97-19714. Submission to OMB for Review; Comment Request  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 40400-40401]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-19714]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
    
    
    Submission to OMB for Review; Comment Request
    
    July 22, 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: 1545-0059.
        Form Number: IRS Form 4137.
        Type of Review: Extension.
        Title: Social Security and Medicare Tax on Unreported Tip Income.
        Description: Section 3102 requires an employee who receives tips 
    subject to Social Security and Medicare tax to compute tax due on these 
    tips if the employee did not report them to his or her employer. The 
    data is used to help verify that the Social Security and Medicare tax 
    on tip income is correctly computed.
        Respondents: Individuals or households.
        Estimated Number of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 76,000.
        Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent/Recordkeeper:
        Recordkeeping--26 min.
        Learning about the law or the form--7 min.
        Preparing the form--21 min.
        Copying, assembling, and sending the form to the IRS--17 min.
        Frequency of Response: Annually.
        Estimated Total Reporting/Recordkeeping Burden: 90,440 hours.
    
        OMB Number: 1545-0228.
        Form Number: IRS Form 6252.
        Type of Review: Extension.
        Title: Installment Sale Income.
        Description: Information is needed to figure and report an 
    installment sale for a casual or incidental sale of personal property, 
    and a sale of real property by someone not in the business of selling 
    real estate. Data is used to determine whether the installment sale has 
    been properly reported and the correct amount of profit is included in 
    income on the taxpayer's return.
        Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Individuals or 
    households, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms.
        Estimated Number of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 782,848.
        Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent/Recordkeeper:
        Recordkeeping--1 hr., 25 min.
        Learning about the law or the form--40 min.
        Preparing the form--56 min.
        Copying, assembling and sending the form to the IRS--20 min.
        Frequency of Response: Annually.
        Estimated Total Reporting/Recordkeeping Burden: 2,630,369 hours.
    
        OMB Number: 1545-0644.
        Form Number: IRS Form 6781.
        Type of Review: Extension.
        Title: Gains and Losses From Section 1256 Contracts and Straddles.
        Description: Form 6781 is used by taxpayers in computing their 
    gains and losses from Section 1256 Contracts and Straddles and their 
    special tax treatment. The data is used to verify that the tax reported 
    accurately reflects any such gains and losses.
        Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Individuals or 
    households.
        Estimated Number of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 100,000.
        Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent/Recordkeeper:
        Recordkeeping--10 hr., 17 min.
        Learning about the law or the form--2 hr., 33 min.
        Preparing the form--3 hr., 46 min.
        Copying, assembling and sending the form to the IRS--16 min.
        Frequency of Response: Annually.
        Estimated Total Reporting/Recordkeeping Burden: 1,686,000 hours.
    
        OMB Number: 1545-0998.
        Form Number: IRS Form 8615.
        Type of Review: Extension.
        Title: Tax on Children Under Age 14 Who Have Investment Income of 
    More Than $1,300.
        Description: Under section 1(g), children under age 14 who have 
    unearned income may be taxed on part of that income at their parent's 
    tax rate. Form 8615 is used to see if any of the child's unearned 
    income is taxed at the parent's rate and, if so, to figure the child's 
    tax on his or her unearned income and earned income, if any.
        Respondents: Individuals or households.
        Estimated Number of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 500,000.
        Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent/Recordkeeper:
        Recordkeeping--13 min.
        Learning about the law or the form--13 min.
        Preparing the form--45 min.
        Copying, assembling, and sending the form to the IRS--17 min.
        Frequency of Response: Annually.
        Estimated Total Reporting/Recordkeeping Burden: 735,000 hours.
    
        OMB Number: 1545-1035.
        Form Number: IRS Form 8611.
        Type of Review: Extension.
        Title: Recapture of Low-Income Housing Credit.
        Description: Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 42 permits owners 
    of residential rental projects providing low-income housing to claim a 
    credit against their income tax. If the property is disposed of or it 
    fails to meet certain requirements over a 15-year compliance period and 
    a bond is not posted, the owner must recapture on Form 8611 part of the 
    credit(s) taken in prior years.
        Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Individuals or 
    households.
        Estimated Number of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 1,200.
        Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent/Recordkeeper:
        Recordkeeping--6 hr., 56 min.
        Learning about the law or the form--1 hr., 12 min.
        Preparing and sending the form to the IRS--1 hr., 22 min.
    
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        Frequency of Response: On occasion.
        Estimated Total Reporting/Recordkeeping Burden: 10,459 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. 97-19714 Filed 7-25-97; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4830-01-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
07/28/1997
Department:
Treasury Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
97-19714
Pages:
40400-40401 (2 pages)
PDF File:
97-19714.pdf