Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Returns and Schedules for Forms 941, 941-PR, 941-SS, 941-X, 941-X (PR), Schedule B (Form 941), Schedule R (Form 941), Schedule B (Form 941-PR) and Form 8974, 21455-21456 [2017-09266]

Agencies

• Internal Revenue Service
• DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 87 (Monday, May 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21455-21456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09266]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Employer's Quarterly 
Federal Tax Returns and Schedules for Forms 941, 941-PR, 941-SS, 941-X, 
941-X (PR), Schedule B (Form 941), Schedule R (Form 941), Schedule B 
(Form 941-PR) and Form 8974

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. Currently, the IRS is soliciting 
comments concerning Forms 941 (Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax 
Return), 941-PR (Planilla Para La Declaracion Trimestral Del Patrono-
LaContribucion Federal Al Seguro Social Y Al Seguro Medicare), 941-SS 
(Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return-American Samoa, Guam, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin 
Islands), 941-X, Adjusted Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return or 
Claim for Refund, 941-X(PR), Ajuste a la Declaracion Federal Trimestral 
del Patrono o Reclamacion de Reembolso, Schedule R, Allocation Schedule 
for Aggregated Form 941 Filers, Schedule B (Form 941) (Employer's 
Record of Federal Tax Liability), Schedule B (Form 941-PR) (Registro 
Suplementario De La Obligacion Contributiva Federal Del Patrono), and 
Form 8974 Qualified Small Business Payroll Tax Credit for Increasing 
Research Activities.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before July 7, 2017 to 
be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Laurie Brimmer, Internal 
Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20224. Requests for additional information or copies of the form and 
instructions should be directed to Ralph Terry, at Internal Revenue 
Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, 
or through the internet at Ralph.M.Terry@irs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return.
    OMB Number: 1545-0029.
    Form Numbers: 941, 941-PR, 941-SS, 941-X, 941-X(PR), Schedule R 
(Form 941), Schedule B (Form 941), Schedule B (Form 941-PR), and Form 
8974.
    Abstract: Form 941 is used by employers to report payments made to 
employees subject to income and social security/Medicare taxes and the 
amounts of these taxes. Form 941-PR is used by employers in Puerto Rico 
to report social security and Medicare taxes only. Form 941-SS is used 
by employers in the U.S. possessions to report social security and 
Medicare taxes only. Schedule B is used by employers to record their 
employment tax liability.
    Current Actions: There are changes being made to the burden 
previously approved by OMB, Form 8874 and its burden was added to the 
collection.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.

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    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations and 
individuals, individuals or households, not-for-profit institutions, 
Federal government, and state, local or tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 37,830,463.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 10.265 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 388,311,964.
    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.
    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: May 2, 2017.
Laurie Brimmer,
Senior Tax Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2017-09266 Filed 5-5-17; 8:45 am]
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