Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Bureau of Fiscal Service Information Collection Requests, 48288-48289 [2023-15814]

Download as PDF 48288 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 142 / Wednesday, July 26, 2023 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Internal Revenue Service Internal Revenue Service Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel’s Special Projects Committee Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Taxpayer Communications Project Committee Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Bureau of Fiscal Service Information Collection Requests Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. AGENCY: AGENCY: ACTION: Notice of meeting. ACTION: Notice of meeting. SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel’s Special Projects Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service. This meeting will be held via teleconference. SUMMARY: DATES: The meeting will be held Wednesday, August 9, 2023. DATES: An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel’s Taxpayer Communications Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service. This meeting will be held via teleconference. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The meeting will be held Thursday, August 10, 2023. Antoinette Ross at 1–888–912–1227 or 202–317–4110. Conchata Holloway at 1–888–912–1227 or 214–413–6550. 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 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel’s Special Projects Committee will be held Wednesday, August 9, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The public is invited to make oral comments or submit written statements for consideration. Due to limited time and structure of meeting, notification of intent to participate must be made with Antoinette Ross. For more information please contact Antoinette Ross at 1– 888–912–1227 or 202–317–4110, or write TAP Office, 1111 Constitution Ave. NW, Room 1509, Washington, DC 20224 or contact us at the website: https://www.improveirs.org. The agenda includes a committee discussion involving subcommittee–1 Issue number 48336—Electronic Filing of Form 8621; Information Returns by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company; Issue 59522—International Phone Apps; subcommittee–2 Issue 58722— Misleading Wording on website; and Issue 51824—Estate Gift Tax. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Treasury. Dated: July 20, 2023. Kevin Brown, Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) that a meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Taxpayer Communications Project Committee will be held Thursday, August 10, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The public is invited to make oral comments or submit written statements for consideration. Due to limited time and structure of meeting, notification of intent to participate must be made with Conchata Holloway. For more information, please contact Conchata Holloway at 1–888–912–1227 or 214– 413–6550, or write TAP Office, 1114 Commerce St MC 1005 Dallas, TX 75242 or contact us at the website: https:// www.improveirs.org. The agenda includes a committee discussion involving subcommittee 1 Issue 54250; Increase E-filing of Forms/Tax Returns; and Issue 48294 Entities with multiple EIN’s. Subcommittee 2 Issue 66193; and effectively measuring outreach. Dated: July 20, 2023. Kevin Brown, Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. [FR Doc. 2023–15767 Filed 7–25–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4830–01–P [FR Doc. 2023–15766 Filed 7–25–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4830–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:56 Jul 25, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury. ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment. AGENCY: 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, on or after the date of publication of this notice. The public is invited to submit comments on these requests. DATES: Comments should be received on or before August 25, 2023 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be obtained from Melody Braswell by emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling (202)–622–1035, or viewing the entire information collection request at www.reginfo.gov. SUMMARY: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) 1. Title: Pools and Associations— Annual Letter. OMB Number: 1530–0007. Abstract: The information is collected for the determinations of an acceptable percentage for each pool and association to allow Treasury certified companies credit on their Schedule F for authorized ceded reinsurance in determining the companies’ underwriting limitations. Current Actions: Extension of a currently approved collection. Type of Review: Regular. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. Estimated Number of Respondents: 84. Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hour 30 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 126. E:\FR\FM\26JYN1.SGM 26JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 142 / Wednesday, July 26, 2023 / Notices 2. Title: Certificate of Identity. OMB Number: 1530–0026. Form Number: FS Form 0385. Abstract: The information on the completed form is used to establish an individual’s identity in a claim for payment of United States savings and retirement securities. Current Actions: Extension of a currently approved collection. Type of Review: Regular. Affected Public: Individuals or Households. Estimated Number of Respondents: 330. Estimated Time per Respondent: 10 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 55. 3. Title: Special Form of Request for Payment of US Savings and Retirement Securities Where Use of a Detached Request is Authorized. OMB Number: 1530–0028. Form Number: FS Form 1522. Abstract: The information on the completed form is submitted by the owner, co-owner, surviving beneficiary, or legal representative of the estate of a deceased or incompetent owner, persons entitled to the estate of a deceased registrant, or such other persons to request payment of United States Savings Bonds, Savings Notes, Retirement Plan Bonds, and Individual Retirement Bonds. Current Actions: Extension of a currently approved collection. Type of Review: Regular. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,000. Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,500. Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Melody Braswell, Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2023–15814 Filed 7–25–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810–AS–P lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Multiple Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Information Collection Requests Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Department of the Treasury will submit the following SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:56 Jul 25, 2023 Jkt 259001 information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. The public is invited to submit comments on these requests. DATES: Comments should be received on or before August 25, 2023 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be obtained from Melody Braswell by emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling (202) 622–1035, or viewing the entire information collection request at www.reginfo.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 1. Title: W–2 (Wage and Tax Statement), W–2c (Corrected Wage and Tax Statement), W–2AS (American Samoa Wage and Tax Statement), W– 2GU (Guam Wage and Tax Statement), W–2VI (U.S. Virgin Islands Wage and Tax Statement), W–3 (Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statements), W–3c (Transmittal of Corrected Wage and Tax Statements), W–3PR (Informe de Comprobantes de Retencio´n Transmittal of Withholding Statements), W–3c PR (Transmision de Comprobantes de Retencio´n Corregidos, Transmittal of Corrected Wage and Tax Statements), and W–3SS (Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statements). OMB Number: 1545–0008. Form Numbers: W–2, W–2c, W–2AS, W–2GU, W–2VI, W–3, W–3PR, W–3c, W–3cPR, and W–3SS. Abstract: Employers report income and withholding information on Form W–2. Individuals use Form W–2 to prepare their income tax returns. Forms W–2AS, W–2GU and W–2VI are variations of Form W–2 for use in U.S. possessions. The Form W–3 series is used to transmit W–2 series forms to the Social Security Administration. Forms W–2c, W–3c and W–3cPR are used to correct previously filed Forms W–2, W– 3, and W–3PR. Current Actions: There are no material changes in the paperwork burden previously approved by OMB. However, the estimated number of responses has PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 48289 increase based on the number of taxpayers filing the forms. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations and individuals, or households, not-for-profit institutions, farms, and Federal, state local or tribal governments. Estimated Number of Respondents: 301,441,008. Estimated Time per Respondent: varies. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 150,594,103. 2. Title: Application to Use LIFO Inventory Method. OMB Number: 1545–0042. Form Number: Form 970. Abstract: Taxpayers file Form 970 to elect to use the last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method or to extend the LIFO method to additional goods. The IRS uses Form 970 to determine if the election was properly made. The estimates in this notice are for estates, trusts, and tax-exempt organizations filing Form 970. Current Actions: There is no change to the existing collection. However, the estimated number of responses was reduced to eliminate duplication of burden estimates. The estimated burden for individuals filing Form 970 is approved under OMB control number 1545–0074, and the estimated burden for businesses filing Form 970 is approved under OMB control number 1545–0123. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Private sector. Estimated Number of Responses: 100. Estimated Time per Respondent: 21 hours, 6 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,111. 3. Title: Investment Credit. OMB Number: 1545–0155. Form Number: 3468. Abstract: Form 3468 is used to compute Taxpayers’ credit against their income tax for certain expenses incurred for their trades or businesses. The information collected is used by the IRS to verify that the credit has been correctly computed. Current Actions: There are no changes to burden. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,109. Estimated Time per Response: 35 hours, 57 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 75,107. E:\FR\FM\26JYN1.SGM 26JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48288-48289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15814]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Bureau of Fiscal Service Information 
Collection Requests

