Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 59 / Wednesday, March 28, 2007 / Notices 14647 

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 

Revenue Procedure 2000–12, 

Application Procedures for Qualified 

Intermediary Status Under Section 

1441; Final Qualified Intermediary 

Withholding Agreement. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before May 29, 2007 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Glenn P. Kirkland, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the revenue procedure should 

be directed to Allan Hopkins at Internal 

Revenue Service, room 6516, 1111 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20224, or at (202) 622–6665, or 

through the Internet at 

Allan.M.Hopkins@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Application Procedures for 

Qualified Intermediary Status Under 

Section 1441; Final Qualified 

Intermediary Withholding Agreement. 

OMB Number: 1545–1597. 

Revenue Procedure Number: Revenue 

Procedure 2000–12. 

Abstract: This revenue procedure 

gives guidance for entering into a 

withholding agreement with the IRS to 

be treated as a Qualified Intermediary 

(QI) under regulation section 1.1441–

1(e)(5). It describes the application 

procedures for becoming a QI and the 

terms that the IRS will ordinarily 

require in a QI withholding agreement. 

The objective of a QI withholding 

agreement is to simplify withholding 

and reporting obligations with respect to 

payments of income made to an account 

holder through one or more foreign 

intermediaries. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

being made to Revenue Procedure 2000–

12 at this time. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents/ 

Recordkeepers: 88,504. 

Estimated Time for QI Account 

Holder: 30 minutes. 

Estimated Time for a QI: 2,093 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Reporting/ 

Recordkeeping Hours: 301,018. 

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: March 21, 2007. 

Glenn P. Kirkland, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–5606 Filed 3–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Wage & 

Investment Reducing Taxpayer Burden 

(Notices) Issue Committee of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Wage 

& Investment Reducing Taxpayer 

Burden (Notices) Issue Committee of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be 

conducted (via teleconference). The 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting 

public comments, ideas and suggestions 

on improving customer service at the 

Internal Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday, May 3, 2007 from 1 p.m. ET. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sallie Chavez at 1–888–912–1227, or 

954–423–7979. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that an open meeting of the Wage & 

Investment Reducing Taxpayer Burden 

(Notices) Issue Committee of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held 

Thursday, May 3, 2007 from 1 p.m. ET 

via a telephone conference call. If you 

would like to have the TAP consider a 

written statement, please call 1–888–

912–1227 or 954–423–7979, or write 

Sallie Chavez, TAP Office, 1000 South 

Pine Island Road, Suite 340, Plantation, 

FL 33324. Due to limited conference 

lines, notification of intent to participate 

in the telephone conference call meeting 

must be made with Sallie Chavez. Ms. 

Chavez can be reached at 1–888–912–

1227 or 954–423–7979, or post 

comments to the Web site: http:// 

www.improveirs.org. 

The agenda will include: Various IRS 

issues. 

Dated: March 19, 2007. 

John Fay, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. E7–5599 Filed 3–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Area 6 Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel (Including the States 

of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, 

New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, 

South Dakota, Utah, Washington and 

Wyoming) 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Area 

6 committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel will be conducted (via 

teleconference). The Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel (TAP) is soliciting 

public comments, ideas, and 

suggestions on improving customer 

service at the Internal Revenue Service. 

The TAP will use citizen input to make 

recommendations to the Internal 

Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday, April 26, 2007. 


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