[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15253-15254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05474]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Proposed Reinstatement of Information Collection Request 
Submitted for Public Comment; Comment Request Relating to the Research 
Applied Analytics & Statistics (RAAS) Comprehensive Taxpayer Attitude 
Survey

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 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. Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments 
concerning the requirements relating to the information collection, 
2020 Research Applied Analytics & Statistics (RAAS) Comprehensive 
Taxpayer Attitude Survey.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before May 18, 2020 to 
be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to R. Joseph Durbala, Internal 
Revenue Service, Room 6529, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20224. Requests for additional information or copies of the regulations 
should be directed to Rachel Martinen, at Internal Revenue Service, 
Room 6129, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington DC 20224, or through 
the internet, at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Research Applied Analytics & Statistics (RAAS) Comprehensive 
Taxpayer Attitude Survey
    OMB Number: 1545-2288.
    Document Number(s): None.
    Abstract: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) conducts the 
Comprehensive Taxpayer Attitude Survey as part of the Service-wide 
effort to maintain a system of balanced organizational performance 
measures mandated by the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act (RRA) of 
1998. This is also a result of Executive Order 12862 that requires all 
government agencies to survey their customers.
    The IRS' office of Research Applied Analytics & Statistics (RAAS) 
is sponsoring this annual survey (formerly conducted by the IRS 
Oversight Board) with the objective of better understanding what 
influences

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taxpayers' tax compliance, their opinions of the IRS, and their 
customer service preferences, as well as how these taxpayer views 
change over time.
    Current Actions: To request a reinstatement of OMB approval.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement of a previously approved information 
collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 39,273.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: .05 min. (screened), 23 min. 
(participants)
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,111.
    The following paragraph applies to all 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 if 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.
    Desired Focus of Comments: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is 
particularly interested in comments that:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including using appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., by permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the ICR for OMB approval of the extension of the 
information collection; they will also become a matter of public 
record.

    Approved: March 11, 2020.
R. Joseph Durbala,
IRS Tax Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2020-05474 Filed 3-16-20; 8:45 am]
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