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POB Al-Ladhiqiyah, Syria; 

nationality Syria; Brigadier General; 

Major General (individual) [IRAQ2] 

[SYRIA]. 

Dated: March 30, 2012. 

Adam Szubin, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8231 Filed 4–4–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Community Volunteer Income Tax 

Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant 

Program—Availability of Application 

Packages 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document provides 

notice of the availability of the 

application package for the 2013 

Community Volunteer Income Tax 

Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant 

Program. 

DATES: Application packages are 

available electronically from the IRS on 

May 1, 2012 by visiting: IRS.gov (key 

word search— ‘‘VITA Grant’’) or 

through Grants.gov. The deadline for 

submitting an application to the IRS for 

the Community VITA Matching Grant 

Program is May 31, 2012. All 

applications must be submitted through 

Grants.gov. 

ADDRESSES: Internal Revenue Service, 

Grant Program Office, 401 West 

Peachtree St. NW., Suite 1645, Stop 

420–D, Atlanta, GA 30308. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Grant Program Office via their email 

address at 

Grant.Program.Office@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority 

for the Community Volunteer Income 

Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant 

Program is contained in the Department 

of Defense and Full-Year Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2011, Public Law 

112–10, signed April 15, 2011. 

Dated: March 28, 2012. 

Robin Taylor, 

Chief, Grant Program Office, IRS, Stakeholder 

Partnerships, Education & Communication. 

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BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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)). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before June 4, 2012 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Yvette B. Lawrence, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

Please send separate comments for 

each specific information collection 

listed below. You must reference the 

information collection’s title, form 

number, reporting or record-keeping 

requirement number, and OMB number 

(if any) in your comment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

obtain additional information, or copies 

of the information collection and 

instructions, or copies of any comments 

received, contact Elaine Christophe, at 

(202) 622–3179, or at Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, or 

through the internet, at 

Elaine.H.Christophe@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Comments 

The Department of the Treasury and 

the Internal Revenue Service, as part of 

their continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invite the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

proposed or continuing information 

collections listed below in this notice, 

as required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in our 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval of the relevant 

information collection. All comments 

will become a matter of public record. 

Please do not include any confidential 

or inappropriate material in your 

comments. 

We invite comments on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions, 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 respondents, including 

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 the requested information. 

Information Collections Open for 

Comment 

Currently, the IRS is seeking 

comments concerning the following 

forms, and reporting and record-keeping 

requirements: 

Title: Clear Reflection of Income in 

the Case of Hedging Transactions. 

OMB Number: 1545–1412. 

Regulation Project Number: FI–54–93 

(TD 8554). 

Abstract: This regulation provides 

guidance to taxpayers regarding when 

gain or loss from common business 

hedging transactions is recognized for 

tax purposes and requires that the books 

and records maintained by a taxpayer 

disclose the method or methods used to 

account for different types of hedging 

transactions. 

Current Actions: There is no change to 

this existing regulation. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

110,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 12 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 22,000. 

Title: Allocations of Income and 

Deductions Among Taxpayers. 

OMB Number: 1545–1503. 

Revenue Procedure Number: Revenue 

Procedures 2006–09, and 2008–31. 

Abstract: The information requested 

in these revenue procedures is required 

to enable the Internal Revenue Service 

to give advice on filing Advance Pricing 

Agreement applications to process such 

applications and negotiate agreements, 

and to verify compliance with the 

agreements and whether the agreements 

require modification. 


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Current Actions: There are no changes 

being made to the revenue procedures at 

this time. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

160. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 32 

hours., 49 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 5,250. 

Title: Tip Rate Determination 

Agreement (Gaming Industry). 

OMB Number: 1545–1530. 

Abstract: Information is required by 

the Internal Revenue Service in its 

compliance efforts to assist employers 

and their employees in understanding 

and complying with Internal Revenue 

Code Section 6053(a), which requires 

employees to report all their tips 

monthly to their employers. 

Current Actions: There is no change to 

this existing information collection. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

500. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 10 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 5,000. 

Title: Reporting Requirements for 

Widely Held Fixed Investment Trusts. 

OMB Number: 1545–1540. 

Regulation Project Number: REG– 

125071–06 (TD 9308) 

Abstract: Under regulation section 

1.671–5, the trustee or the middleman 

who holds an interest in a widely held 

fixed investment trust for an investor 

will be required to provide a Form 1099 

to the IRS and a tax information 

statement to the investor. The trust is 

also required to provide more detailed 

tax information to middlemen and 

certain other persons, upon request. 

Current Actions: There is no change to 

this existing regulation. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,200. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,400. 

Title: Qualified Transportation Fringe 

Benefits. 

OMB Number: 1545–1676. 

Regulation Project Number: REG– 

113572–99. 

Abstract: These regulations provide 

guidance to employers that provide 

qualified transportation fringe benefits 

under section 132(f), including guidance 

to employers that provide cash 

reimbursement for qualified 

transportation fringes and employers 

that offer qualified transportation 

fringes in lieu of compensation. 

Employers that provide cash 

reimbursement are required to keep 

records of documentation received from 

employees who receive reimbursement. 

Employers that offer qualified 

transportation fringes in lieu of 

compensation are required to keep 

records of employee compensation 

reduction elections. 

Current Actions: There is no change to 

this existing regulation. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, individual or 

households, and not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

48,589,824. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

12,968,728 hours. 

Title: Asset Allocation Statement 

Under Section 338. 

OMB Number: 1545–1806. 

Form Number: 8883. 

Abstract: Form 8883 is used to report 

information regarding transactions 

involving the deemed sale of corporate 

assets under section 338. 

Current Actions: There is no change to 

this existing form. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

201. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 24 

hours, 17 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,881. 

Title: Section 9100 Relief for 338 

Elections. 

OMB Number: 1545–1820. 

Revenue Procedure Number: Revenue 

Procedure 2003–33. 

Abstract: Revenue Procedure 2003–33 

provides qualifying taxpayers with an 

extension of time pursuant to 

§ 301.9100–3 of the Procedure and 

Administration Regulations to file an 

election described in § 338(a) or 

§ 338(h)(10) of the Internal Revenue 

Code to treat the purchase of the stock 

of a corporation as an asset acquisition. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

being made to the revenue procedure at 

this time. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, and individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

60. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Respondent: 5 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Reporting 

Burden: 300. 

Title: Information Returns by Donees 

Relating to Qualified Intellectual 

Property Contributions. 

OMB Number: 1545–1932. 

Regulation Project Number: REG– 

158138–04 (TD 9392). 

Abstract: These final regulations 

provide guidance for filing information 

returns by donees relating to qualified 

intellectual property contributions. The 

regulations affect donees receiving 

qualified intellectual property 

contributions after June 3, 2004. 

Current Actions: There is no change to 

this existing regulation. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, and individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 12 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2. 

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. 

Approved: March 27, 2012. 

Yvette B. Lawrence, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) 

Program Availability of Application 

Packages 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document provides 

notice of the availability of Application 

Packages for the 2013 Tax Counseling 

for the Elderly (TCE) Program. 

DATES: Application Packages are 

available electronically from the IRS on 

May 1, 2012 by visiting: IRS.gov (key 


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