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Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the form should be directed to
Kerry Dennis, at (202) 317–5751 or
Internal Revenue Service, Room 6529,
1111 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20224, or through the
internet, at Kerry.Dennis@irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Continuation Coverage
Requirements Application to Group
Health Plans.
OMB Number: 1545–1581.
Regulation Project Number: REG–
209485–86 (TD 8812).
Abstract: The regulations require
group health plans to provide notices to
individuals who are entitled to elect
COBRA (The Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985)
continuation coverage of their election
rights. Individuals who wish to obtain
the benefits provided under the statute
are required to provide plans notices in
the cases of divorce from the covered
employee, a dependent child’s ceasing
to be dependent under the terms of the
plan, and disability. Most plans will
require that elections of COBRA
continuation coverage be made in
writing. In cases where qualified
beneficiaries are short by an
insignificant amount in a payment made
to the plan, the regulations require the
plan to notify the qualified beneficiary
if the plan does not wish to treat the
tendered payment as full payment. If a
health care provider contacts a plan to
confirm coverage of a qualified
beneficiary, the regulations require that
the plan disclose the qualified
beneficiary’s complete rights to
coverage.
Current Actions: There are no changes
to the paperwork burden previously
approved by OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, individuals or
households, and not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,800,000.
The estimated time per respondent
varies from 30 seconds to 330 hours,
depending on individual circumstances,
with an estimated average of 14
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 404,640.
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
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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: December 13, 2017.
L. Brimmer,
Senior Tax Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Regulation Project
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Internal Revenue Service,
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 continuing
information collections, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The IRS is soliciting comments
concerning information returns of U.S.
persons with respect to foreign
disregarded entities, and transactions
between foreign disregarded entity of a
foreign tax owner and the filer on other
related entities.
SUMMARY:
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Written comments should be
received on or before February 20, 2018
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to L. Brimmer, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6529, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the revenue procedure should
be directed to Kerry Dennis, at (202)
317–5751 or Internal Revenue Service,
Room 6529, 1111 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20224, or through
the internet, at Kerry.Dennis@irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Information Return of U.S.
Persons With Respect To Foreign
Disregarded Entities and Transaction
Between Foreign Disregarded Entity of a
Foreign Tax Owner and the Filer on
Other Related Entities.
OMB Number: 1545–1910.
Form Number: Form 8858 and Form
8858 Sch M.
Abstract: Form 8858 and Schedule M
are used by certain U.S. persons that
own a foreign disregarded entity (FDE)
directly or, in certain circumstances,
indirectly or constructively.
Current Actions: There are no changes
being made to these forms at this time.
However, the agency has updated the
number of respondents based on most
recent data. This figure only represents
all ‘‘other filers’’, as individual filing
data is being reported under 1545–0074
and business data is being reported
under 1545–0123.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, and individuals or
households.
Form 8858:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
20,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
26.75 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 535,000 hours.
Form 8858 (Sch M):
Estimated Number of Respondents:
8,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
24.75 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 198,000 hours.
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
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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: December 13, 2017.
L. Brimmer,
Senior Tax Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2017–27319 Filed 12–18–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Small Business
Lending Fund Quarterly Supplemental
Report
Departmental Offices, U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. 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 this
continuing information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. The public is invited to
submit comments on the collection(s)
listed below.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before February 20, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, or any other aspect
of the information collection, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer, 1750
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 8142,
Washington, DC 20220, or email at
PRA@treasury.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the submissions may be
obtained from Jennifer Leonard by
emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling
(202) 622–0489, or viewing the entire
information collection request at
www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Small Business Lending Fund
Quarterly Supplemental Report.
OMB Control Number: 1505–0228.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Abstract: Banks participating in the
Small Business Lending Fund program
are required to submit a Supplemental
Report each quarter. The Supplemental
Report is used to determine the bank’s
small business lending baseline and
allows Treasury to assess the change in
the small business lending for the
previous quarter.
Form: TD F 102.3A, TD F 102.4.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 4,032.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget 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 technology; and (e) estimates of
capital or start-up costs and costs of
operation, maintenance, and purchase
of services required to provide
information.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Dated: December 13, 2017.
Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0668]
Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Supplemental
Income Questionnaire (For Philippine
Claims Only)
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Benefits Administration
(VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs,
will submit the collection of
information abstracted below to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
PRA submission describes the nature of
the information collection and its
expected cost and burden and it
includes the actual data collection
instrument.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be submitted on
or before January 18, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, Attn:
VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW,
Washington, DC 20503 or sent through
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
Control No. 2900–0668’’ in any
correspondence.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Office of Quality,
Privacy and Risk, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue,
Floor 5, Area 368, Washington, DC
20420, (202) 461–5870 or email
cynthia.harvey-pryor@va.gov. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0668’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1521, 1541, 1542.
Title: Supplemental Income
Questionnaire (For Philippine Claims
Only) (VA Form 21P–0784).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0668.
Type of Review: Reinstatement
without change of a previously
approved collection.
Abstract: Eligibility to benefits may be
established based on service in the
Philippine Scouts, Commonwealth
Army of the Philippines, or recognized
guerrilla organizations (38 U.S.C. 107).
Title 38 U.S.C. 1521, 1541, and 1542
provide for payment of Pension to
eligible veterans, surviving spouses, and
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 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
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning
information returns of U.S. persons with respect to foreign disregarded
entities, and transactions between foreign disregarded entity of a
foreign tax owner and the filer on other related entities.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before February 20,
2018 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to L. Brimmer, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6529, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the revenue procedure should be directed to Kerry Dennis, at
(202) 317-5751 or Internal Revenue Service, Room 6529, 1111
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or through the internet,
at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Information Return of U.S. Persons With Respect To Foreign
Disregarded Entities and Transaction Between Foreign Disregarded Entity
of a Foreign Tax Owner and the Filer on Other Related Entities.
OMB Number: 1545-1910.
Form Number: Form 8858 and Form 8858 Sch M.
Abstract: Form 8858 and Schedule M are used by certain U.S. persons
that own a foreign disregarded entity (FDE) directly or, in certain
circumstances, indirectly or constructively.
Current Actions: There are no changes being made to these forms at
this time. However, the agency has updated the number of respondents
based on most recent data. This figure only represents all ``other
filers'', as individual filing data is being reported under 1545-0074
and business data is being reported under 1545-0123.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, and
individuals or households.
Form 8858:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 26.75 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 535,000 hours.
Form 8858 (Sch M):
Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 24.75 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 198,000 hours.
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
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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: December 13, 2017.
L. Brimmer,
Senior Tax Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2017-27319 Filed 12-18-17; 8:45 am]
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