[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 17 (Thursday, January 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3978-3979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1510]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

January 19, 2005.
    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 
11000, 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before February 28, 
2005, to be assured of consideration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

    OMB Number: 1545-1624.
    Notice Number: Notice 98-52.
    Regulation Project Number: REG-108639-99 Final.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Notice 98-52 Cash or Deferred Arrangements: 
Nondiscrimination; REG-108639 Final Retirement Plans; Cash or Deferred 
Arrangements Under Section 401(k) and Matching Contributions or 
Employee Contributions Under Section 401(m).
    Description: Section 1433(a) of the Small Business Job Protection 
Act of 1996 requires that the Service provide nondiscriminatory safe 
harbors with respect to section 401(k)(12) and section 401(m)(11) for 
plan years beginning after December 31, 1998. This notice implements 
that statutory requirement.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 60,000.
    Estimated Burden Hours Respondent: 1 hour, 20 minutes.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 80,000 hour.

    OMB Number: 1545-1640.
    Regulation Project Number: REG-104492-98 NPRM.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Mark to Market Accounting for Dealers in Commodities and 
Traders in Securities or Commodities.
    Description: The collection of information in this proposed 
regulation is required by the Internal Revenue Service to determine 
whether an exemption from mark-to-market treatment is properly claimed. 
This information will be used to make that determination upon audit of 
taxpayers' books and records. The likely record keepers are businesses 
or other for-profit institution.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Individuals or 
households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Estimated Burden Hours Respondent: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 1,000 hours.

    OMB Number: 1545-1739.
    Form Number: IRS Forms 9460 and 9477.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Tax Forms Inventory Report.
    Description: These forms are designed to collect tax forms 
inventory information from post offices, libraries, and other entities 
that distribute federal tax forms. Data is collected detailing the 
quantities and types of tax forms remaining at the end of the filing 
season. This data is combined with shipment data for each account and 
used to establish forms distribution guidelines for the following year. 
Source data is collected to verify that the different entities received 
tax forms with the correct code.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 14,000.
    Estimated Burden Hours Respondent: Form 9460--10 minutes, Form 
9477--15 minutes.
    Frequency of response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 1 hour.

    OMB Number: 1545-1770.
    Regulation Project Number: REG-115054-01.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: REG-115054-01 Final Treatment of Community Income for 
Certain Individuals Not Filing Join Returns.

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    Description: The regulations provide rules to determine how 
community income is treated under section 66 for certain married 
individuals in community property states who do not file joint 
individual Federal income tax returns. The regulations also reflect 
changes in the law made by the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 
1998.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
    Estimated Burden Hours Respondent: 1 hour.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 1 hour.

    OMB Number: 1545-1896.
    Form Number: IRS Form 13551.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Application to Participate in the IRS Acceptance Agent 
Program.
    Description: Form 13551 is used to gather information to determine 
applicant's eligibility in the Acceptance Agent Program.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal Government, State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,825.
    Estimated Burden Hours Respondent: 30 minutes.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 6,413.
    Clearance Officer: Paul H. Finger (202) 622-4078 , Internal Revenue 
Service, Room 6516, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20224.
    OMB Reviewer: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr. (202) 395-7316, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10235, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-1510 Filed 1-26-05; 8:45 am]
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