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Type of Request: Extension without
change of a previously approved
collection.
Abstract: This collection of
information is necessary to enable the
FRA to garner customer and stakeholder
feedback in an efficient, timely manner,
consistent with our commitment to
improving service delivery. The
information collected from our
customers and stakeholders will help
ensure users have an effective, efficient,
and satisfying experience with FRA’s
programs. This feedback will provide
insights into customer or stakeholder
perceptions, experiences and
expectations, provide an early warning
of issues with service, and focus
attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow ongoing, collaborative, and
actionable communications between
FRA and its customers and
stakeholders. It also allows feedback to
contribute directly to the improvement
of program management.
Improving FRA’s programs requires
ongoing assessment of service delivery,
meaning a systematic review of the
operation of a program compared to a
set of explicit or implicit standards as a
means of contributing to the continuous
improvement of the program. FRA will
collect, analyze, and interpret
information gathered through this
generic clearance to identify strengths
and weaknesses of current services and
make improvements in service delivery
based on feedback. The solicitation of
feedback will target areas such as:
Timeliness, appropriateness, accuracy
of information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. FRA will
assess responses to plan and inform
efforts to improve or maintain the
quality of service offered to the public.
If this information is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the FRA’s services will
be unavailable.
FRA will only submit a collection for
approval under this generic clearance if
it meets the following conditions:
• FRA will only use the information
gathered internally for general service
improvement and program management
purposes and does not intend to release
it outside FRA;
• FRA will not use information
gathered to substantially inform
influential policy decisions;
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; FRA will not
design the collections or expect them to
yield statistically reliable results or use
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them as though the results are
generalizable to the population of study;
• Participation in the collections is
voluntary;
• The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both
the respondents and the Federal
Government;
• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of
concern to other Federal agencies;
• Any collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the OMB program or may have
experience with the OMB program in
the near future; and
• With the exception of information
needed to provide renumeration for
participants of focus groups and
cognitive laboratory studies, FRA will
collect personally identifiable
information (PII) only to the extent
necessary and will not retain it.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Business and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Governments.
Frequency of Submission: Once per
request.
Total Annual Number of
Respondents: 2,100.
Total Estimated Responses: 2,100.
Average Minutes per Response: 10
minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 354
hours.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
30, 2016.
Patrick Warren,
Acting Executive Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Department of the Treasury.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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, Public Law 104–
13, on or after the date of publication of
this notice.
DATES: Comments should be received on
or before January 5, 2017 to be assured
of consideration.
SUMMARY:
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Send comments regarding
the burden estimates, or any other
aspect of the information collections,
including suggestions for reducing the
burden, to (1) Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Attention:
Desk Officer for Treasury, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, or email at
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.gov and
(2) Treasury PRA Clearance Officer,
1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite
8142, Washington, DC 20220, or email
at PRA@treasury.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the submissions may be
obtained by emailing PRA@treasury.gov,
calling (202) 622–0934, or viewing the
entire information collection request at
www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
OMB Control Number: 1545–0732.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title: Credit for Increasing Research
Activity (TD 8251).
Abstract: This regulation provides
rules for the credit for increasing
research activities. Internal Revenue
Code section 41(f) provides that
commonly controlled groups of
taxpayers shall compute the credit as if
they are single taxpayer. The credit
allowed to a member of the group is a
portion of the group’s credit. Section
1.41–8(d) of the regulation permits a
corporation that is a member of more
than one group to designate which
controlled group they will be aggregated
with the purposes of Code section 41(f).
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 63.
OMB Control Number: 1545–0232.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title: Information Return of
Nontaxable Energy Grants or Subsidized
Energy Financing.
Form: 6497.
Abstract: Section 6050D of the
Internal Revenue Code requires an
information return to be made by any
person who administers a Federal, state,
or local program providing nontaxable
grants or subsidized energy financing.
Form 6497 is used for making the
information return. The IRS uses the
information from the form to ensure that
recipients have not claimed tax credits
or other benefits with respect to the
grants or subsidized financing.
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Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 810.
OMB Control Number: 1545–1070.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title: Effectively connected income
and the branch profits tax.
Abstract: The regulations explain how
to comply with section 884, which
imposes a tax on the earnings of a
foreign corporation’s branch that are
removed from the branch and which
subjects interest paid by the branch, and
certain interest deducted by the foreign
corporation to tax.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 12,694.
OMB Control Number: 1545–0685.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title: Export Exemption Certificate.
Form: 1363.
Abstract: IRC section 4272(b)(2)
excepts exported property from the
excise tax on transportation of property.
Regulation section 49.4271–1(d)(2)
authorizes the filing of Form 1363 by
the shipper to request exemption for a
shipment, or a series of shipments. The
form is filed with the carrier. It is used
by IRS as proof of tax exempt status of
each shipment.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 425,000.
Dated: December 1, 2016.
Bob Faber,
Acting Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
International Affairs; Survey of U.S.
Ownership of Foreign Securities as of
December 31, 2016
Departmental Offices,
Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of reporting
requirements.
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AGENCY:
By this Notice and in
accordance with 31 CFR 129, the
Department of the Treasury is informing
the public that it is conducting a
mandatory survey of ownership of
foreign securities by U.S. residents as of
December 31, 2016. This Notice
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constitutes legal notification to all
United States persons (defined below)
who meet the reporting requirements set
forth in this Notice that they must
respond to, and comply with, this
survey. The reporting form SHC (2016)
and instructions may be printed from
the Internet at: https://www.treasury.gov
/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/
Pages/forms-sh.aspx#shc.
