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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)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning Form 

8846, Credit for Employer Social 

Security and Medicare Taxes Paid on 

Certain Employee Tips. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before March 30, 2015 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Christie Preston, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form and instructions 

should be directed to LaNita Van Dyke, 

or at Internal Revenue Service, Room 

6517, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20224, or through the 

internet at Lanita.VanDyke@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Credit for Employer Social 

Security and Medicare Taxes Paid on 

Certain Employee Tips. 

OMB Number: 1545–1414. 

Form Number: 8846. 

Abstract: Employers in food or 

beverage establishments where tipping 

is customary can claim an income tax 

credit for the amount of social security 

and Medicare taxes paid (employer’s 

share) on tips employees reported, other 

than on tips used to meet the minimum 

wage requirement. Form 8846 is used by 

employers to claim the credit and by the 

IRS to verify that the credit is computed 

correctly. 

Current Actions: Line 4, the 2014 

Social Security maximum earnings 

amount has changed from $113,700 to 

$117,000. Notice 2013–72. 

Line 6, ‘‘Part lll’’ is added to the 

reference of Form 3800. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

37,200. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 4 hr., 

26 min. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 143,592. 

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. 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: January 20, 2015. 

Christie Preston, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Notices and 

Correspondence Project Committee 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Notices and 

Correspondence Project Committee will 

be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel is soliciting public comments, 

ideas, and suggestions on improving 

customer service at the Internal Revenue 

Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday, February 12, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Theresa Singleton at 1–888–912–1227 or 

202–317–3329. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that a meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Notices and 

Correspondence Project Committee will 

be held Thursday, February 12, 2015, at 

12 p.m. Eastern Time via teleconference. 

The public is invited to make oral 

comments or submit written statements 

for consideration. Due to limited 

conference lines, notification of intent 

to participate must be made with 

Theresa Singleton. For more 

information please contact: Theresa 

Singleton at 1–888–912–1227 or 202– 

317–3329, TAP Office, 1111 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room 1509- 

National Office, Washington, DC 20224, 

or contact us at the Web site: http://

www.improveirs.org. 

The agenda will include a discussion 

on various letters, and other issues 

related to written communications from 

the IRS. 

Dated: January 21, 2015. 

Otis Simpson, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Taxpayer 

Communications Project Committee 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Taxpayer 

Communications Project Committee will 

be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel is soliciting public comments, 

ideas, and suggestions on improving 

customer service at the Internal Revenue 

Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Wednesday, February 11, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Billups at 1–888–912–1227 or (214) 

413–6523. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that an open meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Taxpayer 

Communications Project Committee will 

be held Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 

at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time via 

teleconference. The public is invited to 

make oral comments or submit written 

statements for consideration. Due to 

limited conference lines, notification of 

intent to participate must be made with 

Lisa Billups. For more information 

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please contact: Lisa Billups at 1–888– 

912–1227 or 214–413–6523, or write 

TAP Office 1114 Commerce Street, 

Dallas, TX 75242–1021, or post 

comments to the Web site: http://

www.improveirs.org. 

The committee will be discussing 

various issues related to Taxpayer 

Communications and public input is 

welcome. 

Dated: January 21, 2015. 

Otis Simpson, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Taxpayer Assistance 

Center Improvements Project 

Committee 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Taxpayer 

Assistance Center Improvements Project 

Committee will be conducted. The 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting 

public comments, ideas, and 

suggestions on improving customer 

service at the Internal Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Wednesday, February 11, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robin Owsley at 1–888–912–1227 or 

(317) 685–7627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that a meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Taxpayer Assistance 

Center Improvements Project Committee 

will be held Wednesday, February 11, 

2015, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The 

public is invited to make oral comments 

or submit written statements for 

consideration. Due to limited 

conference lines, notification of intent 

to participate must be made with Robin 

Owsley. For more information please 

contact: Robin Owsley at 1–888–912– 

1227 or (317) 685–7627or write: TAP 

Office, 575 N. Pennsylvania, 

Indianapolis, IN 46204 or contact us at 

the Web site: http://www.improveirs.org. 

