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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 163 / Wednesday, August 22, 2012 / Notices
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2012–20651 Filed 8–21–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. EP 519 (Sub-No. 5)]
Notice of National Grain Car Council
Meeting
AGENCY:
Surface Transportation Board,
DOT.
Notice of National Grain Car
Council meeting.
ACTION:
Notice is hereby given of a
meeting of the National Grain Car
Council (NGCC), pursuant to section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, Pub. L. No. 92–463, as
amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, September 13, 2012,
beginning at 1:00 p.m. (CDT) and is
expected to conclude at 5:00 p.m.
(CDT).
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held at
the Four Seasons Resort at Las Colinas,
4150 North MacArthur Boulevard,
Irving, TX 75038. Phone 972–717–0700,
Fax 972–717–2550.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Brugman at (202) 245–0281.
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at:
(800) 877–8339].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NGCC
arose from a proceeding instituted by
the Surface Transportation Board’s
predecessor agency, the Interstate
Commerce Commission (ICC), in
National Grain Car Supply—Conference
of Interested Parties, EP 519. The NGCC
was formed as a working group to
facilitate private-sector solutions and
recommendations to the ICC (and now
the Board) on matters affecting grain
transportation.
The general purpose of this meeting is
to discuss rail carrier preparedness to
transport the 2012 fall grain harvest.
Agenda items include the following:
Remarks by Board Chairman Daniel R.
Elliott III, Vice-Chairman Francis P.
Mulvey (who, together with Brad
Hildebrand, Assistant Vice President of
Cargill AgHorizons, serves as CoChairman for the NGCC), and
Commissioner Ann D. Begeman; reports
by rail carriers and shippers on grainservice related issues; a report by rail
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car manufacturers and lessors on
current and future availability of various
grain-car types; a presentation by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
regarding the changes in rail market
share of grain and oilseed
transportation; a presentation by the
Association of American Railroads
about rail time indicators; an update on
railroad agricultural contract filings; and
an open forum for audience and
members to discuss topics of interest
related to the agenda. The full agenda,
along with other information regarding
the NGCC, is posted on the Board’s Web
site at https://www.stb.dot.gov/stb/rail/
graincar_council.html.
The meeting, which is open to the
public, will be conducted pursuant to
the NGCC’s charter and Board
procedures. Further communications
about this meeting may also be
announced through the Board’s Web
site.
This action will not significantly
affect either the quality of the human
environment or the conservation of
energy resources.
Decided: August 17, 2012.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2012–20664 Filed 8–21–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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)).
SUMMARY:
Written comments should be
received on or before October 22, 2012
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Yvette. B. Lawrence, Internal
Revenue Service, Room 6129, 1111
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20224.
DATES:
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Please send separate comments for
each specific information collection
listed below. You must reference the
information collection’s title, form
number, reporting or record-keeping
requirement number, and OMB number
(if any) in your comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
obtain additional information, or copies
of the information collection and
instructions, or copies of any comments
received, contact Joel Goldberger, 202–
927–9368, or at Internal Revenue
Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, or
through the Internet, at
Joel.P.Goldberger@irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
The Department of the Treasury and
the Internal Revenue Service, as part of
their continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
invite the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
proposed or continuing information
collections listed below in this notice,
as required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in our request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of the relevant information
collection. All comments will become a
matter of public record. Please do not
include any confidential or
inappropriate material in your
comments.
We Invite Comments On: (a) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the agency’s functions, including
whether the information has 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
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 the requested information.
Information Collections Open for
Comment
Currently, the IRS is seeking
comments concerning the following
forms, and reporting and record-keeping
requirements:
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Title: Public Disclosure of Material
Relating to Tax-Exempt Organizations.
OMB Number: 1545–1560.
Regulation Project Numbers: REG–
246250–96 (T.D. 8816).
Abstract: Under section 6104(e) of the
Internal Revenue Code, certain taxexempt organizations are required to
make their annual information returns
and applications to tax exemption
available for public inspection. In
addition, certain tax-exempt
organizations are required to comply
with requests made in writing or in
person from individuals who seek a
copy of those documents or, in the
alternative, to make their documents
widely available. This regulation
provides guidance concerning these
disclosure requirements.
Current Actions: There is no change to
this existing Regulation.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,100,000.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 551,000.
Title: Deferred Compensation Plans of
State and Local Governments and TaxExempt Organizations.
OMB Number: 1545–1695.
Revenue Ruling Number: Revenue
Ruling 2000–33.
