[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65806-65811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27735]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Multiple IRS Information Collection Requests

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury will submit the following 
information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this 
notice. The public is invited to submit comments on these requests.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before January 22, 2019 to be 
assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, to (1) Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 
Treasury, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, or email at [email protected] and (2) Treasury PRA 
Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 8142, Washington, 
DC 20220, or email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be 
obtained from Jennifer Quintana by emailing [email protected], calling 
(202) 622-0489, or viewing the entire information collection request at 
www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

    Title: Life Insurance Statement.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0022.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: Form 712 is used to establish the value of life 
insurance policies for estate and gift tax purposes. The tax is based 
on the value of these policies. The form is completed by life insurance 
companies.
    Form: 712.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 60,000.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 60,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 18.67 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,120,200.

    Title: Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0029.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: Form 941 is used by employers to report payments made 
to employees subject to income and social security/Medicare taxes and 
the amounts of these taxes. Form 941-PR is used by employers in Puerto 
Rico to report social security and Medicare taxes only. Form 941-SS is 
used by employers in the U.S. possessions to report social security and 
Medicare taxes only. Schedule B is used by employers to record their 
employment tax liability. The Form 8974 was developed to determine the 
portion of the elected amount that can be claimed for the quarter on 
the Form 941.
    Form: 941, 941 Sch B, 941 Scd D, 941 PRR, 941-PR Sch B, 941-X, 941-
X PR, 941V. 941 PR V, 941 SS/V, 941 SS, 941 Sch R, 8974.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 38,861,546.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 38,861,546.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10.3 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 402,024,858.

    Title: Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax Under Section 
501(c), 527, or 4947(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0047.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Description: These forms and schedules are needed to determine that

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IRC section 501(a) tax-exempt organizations fulfill the operating 
conditions within the limitations of their tax exemption. The data is 
also used for general statistical purposes. These forms are used by Tax 
Exempt organizations to specify their items of gross income, receipts 
and disbursements.
    Form: 990, Instructions for Form 990-PF, Return of Private Fo, 990-
W, Instructions for Form 990-T, Exempt Organization B, Schedule C (Form 
990 & 990-EZ), Schedule F (Form 990), Schedule E (Form 990 & 990-EZ), 
Schedule G (Form 990 & 990-EZ), Instructions for Schedule G (Form 990 
or 990-EZ),, Instructions for Form 1023, Application for Recogn, 1024, 
1028, Form 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-PF (2018 Draft), 990-T, 990-T (2018 
Draft), Schedule A (Form 990 & 990-EZ), Instructions for Schedule A 
(Form 990 or Form 990-, Schedule B (Form 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF), 
Instructions for Schedule F (Form 990), Statement, Schedule L (Form 990 
& 990-EZ), 5884-C, 8038, Instructions for Form 8038, Information Return 
for, 8038-B, Instructions for Form 8038-B, Information Return f, 8038-B 
(2017 Draft), 8038-CP, Instructions for Form 8038-CP Return for Credit 
Pa, 8038-G, Instructions for Form 8038-G, Information Return f, 8038-
GC, 8038-R, 8038-T, 8038-T (2017 Draft), 8038-TC, 8038-TC (2017 Draft), 
Instructions for Form 8038-TC, Information Return, 8282, 8453-E.O., 
8453-X, 8718, 8868, 8870, 8872, Instructions for Form 8872, Political 
Organization, 8879-E.O., 8886-T, Instructions for Form 8886-T, 
Disclosure by Tax-Ex, 8899, Schedule M (Form 990), 1023-EZ, 
Instructions for Form 1024, Application for Recogn, 990 (2018 Draft), 
Instructions for Form 990-EZ, Short Form Return of, Schedule D (Form 
990), Instructions for Schedule D (Form 990), Supplement, Schedule H 
(Form 990), Instructions for Schedule H (Form 990), Hospitals, 
Instructions for Schedule L (Form 990 or 990-EZ),, Instructions for 
Schedule R (Form 990), Related Or, 1023-I, 1024-A, Form 1023, 5578, 
8871, Instructions for Form 1024-A, Instructions for Form 8038-T, 
Arbitrage Rebate and, Form 990-N Electronic Notice (e-Postcard) for 
Tax-, Schedule O (Form 990 & 990-EZ), Schedule N (Forms 990 & 990-EZ), 
Schedule R (Form 990), Instructions for Form 1028, Application for 
Recogn, Instructions for Form 990, Return of Organization, 2018 Draft 
Instructions for Form 990, Return of Or, 990-EZ (2018 Draft), Schedule 
I (Form 990), Schedule J (Form 990), Instructions for Schedule J (Form 
990), Compensati, Schedule K (Form 990), Instructions for Schedule K 
(Form 990), Supplement, Schedule A, Schedule B, Schedule C, Schedule D, 
Schedule E, Schedule F-1, Schedule G, Schedule H, Schedule I-I, 
Schedule J-2), Schedule K, Schedule, K, Schedule L, Schedule M, 
Schedule N-A, Schedule N, Schedule R-1.
    Affected Public: Not-for Profit institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,413,200.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,413,200.
    Estimated Time per Response: 35 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 50,450,000.

