Open Meeting of the Area 7 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the States of Alaska, California, Hawaii, and Nevada), 39015-39016 [E5-3509]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 128 / Wednesday, July 6, 2005 / Notices Books or records relating to a collection of information must be retained as long as 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: June 24, 2005. Paul Finger, IRS Reports Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. E5–3515 Filed 7–5–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4830–01–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Internal Revenue Service Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Forms 9779, 9779(SP), 9783, 9783(SP), 9787, 9787(SP), 9789, 9789(SP) and 12252 Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 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, Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Forms 9779, 9779(SP), 9783, 9783(SP), 9787, 9787(SP), 9789, 9789(SP) and 12252, Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS). VerDate jul<14>2003 16:35 Jul 05, 2005 Jkt 205001 Written comments should be received on or before September 6, 2005 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Glenn P. Kirkland, Internal Revenue Service, room 6516, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the forms and instructions should be directed to R. Joseph Durbala, (202) 622–3634, Internal Revenue Service, room 6516, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, or through the internet at RJoseph.Durbala@irs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS). OMB Number: 1545–1467. Form Number: Forms 9779, 9779(SP), 9783, 9783(SP), 9787, 9787(SP), 9789, 9789(SP) and 12252. Abstract: 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 that 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. Current Actions: There are no changes being made to the forms at this time. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Individuals, business or other for-profit organizations, and state, local or tribal governments. Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,471,000. Estimated Time Per Respondent: 10 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 766,613. The following paragraph applies to all of 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 as long as 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. DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00154 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 39015 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: June 28, 2005. Glenn P. Kirkland, IRS Reports Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. E5–3516 Filed 7–5–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4830–01–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Internal Revenue Service Open Meeting of the Area 7 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the States of Alaska, California, Hawaii, and Nevada) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Treasury. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Area 7 committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service. The TAP will use citizen input to make recommendations to the Internal Revenue Service. DATES: The meeting will be held Thursday, July 28, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Peterson O’Brien at 1–888–912– 1227, or 206–220–6096. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) that an open meeting of the Area 7 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held Thursday, July 28, 2005 from 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time to 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time E:\FR\FM\06JYN1.SGM 06JYN1 39016 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 128 / Wednesday, July 6, 2005 / Notices via a telephone conference call. The public is invited to make oral comments. Individual comments will be limited to 5 minutes. If you would like to have the TAP consider a written statement, please call 1–888–912–1227 or 206–220–6096, or write to Mary Peterson O’Brien, TAP Office, 915 2nd Avenue, MS W–406, Seattle, WA 98174 or you can contact us at https:// www.improveirs.org. Due to limited conference lines, notification of intent to participate in the telephone conference call meeting must be made with Mary Peterson O’Brien. Ms. O’Brien can be reached at 1–888–912– 1227 or 206–220–6096. The agenda will include the following: Various IRS issues. Dated: June 28, 2005. Martha Curry, Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. [FR Doc. E5–3509 Filed 7–5–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4830–01–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Internal Revenue Service Open Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Treasury. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The TAP will be discussing issues pertaining to lessening the burden for individuals. Recommendations for IRS systemic changes will be developed. DATES: The meeting will be held Monday, August 1, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary O’Brien at 1–888–912–1227, or 206 220–6096. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) that an open meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held Monday, August 1, 2005 from 4 p.m. Eastern Time to 5 p.m. Eastern Time via a telephone conference call. If you would like to have the TAP consider a written statement, please call 1–888–912–1227 or 206–220–6096, or write to Mary O’Brien, TAP Office, 915 2nd Avenue, MS W–406, Seattle, WA 98174 or you can contact us at http: //www.improveirs.org. Due to limited conference lines, notification of intent VerDate jul<14>2003 16:35 Jul 05, 2005 Jkt 205001 to participate in the telephone conference call meeting must be made with Mary O’Brien. Ms O’Brien can be reached at 1–888–912–1227 or 206– 220–6096. The agenda will include the following: Various IRS issues. Dated: June 28, 2005. Martha Curry, Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. [FR Doc. E5–3514 Filed 7–5–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4830–01–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Thrift Supervision Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request—Thrift Financial Report: Schedules PD and VA Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comment. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507). OTS has solicited public comments on the proposal and is now providing a summary of those comments as well as final notice of the proposed revisions to this information collection. On April 29, 2004, OTS, together with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (collectively the agencies), requested public comment for 60 days (69 FR 23502) on proposed revisions to the instructions for the Thrift Financial Report (TFR), which are currently approved collections of information. After considering the comments received, OTS has adopted the proposed instructional revisions and also will add new items to the TFR based on suggestions by commenters. In addition, on April 26, 2005, OTS requested public comment for 60 days (70 FR 21494) on other proposed revisions to the TFR. OTS received no comments on these additional revisions and has adopted the revisions as proposed. OTS is submitting the adopted revisions to OMB for review and approval. DATES: Submit written comments on or before August 5, 2005. ADDRESSES: Send comments to OMB and OTS at these addresses: Mark Menchik, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10236, PO 00000 Frm 00155 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Washington, DC 20503, or e-mail to mmenchik@omb.eop.gov; and Information Collection Comments, Chief Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552, send facsimile transmissions to (202) 906–6518, send emails to infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov, or hand deliver comments to the Guard’s Desk, east lobby entrance, 1700 G Street, NW., on business days between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. All comments should refer to ‘‘TFR: Schedules PD and VA, OMB No. 1550– 0023.’’ OTS will post comments and the related index on the OTS Internet site at https://www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, interested persons may inspect comments at the Public Reading Room, 1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To make an appointment, call (202) 906– 5922, send an e-mail to publicinfo@ots.treas.gov, or send a facsimile transmission to (202) 906– 7755. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the submission to OMB, contact Marilyn K. Burton, OTS Clearance Officer, at marilyn.burton@ots.treas.gov, (202) 906–6467, or facsimile number (202) 906–6518, Chief Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552. You can obtain a copy of the September 2005 Thrift Financial Report form from the OTS Web site at https:// www.ots.treas.gov/ resultsort.cfm?catNumber= 275&dl=33&edit=1. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OTS may not conduct or sponsor an information collection, and respondents are not required to respond to an information collection, unless the information collection displays a currently valid OMB control number. OTS has requested OMB approval to revise the currently approved collections of information identified below. The effect of the proposed revisions on the reporting requirements of these information collections will vary from institution to institution, depending on the institution’s involvement with the types of activities or transactions to which the proposed changes apply. OTS expects that the reporting changes that relate to certain securitized U.S. government-guaranteed or -insured residential mortgage loans will primarily affect the small percentage of institutions that service or securitize and service these loans. The revisions to the TFR dealing with acquired loans with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination, including E:\FR\FM\06JYN1.SGM 06JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39015-39016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-3509]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Open Meeting of the Area 7 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the 
States of Alaska, California, Hawaii, and Nevada)

