[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 152 (Monday, August 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 00-19866]


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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: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Quarterly Survey of State & 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: 5,957 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 5,906.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is requesting a three-year 
extension of the current expiration date of the Quarterly Survey of 
State & Local Tax Revenue. These tax collections, amounting to nearly 
$700 billion annually, constitute almost one-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 the various 
levels of government fund their public sector obligations. These data 
are included in the quarterly estimates developed by the Bureau of 
Economic Analysis and are widely used by state revenue and tax 
officials, academicians, media representatives, and others.
    The Census Bureau uses three forms to collect state and local 
government tax data for this long established data series. The 
Quarterly Survey of Property Tax Collections (form F-71) is sent to 
5,800 local government tax collecting agencies in 530 county areas. 
While some counties are served by a single county level tax-collecting 
agency, others have county, city, township, and even school district 
collectors. Each agency is asked to report the total property tax 
collections during the past quarter (regardless of which governments 
ultimately receive the monies).
    Form F-72, State Tax Collections-Quarterly Survey, is sent to a 
state level revenue, finance, or budget agency in each state to report 
tax collection data for the preceding 3-month period.
    The Quarterly Survey-Selected Local Taxes (form F-73) goes to 55 
local tax collecting agencies known to have substantial collections of 
local general sales and/or local individual income taxes.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal government.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, room 6086, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before September 6, 2000, to Susan 
Schechter, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 1, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-19866 Filed 8-4-00; 8:45 am]
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