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Form: 8879–B. 

Description: Tax year 2006 is the first 

year that filers of Form 1065–B (electing 

large partnerships) can file 

electronically. Form 8879–B is used 

when a personal identification number 

(PIN) will be used to electronically sign 

the electronic tax return, and, if 

applicable, consent to an electronic 

funds withdrawal. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit institutions. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 258 

hours. 

Clearance Officer: Glenn P. Kirkland 

(202) 622–3428, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt 

(202) 395–7316, Office of Management 

and Budget, Room 10235, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Robert Dahl, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of 

Matching Program 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 

recipient agency, intends to continue a 

recurring computer-matching program 

with the Social Security Administration 

(SSA), source agency. 

The goal of this match is to compare 

income and employment status as 

reported to VA with wage records 

maintained by SSA. The proposed 

matching program will enable VA to 

ensure accurate reporting of income and 

employment status. VA will use this 

information to adjust VA benefit 

payments as prescribed by law. 

DATES: VA will file a report of the 

subject matching agreement with the 

Senate Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs; the 

House Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform; and the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). The matching program will be 

effective as indicated in this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through 

www.Regulations.gov, by mail or handdelivery to Director, Regulations 

Management (00REG1), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW, Room 1068, Washington, DC 

20420; fax to (202) 273–9026. Copies of 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection in the Office of 

Regulation Policy and Management, 

Room 1063B, between the hours of 8 

a.m., and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday (except holidays). Please call 

(202) 273–9515 for an appointment. In 

addition, during the comment period, 

comments may be viewed online 

through the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Liverman (212C), (202) 273–

7280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information is required by title 5 U.S.C. 

subsection 552a(e)(12), the Privacy Act 

of 1974. SSA and VA have determined 

that a computer matching agreement is 

the most cost effective and efficient way 

to verify statements of beneficiaries. By 

comparing the information received 

through the matching program between 

SSA and VA on an annual basis, VA 

will be able to make timely and more 

accurate adjustments in the benefits 

payable. 

A. Participating Agencies 

This is a computer matching 

agreement between the Social Security 

Administration, source agency, and the 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 

recipient agency. 

B. Purpose of the Match 

The purpose of the matching 

agreement is to provide VA with data 

from income tax return information 

disclosed to SSA, to include its wage 

and self-employment income records. 

VA will use this information to adjust 

VA benefit payments as prescribed by 

law. 

C. Authority for Conducting the 

Matching Program 

The authority to conduct this match is 

38 U.S.C. 5106, which requires Federal 

agencies to furnish VA with information 

necessary to determine eligibility for or 

amount of benefits. In addition, 26 

U.S.C. 6103(l)(7) authorizes the 

disclosure of tax return information to 

VA. 

D. Records To Be Matched 

VA records involved in the match are 

the VA system of records, 

Compensation, Pension, Education and 

Rehabilitation Records—VA (58 VA 21/ 

22), first published at 41 FR 9294 

(March 3, 1976), and last amended at 70 

FR 34186 (June 13, 2005), with other 

amendments as cited therein. VA’s 

routine use for this match is routine use 

number 46. 

The SSA records will come from the 

Earnings Recording and SelfEmployment Income System, SSA/OSR, 

60–0059. Routine use 26 permits SSA to 

disclose the pertinent information to 

VA. 

E. Description of Computer Matching 

Program 

VA plans to match records of 

veterans, surviving spouses and 

children who receive pension, and 

parents who receive dependency and 

indemnity compensation, with SSA 

income tax return information as it 

relates to earned income. VA will also 

match records of veterans receiving 

disability compensation at the 100 

percent rate based on unemployability 

with SSA income tax return information 

as it relates to earned income. 

VA will furnish an electronic file, 

which contains the social security 

number (SSN), name, VA claim number, 

and date of birth for each individual for 

whom tax return information is being 

requested. SSA will verify the SSNs 

furnished by using the Enumeration 

Verification System. SSA will provide a 

response for each individual identified 

by either indicating why the SSN could 

not be verified, or including earnings 

data for each record verified. 

F. Inclusive Dates of the Matching 

Program 

The match will start no sooner than 

30 days after publication of this Notice 

in the Federal Register, or 40 days after 

copies of this Notice and the agreement 

of the parties is submitted to Congress 

and the Office of Management and 

Budget, whichever is later, and end not 

more than 18 months after the 

agreement is properly implemented by 

the parties. The involved agencies’ Data 

Integrity Boards (DIB) may extend this 

match for 12 months provided the 

agencies certify to their DIBs, within 

three months of the ending date of the 

original match, that the matching 

program will be conducted without 

change and that the matching program 

has been conducted in compliance with 

the original matching program. 

This computer-matching program is 

subject to public comment and review 

by Congress and the Office of 

Management and Budget. In accordance 

with title 5 U.S.C. subsection 552a(o)(2) 

and (r), copies of the agreement are 

being sent to both Houses of Congress 

and to the Office of Management and 

Budget. 

This notice is provided in accordance 

with the provisions of the Privacy Act 


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of 1974 as amended by Public Law 100–

503. 

Approved: April 19, 2007. 

Gordon H. Mansfield, 

Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

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