53380 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 198 / Tuesday, October 14, 1997 / Notices

Description: Information is required

by the Internal Revenue Service in its

Compliance efforts to assist employers

and their employees in understanding

and complying with section 6053(a),

which requires employees to report all

their tips monthly to their employers.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 6,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper: 40 hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 237,881 hours.

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear (202)

622–3869, Internal Revenue Service,

Room 5571, 1111 Constitution Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20224.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10226, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports, Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–27113 Filed 10–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

October 7, 1997 .

The Department of Treasury has

submitted the following public

information collection requirement(s) to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Copies of the

submission(s) may be obtained by

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance

Officer listed. Comments regarding this

information collection should be

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed

and to the Treasury Department

Clearance Officer, Department of the

Treasury, Room 2110, 1425 New York

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

Departmental Offices/International

Trade Data Systems Project Office

OMB Number: 1505–0162.

Form Number: CF 3461, CF 3461

ALT, CF 7501, CF 7512, and CF 7533.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: North American Trade

Automation Prototype Data.

Description: The requested data is

from volunteer trading community

participants in the prototype test with

the United States, Canada, and Mexico

to improve the electronic exchange of

data in the execution of North American

land border commercial trade

transactions.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

120.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 3 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

3,758 hours.

Clearance Officer: Lois K. Holland,

(202) 622–1563, Departmental Offices,

Room 2110, 1425 New York Avenue,

N.W., Washington, DC 20220.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt,

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10202, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–27114 Filed 10–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–25–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission to OMB for Review;

Comment Request

October 2, 1997.

The Department of Treasury has

submitted the following public

information collection requirement(s) to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Copies of the

submission(s) may be obtained by

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance

Officer listed. Comments regarding this

information collection should be

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed

and to the Treasury Department

Clearance Officer, Department of the

Treasury, Room 2110, 1425 New York

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: New.

Form Number: IRS Form 8853.

Type of Review: New collection.

Title: Medical Savings Accounts and

Long-Term Care Services and Contracts.

Description: This form is used by

individuals to report general

information about their medical savings

accounts (MSAs), to figure their MSA

deductions, and to figure their taxable

distributions from MSAs. The form is

also used to report taxable payments

from long-term care (LTC) contracts.

Respondents: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 2,250,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper:

Recordkeeping ................... 1 hr., 6 min.

Learning about the law or

the form.

32 min.

Preparing the form ............. 1 hr., 14 min.

Copying, assembling, and

sending the form to the

IRS.

20 min.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 3,877,500 hours.

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear,

(202) 622–3869, Internal Revenue

Service, Room 5571, 1111 Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20224.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt,

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10226, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–27115 Filed 10–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

October 2, 1997

The Department of the Treasury has

submitted the following public

information collection requirement(s) to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Copies of the

submission(s) may be obtained by

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance

Officer listed. Comments regarding this

information collection should be

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed

and to the Treasury Department

Clearance Officer, Department of the

Treasury, Room 2110, 1425 New York

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

Special Request

In order to conduct the focus group

interviews described below in the lateOctober to November 1997 timeframe,

the Department of the Treasury is

requesting that the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) review

and approve this information collection

by October 15, 1997. To obtain a copy

of this study, please contact the Internal

Revenue Service Clearance Officer at the

address listed below.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545–1432.

Project Number: M:SP:V 97–021-G.

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Refund Inquiry Focus Groups.

Description: The objective of these

focus group interviews is to gather

feedback from taxpayers on why

taxpayers call the IRS multiple times to

check on the status of their refunds. The

groups will be held in the in the

following cities: Jacksonville, Florida,