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Area 7 committee of the Taxpayer 
Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer 
Advocacy Panel (TAP) is soliciting public comments, ideas, and 
suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue 
Service. The TAP will use citizen input to make recommendations to the 
Internal Revenue Service.

DATES: The meeting will be held Thursday, July 28, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Peterson O'Brien at 1-888-912-
1227, or 206-220-6096.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given pursuant to section 
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 
that an open meeting of the Area 7 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held 
Thursday, July 28, 2005 from 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time to 1:30 p.m. 
Pacific Time

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via a telephone conference call. The public is invited to make oral 
comments. Individual comments will be limited to 5 minutes. If you 
would like to have the TAP consider a written statement, please call 1-
888-912-1227 or 206-220-6096, or write to Mary Peterson O'Brien, TAP 
Office, 915 2nd Avenue, MS W-406, Seattle, WA 98174 or you can contact 
us at https://www.improveirs.org. Due to limited conference lines, 
notification of intent to participate in the telephone conference call 
meeting must be made with Mary Peterson O'Brien. Ms. O'Brien can be 
reached at 1-888-912-1227 or 206-220-6096.
    The agenda will include the following: Various IRS issues.

    Dated: June 28, 2005.
Martha Curry,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
[FR Doc. E5-3509 Filed 7-5-05; 8:45 am]
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