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**TO:** Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks, Federal Branches
and Agencies,

Department and Division Heads, and All Examining Personnel

On November 17, 2005, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
(OCC) published in the *Federal Register* the attached interim final
rule, with a request for comment, amending part 8 of the OCC's rules
concerning the timing of payments of OCC assessments. The effective date
of the interim rule is December 19, 2005. Comments are due by December
19, 2005.

The interim final rule revises the current process for assessment
collection. Under the current process, national banks must make the
initial calculation of the amount due to the OCC. Under the revised
process established by this interim rule, the OCC, rather than each
national bank, will calculate the semiannual assessment based on the
most recent Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (call report).
The assessment will be due by March 31 and September 30 of each year,
which is two months later than under the current process. For example,
in the coming year, payments that would have been due on January 31,
2006, will instead be due on March 31, 2006. The OCC will notify each
national bank of the amount of its semiannual assessment and will deduct
automatically that amount from each bank's designated bank account on
the payment due date. The interim rule changes the assessment collection
process only; it does not make changes to the method for calculating
assessments due from national banks.

For further information, contact Bruce Halper, team leader--Revenue,
Financial Management, at (202) 874-2199, or Jean Campbell, senior
attorney, or Mitchell Plave, counsel, Legislative and Regulatory
Activities Division, at (202) 874-5090.

Julie L. Williams

First Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief Counsel

Attachment: [70 FR
69641](http://www.occ.treas.gov/fr/fedregister/70fr69641.pdf)

\[http://www.occ.treas.gov/fr/fedregister/70fr69641.pdf\]