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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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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:
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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
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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.
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4. Title: General Business Credit.
OMB Number: 1545–0895.
Form Number: Form 3800.
Abstract: Internal Revenue Code
section 38 permits taxpayers to reduce
their income tax liability by the amount
of their general business credit, which is
an aggregation of their investment
credit, work opportunity credit, welfareto-work credit, alcohol fuel credit,
research credit, low-income housing
credit, disabled access credit, enhanced
oil recovery credit, etc. Form 3800 is
used to figure the correct credit.
Current Actions: We have made no
changes to Form 3800 at this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, farms, and
individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
65,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
33.38 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,169,700.
5. Title: Reporting Requirements for
Recipients of Points Paid on Residential
Mortgages and Mortgage Interest
Statement.
OMB Number: 1545–1380.
Form Number: Form 1098.
Regulation Project Number: TD 8191
as amended by TD 8507, TD 8571, TD
8734, and TD 9849.
Abstract: Section 6050H provides that
an information return must be made by
any person who is engaged in a trade or
business and who, during that trade or
business, receives from any individual
$600 or more of interest on any
mortgage in a calendar year. Any person
required to make an information return
under section 6050H also must furnish
a statement to the payor of record on or
before January 31 of the year following
the calendar year in which the interest
was received. Form 1098, Mortgage
Interest Statement, is used to report
mortgage interest (including points)
received during the year.
Current Actions: There is an increase
in the estimated number of respondents
previously approved by OMB. IRS has
increased the number of respondents by
16,708,000 based on the projected
number of filers from IRS Publication
6961. This update to the agency
estimate has increased the burden by
4,187,000 hours.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
96,140,044.
Estimated Number of Responses:
97,358,960.
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Estimated Time per Respondent: 25
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 24,318,656.
6. Title: Improving Customer
Experience (OMB Circular A–11,
Section 280 (Implementation).
OMB Number: 1545–2290.
Abstract: A modern, streamlined and
responsive customer experience means:
raising government-wide customer
experience to the average of the private
sector service industry; developing
indicators for high-impact Federal
programs to monitor progress towards
excellent customer experience and
mature digital services; and providing
the structure (including increasing
transparency) and resources to ensure
customer experience is a focal point for
agency leadership. This information
collection activity provides a means to
garner customer and stakeholder
feedback in an efficient, timely manner
in accordance with the Administration’s
commitment to improving customer
service delivery as discussed in Section
280 of OMB Circular A–11 at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/
uploads/2018/06/s280.pdf.
As discussed in OMB guidance,
agencies should identify their highestimpact customer journeys (using
customer volume, annual program cost,
and/or knowledge of customer priority
as weighting factors) and select
touchpoints/transactions within those
journeys to collect feedback. These
results will be used to improve the
delivery of Federal services and
programs. It will also provide
government-wide data on customer
experience that can be displayed on
www.performance.gov to help build
transparency and accountability of
Federal programs to the customers they
serve.
As a general matter, these information
collections will not result in any new
system of records containing privacy
information and will not ask questions
of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs,
and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
The Internal Revenue Service will
only submit collections if they meet the
following criteria.
• The collections are voluntary;
• The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours 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;
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• Any collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
• Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained;
• Information gathered is intended to
be used for general service improvement
and program management purposes.
Upon agreement between OMB and
the agency all or a subset of information
may be released as part of A–11, Section
280 requirements only on
performance.gov. Summaries of
customer research and user testing
activities may be included in publicfacing customer journey maps and
summaries. Additional release of data
must be done coordinated with OMB.
These collections will allow for
ongoing, collaborative and actionable
communications between the Agency,
its customers and stakeholders, and
OMB as it monitors agency compliance
on Section 280. These responses will
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 services will be
unavailable.
Current Actions: IRS is requesting an
increase in the bank of burden hours to
cover existing and planned surveys.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit
institutions; State, local or tribal
governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,011,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 9
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 150,000.
Title: Advanced Manufacturing
Production Credit.
7. OMB Number: 1545–2306.
Form Number: Form 7207.
Abstract: This form is used to claim
the advanced manufacturing production
credit under section 45x for eligible
components produced by the taxpayer
and sold during the tax year in the
taxpayer’s trade or business to an
unrelated person.
Current Actions: IRS is revising the
form and instructions to include
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
provisions for Tax Year 2024.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,000.
