[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10896-10903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03985]


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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 must be received on or before March 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be 
obtained from Molly Stasko by emailing [email protected], calling (202) 
622-8922, or viewing the entire information collection request at 
www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

    1. Title: SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, and 
Form SS-4PR, Solicitud de Numero de Identification Patronal (EIN).
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0003.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Taxpayers who are required to have an identification 
number for use on any return, statement, or other document must prepare 
and file Form SS-4 or Form SS-4PR (Puerto Rico only) to obtain a 
number. The information is used by the Internal Revenue Service and the 
Social Security Administration in tax administration and by the Bureau 
of the Census for business statistics.
    Form Number: Forms SS-4 and SS-4PR.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals or households, not-for-profit institutions, farms, federal 
government, and state, local or tribal governments.

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    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,965,735.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 5,965,735.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.33 mins.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,340,812.

    2. Title: Life Insurance Statement.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0022.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Form 712 provides taxpayers and the IRS with 
information to determine if insurance on the decedent's life is 
includible in the gross estate and to determine the value of the policy 
for estate and gift tax purposes. The tax is based on the value of the 
life insurance policy.
    Form Number: Form 712.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 60,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 60,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 18 hours, 40 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,120,200.

    3. Title: Application for Exemption from Social Security and 
Medicare Taxes and Waiver of Benefits.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0064.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Form 4029 is used by members of recognized religious 
groups to apply for exemption from social security and Medicare taxes 
under Internal Revenue Code sections 1402(g) and 3127. The information 
is used to approve or deny exemption from social security and Medicare 
taxes.
    Form Number: Form 4029.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,754.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 3,754.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour, 1 minute.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,792.

    4. Title: Certain Government Payments.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0120.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Form 1099-G is used to report government payments such 
as unemployment compensation, state and local income tax refunds, 
credits, or offsets, reemployment trade adjustment assistance (RTAA) 
payments, taxable grants, agricultural payments, or for payments 
received on a Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) loan.
    Form Number: 1099-G.
    Affected Public: Federal, state, local or tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,900.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 82,364,600.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.3 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 24,709,380.

    5. Title: Investment Credit.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0155.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Form 3468 is used to compute Taxpayers' credit against 
their income tax for certain expenses incurred for their trades or 
businesses. The information collected is used by the IRS to verify that 
the credit has been correctly computed.
    Form Number: Form 3468.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,345.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 15,345.
    Estimated Time per Response: 34 hours, 7 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 545,822.

    6. Title: Certain Gambling Winnings.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0238.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Internal Revenue Code sections 6041, 3402(q), and 3406 
require payers of certain gambling winnings to withhold tax and to 
report the winnings to the IRS. The IRS uses the information to verify 
compliance with the reporting rules and to verify that the winnings are 
properly reported on the recipient's tax return.
    Form Number: Form W-2G.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, 
individuals or households, and not-for-profit institutions, farms, and 
Federal, state, local or tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 14,895,700.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 14,895,700.
    Estimated Time per Response: 24 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,107,237.

    7. Title: Claim for Refund of Income Tax Return Preparer Penalties.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0240.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Form 6118 is used by tax return preparers to file for 
a refund of penalties incorrectly charged. The information enables the 
IRS to process the claim and have the refund issued to the tax return 
preparer.
    Form Number: Form 6118.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; and 
individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 5,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour, 8 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,700.

    8. Title: Application for Filing Information Returns Electronically 
(FIRE).
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0387.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Under section 6011(e)(2)(a) of the Internal Revenue 
Code, any person, including corporations, partnerships, individuals, 
estates, and trusts, who is required to file 250 or more information 
returns must file such returns magnetically or electronically. Payers 
required to file on magnetic media or electronically must complete Form 
4419 to receive authorization to file.
    Form Number: 4419.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, non-
profit institutions, and Federal, State, local, or tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 15,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 20 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,950.