    Title: U. S. Business Income Tax Return.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0123.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Description: These forms are used by businesses to report their 
income tax liability. The data is used to verify that the items 
reported on the forms are correct, and also for general statistics use.
    Forms: Form 1065, Schedule B-2, Instr. 1065, Sch. B-2, 1118, Form 
1118, Sch. K, 5471, Schedule P, 8281, 5735, Schedule P, 8610, Schedule 
A, 8288-A, 8300 (SP), Instructions 8594, 8844, 8838-P, 8850, Form 8865, 
Schedule G, 8990, 8991, 8991, 1065 Schedule B-1, 1065 Schedule C, 1066 
Schedule Q, 1125-E, 1125-A, 1125-E, 1127, 1128, 1128, 1138, 1139, 1139, 
2220, 2220, 2553, 2553, 2848, 2848, 3115, 3115, 3468, 3468, 3520, 3520, 
3800, 3800, 4136, 4136, 4255, 4466, 8866, 4562, 4562, 8872, 8896, 8900, 
1065 Schedule K-1, 1065 Schedule M-3, 1065-B, 1065 Schedule M-3, 1120-
ND, W-8 BEN-E, 5713 Schedule B, 1120-PC Schedule M-3, 1042, 1120-S 
Schedule D, 1120-H, 1120-SF, 1120-F Schedule H, 1120-FSC, 1120-F 
Schhedule M-3, 1120-F Schedule S, 1120-F Schedule V, 1120 Schedule D, 
1120-F Schedule M-3, 8949, W-8 ECI, 1120-L, 1120-IC DISC, 8936, 8864, 
W-8 ECI, 8871, 8871, 1065, 1065-B, 1065 Schedule K-1, 1065 Schedule C, 
1065 Schedule D, 1066, 1118, 1118 Schedule K, 1118 Schedule J, 1120, 
1120-C, 1120-F, 1120-F Schedule P, 1120-F Schedule I, W-8 BEN-E, 8911, 
8082, 8082, 1120-REIT, 6478, 1120-RIC, 1120-S, 6765, 1120-PC Schedule 
M-3, 1120-W, 8834, 8907, 1120 Schedule M-3, 1120 Schedule PH, 1120 
Schedule UTP, 1120-FSC Schedule P, 1120-IC DISC, 8979, 8992, 8992, 
8993, 8993, 8994, 8994, 8996, 8996, 965, 965 B, 965, Schedule A, 965, 
Schedule B, 965, Schedule C, 965, Schedule D, 965, Schedule E, 965, 
Schedule F, 965, Schedule G, 965, Schedule H, 4255, 8844, 1065-B 
Schedule K-1, 1120-S Schedule K-1, 1120-L, 8830, 8908, 1120-PC, 1120-
REIT, 1120-S Schedule B-1, 5884, 1065-X, 1065-X, 8845, 1120-S Schedule 
M-3, 2439, 1120-IC DISC Schedule P, 1120-F Schedule V, 1120-ND, 1120-
PC, 56, 8848, 8900, 1120 Schedule O, 5471 Schedule J Schedule M 
Schedule O, 1120-L Schedule M-3, 8858 Schedule M, 8865 Schedule K-1 
Schedule O Schedule P, 1065-B Schedule K-1, 1066, 1118, 1118 Schedule 
i, 1118 Schedule J, 1118 Schedule K, 1120, 1120 Schedule D, 1120 
Schedule H, 1120 Schedule M-3, 1120 Schedule PH, 1120-F Schedule H, 
1120-F Schedule i, 1120-F Schedule M-1 and Schedule M-2, 8938, 8941, 
8941, 8947, 926, 926, 966, 970, 976, 982, SS-4 (PR), T (TIMBER), W-8 
BEN, W-8 IMY, W-8 IMY, 1120-H, 5471 Schedule J, 5471 Schedule M, 5471 
Schedule O, 5472, 5713, 6478, 6627, 6781, 7004, 3250-A, 3520-A, 461, 
461, 5471, Schedule E, 5471, Schedule H, 5471, Schedule I-1, Inst. 56, 
8023, 7004, 8288-B, 8300, 8404, 8453-B, 8655, 8716, 8932, 8933, 8936, 
8937, 8937, 8938, 1120 Schedule B, 1120 Schedule N, 1120 Schedule O, 
1120-C, 1120 Schedule G, 5713, 5884-B, 8023, 8050, 8275, 8275-R, 8302, 
8308, 8329, 8621-A, 8697, W-8 BEN, 8804, 8805, 8804 Schedule A, 8804 
Schedule A, 8804-W, 8804-W, 8810, 8810, 8813, 8816, 8819, 8820, 8822-B, 
8824, 8824, 8825, 8826, 8827, 8832, 8833, 8835, 8835, 8842, 8844, 8845, 
8846, 8858, 8858, 8858 Schedule M, 8864, 8865, 8865, 8865 Schedule K-1, 
8865 Schedule O, 8865 Schedule P, 8866, 8869, 8872, 8873, 8873, 8874, 
8875, 8878-A, 8879-B, 8879-C, 8879-I, 8879-PE, 8879-S, 8881, 8882, 
8883, 8883, 8886, 8886, 8893, 8894, 973, SS-4, SS-4, SS-4 (PR), T 
(TIMBER), 972, 1120-L Schedule M-3, 1120-POL, 1120-RIC, 5472, 56, 56F, 
5735, 6198, 6198, 6765, 8275, 8283, 8288, 8288, 8453-C, 8453-PE, 8453-
S, 8621, 8697, 8911, 8912, 8912, 8916, 8916-A, 8918, 8923, 8918, 8925, 
8926, 8926, 8927, 8931, 8610, 8813, 8850, 8966, 8902, 8902, 1120 
Schedule UTP, 1120-F, 1120-F Schedule S, 1120-IC DISC Schedule K, 1120-
IC DISC Schedule Q, 1120-S, 1120-S Schedule D, 1120-S Schedule K-1, 
1120-S Schedule M-3, 1120-SF, 1120-W, 1120-X, 4626, 4684, 4684, 4626, 
4797, 4797, 4810, 4876-A, 5452, 5471, 5471, 1122, 2438, 5713 Schedule 
A, 5713 Schedule C, 5735, 5884, 8275-R, 8806, 8838, 1065 Schedule D, 
1120-F Schedule M-3, 1120-F Schedule P, 1120-FSC, 8805, 8283, 8609, 
8609,

