81_FR_2975 81 FR 2964 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

81 FR 2964 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 11 (January 19, 2016)

Page Range2964-2964
FR Document2016-00774

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, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

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, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before March 21, 2016 
to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Michael Joplin, Internal 
Revenue Service, Room 6517, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20224. Please send separate comments for each specific information 
collection listed below. You must reference the information 
collection's title, form number, reporting or record-keeping 
requirement number, and OMB number (if any) in your comment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain additional information, or 
copies of the information collection and instructions, or copies of any 
comments received, contact Elaine Christophe, at Internal Revenue 
Service, Room 6517, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, 
or through the internet, at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Comments

    The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service, as 
part of their continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burden, invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take 
this opportunity to comment on the proposed or continuing information 
collections listed below in this notice, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
    Request For Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and/or included in our request for Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the relevant information 
collection. All comments will become a matter of public record. Please 
do not include any confidential or inappropriate material in your 
comments.
    We invite comments on: (a) Whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the agency's functions, 
including whether the information has 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 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 the 
requested information. Currently, the IRS is seeking comments 
concerning the following forms, and reporting and record-keeping 
requirements:
    1. Title: Voluntary Customer Surveys To Implement E.O. 12862 on 
Behalf of All IRS Operations.
    OMB Number: 1545-1432.
    Abstract: This form is a generic clearance for an undefined number 
of customer satisfaction and opinion surveys and focus group interviews 
to be conducted over the next three years. Surveys and focus groups 
conducted under the generic clearance are used by the Internal Revenue 
Service to determine levels of customer satisfaction, as well as 
determining issues that contribute to customer burden. This information 
will be used to make quality improvements to products and services.
    Current Actions: We will be conducting different customer 
satisfaction and opinion surveys and focus group interviews during the 
next three years than in the past. At the present time, is not 
determined what these surveys and focus groups will be.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Using 
the past three years as a baseline, we estimate that 40,000 (13,333.3 
annually) burden hours will be used over the course of the next three 
years.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit organizations, not-for-profit institutions, farms and Federal, 
state, local or tribal governments.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 40,000.
    2. Title: Miscellaneous Income.
    OMB Number: 1545-0115.
    Form Number: 1099-MISC.
    Abstract: Form 1099-MISC is used by payers to report payments of 
$600 or more of rents, prizes and awards, medical and health care 
payments, nonemployee compensation, and crop insurance proceeds, $10 or 
more of royalties, any amount of fishing boat proceeds, certain 
substitute payments, golden parachute payments, and an indication of 
direct sales of $5,000 or more.
    Current Actions: There is no change in the paperwork burden 
previously approved by OMB.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 86,796,997.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 18 min.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 26,039,099.
    3. Title: Supplemental Income and Loss.
    OMB Number: 1545-1972.
    Form: Schedule E (Form 1040).
    Abstract: Schedule E (Form 1040) is used to report and summarize 
income from rents, royalties, partnerships, S corporations, estates, 
trusts, REMICS, etc. (IRC section 61.)
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 284,599.
    4. Title: Profit or Loss From Farming.
    OMB Number: 1545-1975.
    Form: Schedule F (Form 1040).
    Abstract: Schedule F (Form 1040) is used to report gross income, 
expenses, and net profit or loss from farming. (IRC section 61.)
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,907,750.
    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.