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Estimated Time per Respondent: 3
hours and 56 mins.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,930 hours.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Melody Braswell,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Notice of Plans for the Department of
Veterans Affairs To Assess the Current
Scientific Literature and Historical
Detailed Claims Data Regarding
Certain Medical Conditions Associated
With Military Environmental Exposures
and To Solicit Public Comment
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) announces its plan to
assess the scientific literature and
historical claims data regarding certain
medical conditions associated with
military environmental exposures. This
assessment will consider the possibility
of a relationship between the following
medical conditions—acute leukemias,
chronic leukemias and multiple
myeloma—and exposure to fine
particulate matter (PM2.5) from airborne
hazards and open burn pits for service
members who were deployed in the
Southwest Asia theater of operations,
Somalia, Afghanistan, Djibouti, Egypt,
Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and
Uzbekistan. Multiple myeloma, when it
originates in the head or neck, is
considered a presumptive condition
pursuant to the PACT Act. However,
cases of multiple myeloma originating
outside of the head and neck have not
yet been evaluated for association with
exposure to PM2.5 from airborne hazards
and open burn pits in the Southwest
Asia theater of operations, Somalia,
Afghanistan, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan,
Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Uzbekistan.
Additionally, a scientific review of
acute leukemias, chronic leukemias, and
multiple myeloma and exposure to
PM2.5 and its associated chemical
composition from airborne hazards and
open burn pits in the Southwest Asia
theater of operations, Somalia,
Afghanistan, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan,
Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Uzbekistan
would provide an opportunity to review
an organ system (blood) not included in
the PACT Act. VA solicits public
comment on the importance of
completing this assessment of scientific
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literature and historical claims data for
these conditions or others. Once the
conclusions of this scientific assessment
have been peer reviewed, they may be
used to inform decisions regarding
veteran’s qualifying period of service,
such as those who served on active
military, naval, or air service in the
Southwest Asia theater of operations
during the Persian Gulf War, as well as
Somalia, Afghanistan, Djibouti, Egypt,
Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, or
Uzbekistan from September 11, 2001,
until the present time.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 25, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be
submitted through www.regulations.gov.
Except as provided below, comments
received before the close of the
comment period will be available at
www.regulations.gov for public viewing,
inspection, or copying, including any
personally identifiable or confidential
business information that is included in
a comment. We post the comments
received before the close of the
comment period on the following
website as soon as possible after they
have been received: https://
www.regulations.gov. VA will not post
on Regulations.gov public comments
that make threats to individuals or
institutions or suggest that the
commenter will take actions to harm the
individual. VA encourages individuals
not to submit duplicative comments. We
will post acceptable comments from
multiple unique commenters even if the
content is identical or nearly identical
to other comments. Any public
comment received after the comment
period’s closing date is considered late
and will not be considered in any
potential future rulemaking.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Health Outcomes Military Exposures,
Director of Policy, Peter D. Rumm, MD,
Master of Public Health, at 202–461–
7297.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with 38 U.S.C. 1172, as
created by section 202 of the Sergeant
First Class Heath Robinson Honoring
our Promise to Address Comprehensive
Toxics Act of 2022 (also known as the
PACT Act), VA is publishing this notice
about its planned scientific assessment
of the possibility of a relationship
between the following medical
conditions—acute leukemias, chronic
leukemias and multiple myeloma
outside of the head and neck—and
exposure to PM2.5 from airborne hazards
and open burn pits in the Southwest
Asia theater of operations, Somalia,
Afghanistan, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan,
Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Uzbekistan.
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VA is also soliciting public comment
about other conditions that would
benefit from review of the possible
association, the conditions, and health
outcomes related to them.
The rationale for the selection of acute
leukemias, chronic leukemias, and
multiple myeloma outside of the head
and neck is based on their biological
properties that may suggest correlation
between these diseases and the
described exposures. Lymphomas
already are included in the PACT Act,
and leukemias. Leukemias and multiple
myeloma represent the remaining types
of cancer of blood forming tissues. The
latest classifications of these cancer
types recognize that some leukemias
and lymphomas are different forms of
the same disease, as chronic
lymphocytic leukemia and small
lymphocytic lymphoma. The bone
marrow can be sensitive to the toxicity
of specific chemicals including waste
that may have been disposed of in open
burn pits, including, among others,
arsenic, lead, and mercury. Acute
leukemias, chronic leukemias, and
multiple myeloma outside of the head
and neck have not been previously
evaluated for association with exposure
to PM2.5 from airborne hazards and open
burn pits in the Southwest Asia theater
of operations, Somalia, Afghanistan,
Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria,
Yemen, and Uzbekistan.
VA continues to review and assess
information about military
environmental exposure incidents,
emerging scientific evidence regarding
toxic substances, and health outcomes
in deployed and non-deployed cohorts.
Additionally, active epidemiological
surveillance and ongoing monitoring of
military exposures in collaboration with
the Department of Defense continues.
VA’s involvement in surveillance,
monitoring, and research covers a wide
variety of areas from garrison specific,
such as Karshi Khanabad (K–2) Air
Base, to exposure specific, such as
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
substances, to military occupation
specific, such as missileers. Additional
information is available at Military
Exposures—Public Health (va.gov).