Definition: Pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 3102
a United States person is any
individual, branch, partnership,
associated group, association, estate,
trust, corporation, or other organization
(whether or not organized under the
laws of any State), and any government
(including a foreign government, the
United States Government, a State or
local government, and any agency,
corporation, financial institution, or
other entity or instrumentality thereof,
including a government-sponsored
agency), who resides in the United
States or is subject to the jurisdiction of
the United States.
Who Must Report: The following U.S.
persons must report on this survey:
• U.S. persons who manage, as
custodians, the safekeeping of foreign
securities for themselves and other U.S.
persons. These U.S. persons, who
include the affiliates in the United
States of foreign entities, must report on
this survey if the total fair value of the
foreign securities whose safekeeping
they manage on behalf of U.S. persons—
aggregated over all accounts and for all
U.S. branches and affiliates of their
firm—is $200 million or more as of the
close of business on December 31, 2016.
• U.S. persons who own foreign
securities for their own portfolios and/
or who invest in foreign securities on
behalf of others, such as investment
managers/fund sponsors. These U.S.
persons (referred to as ‘‘end-investors’’),
who include the affiliates in the United
States of foreign entities, must report on
this survey if the total fair value of these
foreign securities—aggregated over all
accounts and for all U.S. branches and
affiliates of their firm—is $200 million
or more as of the close of business on
December 31, 2016.
• U.S. persons who are notified by
letter from the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York. These U.S. persons must file
Schedule 1, even if the recipient of the
letter is under the reporting threshold of
$200 million and need only report
‘‘exempt’’ on Schedule 1. These U.S.
persons who meet the reporting
threshold must also file Schedule 2 and/
or Schedule 3.
What To Report: This report will
collect information on holdings by U.S.
residents of foreign securities, including
equities, long-term debt securities, and
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short-term debt securities (including
selected money market instruments).
How To Report: Copies of the survey
forms and instructions, which contain
complete information on reporting
procedures and definitions, may be
obtained at the Web site address given
above in the Summary. Completed
reports can be submitted electronically
or mailed to the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York, Statistics Function, 4th
Floor, 33 Liberty Street, New York, NY
10045–0001. Inquiries can be made to
the survey staff of the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York at (212) 720–6300 or
email: SHC.help@ny.frb.org. Inquiries
can also be made to Dwight Wolkow at
(202) 622–1276, email: comments2TIC@
do.treas.gov.
When To Report: Data must be
submitted to the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York, acting as fiscal agent for
the Department of the Treasury, by
March 3, 2017.
Paperwork Reduction Act Notice: This
data collection has been approved by
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act and assigned
control number 1505–0146. An agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a valid control number
assigned by OMB. The estimated
average annual burden associated with
this collection of information is 17
hours per respondent for exempt
respondents, 41 hours per respondent
for end-investors and custodians that
file Schedule 3 reports covering their
securities entrusted to U.S. resident
custodians, 121 hours per respondent
for large end-investors filing Schedule 2
reports, and 361 hours per respondent
for large custodians of securities filing
Schedule 2 reports. Comments
concerning the accuracy of this burden
estimate and suggestions for reducing
this burden should be directed to the
Department of the Treasury, Attention
Administrator, International Portfolio
Investment Data Reporting Systems,
Room 5422, Washington, DC 20220, and
to OMB, Attention Desk Officer for the
Department of the Treasury, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Washington, DC 20503
Dwight Wolkow,
Administrator, International Portfolio
Investment Data Reporting Systems.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: 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, Public Law 104-13, on or after the date of
publication of this notice.
DATES: Comments should be received on or before January 5, 2017 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimates, or any other
aspect of the information collections, including suggestions for
reducing the burden, to (1) Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for
Treasury, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, or email at OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.gov and (2) Treasury PRA
Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 8142, Washington,
DC 20220, or email at PRA@treasury.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be
obtained by emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling (202) 622-0934, or
viewing the entire information collection request at www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
OMB Control Number: 1545-0732.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Title: Credit for Increasing Research Activity (TD 8251).
Abstract: This regulation provides rules for the credit for
increasing research activities. Internal Revenue Code section 41(f)
provides that commonly controlled groups of taxpayers shall compute the
credit as if they are single taxpayer. The credit allowed to a member
of the group is a portion of the group's credit. Section 1.41-8(d) of
the regulation permits a corporation that is a member of more than one
group to designate which controlled group they will be aggregated with
the purposes of Code section 41(f).
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 63.
OMB Control Number: 1545-0232.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Title: Information Return of Nontaxable Energy Grants or Subsidized
Energy Financing.
Form: 6497.
Abstract: Section 6050D of the Internal Revenue Code requires an
information return to be made by any person who administers a Federal,
state, or local program providing nontaxable grants or subsidized
energy financing. Form 6497 is used for making the information return.
The IRS uses the information from the form to ensure that recipients
have not claimed tax credits or other benefits with respect to the
grants or subsidized financing.
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Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 810.
OMB Control Number: 1545-1070.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Title: Effectively connected income and the branch profits tax.
Abstract: The regulations explain how to comply with section 884,
which imposes a tax on the earnings of a foreign corporation's branch
that are removed from the branch and which subjects interest paid by
the branch, and certain interest deducted by the foreign corporation to
tax.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 12,694.
OMB Control Number: 1545-0685.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Title: Export Exemption Certificate.
Form: 1363.
Abstract: IRC section 4272(b)(2) excepts exported property from the
excise tax on transportation of property. Regulation section 49.4271-
1(d)(2) authorizes the filing of Form 1363 by the shipper to request
exemption for a shipment, or a series of shipments. The form is filed
with the carrier. It is used by IRS as proof of tax exempt status of
each shipment.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 425,000.
Dated: December 1, 2016.
Bob Faber,
Acting Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
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