Abstract: Revenue Ruling 2000–33
specifies the conditions the plan
sponsor should meet to automatically
defer a certain percentage of its
employees’ compensation into their
accounts in an eligible deferred
compensation plan.
Current Actions: There are no changes
being made to this revenue ruling at this
time.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions, and state, local or tribal
governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
500.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1
Hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 500.
Title: Application of Separate
Limitations to Dividends From Noncontrolled Section 902 Corporations.
OMB Number: 1545–2014.
Form Number: TD 9452.
Abstract: The AJCA amended the
foreign tax credit treatment of dividends
from non-controlled section 902
corporations effective for post-2002 tax
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years, and the GOZA permitted
taxpayers to elect to defer the effective
date of these amendments until post2004 tax years. These regulations
require a taxpayer making the GOZA
election to file a statement to such effect
with its next tax return, and they require
certain shareholders wishing to make
tax elections on behalf of their
controlled foreign corporations or noncontrolled section 902 corporations to
execute a joint consent (that is retained
by one shareholder) and attach a
statement to their tax returns. The
respondents are primarily domestic
corporations owning stock in foreign
corporations.
Current Actions: There is no change
in the paperwork burden previously
approved by OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
50.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 25.
Title: Return of Certain Excise Taxes
Under Chapter 43 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
OMB Number: 1545–2148.
Form Number: Form 8928.
Abstract: 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.
Current Actions: There is no change
in the paperwork burden previously
approved by OMB. This form is being
submitted for renewal purposes.
Type of Review: This is an extension
of a previously approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other
for-profit organizations, and Not-forprofit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,348.
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.
Title: Return of Certain Excise Taxes
Under Chapters 41 and 42 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
OMB Number: 1545–0052.
Form Numbers: Forms 4720 and Form
990–PF.
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Abstract: IRC section 6033 requires all
private foundations, including section
4947(a)(1) trusts treated as private
foundations, to file an annual
information return. Section 53.4940–
1(a) of the Income Tax Regulations
requires that the tax on net investment
income be reported on the return filed
under section 6033. Form 990–PF is
used for this purpose. Section 6011
requires a report of taxes under Chapter
42 of the Code for prohibited acts by
private foundation and certain related
parties. Form 4720 is used by
foundations and/or related persons to
report prohibited activities in detail and
pay the tax on them.
Current Actions: Due to the addition
of Schedule M to form 4920, there is an
increase in the paperwork burden
previously approved by OMB.
Type of Review: This is a revision of
a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
55,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 11,054,637.
Title: Form 1120–IC–DISC, Interest
Charge Domestic International Sales
Corporation Return, Schedule K (Form
1120–IC–DISC), Shareholder’s
Statement of IC–DISC Distributions, and
Schedule P (Form 1120–IC–DISC),
Intercompany Transfer Price or
Commission.
OMB Number: 1545–0938.
Form Numbers: 1120–IC–DISC,
Schedules K and P.
Abstract: U.S. corporations that
elected to be an interest charge domestic
international sales corporation (IC–
DISC) file Form 1120–IC–DISC to report
income and deductions. The IC–DISC is
not taxed; IC–DISC shareholders are
taxed on their share of IC–DISC income.
IRS uses Form 1120–IC–DISC to check
the IC–DISC’s computation of income.
Schedule K (Form 1120–IC–DISC) is
used to report income to shareholders.
Schedule P (Form 1120–IC–DISC) is
used by the IC–DISC to report dealings
with suppliers.
Current Actions: There are no changes
being made to the forms.
Type of Review: Extension of an
approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations and individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,200.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 242,340.
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Approved: August 14, 2012.
Yvette B. Lawrence,
IRS Reports Clearance Officer.
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2012-20689]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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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)).
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before October 22,
2012 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Yvette. B. Lawrence, Internal
Revenue Service, Room 6129, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20224.
Please send separate comments for each specific information
collection listed below. You must reference the information
collection's title, form number, reporting or record-keeping
requirement number, and OMB number (if any) in your comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain additional information, or
copies of the information collection and instructions, or copies of any
comments received, contact Joel Goldberger, 202-927-9368, or at
Internal Revenue Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20224, or through the Internet, at
Joel.P.Goldberger@irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service, as
part of their continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take
this opportunity to comment on the proposed or continuing information
collections listed below in this notice, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in our request for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval of the relevant information collection. All comments
will become a matter of public record. Please do not include any
confidential or inappropriate material in your comments.
We Invite Comments On: (a) Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the agency's functions,
including whether the information has 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 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 the
requested information.
