[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 77 (Thursday, April 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 21235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9872]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 11, 2000.
    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 May 22, 2000 to 
be assured of consideration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

    OMB Number: 1545-0887.
    Form Number: IRS Form 8281.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Information Return for Publicly Offered Original Issue 
Discount Instruments.
    Description: Form 8281 is filed by the issuer of a publicly offered 
debt instrument having Original Issue Discount (OID). The information 
is used to update Publication 1212, ``List of Original Issue Discount 
Instruments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 500.

           Estimated Burden Hours per Respondent/Recordkeeper
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Recordkeeping...........................  5 hr., 1 min.
Learning about the law or the form......  30 min.
Preparing, copying, assembling, and       37 min.
 sending the form to the IRS.
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    Frequency of Response: On occasion, Annually.
    Estimated Total Reporting/Recordkeeping Burden: 3,065 hours.

    OMB Number: 1545-1518.
    Form Number: IRS Form 5498-MSA.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: MSA or Medicate+Choice MSA Information.
    Description: Form 5498-MSA is used to report contributions to a 
medical savings account as set forth in section 220(h).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 16,442.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 10 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 6,988 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear, Internal Revenue Service, Room 
5244, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20224.
    OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt (202) 395-7860, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,
Departmental Reports Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-9872 Filed 4-19-00; 8:45 am]
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