82 FR 49265 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request for REG-132455-11 Reporting of Minimum Essential Coverage (TD 9660-Final)

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 204 (October 24, 2017)

Page Range		49265-49266
FR Document		2017-23084

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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 Form 1094-B, Transmittal of Health Coverage Information Returns and Form 1095-B, Health Coverage.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Proposed Collection; Comment Request for REG-132455-11 Reporting 
of Minimum Essential Coverage (TD 9660-Final)

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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 Form 
1094-B, Transmittal of Health Coverage Information Returns and Form 
1095-B, Health Coverage.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before December 26, 
2017 to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to L. Brimmer, Internal Revenue 
Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the regulation should be directed to Taquesha Cain, at (202) 
317-8979, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20224, or through the internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Transmittal of Health Coverage Information Returns and 
Health Coverage.
    OMB Number: 1545-2252.
    Form Number: 1094-B and 1095-B.
    Abstract: The Form 1094-B and Form 1095-B under the authority of 
IRC section 6055, added by Public Law 111-148, Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (ACA), section 1502(a). Section 6055(a) requires 
every health insurance issuer, sponsor of a self-insured health plan, 
government agency that administers government-sponsored health 
insurance programs and other entity that provides minimum essential 
coverage to file annual returns reporting information for each 
individual for whom minimum essential coverage is provided. Form 1094-
B, serves as a transmittal for Form 1095-B, Health Coverage.
    Current Actions: There is no change to this existing regulation. 
However, the agency has updated the number of respondents to reflect 
the most recent data available.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions, farms, and state, local, or tribal 
governments.
    1094-B:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 30,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,000.
    1095-B:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 125,000,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 minute.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,083,333.
    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.
    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,

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maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.

    Approved: October 18, 2017.
L. Brimmer,
Senior Tax Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2017-23084 Filed 10-23-17; 8:45 am]
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before the hose is cut or installed in Authority: (49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120: information for each individual for
vehicles. delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and whom minimum essential coverage is
501.8). provided. Form 1094–B, serves as a
As part of its analysis, NHTSA also
considered if the hoses need to be Jeffrey M. Giuseppe, transmittal for Form 1095–B, Health
labeled after they are installed on Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. Coverage.
Current Actions: There is no change to
vehicles. Paragraph S7.2.1 of FMVSS [FR Doc. 2017–22993 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am]
this existing regulation. However, the
No. 106 states ‘‘. . . The information BILLING CODE 4910–59–P
agency has updated the number of
need not be present on hose that is sold
respondents to reflect the most recent
as part of a brake hose assembly or a data available.
motor vehicle.’’ The vehicle DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Type of Review: Revision of a
manufacturer who installs the subject currently approved collection.
hoses into their vehicles, in this case Internal Revenue Service
Affected Public: Business or other for-
VTNA, is required to certify the vehicles Proposed Collection; Comment profit organizations, not-for-profit
they manufacture meet all applicable Request for REG–132455–11 Reporting institutions, farms, and state, local, or
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, of Minimum Essential Coverage (TD tribal governments.
including FMVSS No. 106. Therefore, 9660–Final) 1094–B:
VTNA, by cutting and installing the Estimated Number of Respondents:
hose on its vehicles takes responsibility AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 30,000.
for the hose as part of the vehicle. Treasury. Estimated Time per Respondent: 10
Should there be an issue with the brake ACTION: Notice of information collection; minutes.
hoses installed on VTNA vehicles, request for comments. Estimated Total Annual Burden
VTNA would be responsible for Hours: 5,000.
SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service
identifying scope and conducting a 1095–B:
(IRS), as part of its continuing effort to
recall of the vehicles. Estimated Number of Respondents:
reduce paperwork and respondent
RAUS stated that on August 30, 2016, 125,000,000.
burden, invites the general public and
they recalibrated their equipment and Estimated Time per Respondent: 1
other Federal agencies to take this
implemented quality checks to ensure minute.
opportunity to comment on continuing
Estimated Total Annual Burden
compliance of all future hoses delivered information collections, as required by
Hours: 2,083,333.
to VTNA. the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The following paragraph applies to all
NHTSA’s Decision: In consideration The IRS is soliciting comments
of the collections of information covered
of the foregoing, NHTSA finds that concerning Form 1094–B, Transmittal of
by this notice:
RAUS has met its burden of persuasion Health Coverage Information Returns
An agency may not conduct or
and Form 1095–B, Health Coverage.
that the subject FMVSS No. 106 sponsor, and a person is not required to
noncompliance is inconsequential to DATES: Written comments should be
respond to, a collection of information
motor vehicle safety. Accordingly, received on or before December 26, 2017 unless the collection of information
NHTSA hereby grants RAUS’s petition to be assured of consideration. displays a valid OMB control number.
and RAUS is consequently exempted ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments Books or records relating to a
from the obligation of providing to L. Brimmer, Internal Revenue collection of information must be
notification of, and a free remedy for, Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution retained as long as their contents may
that noncompliance under 49 U.S.C. Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. become material in the administration
30118 and 30120. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of any internal revenue law. Generally,
Requests for additional information or tax returns and tax return information
NHTSA notes that the statutory copies of the regulation should be are confidential, as required by 26
provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and directed to Taquesha Cain, at (202) 317– U.S.C. 6103.
30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to 8979, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Request for Comments: Comments
file petitions for a determination of Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, or submitted in response to this notice will
inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to through the internet at be summarized and/or included in the
exempt manufacturers only from the Taquesha.R.Cain@irs.gov. request for OMB approval. All
duties found in sections 30118 and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: comments will become a matter of
30120, respectively, to notify owners, Title: Transmittal of Health Coverage public record. Comments are invited on:
purchasers, and dealers of a defect or Information Returns and Health (a) Whether the collection of
noncompliance and to remedy the Coverage. information is necessary for the proper
defect or noncompliance. Therefore, this OMB Number: 1545–2252. performance of the functions of the
decision only applies to the subject Form Number: 1094–B and 1095–B. agency, including whether the
hoses that RAUS no longer controlled at Abstract: The Form 1094–B and Form information shall have practical utility;
the time it determined that the 1095–B under the authority of IRC (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
noncompliance existed. However, the section 6055, added by Public Law 111– of the burden of the collection of
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granting of this petition does not relieve 148, Patient Protection and Affordable information; (c) ways to enhance the
equipment distributors and dealers of Care Act (ACA), section 1502(a). Section quality, utility, and clarity of the
the prohibitions on the sale, offer for 6055(a) requires every health insurance information to be collected; (d) ways to
sale, or introduction or delivery for issuer, sponsor of a self-insured health minimize the burden of the collection of
introduction into interstate commerce of plan, government agency that information on respondents, including
the noncompliant hoses under their administers government-sponsored through the use of automated collection
control after RAUS notified them that health insurance programs and other techniques or other forms of information
entity that provides minimum essential technology; and (e) estimates of capital
the subject noncompliance existed.
coverage to file annual returns reporting or start-up costs and costs of operation,

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of information collection; request for comments.
Dates		Written comments should be received on or before December 26, 2017 to be assured of consideration.
Contact		Requests for additional information or copies of the regulation should be directed to Taquesha Cain, at (202) 317-8979, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, or through the internet at [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 49265

82 FR 49265 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request for REG-132455-11 Reporting of Minimum Essential Coverage (TD 9660-Final)

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURYInternal Revenue Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 204 (October 24, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service