Information Collections Open for Comment
Currently, the IRS is seeking comments concerning the following
forms, and reporting and record-keeping requirements:
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Title: Public Disclosure of Material Relating to Tax-Exempt
Organizations.
OMB Number: 1545-1560.
Regulation Project Numbers: REG-246250-96 (T.D. 8816).
Abstract: Under section 6104(e) of the Internal Revenue Code,
certain tax-exempt organizations are required to make their annual
information returns and applications to tax exemption available for
public inspection. In addition, certain tax-exempt organizations are
required to comply with requests made in writing or in person from
individuals who seek a copy of those documents or, in the alternative,
to make their documents widely available. This regulation provides
guidance concerning these disclosure requirements.
Current Actions: There is no change to this existing Regulation.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,100,000.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 551,000.
Title: Deferred Compensation Plans of State and Local Governments
and Tax-Exempt Organizations.
OMB Number: 1545-1695.
Revenue Ruling Number: Revenue Ruling 2000-33.
Abstract: Revenue Ruling 2000-33 specifies the conditions the plan
sponsor should meet to automatically defer a certain percentage of its
employees' compensation into their accounts in an eligible deferred
compensation plan.
Current Actions: There are no changes being made to this revenue
ruling at this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, and state, local or
tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 500.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1 Hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 500.
Title: Application of Separate Limitations to Dividends From Non-
controlled Section 902 Corporations.
OMB Number: 1545-2014.
Form Number: TD 9452.
Abstract: The AJCA amended the foreign tax credit treatment of
dividends from non-controlled section 902 corporations effective for
post-2002 tax years, and the GOZA permitted taxpayers to elect to defer
the effective date of these amendments until post-2004 tax years. These
regulations require a taxpayer making the GOZA election to file a
statement to such effect with its next tax return, and they require
certain shareholders wishing to make tax elections on behalf of their
controlled foreign corporations or non-controlled section 902
corporations to execute a joint consent (that is retained by one
shareholder) and attach a statement to their tax returns. The
respondents are primarily domestic corporations owning stock in foreign
corporations.
Current Actions: There is no change in the paperwork burden
previously approved by OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and other
for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 50.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 25.
Title: Return of Certain Excise Taxes Under Chapter 43 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
OMB Number: 1545-2148.
Form Number: Form 8928.
Abstract: 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.
Current Actions: There is no change in the paperwork burden
previously approved by OMB. This form is being submitted for renewal
purposes.
Type of Review: This is an extension of a previously approved
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profit organizations, and
Not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,348.
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.
Title: Return of Certain Excise Taxes Under Chapters 41 and 42 of
the Internal Revenue Code.
OMB Number: 1545-0052.
Form Numbers: Forms 4720 and Form 990-PF.
Abstract: IRC section 6033 requires all private foundations,
including section 4947(a)(1) trusts treated as private foundations, to
file an annual information return. Section 53.4940-1(a) of the Income
Tax Regulations requires that the tax on net investment income be
reported on the return filed under section 6033. Form 990-PF is used
for this purpose. Section 6011 requires a report of taxes under Chapter
42 of the Code for prohibited acts by private foundation and certain
related parties. Form 4720 is used by foundations and/or related
persons to report prohibited activities in detail and pay the tax on
them.
Current Actions: Due to the addition of Schedule M to form 4920,
there is an increase in the paperwork burden previously approved by
OMB.
Type of Review: This is a revision of a currently approved
collection.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 55,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,054,637.
Title: Form 1120-IC-DISC, Interest Charge Domestic International
Sales Corporation Return, Schedule K (Form 1120-IC-DISC), Shareholder's
Statement of IC-DISC Distributions, and Schedule P (Form 1120-IC-DISC),
Intercompany Transfer Price or Commission.
OMB Number: 1545-0938.
Form Numbers: 1120-IC-DISC, Schedules K and P.
Abstract: U.S. corporations that elected to be an interest charge
domestic international sales corporation (IC-DISC) file Form 1120-IC-
DISC to report income and deductions. The IC-DISC is not taxed; IC-DISC
shareholders are taxed on their share of IC-DISC income. IRS uses Form
1120-IC-DISC to check the IC-DISC's computation of income. Schedule K
(Form 1120-IC-DISC) is used to report income to shareholders. Schedule
P (Form 1120-IC-DISC) is used by the IC-DISC to report dealings with
suppliers.
Current Actions: There are no changes being made to the forms.
Type of Review: Extension of an approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations and
individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,200.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 242,340.
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Approved: August 14, 2012.
Yvette B. Lawrence,
IRS Reports Clearance Officer.
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