96-28646. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 217 (Thursday, November 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57727-57728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28646]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

October 29, 1996.
    The Department of Treasury has submitted the following public 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Copies of 
the submission(s) may be obtained by calling the Treasury Bureau 
Clearance Officer listed. Comments regarding this information 
collection should be addressed to the OMB reviewer listed and to the 
Treasury Department Clearance Officer, Department of the Treasury, Room 
2110, 1425 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.
    Special Request: In order to conduct the survey described below in 
January 1997, the Department of the Treasury is requesting that the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and approve this 
information collection by November 4, 1996. To obtain a copy of this 
survey, please contact the IRS Clearance Officer at the address listed 
below.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

    OMB Number: 1545-1432.
    Project Number: M:SP:V 96-005-G.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Installment Agreement Customer Satisfaction Survey.
    Description: In July 1994 the Acting Regional Inspector Southwest 
for Internal Audit reported that there were some weaknesses in the 
streamlined installment agreement process that was implemented during 
the 1993 filing season. The streamlined installment agreement allowed 
taxpayers to request payment of their taxes through an installment 
agreement by attaching a

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Form 9465 at the time they filed their tax return. A review of 
installment requests in the Ogden, Austin and Fresno Service Centers 
revealed that installment agreements are being granted even though the 
taxpayer may fail to under the cause of the balance due or what actions 
need to be addressed to prevent the situation from recurring in the 
future.
    The purpose of this survey is to determine the reasons taxpayers 
request installment agreements and what role the streamlined 
installment agreements can have in helping taxpayers meet their tax 
obligations in the future.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,650.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 5 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Other.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 138 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear [phone], Internal Revenue 
Service, Room 5571, 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 
20224.
    OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt [phone], Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.
Lois K. Holland,
Departmental Reports Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-28646 Filed 11-6-96; 8:45 am]
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