[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 140 (Monday, July 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40138-40139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15769]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Information Collection 
Tools Relating to the Voluntary Disclosure Practice and the Streamlined 
Filing Compliance Procedures

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service published a document in the 
Federal Register on July 7, 2021, concerning requests for comments on 
the forms 14452, 14453, 14454, 14457, 14467, 14653, 14654, and 14708. 
The document was inadvertently titled Offshore Voluntary Disclosure 
Program (OVDP) and included forms that have been discontinued. Forms 
14452, 14453, 14454, 144657, and 14708 are obsolete and no longer in 
use. The correct title is now Voluntary Disclosure Practice and the 
Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedures.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before September 24, 
2021 to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Kinna Brewington, Internal 
Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the form should be directed to Kerry Dennis, at (202) 317-
5751 or Internal Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20224, or through the internet, at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Voluntary Disclosure Practice and the Streamlined Filing 
Compliance Procedures.
    OMB Number: 1545-2241.
    Form Number(s): 14457, 14653, and 14654.
    Abstract: The IRS offers two very different compliance paths to two 
very different populations of taxpayers. First, the Voluntary 
Disclosure Practice is a longstanding practice of IRS Criminal 
Investigation (CI). CI takes timely, accurate, and complete voluntary 
disclosures under consideration when determining whether to recommend 
criminal prosecution. A voluntary

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disclosure will not automatically guarantee immunity from prosecution; 
however, a voluntary disclosure may result in prosecution not being 
recommended. Form 14457 is used for all voluntary disclosures. Second, 
the Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedures are available to eligible 
taxpayers who can truthfully certify that their failure to report 
foreign financial assets and pay all tax due in respect of those assets 
resulted from non-willful conduct. Forms 14653 and 14654 relate to the 
Streamlined Filing Compliance Procedures.
    Current Actions: There is no change in the paperwork burden 
previously approved by OMB procedure.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 16,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 25 hours, 38 min.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 410,000.
    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.
    Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All 
comments will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited 
on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information shall have 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 through 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 information.

    Approved: July 14, 2021.
Kerry L. Dennis,
Tax Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-15769 Filed 7-23-21; 8:45 am]
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