Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 62 / Thursday, March 31, 2011 / Notices 17991 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: March 21, 2011. 

Yvette B. Lawrence, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7522 Filed 3–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

[T.D. 8706] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Regulation Project 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning an 

existing final regulation, T.D. 8706, 

Electronic Filing of Form W–4 

(§ 31.3402(f)(5)–1). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before May 31, 2011 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Yvette B. Lawrence, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the regulations should be 

directed to, Joel Goldberger at (202) 

927–9368, or at Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224, 

or through the Internet, at 

Joel.P.Goldberger@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Electronic Filing of Form W–4. 

OMB Number: 1545–1435. 

Regulation Project Number: T.D. 8706 

Abstract: Information is required by 

the Internal Revenue Service to verify 

compliance with regulation section 

31.3402(f)(2)–1(g)(1), which requires 

submission to the Service of certain 

withholding exemption certificates. The 

affected respondents are employers that 

choose to make electronic filing of 

Forms W–4 available to their 

employees. 

Current Actions: There is no change to 

this existing regulation. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, not for-profit 

institutions, and Federal, state, local or 

tribal governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 20 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 40,000. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: March 24, 2011. 

Yvette B. Lawrence, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7524 Filed 3–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

[TD 8537] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Regulation Project 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning an 

existing final regulation, TD 8537, 

Carryover of Passive Activity Losses and 

Credits and At-Risk Losses to 

Bankruptcy Estates of Individuals 

(§§ 1.1398–1 and 1.1398–2). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before May 31, 2011 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Yvette B. Lawrence, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this regulation should be 

directed to Joel Goldberger, (202)927– 

9368, Internal Revenue Service, room 

6129, 1111 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20224, or through the 

internet at Joel.P.Goldberger@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Carryover of Passive Activity 

Losses and Credits and At Risk Losses 

to Bankruptcy Estates for Individuals. 

OMB Number: 1545–1375. 

Regulation Project Number: T.D. 8537 

Abstract: These regulations relate to 

the application of carryover of passive 

activity losses and credits and at risk 

losses to the bankruptcy estates of 

individuals. The final 

regulations affect individual taxpayers 

who file bankruptcy petitions under 

chapter 7 or chapter 11 of title 11 of the 

United States Code and have passive 

activity losses and credits under section 

469 or losses under section 465. 

Current Actions: There is no change to 

this existing regulation. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

500. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 12 

Minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 100. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 


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