03-4198. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 12, 2003.

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 11000, 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

Dates: Written comments should be received on or before March 24, 2003, to be assured of consideration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545-1428.

Form Number: IRS Form 8023.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Elections Under Section 338 for Corporations Making Qualified Stock Purchases.

Description: Form 8023 is used by corporations that acquire the stock of another corporation to elect to treat the purchase of stock as a purchase of the other corporation's assets. The IRS uses Form 8023 to determine if the purchasing corporation reports the sale of its assets on its income tax return and to determine if the purchasing corporation has properly made the election.

Respondents: Business or other for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 201.

Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent/Recordkeeper:

Recordkeeping—9 hr., 19 min.

Learning about the law or the form—1 hr., 39 min.

Preparing and sending the form to the IRS—1 hr., 46 min.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting/Recordkeeping Burden: 2,559 hours.

Clearance Officer: Glenn Kirkland, [phone], Internal Revenue Service, Room 6411-03, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224.

OMB Reviewer: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., [phone], Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Mary A. Able,

Departmental Reports, Management Officer.