[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 19969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9957]


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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 Government Tax Revenues.
    Form Number(s): F-71, F-72, F-73.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0112.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 5,911 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 5,860.
    Avg Hours Per Response: F-71 and F-73--15 minutes; F-72--30 
minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau seeks a three-year extension of 
the current Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the 
Quarterly Survey of State and Local Tax Revenues. The Census Bureau 
conducts this survey to collect State and local government tax data for 
this long established data series. State & local tax collections, 
amounting to nearly $900 billion annually, constitute almost one-half 
of all governmental revenues.
    Quarterly measurement of and reporting on these massive fund flows 
provide 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 of National Income and Product 
developed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and are widely used 
by State revenue and tax officials, academicians, media 
representatives, and others.
    The BEA, the Federal Reserve Board, the Department of Treasury, and 
others rely on these data to provide the most current information on 
the financial status of State and local governments. Legislators, 
policy makers, administrators, analysts, economists, and researchers 
use the data to monitor trends in public sector revenues. Journalists, 
teachers, and students use the data as well.
    Tax collection data are used to measure economic activity for the 
nation as a whole, as well as for comparison among the various states. 
These data also are useful in comparing the mix of taxes employed by 
individual states, and in determining the revenue raising capacity of 
different types of states.
    Affected Public: State, local or tribal government.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 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 within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) or e-
mail ([email protected]).

    Dated: April 17, 2003.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-9957 Filed 4-22-03; 8:45 am]
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