[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 134 (Monday, July 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 37543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18427]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: Quarterly Summary of State, and Local Tax Revenue.
    Form Number(s): F-71, F-72, F-73.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0112.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 6,057 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 6,006.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 15.1 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: State and local government tax collections amount 
to about 700 billion dollars annually and represent almost half of all 
governmental revenues. Quarterly measurement of and reporting on these 
massive fund flows provides valuable insight into trends in the 
national economy and that of individual states. Information collected 
on the type and quantity of taxes collected gives comparative data on 
how state and local governments fund their public sector obligations. 
These data are used in the National Income and Product Account 
quarterly estimates developed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis and 
are widely used by state revenue and tax officials, academicians, media 
representatives, and others.
    This program formerly included federal as well as state and local 
government tax data. We eliminated the federal data since this 
information is available elsewhere. However, the respondent burden 
remains unchanged because we obtained the federal data from public 
records.
    Most of the data for this program are gathered by mail canvass of 
appropriate state and local government offices. In some instances, data 
are compiled by trained representatives of the Bureau of the Census 
from official records.
    Affected Public: State, local or tribal government.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.


    Dated: July 8, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-18427 Filed 7-11-97; 8:45 am]
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