[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 37 (Thursday, February 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8773-8774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4063]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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 and Local Government Tax Revenues.
    Form Number(s): F-71, F-72, F-73.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0112.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 7,159.
    Number of Respondents: 7,108.
    Average Hours per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests an extension of the 
current expiration date of the Quarterly Survey of State and Local 
Government Tax Revenues to ensure accurate collection of information 
about state and local government tax collections. These tax 
collections, amounting to nearly $1.3 trillion annually, constitute 
approximately 47 percent of all governmental revenues. Quarterly 
measurement of, and reporting on, these massive fund flows provides 
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.
    The Census Bureau uses the three forms covered by this statement to 
collect state and local government tax data for this long established 
data series. The Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Federal Reserve 
Board, the Department of Treasury, the Department of Housing

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and Urban Development and others rely on these data to provide the most 
current information on the financial status of state and local 
governments. These data are included in the quarterly estimates of 
National Income and Product Accounts developed by the Bureau of 
Economic Analysis, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
has used the property tax data as one of nine cost indicators for 
developing Section 8 rent adjustments. Legislators, policy makers, 
administrators, analysts, economists, and researchers use these data to 
monitor trends in public sector revenues. Journalists, teachers, and 
students use these 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 are also useful in comparing the mix of taxes employed by 
individual states, and in determining the revenue raising capacity of 
different types of taxes in different state-areas.
    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: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
    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 7845, 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 Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) 
or e-mail ([email protected]).

    Dated: February 20, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-4063 Filed 2-25-09; 8:45 am]
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