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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: August 14, 2018. 

Laurie Brimmer, 

Senior Tax Analyst. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Multiple 

IRS Information Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury will submit the following 

information collection requests to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 

public is invited to submit comments on 

these requests. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before September 20, 2018 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, or any other aspect 

of the information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

(1) Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 

Treasury, New Executive Office 

Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503, or email at OIRA_Submission@

OMB.EOP.gov and (2) Treasury PRA 

Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Suite 8142, Washington, DC 

20220, or email at PRA@treasury.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the submissions may be 

obtained from Jennifer Leonard by 

emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling 

(202) 622–0489, or viewing the entire 

information collection request at 

www.reginfo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

Title: Simplified Employee PensionIndividual Retirement Accounts 

Contribution Agreement. 

OMB Control Number: 1545–0499. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: This form is used by an 

employer to make an agreement to 

provide benefits to all employees under 

a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) 

described in section 408(k). This form is 

not to be filed with the IRS but to be 

retained in the employer’s records as 

proof of establishing a SEP and 

justifying a deduction for contributions 

to the SEP. The data is used to verify the 

deduction. 

Form: 5305 SEP. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 495,000. 

Title: Form 8938—Statement of 

Specified Foreign Financial Assets. 

OMB Control Number: 1545–2195. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The collection of 

information in Form 8938 will be the 

means by which taxpayers will comply 

with self-reporting obligations imposed 

under section 6038D with respect to 

foreign financial assets. 

Form: 8938. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,652,000. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: August 16, 2018. 

Jennifer P. Quintana, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0178] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: On-the-Job and 

Apprenticeship Training 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Benefits Administration 

(VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, 

will submit the collection of 

information abstracted below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

PRA submission describes the nature of 

the information collection and its 

expected cost and burden; it includes 

the actual data collection instrument. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 20, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, Attn: 

VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW, 

Washington, DC 20503 or sent through 

electronic mail to oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB 

Control No. 2900–0178’’ in any 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Department 

Clearance Officer—OI&T (005R1B), 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 

20420, (202) 461–5870 or email 

cynthia.harvey.pryor@va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0178.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3680. 

Title: Monthly Certification of On-theJob and Apprenticeship Training (VA 

Form 22–6553d and 22–6553d–1). 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0178. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement 

without change of a previously 

approved collection. 

Abstract: Claimants receiving on the 

job and apprenticeship training 

complete VA Form 22–6553d to report 

the number of hours worked. Schools or 

training establishments also complete 

the form to report whether the 

claimant’s educational benefits are to be 

continued, unchanged or terminated, 

and the effective date of such action. VA 

Form 22–6553d–1 is an identical 

printed copy of VA Form 22–6553d. 

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when the computer-generated version of 

the form is not available. VA uses the 

data collected to process a claimant’s 

educational benefit claim. An agency 

may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

person is not required to respond to a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on April 9, 

2018, at page 15238. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 11,384 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 10 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Monthly. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

68,301. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Cynthia D. Harvey-Pryor, 

Department Clearance Officer, Office of 

Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17952 Filed 8–20–18; 8:45 am] 

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