    9. Title: Request for Public Inspection or Copy of Exempt or 
Political Organization IRS Form (Form 4506-A) and Request for a Copy of 
Exempt Organization IRS Application or Letter (Form 4506-B).
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0495.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Internal Revenue Code section 6104 states that if an 
organization described in section 501(c) or (d) is exempt from taxation 
under

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section 501(a) for any taxable year, the application for exemption is 
open for public inspection. This includes all supporting statements, 
any letter or other documents issued by the IRS concerning the 
application, and certain annual returns of the organization. Form 4506-
A, Request for Public Inspection or Copy of Exempt or Political 
Organization IRS Form and Form 4506-B, Request for a Copy of Exempt 
Organization IRS Application or Letter, is used to request public 
inspection or a copy of these forms.
    Form Number: 4506-A and 4506-B.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other 
for-profit organizations, not-for-profit institutions, farms, and 
Federal, state, local or tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 20,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 58 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 19,440.

    10. Title: Taxable Fuel; registration.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0725.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Under IRC section 4101(b) Secretary may require, as a 
condition of registration under 4101(a), that the applicant give a bond 
in an amount that the Secretary determines is appropriate. Applicant's 
that do not meet all the applicable registration tests for Form 637 
registration must secure a federal bond, from an acceptable surety or 
reinsurer listed in Circular 570, prior to receiving a Form 637 
registration under section 4101. Form 928 is used for this purpose.
    Form Number: 928.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 500.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 500.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.56 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,280.

    11. Title: Returns Required on Magnetic Media.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0957.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Section 6011(e)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, as 
amended by Section 7713 of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1989, 
Public Law 101 239 (1989), 103 Stat. 2106, requires certain filers of 
information returns to report these on magnetic media. Filers who seek 
relief from this requirement can use Form 8508 to request a waiver for 
a specific time. After evaluating the request, IRS will notify the 
taxpayer as to whether the request is approved or denied.
    Form Number: Form 8508.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, farms, 
Federal government, and State, local or tribal governments, and Not-
for-Profit Organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 45 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 750.

    12. Title: Proceeds From Real Estate Transactions.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-0997.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Internal Revenue Code section 6045(e) and the 
regulations there under require persons treated as real estate brokers 
to submit an information return to the IRS to report the gross proceeds 
from real estate transactions. Form 1099-S is used for this purpose. 
The IRS uses the information on the form to verify compliance with the 
reporting rules regarding real estate transactions.
    Form Number: 1099-S.
    Affected Public: Business or other-for-profit organizations; and 
individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 122,415.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 4,200,300.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 672,048.

    13. Title: Excise Tax Relating to Gain or Other Income Realized By 
Any Person on Receipt of Greenmail.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1049.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: The 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 Number: 8725.
    Affected Public: Individuals; and business or other for-profit 
organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 12.
    Estimated Time per Response: 7 hours, 37 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 92.

    14. Title: Tax Treatment of Salvage and Reinsurance.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1227.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Section 1.832-4(d) of this regulation allows a nonlife 
insurance company to increase unpaid losses on a yearly basic by the 
amount of estimated salvage recoverable if the company discloses this 
to the state insurance regulatory authority.
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,500.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 2,500.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,000.

    15. Title: Limitations on Passive Activity Losses and Credits--
Treatment of Self-charged Items of Income and Expense.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1244.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Regulation section 1.469-7(g) permits entities to 
elect to avoid application of section 1.469-7 in the event the 
passthrough entity chooses to not have the income from lending 
transactions with owners of interests in the entity recharacterized as 
passive activity gross income. The IRS will use this information to 
determine whether the entity has made a proper timely election and to 
determine that taxpayers are complying with the election in the taxable 
year of the election and subsequent taxable years.
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; and Business or other 
for-profit.

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    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 6 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 100.

    16. Title: Bad Debt Reserves of Banks.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1290.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Section 585(c) of the Internal Revenue Code requires 
large banks to change from reserve method of accounting to the specific 
charge off method of accounting for bad debts. Section 1.585-8 of the 
regulation contains reporting requirements in cases in which large 
banks elect (1) to include in income an amount greater than that 
prescribed by the Code; (2) to use the elective cut-off method of 
accounting; or (3) to revoke any elections previously made.
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,500.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 2,500.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 625.