When the scientific review concludes
that there is a statistically significant
signal or possible association of military
environment exposure and health
outcomes, this may trigger an
investigation that may lead to additional
research or may be subject to a Federal
Register notice and comment process
required under section 202 of the PACT
Act. Additional notices of this type will
be published as VA moves forward in
the review of conditions and their
possible association with military
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Multiple Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 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, 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:
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 Retenci[oacute]n Transmittal of Withholding
Statements), W-3c PR (Transmision de Comprobantes de Retenci[oacute]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 increase based on the number of taxpayers filing the
forms.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit 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 for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,109.
Estimated Time per Response: 35 hours, 57 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 75,107.
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4. Title: General Business Credit.
OMB Number: 1545-0895.
Form Number: Form 3800.
Abstract: Internal Revenue Code section 38 permits taxpayers to
reduce their income tax liability by the amount of their general
business credit, which is an aggregation of their investment credit,
work opportunity credit, welfare-to-work credit, alcohol fuel credit,
research credit, low-income housing credit, disabled access credit,
enhanced oil recovery credit, etc. Form 3800 is used to figure the
correct credit.
Current Actions: We have made no changes to Form 3800 at this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, farms,
and individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 65,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 33.38 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,169,700.
5. Title: Reporting Requirements for Recipients of Points Paid on
Residential Mortgages and Mortgage Interest Statement.
OMB Number: 1545-1380.
Form Number: Form 1098.
Regulation Project Number: TD 8191 as amended by TD 8507, TD 8571,
TD 8734, and TD 9849.
Abstract: Section 6050H provides that an information return must be
made by any person who is engaged in a trade or business and who,
during that trade or business, receives from any individual $600 or
more of interest on any mortgage in a calendar year. Any person
required to make an information return under section 6050H also must
furnish a statement to the payor of record on or before January 31 of
the year following the calendar year in which the interest was
received. Form 1098, Mortgage Interest Statement, is used to report
mortgage interest (including points) received during the year.
Current Actions: There is an increase in the estimated number of
respondents previously approved by OMB. IRS has increased the number of
respondents by 16,708,000 based on the projected number of filers from
IRS Publication 6961. This update to the agency estimate has increased
the burden by 4,187,000 hours.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 96,140,044.
Estimated Number of Responses: 97,358,960.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 25 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 24,318,656.
6. Title: Improving Customer Experience (OMB Circular A-11, Section
280 (Implementation).
OMB Number: 1545-2290.
Abstract: A modern, streamlined and responsive customer experience
means: raising government-wide customer experience to the average of
the private sector service industry; developing indicators for high-
impact Federal programs to monitor progress towards excellent customer
experience and mature digital services; and providing the structure
(including increasing transparency) and resources to ensure customer
experience is a focal point for agency leadership. This information
collection activity provides a means to garner customer and stakeholder
feedback in an efficient, timely manner in accordance with the
Administration's commitment to improving customer service delivery as
discussed in Section 280 of OMB Circular A-11 at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/s280.pdf.
As discussed in OMB guidance, agencies should identify their
highest-impact customer journeys (using customer volume, annual program
cost, and/or knowledge of customer priority as weighting factors) and
select touchpoints/transactions within those journeys to collect
feedback. These results will be used to improve the delivery of Federal
services and programs. It will also provide government-wide data on
customer experience that can be displayed on www.performance.gov to
help build transparency and accountability of Federal programs to the
customers they serve.
As a general matter, these information collections will not result
in any new system of records containing privacy information and will
not ask questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and
attitudes, religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
The Internal Revenue Service will only submit collections if they
meet the following criteria.
The collections are voluntary;
The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on
considerations of total burden hours or burden-hours per respondent)
and are low-cost for both the respondents and the Federal Government;
The collections are non-controversial 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 program or may have
experience with the program in the near future;
Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected
only to the extent necessary and is not retained;
Information gathered is intended to be used for general
service improvement and program management purposes.
Upon agreement between OMB and the agency all or a subset of
information may be released as part of A-11, Section 280 requirements
only on performance.gov. Summaries of customer research and user
testing activities may be included in public-facing customer journey
maps and summaries. Additional release of data must be done coordinated
with OMB.
These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the Agency, its customers and
stakeholders, and OMB as it monitors agency compliance on Section 280.
These responses will 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 services will be
unavailable.
Current Actions: IRS is requesting an increase in the bank of
burden hours to cover existing and planned surveys.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profit organizations; not-for-profit institutions; State, local or
tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,011,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 9 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 150,000.
Title: Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit.
7. OMB Number: 1545-2306.
Form Number: Form 7207.
Abstract: This form is used to claim the advanced manufacturing
production credit under section 45x for eligible components produced by
the taxpayer and sold during the tax year in the taxpayer's trade or
business to an unrelated person.
Current Actions: IRS is revising the form and instructions to
include Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 provisions for Tax Year 2024.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000.
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Estimated Time per Respondent: 3 hours and 56 mins.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,930 hours.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Melody Braswell,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
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