    Approved: January 11, 2016.
Michael Joplin,
IRS Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-00774 Filed 1-15-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                    DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY                              or inappropriate material in your                      nonemployee compensation, and crop
                                                                                                            comments.                                              insurance proceeds, $10 or more of
                                                    Internal Revenue Service                                  We invite comments on: (a) Whether                   royalties, any amount of fishing boat
                                                                                                            the collection of information is                       proceeds, certain substitute payments,
                                                    Proposed Information Collection;                        necessary for the proper performance of                golden parachute payments, and an
                                                    Comment Request                                         the agency’s functions, including                      indication of direct sales of $5,000 or
                                                    AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),                 whether the information has practical                  more.
                                                    Treasury.                                               utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s                 Current Actions: There is no change
                                                                                                            estimate of the burden of the collection               in the paperwork burden previously
                                                    ACTION: Notice and request for
                                                                                                            of information; (c) ways to enhance the                approved by OMB.
                                                    comments.                                               quality, utility, and clarity of the                      Type of Review: Extension of a
                                                    SUMMARY:  The Department of the                         information to be collected; (d) ways to               currently approved collection.
                                                    Treasury, as part of its continuing effort              minimize the burden of the collection of                  Affected Public: Business or other for-
                                                    to reduce paperwork and respondent                      information on respondents, including                  profit organizations.
                                                    burden, invites the general public and                  the use of automated collection                           Estimated Number of Respondents:
                                                    other Federal agencies to take this                     techniques or other forms of information               86,796,997.
                                                    opportunity to comment on proposed                      technology; and (e) estimates of capital                  Estimated Time per Respondent: 18
                                                    and/or continuing information                           or start-up costs and costs of operation,              min.
                                                                                                            maintenance, and purchase of services                     Estimated Total Annual Burden
                                                    collections, as required by the
                                                                                                            to provide the requested information.                  Hours: 26,039,099.
                                                    Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
                                                                                                            Currently, the IRS is seeking comments                    3. Title: Supplemental Income and
                                                    Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
                                                                                                            concerning the following forms, and                    Loss.
                                                    3506(c)(2)(A)).
                                                                                                            reporting and record-keeping                              OMB Number: 1545–1972.
                                                    DATES:  Written comments should be                      requirements:                                             Form: Schedule E (Form 1040).
                                                    received on or before March 21, 2016 to                   1. Title: Voluntary Customer Surveys                    Abstract: Schedule E (Form 1040) is
                                                    be assured of consideration.                            To Implement E.O. 12862 on Behalf of                   used to report and summarize income
                                                    ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments                  All IRS Operations.                                    from rents, royalties, partnerships, S
                                                    to Michael Joplin, Internal Revenue                        OMB Number: 1545–1432.                              corporations, estates, trusts, REMICS,
                                                    Service, Room 6517, 1111 Constitution                      Abstract: This form is a generic                    etc. (IRC section 61.)
                                                    Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.                       clearance for an undefined number of                      Type of Review: Extension of a
                                                    Please send separate comments for each                  customer satisfaction and opinion                      currently approved collection.
                                                    specific information collection listed                  surveys and focus group interviews to                     Affected Public: Private Sector:
                                                    below. You must reference the                           be conducted over the next three years.                Businesses or other for-profits.
                                                    information collection’s title, form                    Surveys and focus groups conducted                        Estimated Total Annual Burden
                                                    number, reporting or record-keeping                     under the generic clearance are used by                Hours: 284,599.
                                                    requirement number, and OMB number                      the Internal Revenue Service to                           4. Title: Profit or Loss From Farming.
                                                    (if any) in your comment.                               determine levels of customer                              OMB Number: 1545–1975.
                                                                                                            satisfaction, as well as determining                      Form: Schedule F (Form 1040).
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
                                                                                                            issues that contribute to customer                        Abstract: Schedule F (Form 1040) is
                                                    obtain additional information, or copies
                                                                                                            burden. This information will be used to               used to report gross income, expenses,
                                                    of the information collection and
                                                                                                            make quality improvements to products                  and net profit or loss from farming. (IRC
                                                    instructions, or copies of any comments
                                                                                                            and services.                                          section 61.)
                                                    received, contact Elaine Christophe, at
                                                                                                               Current Actions: We will be                            Type of Review: Extension of a
                                                    Internal Revenue Service, Room 6517,
                                                                                                            conducting different customer                          currently approved collection.
                                                    1111 Constitution Avenue NW.,
                                                                                                            satisfaction and opinion surveys and                      Affected Public: Private Sector:
                                                    Washington, DC 20224, or through the
                                                                                                            focus group interviews during the next                 Businesses or other for-profits.
                                                    internet, at Elaine.H.Christophe@irs.gov.                                                                         Estimated Total Annual Burden
                                                                                                            three years than in the past. At the
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              present time, is not determined what                   Hours: 1,907,750.
                                                    Request for Comments                                    these surveys and focus groups will be.                   The following paragraph applies to all
                                                                                                               Type of Review: Revision of a                       of the collections of information covered
                                                      The Department of the Treasury and                    currently approved collection. Using the               by this notice:
                                                    the Internal Revenue Service, as part of                past three years as a baseline, we                        An agency may not conduct or
                                                    their continuing effort to reduce                       estimate that 40,000 (13,333.3 annually)               sponsor, and a person is not required to
                                                    paperwork and respondent burden,                        burden hours will be used over the                     respond to, a collection of information
                                                    invite the general public and other                     course of the next three years.                        unless the collection of information
                                                    Federal agencies to take this                              Affected Public: Individuals or                     displays a valid OMB control number.
                                                    opportunity to comment on the                           households, business or other for-profit               Books or records relating to a collection
                                                    proposed or continuing information                      organizations, not-for-profit institutions,            of information must be retained as long
                                                    collections listed below in this notice,                farms and Federal, state, local or tribal              as their contents may become material
                                                    as required by the Paperwork Reduction                  governments.                                           in the administration of any internal
                                                    Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
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                                                                                                               Estimated Total Annual Burden                       revenue law. Generally, tax returns and
                                                      Request For Comments: Comments                        Hours: 40,000.                                         tax return information are confidential,
                                                    submitted in response to this notice will                  2. Title: Miscellaneous Income.                     as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.
                                                    be summarized and/or included in our                       OMB Number: 1545–0115.
                                                    request for Office of Management and                                                                             Approved: January 11, 2016.
                                                                                                               Form Number: 1099–MISC.
                                                    Budget (OMB) approval of the relevant                      Abstract: Form 1099–MISC is used by                 Michael Joplin,
                                                    information collection. All comments                    payers to report payments of $600 or                   IRS Reports Clearance Officer.
                                                    will become a matter of public record.                  more of rents, prizes and awards,                      [FR Doc. 2016–00774 Filed 1–15–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    Please do not include any confidential                  medical and health care payments,                      BILLING CODE 4830–01–P




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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesWritten comments should be received on or before March 21, 2016 to be assured of consideration.
ContactTo obtain additional information, or copies of the information collection and instructions, or copies of any comments received, contact Elaine Christophe, at Internal Revenue Service, Room 6517, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, or through the internet, at [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 2964 

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