    17. Title: Qualified Electric Vehicle Credit.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1374.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Form 8834 is used to claim any qualified electric 
vehicle passive activity credit allowed for the current tax year. The 
IRS uses the information on the form to determine that the credit is 
allowable and has been properly computed.
    Form Number: 8834.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; and businesses or other 
for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,136.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 3,136.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours, 47 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,022.

    18. Title: Claim for Refund of Excise Taxes.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1420.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: IRC sections 6402, 6404, 6511 and sections 301.6402-2, 
301.6404-1, and 301.6404-3 of the regulations allow for refunds of 
taxes (except income taxes) or refund, abatement, or credit of 
interest, penalties, and additions to tax in the event of errors or 
certain actions by IRS. Taxpayers use Form 8849 to claim refunds of 
excise taxes.
    Form Number: Form 8849 and Schedules 1,2,3,5,6, and 8.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; and businesses or other 
for-profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; farms; Federal, 
state, local and tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 111,147.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 111,147.
    Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours, 31 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 946,827.

    19. Title: Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS).
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1467.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: These forms are used by business and individual 
taxpayers to enroll in the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System 
(EFTPS). EFTPS is an electronic remittance processing system the 
Service uses to accept electronically transmitted federal tax payments. 
EFTPS (1) establishes and maintains a taxpayer data base which includes 
entity information from the taxpayers or their banks, (2) initiates the 
transfer of the tax payment amount from the taxpayer's bank account, 
(3) validates the entity information and selected elements for each 
taxpayer, and (4) electronically transmits taxpayer payment data to the 
IRS.
    Form Number: Forms 9779, 9783, and 14781.
    Affected Public: Individuals; business or other for-profit 
organizations; and state, local or tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 698.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 698.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.17 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 121.

    20. Title: Requirements Respecting the Adoption or Change of 
Accounting Method; Extensions of Time To Make Elections.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1488.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: This final regulation provides the procedures for 
requesting an extension of time to make certain elections, including 
changes in accounting method and accounting period. In addition, the 
regulation provides the standards that the IRS will use in determining 
whether to grant taxpayers extensions of time to make these elections.
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals; not-for-profit institutions; and farms.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 500.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 500.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,000.

    21. Title: Request for Taxpayer Advocate Service Assistance (And 
Application for Taxpayer Assistance Order).
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1504.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Form 911 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 district where the 
taxpayer resides.
    Form Number: Form 911 and 911(SP).
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations; not-for-profit institutions; farms; and state, 
local or tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 93,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 93,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 46,500.

    22. Title: Mark to Market Election for Commodities Dealers and 
Securities and Commodities Traders.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1641.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: The revenue procedure prescribes the time and manner 
for dealers in commodities and traders in securities or commodities to 
elect to use the mark-to-market method of accounting under Sec. 475(e) 
or (f) of the Internal Revenue Code. The collections of information of 
this revenue procedure are required by the

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IRS in order to facilitate monitoring taxpayers changing accounting 
methods resulting from making the elections under Sec. 475(e) or (f).
    Revenue Procedure Number: 99-17 (Revenue Procedure 99-17 is 
modified by Revenue Procedure 99-49.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 500.

    23. Title: Combined Information Reporting.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1667.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Revenue Procedure 99-50 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. Combined information reporting may be elected 
by a successor with respect to certain Forms 1042-S and all forms in 
series 1098, 1099, and 5498. The procedures also apply to Forms 1097, 
3921, 3922, and W-2G. The successor must file a statement with the IRS 
indicating what forms are being filed on a combined basis.
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions, and farms.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 6,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 500.

    24. Title: Amortization of Intangible Property.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1671.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: These regulations apply to property acquired after 
January 25, 2000. Regulations to implement section 197(e)(4)(D) are 
applicable August 11, 1993, for property acquired after August 10, 1993 
(or July 26, 1991, for property acquired after July 25, 1991, if a 
valid retroactive election has been made under Sec.  1.197-1).
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 500.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 500.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,500.

