1997.
    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 begin the survey described below in 
early to mid-February, 1997, the Department of the Treasury is 
requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and 
approve this information collection by January 30, 1997. To obtain a 
copy of this survey, please contact the U.S. Mint Clearance Officer at 
the address listed below.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

    OMB Number: 1545-1432.
    Project Number: PC:V 97-002-G.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Federal Tax Deposit (FTD) Penalty Study; and Federal Tax 
Deposit (FTD) Focus Group Interview Study.
    Description: The purpose of the focus group interviews is to obtain 
participants'' qualitative insights as they related to FTD rules for 
employment taxes to get a sense of what is working, where the 
compliance problems are and what IRS could do to resolve them.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,260.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent:


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Telephone Screener (Taxpayers With Penalties)--5 minutes
Telephone Screener (Taxpayers Without Penalties)--5 minutes
Focus Group Interviews--2 hours
Travel Time--1 hour

    Frequency of Response: Other.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 280 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear (202) 622-3869, Internal Revenue 
Service, Room 5571, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20224.
    OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt (202) 395-7860, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10226, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.
Lois K. Holland,
Departmental Reports Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-2399 Filed 1-30-97; 8:45 am]
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