[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6196-6197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03216]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before April 29, 2019
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Laurie Brimmer, Internal
Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20224. Please send separate comments for each specific information
collection listed below. You must reference the information
collection's title, form number, reporting or record-keeping
requirement number, and OMB number (if any) in your comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain additional information, or
copies of the information collection and instructions, or copies of any
comments received, contact LaNita Van Dyke, at (202) 317-6009, at
Internal Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20224, or through the internet, at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and/or included in our request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the relevant information
collection. All comments will become a matter of public record. Please
do not include any confidential or inappropriate material in your
comments.
We invite comments on: (a) Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the agency's functions,
including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of
operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide the
requested information.
Currently, the IRS is seeking comments concerning the following
form, and reporting and record-keeping requirements:
1. Title: Notification of Distribution From a Generation-Skipping
Trust.
OMB Number: 1545-1143.
Form Number: 706-GS(D-1).
Abstract: Form 706-GS(D-1) is used by trustees to provide
information to the IRS and to distributees regarding generation-
skipping distributions from trusts. The information is needed by
distributees to compute the generation-skipping tax imposed by Internal
Revenue Code section 2601. The IRS uses the information to verify that
the tax has been properly computed.
Current Actions: There are no changes being made to the form at
this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 80,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 4 hours, 22 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 348,800.
The following paragraph applies to all of the collections of
information covered by this notice:
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of
information displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records
relating to a collection of information must be retained as long as
their contents may become material in the administration of any
internal revenue law. Generally, tax returns and tax return information
are confidential, as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.
Approved: February 19, 2019.
Laurie Brimmer,
Senior Tax Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2019-03216 Filed 2-25-19; 8:45 am]
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