    25. Title: Guidance on Reporting Interest Paid to Nonresident 
Aliens.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1725.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: This document contains final regulations that provide 
guidance on the reporting requirements for interest on deposits 
maintained at the U.S. office of certain financial institutions and 
paid to nonresident alien individuals. These proposed regulations 
affect persons making payments of interest with respect to such a 
deposit.
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 2,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 500.
    26. Title: Interest Rates and Appropriate Foreign Loss Payment 
Patterns for Determining the Qualified Insurance Income of Certain 
Controlled Corporations under Section 954(f).
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1799.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Notice 2002-69 (2002-43 I.R.B. 730) published October 
28, 2002, provides interim guidance for determining the interest rates 
and appropriate foreign loss payment patterns to be used by controlled 
foreign corporations in calculating their qualified insurance income 
under section 954(i) of the Internal Revenue Code. Taxpayers may rely 
on the guidance in this notice until regulations or other guidance are 
published.
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, business, or other for-
profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 300.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 300.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 300.

    27. Title: Section 9100 Relief for 338 Elections.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1820.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Revenue Procedure 2003-33 provides qualifying 
taxpayers with an extension of time pursuant to Sec.  301.9100-3 of the 
Procedure and Administration Regulations 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 Number: None.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, and 
individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 60.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 60.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 300.

    28. Title: Guidance Regarding the Treatment of Certain Contingent 
Payment Debt Instructions with one or more Payments that are 
Denominated in, or Determined by Reference to, a Nonfunctional 
Currency.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1831.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: This document contains final regulations regarding the 
treatment of contingent payment debt instruments for which one or more 
payments are denominated in, or determined by reference to, a currency 
other than the taxpayer's functional currency. These regulations are 
necessary because current regulations do not provide guidance 
concerning the tax treatment of such instruments. The regulations 
affect issuers and holders of such instruments.
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses and other-for-profit organizations, 
Farms.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 250.
    Estimated Time per Response: 24 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 100.

    29. Title: Qualified Severance of a Trust for Generation-Skipping 
Transfer (GST) Tax Purposes.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1902.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: This previously approved Regulation requires taxpayers

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to report a qualified severance by filing a Form 706-GS(T), or such 
other form that may be published by the Internal Revenue Service in the 
future that is specifically designated to be utilized to report 
qualified severances. Where Form 706-GS(T) is used, the filer should 
attach a Notice of Qualified Severance to the return that clearly 
identifies the trust that is being severed and the new trusts created 
as a result of the severance. The Notice must also provide the 
inclusion ratio of the trust that was severed and the inclusion ratios 
of the new trusts resulting from the severance. The information 
collected will be used by the IRS to identify the trusts being severed 
and the new trusts created upon severance. The collection of 
information is required in order to have a qualified severance.
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 650.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 650.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours, 5 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,352.

    30. Title: Application for Automatic Extension of Time to File Form 
709 and/or Payment of Gift/Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1913.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Form 8892 was created to serve a dual purpose. First, 
the form enables the taxpayers to request an automatic 6-month 
extension of time to file Form 709 when they are not filing an 
individual income tax extension using Form 4868. Second, to make a 
payment of gift tax when you're applying for an extension of time to 
file Form 709 (including payment of any generation-skipping transfer 
(GST) tax from Form 709).
    Form Number: Form 8892.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 21.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 21.
    Estimated Time per Response: 43 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 16 hours.

    31. Title: Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel Production Credit.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1914.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: IRC section 45H allows small business refiners to 
claim a credit for the production of low sulfur diesel fuel. The 
American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 section 399 brought it into 
existence. Form 8896 will allow taxpayers to use a standardized format 
to claim this credit.
    Form Number: Form 8896.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 66.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 66.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours, 59 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 260.

    32. Title: Repayment of a buyout prior to re-employment with the 
Federal Government.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1920.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: This form requests applicants to certify if they ever 
worked for the Federal Government and if they received a Buyout within 
the last 5 years. This is to ensure that applicants who meet the 
criteria are counseled that they are required to pay back the entire 
Buyout prior to entering on duty with the IRS.
    Form Number: 12311.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households and Federal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,624.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 6,624.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4.8 mins.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 530.