The committee will be discussing 

various issues related to the Taxpayer 

Assistance Centers and public input is 

welcomed. 

Dated: January 21, 2015. 

Otis Simpson, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

United States Mint 

Notice of Stakeholder Meeting 

AGENCY: United States Mint, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of Stakeholder Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Coin 

Modernization, Oversight, and 

Continuity Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111– 

302), the United States Mint announces 

its second stakeholder meeting. This 

meeting continues the dialogue 

concerning the Bureau’s ongoing 

Research and Development of 

alternative metal compositions for 

circulating coinage. This opportunity is 

for interested members of businesses, 

industries, and agencies. 

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 

Time: 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EDT) 

Location: United States Mint; 801 

Ninth Street NW., Washington, DC, 2nd 

floor 

Subject: The purpose of this meeting 

is to invite individual members of 

stakeholder organizations to share their 

perspectives on how the United States 

Mint would validate the acceptance of 

alternative metal compositions 

presented in the most recent report to 

Congress prior to circulation. The 

alternative metal compositions include 

those with a similar electromagnetic 

signature (EMS) and weight 

characteristics that fall within the 

acceptable tolerance range of the United 

States Mint’s current circulating coins 

as well as alternative metals with 

different EMS and weight characteristics 

than current circulating coins. This 

input will support the Secretary of the 

Treasury in understanding the balance 

of interests and impacts to the public, 

private industry stakeholders, and the 

Government. Conducting a second 

stakeholder meeting is one component 

of the United States Mint’s continued 

outreach program to ensure to the 

greatest extent practicable, that any new 

coins work without interruption in 

existing coin acceptance equipment 

without modification and additional 

costs to industry stakeholders. 

Information: Attendees are invited to 

the following link for a copy of the 

United States Mint’s bi-annual report to 

Congress, December 2014. http://www.

usmint.gov/about_the_mint/?action=

biennialreport 

The report includes a production 

costs analysis, coin industry stakeholder 

feedback, the alternative metals study 

phase II technical report, and estimated 

costs of current and alternative metals. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Coin Modernization, Oversight, and 

Continuity Act of 2010, in conducting 

research and development on 

circulating coins, the Secretary of the 

Treasury is required to consider: 

(A) Factors relevant to the potential 

impact of any revisions to the 

composition of the material used in coin 

production on the current coinage 

material suppliers; 

(B) Factors relevant to the ease of use 

and ability to co-circulate new coinage 

materials, including the effect on 

vending machines and commercial coin 

processing equipment and making 

certain, to the greatest extent 

practicable, that any new coins work 

without interruption in existing coin 

acceptance equipment without 

modification; and 

(C) Such other factors that the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in 

consultation with merchants who would 

be affected by any change in the 

composition of circulating coins, 

vending machine, and other coin 

acceptor manufacturers; vending 

machine owners and operators; transit 

officials; municipal parking officials; 

depository institutions; coin and 

currency handlers; armored-car 

operators; car wash operators; and 

American-owned manufacturers of 

commercial coin processing equipment, 

considers to be appropriate and in the 

public interest. 

Special Accommodations: This 

meeting is physically accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

related accommodations should be 

directed to the Office of Coin Studies 

(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) 

as soon as possible but no later than 

March 4, 2015. 

This is not a public meeting. 

Attendance is by invitation only. 

Persons interested in attending the 

meeting should use the contact 

information provided in this notice no 

later than Monday, March 16, 2015, to 

request an invitation and obtain 

additional meeting information. Seating 

will be available on a first-come, firstserved basis. 

Input will be gathered orally at the 

stakeholder meeting. A transcription 

service provider will document the oral 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leslie Schwager, Office of Coin Studies 

at OfficeofCoinStudies@

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