[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 36736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17871]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

June 29, 1998.
    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 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 22, 1998 
to be assured of consideration.

SPECIAL REQUEST: In order to conduct the focus group interviews 
described below within the next 150 days, the Department of the 
Treasury is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
review and approve this information collection by July 15, 1998. To 
obtain a copy of this study, please contact the Internal Revenue 
Service Clearance Officer at the address listed below.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

    OMB Number: 1545-1432.
    Project Number: M:SP:V 98-015-G.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Focus Group Sessions and Cognitive (In-Depth) Interviews for 
the Analysis and Redesign of Publication 594.
    Description: In order to improve tax compliance, the Service needs 
to evaluate the understandability and usability of Publication 594 by 
meeting with taxpayers whose past tax history indicates that they 
received this publication as part of their tax process with the IRS.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, Business or other for-
profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 28.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 4 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Other (one-time only).
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 282 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. 98-17871 Filed 7-6-98; 8:45 am]
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