[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 36737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17873]


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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 as soon as possible, the Department of the Treasury is 
requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and 
approve this information collection by July 10, 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 98-018-G.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Schedule D Focus Groups.
    Description: A significant number of taxpayers who should have 
attached Schedule D (Form 1040) to their tax return did not do so, 
resulting in the necessity of corresponding with the taxpayer to 
request the missing schedule, inconveniencing the taxpayer and 
increasing processing costs. The Tax Forms and Publications Division 
would like to meet with some of the taxpayers, to find out what 
differences in the forms or instructions might have led them to attach 
the schedule. This will be useful in creating forms and instructions 
for next year, both in relating to the Schedule D issue, and in 
communicating any future tax law changes.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 2 hours, 34 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Other (one-time only).
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 70 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. 98-17873 Filed 7-6-98; 8:45 am]
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