[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69824-69825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27352]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Multiple Internal Revenue Service 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 21, 2020 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 8100, Washington, 
DC 20220, or email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be 
obtained from Spencer W. Clark by emailing [email protected], calling 
(202) 927-5331, or viewing the entire information collection request at 
www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

    1. Title: Qualified Business Income Deduction Simplified 
Computation (Form 8995).
    OMB Control Number: 1545-NEW.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Description: Form 8995 is used by taxpayers to figure the deduction 
for items of income, gain, deduction, and loss from trades or 
businesses that are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade 
or business in the U.S.
    Form: 8995.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 10,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 30,000.

    2. Title: Initial and Annual Statements of Qualified Opportunity 
Fund (QOF) Investments (Form 8997).
    OMB Control Number: 1545-NEW.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Description: Form 8997 will be used by eligible taxpayers holding a 
qualified opportunity fund (QOF) investment to report their QOF 
investments and deferred gains.
    Form: 8997.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Frequency of Response: Once, Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 10,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,000.

    3. Title: Revenue Procedure 2019-38 Section 199A Trade or Business 
Safe Harbor: Rental Real Estate.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-NEW.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Description: Congress enacted section 199A to provide a deduction 
to non-corporate taxpayers of up to 20 percent of the taxpayer's 
qualified business income from each of the taxpayer's qualified trades 
or businesses, including those operated through a partnership, S 
corporation, or sole proprietorship, as well as a deduction of up to 20 
percent of aggregate qualified real estate investment trust (REIT) 
dividends and qualified publicly traded partnership income.
    This revenue procedure provides a safe harbor under which a rental 
real estate enterprise will be treated as a trade or business for 
purposes of section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) and 
Sec. Sec.  1.199A-1 through 1.199A-6 of the Income Tax Regulations (26 
CFR part I).
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,100,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,100,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,500,000.

    4. Title: Form 4506-T and Form 4506-C Request for Transcript of Tax 
Return and IVES Request for Transcript of Tax Return.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1872.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Internal Revenue Code section 7513 allows taxpayers to 
request a copy of a tax return or related products. Form 4506-T is used 
to request all products except copies of returns. The information 
provided will be used to search the taxpayers account and provide the 
requested information and to ensure that the requestor is the taxpayer 
or someone authorized by the taxpayer to obtain the documents 
requested. Form 4506-C is used to permit the cleared and vetted Income 
Verification Express Service (IVES) participants to request tax return 
information on the behalf of the authorizing taxpayer.
    Form: 4506-T, 4506-C.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 18,263,857.
    Frequency of Response: Once, On occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 18,263,857.
    Estimated Time per Response: 42 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 12,803,169.

    5. Title: Nonemployee Compensation.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0116.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection.
    Description: Form 1099-NEC is used to report payments made in the 
course of a trade or business for services performed by someone who is 
not an employee, cash payments for fish and withholding of federal 
income tax under the backup withholding rules.
    Form: 1099-NEC.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 70,802,480.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 70,802,480.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,900,206.

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


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    Dated: December 13, 2019.
Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-27352 Filed 12-18-19; 8:45 am]
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