[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33129-33130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15534]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

June 13, 2001.
    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 20, 2001 
to be assured of consideration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

    OMB Number: 1545-0798.
    Regulation Project Number: 26 CFR 31.6001.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: 26 CFR 31.6001-1 Records in General; 26 CFR 31.6001-2 
Additional Records under FICA; 26 CFR 31.6001-3 Additional Records 
Under Railroad Retirement Tax Act; 26 CFR 31.6001-5 Additional Records 
in Connection with Collection of Income Tax at Source on Wages; 26 CFR 
31.6001-6 Notice by District Director Requiring Returns, Statements, or 
the Keeping of Records.
    Description: Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 6001 requires, in 
part, that every person liable for tax, or for the collection of that 
tax keep such records and comply with such rules and regulations as the 
Secretary may from time to time prescribe. 26 CFR 31.6001 has special 
application to employment taxes. These records are needed to ensure 
compliance with the Code.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Individuals or 
households, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms, Federal Government, 
State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Recordkeepers: 5,676,263.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Recordkeeper: 5 hours, 20 minutes.
    Estimated Total Recordkeeping Burden: 30,273,950 hours.

    OMB Number: 1545-0800.
    Regulation Project Number: Reg. 601.601.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Rules and Regulations.
    Description: Persons wishing to speak at a public hearing on a 
proposed rule must submit written comments and an outline within 
prescribed time limits, for use in preparing agendas and allocating 
time. Persons interested in the issuance, amendment, or repeal of a 
rule may submit a petition for this. IRS considers the petitions in its 
deliberations.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Individuals or 
households, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms, Federal Government, 
State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 600.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 1 hour, 30 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 900 hours.

    OMB Number: 1545-0807.
    Regulation Project Number: LR 2013 (TD 7533) Final and EE-155-78 
(TD 7896) Final.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Disc Rules on Procedures and Administration; Rules on Export 
Trade Corporations (LR 2013); and Income From Trade Shows (EE-155-78).
    Description: Section 1.6071-1(b) requires that when a taxpayer 
files a late return for a short period, proof of unusual circumstances 
for late filing must be given to the District Director. Sections 1.6072 
(b), (c), (d), and (e) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) deals with 
the filing dates of certain corporate returns. Regulation section 
1.6072-2 provides additional information concerning these filing dates. 
The information is used to insure timely filing of corporate income tax 
returns.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Individuals or 
households, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms, State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,417.

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    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 15 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 3,104 hours.

    OMB Number: 1545-0834.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Regulations under Tax Conventions--Ireland.
    Description: This information is needed to secure for individuals 
and businesses the benefits to which they are entitled under the tax 
convention and to facilitate the administration and enforcement of the 
tax laws of the United States.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Individuals or 
households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 15 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 5 hours.

    OMB Number: 1545-0930.
    Form Number: IRS Form 8396.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Mortgage Interest Credit.
    Description: Form 8396 is used by individual taxpayers to claim a 
credit against their tax for a portion of the interest paid on a home 
mortgage in connection with a qualified mortgage credit certificate. 
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 25 allows the credit and IRC 
section 163(g) provides that the interest deduction on Schedule A will 
be reduced by the credit.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 30,000.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent/Recordkeeper:

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Recordkeeping.................................................        46
Learning about the law or the form............................         5
Preparing the form............................................        28
Copying, assembling, and sending the form to the IRS..........        14
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    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Reporting/Recordkeeping Burden: 46,500 hours.

    OMB Number: 1545-1112.
    Regulation Project Number: IA-96-88 Final.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Certain Elections Under the Technical and Miscellaneous 
Revenue Act of 1988 and the Redesignation of Certain Other Temporary 
Elections Regulations.
    Description: These regulations establish various elections with 
respect to which immediate interim guidance on the time and manner of 
making the elections is necessary. These regulations enable taxpayers 
to take advantage of the benefits of various Code provisions.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, Business or other for-
profit, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms, State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 24,305.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 17 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 6,712 hours.

    OMB Number: 1545-1156.
    Regulation Project Number: Reg. 1.6001-1.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Records.
    Description: Internal Revenue Code section 6001 requires, in part, 
that every person liable for tax, or for the collection of that tax, 
keep such records and comply with such rules and regulations as the 
Secretary may from time to time prescribe. These records are needed to 
ensure proper compliance with the Code.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, Business or other for-
profit, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms, Federal Government, State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Recordkeepers: 1.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Recordkeeper: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Recordkeeping Burden: 1 hour.

    OMB Number: 1545-1600.
    Regulation Project Number: REG-251703-96 Final.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Residence of Trusts and Estates--7701.
    Description: This regulation provides the procedure and 
requirements for making the election to remain a domestic trust.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 222.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 31 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Other (one-time).
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 114 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. 01-15534 Filed 6-19-01; 8:45 am]
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