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AGENCY:
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION:
Notice and request for comment.
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 proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning the employer's annual information return of tip income and allocated tips and transmittal of employer's annual information return of tip income and allocated tips.
DATES:
Written comments should be received on or before December 1, 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.
Requests for additional information or copies of the regulation should be directed to Taquesha Cain, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, or through the internet at Taquesha.R.Cain@irs.gov.
End Preamble Start Supplemental InformationSUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Employer's Annual Information Return of Tip Income and Allocated Tips (Form 8027), and Transmittal of Employer's Annual Information Return of Tip Income and Allocated Tips (Form 8027-T).
OMB Number: 1545-0714.
Form Number: Forms 8027 and 8027-T.
Abstract: To help IRS in its examinations of returns filed by tipped employees, large food or beverage establishments are required to report annually information concerning food or beverage operations receipts, tips reported by employees, and in certain cases, the employer must allocate tips to certain employees. Forms 8027 and 8027-T are used for this purpose.
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 or other for-profit organizations, not-for-profit institutions, and state, local or tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 52,050.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 9 hours, 23 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 488,161.
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.
Start SignatureStart Printed Page 45953End Signature End Supplemental InformationApproved: September 25, 2017.
L. Brimmer,
Senior Tax Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2017-21148 Filed 9-29-17; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 10/02/2017
- Department:
- Internal Revenue Service
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice and request for comment.
- Document Number:
- 2017-21148
- Dates:
- Written comments should be received on or before December 1, 2017 to be assured of consideration.
- Pages:
- 45952-45953 (2 pages)
- PDF File:
- 2017-21148.pdf