96-10496. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 83 (Monday, April 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18774-18775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10496]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 23, 1996.
    The Department of the 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 by 
the May 10, 1996 start-up date, the Department of Treasury is 
requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and approve 
this information collection by April 29, 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 96-012-G.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Internal Revenue Service Notice Redesign Survey/Experimental 
Design.
    Description: The IRS Notice Redesign Team has been charged with 
redesigning all of IRS's notices, to make them easier to understand and 
less burdensome to taxpayers. Elements of their redesign efforts are 
the direct result of input already received from taxpayers in previous 
qualitative studies conducted by Value Tracking.
    The Core Business System for Value Tracking has developed a survey 
instrument to rate the level of satisfaction of the redesigned notices. 
In addition, Value Tracking is proposing to conduct an experimental 
design to compare relative satisfaction levels of the old notices with 
the new ones.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,340.
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent:
      Advance Letter--2 minutes.
Initial Mailing
--Intro Letter--2 minutes.
--Questionnaire--5 minutes.

      Postcard Reminder--1 minute.
Second Mailing
--Intro Letter--2 minutes.
--Questionnaire--5 minutes.


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    Frequency of Response: Other.
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 860 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear [phone], Internal Revenue 
Service, Room 5571, 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 
20224.
    OMB Reviewer: Milo Sunderhauf [phone], Office of Management 
and Budget, Room 10226, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.
Lois K. Holland,
Departmental Reports Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-10496 Filed 4-26-96; 8:45 am]
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