    33. Title: Information Referral.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1960.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Form 3949-A is used by certain taxpayer/investors to 
wishing to report alleged tax violations. The form will be designed to 
capture the essential information needed by IRS for an initial 
evaluation of the report. Upon return, the Service will conduct the 
same back-end processing required under present IRM guidelines. 
Submission of the information to be included on the form is entirely 
voluntary on the part of the caller and is not a requirement of the Tax 
Code.
    Form Number: Form 3949-A.
    Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 215,000.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 215,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 53,750.

    34. Title: Guidance on Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC) 
Purging Elections.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-1965.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Section 1.1297-3T(c) allows a shareholder of a 1297(e) 
PFIC to make a deemed dividend election pursuant to which the 
shareholder includes in income as a dividend its pro rata share of the 
post-1986 earning and profit of the PFIC attributable to all of the 
stock it held, directly or indirectly on the CFC qualification date, as 
defined in 1.1297-3T(d). The IRS needs the information to substantiate 
the taxpayer's computation of the taxpayer's share of the PFIC's post-
1986 earning and profits.
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Business or other-for-profit organizations and 
individuals.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 250.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 250.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 250.

    35. Title: Measurement of Assets and Liabilities for Pension 
Funding Purposes.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-2095.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Description: In order to implement the statutory provisions under 
sections 430 and 436, this final regulation contains collections of 
information in Sec. Sec.  1.430(f)-1(f), 1.430(h)(2)-1(e), 1.436-1(f), 
and 1.436-1(h). The information required under Sec.  1.430(f)-1(f) is 
required in order for plan sponsors to make elections regarding a 
plan's credit balances upon occasion. The information under Sec.  
1.430(g)-1(d)(3) is required in order for a plan sponsor to include as 
a plan asset a contribution made to avoid a restriction under section 
436. The information required under Sec.  1.430(h)(2)-1(e) is required 
in order for a plan sponsor to make an election to use an alternative 
interest rate for purposes of determining a plan's funding obligations 
under Sec.  1.430(h)(2)-1. The information required under Sec. Sec.  
1.436-1(f) and 1.436-1(h) is required in order for a qualified defined 
benefit plan's enrolled actuary to provide a

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timely certification of the plan's adjusted funding target attainment 
percentage (AFTAP) for each plan year to avoid certain benefit 
restrictions.
    The Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (HATFA), Public 
Law 113-159, was enacted on August 8, 2014, and was effective 
retroactively for single employer defined benefit pension plans, 
optional for plan years beginning in 2013 and mandatory for plan years 
beginning in 2014.
    Section 3608(b) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
Security Act (CARES Act), Public Law 116-136 provides that for purposes 
of applying Sec.  436 of the Code (and Sec.  206(g) of ERISA), a 
sponsor of a single-employer defined benefit pension plan may elect to 
treat the plan's adjusted funding target attainment percentage (AFTAP) 
for the last plan year ending before January 1, 2020, as the AFTAP for 
plan years that include calendar year 2020. Notice 2020-61, in part, 
provides guidance on the rules relating to this election.
    Section 115(a) of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement 
Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE Act), Division O of the Further 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, Public Law 116-94, added new 
Sec.  430(m) to the Code to permit the plan sponsor of a community 
newspaper plan under which no participant has had an increase in 
accrued benefit after December 31, 2017 to elect to have alternative 
minimum funding standards apply to the plan in lieu of the minimum 
funding requirements that would otherwise apply under Sec.  430. 
Pursuant to Sec.  430(m)(2), any election under Sec.  430(m) will be 
made at such time and in such manner as prescribed by the Secretary, 
and once an election is made with respect to a plan year, it will apply 
to all subsequent plan years unless revoked with the consent of the 
Secretary. Notice 2020-60 provides guidance regarding this election.
    Notice 2021-48 provides guidance on the changes to the funding 
rules for single-employer defined benefit pension plans under Sec.  430 
of the Code that were made by Sec. Sec.  9705 and 9706 of the (the 
ARP), Public Law 117-2. The ARP added Sec.  430(c)(8), respect to plan 
years beginning after December 31, 2021 (or, at the election of the 
plan sponsor, plan years beginning after December 31, 2018, December 
31, 2019, or December 31, 2020), the shortfall amortization bases for 
all plan years preceding the first plan year to which this provision 
applies (and all shortfall amortization installments determined with 
respect to those bases) are reduced to zero, and shortfall amortization 
installments for all new shortfall amortization bases are calculated to 
amortize each shortfall amortization base over 15 plan years.
    In addition, Sec.  9706 of the ARP provides changes to the 
applicable minimum and maximum percentages for the 24-month average 
segment rates set forth in the table in Sec.  430(h)(2)(C)(iv)(II) of 
the Code, effective with respect to plan years beginning after December 
31, 2019. However, Sec.  9706(c)(2) provides that a plan sponsor may 
elect not to have the amendments made by Sec.  9706 apply to any plan 
year beginning before January 1, 2022, either (as specified in the 
election) for all purposes or solely for purposes of determining the 
AFTAP for the plan year. This notice provides guidance regarding the 
elections under Sec.  430(c)(8) of the Code and Sec.  9706(c)(2) of the 
ARP.
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Individuals, business or other for-profit 
organizations, not-for-profit institutions and Federal, state, local or 
tribal governments.

