97-31959. Submission to OMB for Review; Comment Request  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 235 (Monday, December 8, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 64628]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-31959]
    
    
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
    
    
    Submission to OMB for Review; Comment Request
    
    December 2, 1997.
        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.
    
    Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
    
        OMB Number: 1545-0029.
        Form Number: IRS Forms 941, Schedule B (Form 941); 941-PR, Schedule 
    B (941-PR); 941-SS, and 941-V.
        Type of Review: Extension.
    
    Title:
        Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return (Form 941);
        Employer's Record of Federal Tax Liability (Schedule B, Form 941);
        Planilla Para La Declaracion Trimestral Del Patrono (Form 941-PR);
        Registro Suplementario De La Obligacion Contributiva Federal Del 
    Patrono (Schedule B, Form 941-PR);
        Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return (American Samoa, Guam, the 
    Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin 
    Islands (Form 941-SS); and
        Payment Voucher (Form 941-V).
    
        Description: Form 941 is used by employers to report payments made 
    to employees subject to income tax and Social Security/Medicare taxes 
    and the amounts of these taxes. Form 941-PR is used by employers in 
    Puerto Rico to report Social Security and Medicare taxes only. Form 
    941-SS is used by employers in the U.S. possessions to report Social 
    Security and Medicare taxes only. Schedule B is used by employers to 
    record their employment tax liability.
        Respondents: Business or other for-profit, individual or 
    households, not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, State, 
    Local or Tribal Governments.
        Estimated Number of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 12,494,773.
        Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent/Recordkeeper:
    
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                      Learning about the law or                                   Copying, assembling, and  
                  Form                       Recordkeeping                    the form                 Preparing the form        sending the form to the IRS
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    941............................  11 hr., 43 min...............  28 min......................  1 hr., 37 min...............  16 min                      
    941 Schedule B.................  2 hr., 40 min................  0 min.......................  2 min.......................  0 min                       
    941-PR.........................  7 hr., 0 min.................  6 min.......................  12 min......................  0 min                       
    941-PR Schedule B..............  2 hr., 40 min................  0 min.......................  2 min.......................  0 min                       
    941-SS.........................  7 hr., 16 min................  0 min.......................  13 min......................  0 min                       
    941-V..........................  14 min.......................  0 min.......................  0 min.......................  0 min                       
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
        Estimated Total Reporting/Recordkeeping Burden: 318,978,543 hours.
        Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear (202) 622-3869, Internal Revenue 
    Service, Room 5571, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
    20224.
        OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt (202) 395-7860, Office of 
    Management and Budget, Room 10226, New Executive Office Building, 
    Washington, DC 20503.
    Lois K. Holland,
    Departmental Reports, Management Officer.
    [FR Doc. 97-31959 Filed 12-5-97; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4830-01-U
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
12/08/1997
Department:
Treasury Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
97-31959
Pages:
64628-64628 (1 pages)
PDF File:
97-31959.pdf