Department of the Treasury May 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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.

An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Toll-Free Phone Line 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.

The OCC announces a meeting of the Mutual Savings Association Advisory Committee (MSAAC).

In the Federal Register notice that was originally published on April 24, 2019, (Volume 84, Number 79, Page 17240) the meeting time has changed from 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

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 information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form 8554, Application for Renewal of Enrollment to Practice Before the Internal Revenue Service and Form 8554-EP, Application for Renewal of Enrollment to Practice Before the Internal Revenue Service as an Enrolled Retirement Plan Agent (ERPA).

FinCEN invites comment on the renewal without change of an information collection requirement concerning the ``Information Sharing Between Government Agencies And Financial Institutions,'' generally referred to as the 314(a) Program. This request for comment is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') of 1995.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, with the concurrence of the General Services Administration, the Secretary of the Treasury is renewing the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (the ``Committee'').

The OCC, 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 a continuing information collection as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and respondents are not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning its information collection titled, ``Community and Economic Development Entities, Community Development Projects, and Other Public Welfare Investments.'' The OCC also is giving notice that it has sent the collection to OMB for review.

This request for information (RFI) solicits public comment on ideas for innovative programs and waiver concepts that states could consider in developing a 1332 waiver plan. The Department of the Treasury and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the Department of Health and Human Services (collectively, the Departments) are seeking feedback and ideas on how states might take advantage of new flexibilities provided in recently published October 2018 guidance. The overarching goal of section 1332 waivers is to give all Americans the opportunity to gain high value and affordable health coverage regardless of income, geography, age, gender, or health status while empowering states to develop health coverage strategies that best meet the needs of their residents. The Departments are committed to empowering states to innovate in ways that will strengthen their health insurance markets, expand choices of coverage, target public resources to those most in need, and meet the unique circumstances of each state.

This document contains a notice that the IRS has made available the 2020 Grant Application Package and Guidelines (Publication 3319) for organizations interested in applying for a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) matching grant for the 2020 grant year, which runs from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020. The application period runs from May 1, 2019, through June 17, 2019.

The Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department) is publishing this notice and request for information to seek public input on the development of public information collection and tracking related to investment in qualified opportunity funds (QOFs).