TD 9467

    Estimated Number of Respondents: 80,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1.5 hrs.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 120,000.

Notice: 2020-60

    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hr.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,000.

Notice 2020-61

    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 4 hr.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 80.

Notice 2021-48

    Estimated Number of Responses: 160,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 25 hr.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 40,000.

    36. Title: Credit for Employer Differential Wage Payments.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-2126.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Employers use Form 8932 to claim the credit for 
eligible differential wage payments made to qualified employees during 
the tax year. The credit is 20% of the first $20,000 of differential 
wage payments paid to each qualified employee.
    Form Number: Form 8932.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,110.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 2,110.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours, 58 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,246.

    37. Title: Form 8928--Return of Certain Excise Taxes Under Chapter 
43 of the Internal Revenue Code & TD 9457--Employer Comparable 
Contributions to HSAs and requirement of Return for filing excise taxes 
under sections 4980B, 4980D, 4980E and 4980G.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-2146.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Form 8928 is used by employers, group health plans 
HMOs, and third-party administrators to report and pay excise taxes due 
for failures under sections 4980B, 4980D, 4980E, and 4980G. The 
information results from the requirement form TD 9457 to file a return 
for the payment of the excise taxes under sections 4980B, 4980D, 4980E, 
and 4980G of the code.
    Form Number: Form 8928.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit organizations, and individuals.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 68.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 68.
    Estimated Time per Response: 23.48 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,597.

    38. Title: The Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) Reimbursement 
Request Form.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-2152.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Description: This form will be used by HCTC participants to request 
reimbursement for health plan premiums paid prior to the commencement 
of advance payments.
    Form Number: Form 14095.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,416.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 3,416.
    Estimated Time per Response: 40 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,278 hours.


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    39. Title: Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-2195.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Form 8938 was developed to comply with IRC section 
6038D to Report Foreign Financial Assets. Taxpayers use Form 8938 to 
report specified foreign financial assets if the total value of all the 
specified foreign financial assets in which they have an interest is 
more than the appropriate reporting threshold.
    Form Number: Form 8938.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, business, or other for-
profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 350,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 350,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours 43 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,652,000.

    40. Title: Branded Prescription Drug Fee.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-2209.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: This document contains regulations that provide 
guidance on the annual fee imposed on covered entities engaged in the 
business of manufacturing or importing branded prescription drugs.
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 45.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 45.
    Estimated Time per Response: 40 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,800.

    41. Title: Applications for Voluntary Classification Settlement 
Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1545-2215.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Form 8952 was created by the IRS in conjunction with 
the development of a new program to permit taxpayers to voluntarily 
reclassify workers as employees for federal employment tax purposes and 
obtain similar relief to that obtained in the current Classification 
Settlement Program. To participate in the program, taxpayers must meet 
certain eligibility requirements, apply to participate in VCSP, and 
enter into closing agreements with the IRS.
    Form Number: Form 8952.
    Affected Public: Businesses and other-for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,700.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,700.
    Estimated Time per Response: 9 hours, 51 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 16,745.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-03985 Filed 2-24-22; 8:45 am]
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