40644 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 154 / Wednesday, August 12, 2009 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Form 5500–EZ 

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 Form 

5500–EZ, Annual Return of OneParticipant (Owners and Their Spouses) 

Retirement Plan. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 13, 2009 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to R. Joseph Durbala, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form and instructions 

should be directed to Allan Hopkins, 

202–622–6665, at Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224, 

or through the Internet at 

Allan.M.Hopkins@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Annual Return of OneParticipant (Owners and Their Spouses) 

Retirement Plan. 

OMB Number: 1545–0956. 

Form Number: 5500–EZ. 

Abstract: Form 5500–EZ is an annual 

return filed by a one-participant or oneparticipant and spouse pension plan. 

The IRS uses this data to determine if 

the plan appears to be operating 

properly as required under the Internal 

Revenue Code or whether the plan 

should be audited. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

being made to the form at this time. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, and farms. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

250,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 27 

hours, 5 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 6,770,000. 

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 

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: July 31, 2009. 

R. Joseph Durbala, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–19266 Filed 8–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Form 3468 

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 Form 

3468, Investment Credit. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 13, 2009 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to R. Joseph Durbala, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form and instructions 

should be directed to Evelyn J. Mack at 

Internal Revenue Service, room 6129, 

1111 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20224, or at (202) 622– 

7381, or through the Internet at 

Evelyn.J.Mack@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Investment Credit. 

OMB Number: 1545–0155. 

Abstract: Form 3468 is used to 

compute Taxpayers’ credit against their 

income tax for certain expenses 

incurred for their trades or businesses. 

The information collected is used by the 

IRS to verify that the credit has been 

correctly computed. 

Current Actions: As a result of Public 

Law 110–343 Div. C, section 301(b) and 

Public Law 110–289, section 3022(c) 

several changes were made to Form 

3468. 

Type of Review: Revision to a current 

OMB approval. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

15,345. 

Estimated Time per Response: 34 

hours, 36 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 530,937. 

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 

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 


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