[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 3 (Friday, January 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-168]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

December 17, 2001.
    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 February 4, 
2002.

Internal Revenue Service

    OMB Number: 1545-1554.
    Form Number: IRS Form MTQ/941.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Montana Quarterly Tax Report/Employer's Quarterly Federal 
Tax Return.
    Description: Form MTQ/941 is used by employers to report payments 
made to employees subject to income and Social Security and Medicare 
taxes and the amounts of these taxes. The state of Montana and the 
Simplified Tax and Wage Reporting System (STAWRS) have formed a 
partnership to explore the potential of combining Montana's quarterly 
reports for state withholding, Old Fund Liability tax, and Unemployment 
Insurance with the Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return (Form 941). 
One form will satisfy both State and Federal requirements and will make 
employer filing faster and easier.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Individual or 
households, Not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 710.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent/Recordkeeper:
    For Form 941:

Recordkeeping--9 hr., 34 min.
Learning about the law or the form--30 min.
Preparing the form--40 min.
Copying, assembling, and sending the form to the IRS--16 min.

    For Form 941 TeleFile:

Recordkeeping--5 hr., 16 min.
Learning about the law or the Tax Record--18 min.
Preparing the Tax Record--23 min.
TeleFile phone call--11 min.

    Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
    Estimated Total Reporting/Recordkeeping Burden: 30,661 hours.
    Clearance Officer: George Freeland, Internal Revenue Service, Room 
5577, 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. 02-168 Filed 1-3-02; 8:45 am]
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