[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 43 (Monday, March 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11048-11049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4328]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 1, 2005.
    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 
11000, 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before April 6, 2005, 
to be assured of consideration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

    OMB Number: 1545-1755.
    Form Number: IRS Form 8878.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: IRS e-file Signature Authorization-Application for Extension 
of Time to File.
    Description: Form 8878 is used to allow taxpayers to enter their 
PIN on their electronically-filed application of extension of time to 
file.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 1,000,000.
    Estimated Burden Hours Respondent/Recordkeeper:
    Learning about the law or the form--4 min.
    Preparing the form--12 min.
    Frequency of response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Reporting/Recordkeeping Burden: 630,000 hours.

    OMB Number: 1545-1756.
    Revenue Procedure Number: Revenue Procedure 2001-56.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Demonstration Automobile Use.
    Description: This revenue procedure provides optional simplified 
methods for determining the value of the use of demonstration 
automobiles provided to employees by automobile dealerships.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Recordkeepers: 20,000.
    Estimated Burden Hours Recordkeeper: 5 hours.
    Estimated Total Recordkeeping Burden: 100,000 hours.

    OMB Number: 1545-1758.
    Form Number: IRS Form 8879.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: IRS e-file Signature Authorization.
    Description: Form 8879 is used to allow taxpayers to authorize the 
Electronic Return Originators to enter the taxpayer's PIN on the 
electronically-filed tax return.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 8,000,000.
    Estimated Burden Hours Respondent/Recordkeeper:
    Learning about the law or the form--12 min.
    Preparing the form--15 min.
    Frequency of response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Reporting/Recordkeeping Burden: 6,000,000 hours.

    OMB Number: 1545-1912.
    Form Number: IRS Form 8893.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Election of Partnership Level Tax Treatment.
    Description: Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 6231(a)(1)(B)(ii) 
allows small partnerships to elect to be treated under the unified 
audit and litigation procedures. Form 8893 will allow IRS to better 
track these elections by providing a standardized format for this 
election.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 100.
    Estimated Burden Hours Respondent/Recordkeeper:
    Recordkeeping--1 hr., 25 min.
    Learning about the law or the form--24 min.
    Preparing and sending the form to the IRS--25 min.
    Frequency of response: Other (one time election).

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    Estimated Total Reporting/Recordkeeping Burden: 227 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Glenn P. Kirkland, Internal Revenue Service, 
Room 6516, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224, (202) 
622-3428.
    OMB Reviewer: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., Office of Management and 
Budget, Room 10235, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503, (202) 395-7316.

Lois K. Holland,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-4328 Filed 3-4-05; 8:45 am]
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