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8609-A, 8609-A, 8611, 8621, 8621-A, 8693, 8703, 8903, 8903, 8906, 8907, 
8908, 8909, 8910, 8910, 8453-I, 8453-X, 851, 8586, 8594, 8752, 1000, 
1042, 1065, 8979, 8804, 1099-LS, 1065X, 8966-C, Instructions for Form 
1065, Schedule D, 8865, Schedule H, 8966.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits, Farms.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 11,300,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 11,300,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 27 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,157,000,000.

    Title: Investment Credit.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0155.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: Taxpayers are allowed a credit against their income 
tax for certain expenses they incur for their trades or businesses. 
Form 3468 is used to compute this investment tax credit. The 
information collected is used by the IRS to verify that the credit has 
been correctly computed. This submission was revised to reflect a 
decline in burden.
    Form: 3468.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,345.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 15,345.
    Estimated Time per Response: 34.11 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 523,418.

    Title: Form 5310, Application for Determination for Terminating 
Plan; Form 6088, Distributable Benefits from Employee Pension Benefit 
Plans.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0202.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: Employers who have qualified deferred compensation 
plans can take an income tax deduction for contributions to their 
plans. IRS uses the data on Forms 5310 and 6088 to determine whether a 
plan still qualifies and whether there is any discrimination in 
benefits.
    Forms: 5310, 6088.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,244.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,244.
    Estimated Time per Response: 66 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 82,231.

    Title: Work Opportunity Credit.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0219.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: IRC section 38(b) (2) allows a credit against income 
tax to employers hiring individuals from certain targeted groups such 
as welfare recipients, etc. The employer uses Form 5884 to figure the 
credit. IRS uses the information on the form to verify that the correct 
amount of credit was claimed.
    Form: 5884.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 10,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 6.94 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 69,400.

