77 FR 190 pgs. 60023-60025 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Information Collection tools
Type: NOTICEVolume: 77Number: 190Pages: 60023 - 60025
FR document: [FR Doc. 2012-23971 Filed 9-28-12; 8:45 am]
Agency: Treasury Department
Sub Agency: Internal Revenue Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Information Collection tools
AGENCY:
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION:
Notice and request for comments.
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)). Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning; Form 4255, Recapture of Investment Credit; Form 5754, Statement by Person(s) Receiving Gambling Winnings; Form 6781, Gains and Losses From Section 1256 Contracts and Straddles; and REG-130477-00; REG-130481-00 (TD 8987), Required Distributions from Retirement Plans (§ 1.403(b)-3).
DATES:
Written comments should be received on or before November 30, 2012 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES:
Direct all written comments to Yvette Lawrence, Internal Revenue Service, room 6129, 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:
Requests for additional information or copies of the collection tools should be directed to R. Joseph Durbala, Internal Revenue Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, or at (202) 622-3634, or through the Internet at RJoseph.Durbala@irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Currently, the IRS is seeking comments concerning the following information collection tools, reporting, and record-keeping requirements:
(1) Title: Recapture of Investment Credit.
OMB Number: 1545-0166.
Form Number: 4255.
Abstract: Internal Revenue Code section 50(a) requires that a taxpayer's income tax be increased by the investment credit recapture tax if the taxpayer disposes of investment credit property before the close of the recapture period used in figuring the original investment credit. Form 4255 provides for the computation of the recapture tax.
Current Actions: There are no changes to the previously approved burden of this existing collection.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, individuals, and farms.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,200.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 9 hrs, 49 min.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 129,492.
(2) Title: Statement by Person(s) Receiving Gambling Winnings.
OMB Number: 1545-0239.
Form Number: 5754.
Abstract: Section 3402(q)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code requires that a statement be given to the payer of certain gambling winnings by the person receiving the winnings when that person is not the winner or is one of a group of winners. It enables the payer to prepare Form W-2G, Certain Gambling Winnings, for each winner to show the winnings taxable to each and the amount withheld. IRS uses the information on Form W-2G to ensure that recipients are properly reporting their income.
Current Actions: There are no changes being made to the revenue procedure at this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, individuals or households, and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 204,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 12 min.
Estimated Total Annual Reporting Burden hours: 40,800.
(3) Title: Gains and Losses From Section 1256 Contracts and Straddles.
OMB Number: 1545-0644.
Form Number: Form 6781.
Abstract: Form 6781 is used by taxpayers in computing their gains and losses on Internal Revenue Code section 1256 contracts under the marked-to-market rules and gains and losses under Code section 1092 from straddle positions. The data is used to verify that the tax reported accurately reflects any such gains and losses.
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: Businesses and other for-profit organizations and Individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 100,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 9 hrs., 2 min.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 903,237.
(4) Title: Required Distributions from Retirement Plans.
OMB Number: 1545-0996.
Form Number: REG-130477-00; REG-130481-00 (TD 8987-final).
Abstract: These regulations relates to the required minimum distributions from qualified plans, individual retirement plans, deferred compensation plans under section 457, and section 403(b) annuity contracts, custodial accounts, and retirement income accounts.
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 institutions, and state, local, or tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,400.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,400.
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, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
Approved: September 24, 2012.
R. Joseph Durbala,
IRS Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-23971 Filed 9-28-12; 8:45 am]
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