[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 16722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05001]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Quarterly Summary of State & Local Government Tax Revenues

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request 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. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on December 8, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
    Title: Quarterly Summary of State & Local Government Tax Revenues.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0112.
    Form Number(s): F-71, F-72, F-73.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for an Extension, 
without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 7,411.
    Average Hours per Response: 16.36 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 8,082.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the Quarterly Summary of 
State & Local Government Tax Revenues (QTax Survey) to provide 
quarterly estimates of State and local government tax revenue at a 
national level, as well as detailed tax revenue data for individual 
States. The Census Bureau is requesting an extension of the current 
clearance for this survey without changes to the forms. Quarterly 
measurement of, and reporting on, these fund flows provides valuable 
insight into trends in the national economy and that of individual 
States. Information collected on the type and quantity of taxes 
collected gives comparative data on how the various levels of 
government fund their public sector obligations. There are three 
components to the QTax Survey; the first component is the Quarterly 
Survey of Property Tax Collections (F-71), which collects property tax 
data from local governments, the second component is the Quarterly 
Survey of State Tax Collections (F-72), which collects data on 28 
different tax categories for all 50 States, and the third component is 
the Quarterly Survey of Selected Non-Property Taxes (F-73), which 
collects local tax revenue data for three taxes: sales and gross 
receipts, individual income, and corporation net income taxes.
    The information contained in this survey is the most current 
information available on a nationwide basis for State and local 
government tax collections. Data are collected for fifty State 
governments and the District of Columbia and a sample of the local 
governments (approximately 7,411).
    The Census Bureau's previous request for an extension submitted on 
03/23/2021 requested approval to remove the collection of all license 
taxes from the F-72 component of the Quarterly Summary of State and 
Local Government Tax Revenue. The Census Bureau reconsidered that plan 
and decided not to remove the collection of all license taxes from the 
F-72 component of the survey. Keeping the license taxes on the survey 
allows for a consistent time series and maintains item comparability 
with other surveys.
    The Census Bureau conducts the three components of the QTax Survey 
to collect State and local government tax data for this data series 
established in 1962. It serves as a timely source of tax data for many 
data users and policy makers and is the most current information 
available on a nationwide basis for government tax collections Tax 
collection data are used to measure economic activity nationwide, as 
well as for comparison among the States. These data are also used in 
comparing the variety of taxes employed by individual States and in 
determining the revenue raising capacity of different types of taxes in 
different States.
    Key users of these data include the Bureau of Economic Analysis 
(BEA), the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), and the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development (HUD) who rely on these data to provide they 
provide insight into and the most current information on the complex 
nature and fiscal health of State and local government finances. These 
data are included in the quarterly estimates of the National Income and 
Product Accounts developed by BEA. HUD has used the property tax data 
as one of nine cost indicators for developing Section 8 rent 
adjustments. These data are widely used by Federal, State, and local 
legislators, policy makers, analysts, economists, and researchers to 
follow the changing characteristics and monitor trends in public sector 
revenues. These data are also widely used by the media and academia.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., sections 161 and 182.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website 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 and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0607-0112.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-05001 Filed 3-7-24; 8:45 am]
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