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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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, on or after the date of publication of this 
notice. The public is invited to submit comments on these requests.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before August 25, 2023 to be 
assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be 
obtained from Melody Braswell by emailing [email protected], calling 
(202)-622-1035, or viewing the entire information collection request at 
www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS)

    1. Title: Pools and Associations--Annual Letter.
    OMB Number: 1530-0007.
    Abstract: The information is collected for the determinations of an 
acceptable percentage for each pool and association to allow Treasury 
certified companies credit on their Schedule F for authorized ceded 
reinsurance in determining the companies' underwriting limitations.
    Current Actions: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 84.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hour 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 126.

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    2. Title: Certificate of Identity.
    OMB Number: 1530-0026.
    Form Number: FS Form 0385.
    Abstract: The information on the completed form is used to 
establish an individual's identity in a claim for payment of United 
States savings and retirement securities.
    Current Actions: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 330.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 55.
    3. Title: Special Form of Request for Payment of US Savings and 
Retirement Securities Where Use of a Detached Request is Authorized.
    OMB Number: 1530-0028.
    Form Number: FS Form 1522.
    Abstract: The information on the completed form is submitted by the 
owner, co-owner, surviving beneficiary, or legal representative of the 
estate of a deceased or incompetent owner, persons entitled to the 
estate of a deceased registrant, or such other persons to request 
payment of United States Savings Bonds, Savings Notes, Retirement Plan 
Bonds, and Individual Retirement Bonds.
    Current Actions: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,500.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

Melody Braswell,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
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