    Title: TD 8379--Excise Tax Relating to Gain or Other Income 
Realized by Any Person on Receipt of Greenmail.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1049.
    Type of Review: The previously approved regulations provide rules 
relating to the manner and method of reporting and paying the 
nondeductible 50 percent excise tax imposed by section 5881 of the 
Internal Revenue Code with respect to the receipt of greenmail. The 
reporting requirements will be used to verify that the excise tax 
imposed under section 5881 is properly reported and timely paid. Form 
8725 is used by persons who receive ``greenmail'' to compute and pay 
the excise tax on greenmail imposed under Internal Revenue Code section 
5881. IRS uses the information to verify that the correct amount of tax 
has been reported.
    Form: 8725.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 12.
    Estimated Time per Response: 7.63 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 92.

    Title: TD 8352 (temp & final) Final Regulations Under Sections 382 
and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; Pre-change Attributes; TD 
8531--Final Regulations Under Section 382.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1120.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: (CO-69-87 and CO-68-87) These previously approved 
regulations require reporting by a corporation after it undergoes an 
``ownership change'' under sections 382 and 383. Corporations required 
to report under these regulations include those with capital loss 
carryovers and excess credits. (CO-18-90) These regulations provide 
rules for the treatment of options under IRC section 382 for purposes 
of determining whether a corporation undergoes an ownership change. The 
regulation allows for certain elections for corporations whose stock is 
subject to options.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 75,150.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 75,150.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.9 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 220,575.

    Title: Conclusive Presumption of Worthlessness of Debts Held by 
Banks.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1254
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: Paragraph (d)(3) of section 1.166-2 of the previously 
approved regulations allows banks and thrifts to elect to conform their 
tax accounting for bad debts with their regulatory accounting. An 
election, or revocation thereof, is a change in method of accounting. 
The collection of information required in section 1.166-2(d)(3) is 
necessary to monitor the elections.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 200.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25 hour per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 50.

    Title: Renewable Electricity, Refined Coal, and Indian Coal 
Production Credit.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1362.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.

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    Description: Filers claiming the general business credit for 
electricity produced from certain renewable resources under Internal 
Revenue Code sections 38 and 45 must file Form 8835.
    Form: 8835.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 477.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 477.
    Estimated Time per Response: 18.28 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,720.

    Title: Clear Reflection of Income in the Case of Hedging 
Transactions.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1412.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: On October 20, 1993, the Service published in the 
Federal Register (58 FR 54077) a notice of proposed rulemaking (FI-54-
93) relating to the accounting for business hedging transactions. This 
notice also contained proposed amendments to regulations under sections 
446 and 461 of the Code. TD 8554 contains the final regulations 
relating to accounting for business hedging transactions. These 
previously approved final regulations provide guidance to taxpayers 
regarding when gain or loss from common business hedging transactions 
is recognized for tax purposes.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 100,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: .2 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 20,000.

    Title: Revenue Procedure 2015-41 (Formerly 2006-9)--Section 482--
Allocation of Income and Deductions Among Taxpayers.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1503.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: The information requested is required to enable the 
Internal Revenue Service to give advice on filing Advance Pricing 
Agreement applications, to process such applications and negotiate 
agreements, and to verify compliance with agreements and whether 
agreements require modification.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits, Individuals or 
Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 390.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 390.
    Estimated Time per Response: 28 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,900.

    Title: Form 911--Request for Taxpayer Advocate Service Assistance 
(And Application for Taxpayer Assistance Order).
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1504.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: This form is used by taxpayers to apply for relief 
from a significant hardship which may have already occurred or is about 
to occur if the IRS takes or fails to take certain actions. This form 
is submitted to the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Office in the state or city 
where the taxpayer lives.
    Form: 911.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 93,000.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 93,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: .5 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 46,500.

    Title: Rev. Proc. 2007-32--Tip Rate Determination Agreement (Gaming 
Industry); Gaming Industry Tip Compliance Agreement Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1530.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: Tip Rate Determination Agreement (Gaming Industry) 
Information is required by the Internal Revenue Service in its 
Compliance efforts to assist employers and their employees in 
understanding and complying with section 6053(a), which requires 
employees to report all their tips monthly to their employers. Gaming 
Industry Tip Compliance Agreement Program Taxpayers who operate gaming 
establishments may enter into an agreement with the Internal Revenue 
Service to establish tip rates and occupational categories for all 
tipped employees of the taxpayer. The agreements will require 
substantiation of the tip rates as well.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 710.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 710.
    Estimated Time per Response: 14.74 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,467.

    Title: TD 9308 (Reg 125071-06) Reporting Requirements for Widely 
Held Fixed Investment Trusts. Previously TD 9279.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1540.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: Under regulation section 1.671-5, the trustee or the 
middleman who holds an interest in a widely held fixed investment trust 
for an investor will be required to provide a Form 1099 to the IRS and 
a tax information statement to the investor. The trust is also required 
to provide more detailed tax information to middlemen and certain other 
persons, upon request.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,200.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,200.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,400.

