[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33443-33444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16229]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

June 12, 1998.
    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.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before July 6, 1998 to 
be assured of consideration.

SPECIAL REQUEST: In order to conduct the focus group interviews 
described below at the beginning July 1998, the Department of the 
Treasury is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
review and approve this information collection by June 19, 1998. To 
obtain a copy of this study, please contact the Internal Revenue 
Service Clearance Officer at the address listed below.

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Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

    OMB Number: 1545-1432.
    Project Number: M:SP:V 98-010-G.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Proposed Incentives, Rewards and Customer Service Products 
Focus Group Interviews (Electronic Tax Administration (ETA)).
    Description: The purpose of the focus group interviews will be to 
gather opinions and ideas from tax practitioners, Certified Public 
Accountants, enrolled agents, and attorneys about some incentives or 
customer service products. These focus groups interviews (one each day) 
will be held at each of the four IRS 1998 Nationwide Tax Forums 
sponsored by the Electronic Tax Administration Office. The forums will 
be held as follows: Philadelphia: July 8-9; Las Vegas: August 5-6; St. 
Louis: August 19-20; and New Orleans: September 2-3.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 80 (10 participants times 8 
groups).
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent:

Screening--5 minutes.
Focus Group Interview Sessions--2 hours.

    Frequency of Response: Other (conducted at 4 forums).
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 180 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 10226, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.
Lois K. Holland,
Departmental Reports Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-16229 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]
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