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###### Department of the Treasury

###### Internal Revenue Service

# AGENCY:

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

# ACTION:

Notice and request for comments.

# SUMMARY:

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 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 information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning Excise Tax Relating to Gain or Other Income Realized by Any Person on Receipt of Greenmail.

# DATES:

Written comments should be received on or before August 13, 2018 to be assured of consideration.

# ADDRESSES:

Direct all written comments to Laurie Brimmer, Internal Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

                        Requests for additional information or copies of the regulation should be directed to Martha R. Brinson, at (202) 317-5753, or at Internal Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or through the internet at                         *Martha.R.Brinson@irs.gov.*

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

*Title:*                     Excise Tax Relating to Gain or Other Income Realized by Any Person on Receipt of Greenmail.                

*OMB Number:*                     1545-1049.                

*Regulation Project Number:*                     TD 8379 (final); TD 9407 (final).                

*Form Number:*                     8725.                

*Abstract:*                     The regulations provide rules relating to the manner and method of reporting and paying the nondeductible 50 percent excise tax imposed by section 5881 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the receipt of greenmail. The reporting requirements will be used to verify that the excise tax imposed under section 5881 is properly reported and timely paid. Form 8725 is used by persons who receive “greenmail” to compute and pay the excise tax on greenmail imposed under Internal Revenue Code section 5881. IRS uses the information to verify that the correct amount of tax has been reported.                

*Current Actions:*                     There is no change to this existing regulation.                

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                

*Affected Public:*                     Individuals and business or other for-profit organizations.                

*Estimated Number of Responses:*                     12.                

*Estimated Time per Response:*                     7 hours., 37 minutes.**                

*Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:*                     92.                

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. Comments will be 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 has 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 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: June 5, 2018.

Laurie Brimmer,

Senior Tax Analyst.

[FR Doc. 2018-12566 Filed 6-11-18; 8:45 am]

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