    Title: Combined Information Reporting.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1667.
    Type of Review: The revenue procedure permits combined information 
reporting by a successor ``business entity'' (i.e., a corporation, 
partnership, or sole proprietorship) in certain situations following a 
merger or an acquisition. The successor must file a statement with the 
Internal Revenue Service indicating what forms are being filed on a 
combined basis.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,000.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 6,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: .08 hour per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 500.

    Title: Qualified Transportation Fringe Benefits.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1676.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.

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    Description: These regulations provide guidance to employers that 
provide qualified transportation fringe benefits under section 132(f), 
including guidance to employers that provide cash reimbursement for 
qualified transportation fringes and employers that offer qualified 
transportation fringes in lieu of compensation. Employers that provide 
cash reimbursement are required to keep records of documentation 
received from employees who receive reimbursement. Employers that offer 
qualified transportation fringes in lieu of compensation are required 
to keep records of employee compensation reduction elections.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 7,530,313.
    Frequency of Response: Monthly.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 48,589,824.
    Estimated Time per Response: .27 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 12,968,728.

    Title: Credit for Small Employer Pension Plan Startup Costs.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1810.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: Qualified small employers use Form 8881 to request a 
credit for start up costs related to eligible retirement plans. Form 
8881 implements section 45E, which provides a credit based on costs 
incurred by an employer in establishing or administering an eligible 
employer plan or for the retirement related education of employees with 
respect to the plan. The credit is 50% of the qualified costs for the 
tax year, up to a maximum credit of $500 for the first tax year and 
each of the two subsequent tax years.
    Form: 8881.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 66,667.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 66,667.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3.53 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 235,335.

    Title: Revenue Procedure 2003-33--Section 9100 Relief for 338 
Elections.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1820.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: Pursuant to Sec. 301.9100-3 of the Procedure and 
Administration Regulations, this procedure grants certain taxpayers an 
extension of time to file an election described in Sec. 338(a) or Sec. 
338(h)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code to treat the purchase of the 
stock of a corporation as an asset acquisition.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 60.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 60.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 300.

    Title: TD 9207 (final)--Assumptions of Partner Liabilities; REG-
106736-00 (NPRM).
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1843.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: In order to be entitled to a deduction with respect to 
the economic performance of a contingent liability that was contributed 
by a partner and assumed by a partnership, the partner, or former 
partner of the partnership, must receive notification of economic 
performance of the contingent liability from the partnership or other 
partner assuming the liability.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 250.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 250.
    Estimated Time per Response: .5 hour per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 125.

    Title: Notice 2007-70--Charitable Contributions of Certain Motor 
Vehicles, Boats, and Airplanes. Reporting requirements under Sec. 
170(f)(12)(D).
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1980.
    Type of Review: Charitable organizations are required to send an 
acknowledgement of car donations to the donor and to the Service. The 
purpose of is to prevent donors from taking inappropriate deductions.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: not-for-profit institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,300.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 4,300.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 21,930.

    Title: Distilled Spirits Credit.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1982.
    Type of Review: Form 8906, Distilled Spirits Credit, was developed 
to carry out the provisions of IRC section 5011(a). This section allows 
eligible wholesalers and persons subject to IRC section 5055 an income 
tax credit for the average cost of carrying excise tax on bottled 
distilled spirits. The form provides a means for the eligible taxpayer 
to compute the amount of credit.
    Form: 8906.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 300.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 300.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1.86 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,558.

    Title: Requirements related to energy efficient homes credit; 
manufactured homes.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1994.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: This previously approved notice supersedes Notice 
2006-28 by substantially republishing the guidance contained in that 
publication. This notice clarifies the meaning of the terms equivalent 
rating network and eligible contractor, and permits calculation 
procedures other than those identified in Notice 2006-28 to be used to 
calculate energy consumption. Finally, this notice clarifies the 
process for removing software from the list of approved software and 
reflects the extension of the tax credit through December 31, 2008. 
Notice 2006-28, as updated, provided guidance regarding the calculation 
of heating and cooling energy consumption for purposes of determining 
the eligibility of a manufactured home for the New Energy Efficient 
Home Credit under Internal Revenue Code Sec.  45L. Notice 2006-28 also 
provided guidance relating to the public list of software programs that 
may be used to calculate energy consumption. Guidance relating to 
dwelling units other than manufactured homes is provided in Notice 
2008-35.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.

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    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 15.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 60.

    Authority:  44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

    Dated: December 18, 2018.
Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-27735 Filed 12-20-18; 8:45 am]
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