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limited time and structure of meeting, 

notification of intent to participate must 

be made with Otis Simpson. For more 

information please contact Otis 

Simpson at 1–888–912–1227 or 202– 

317–3332, or write TAP Office, 1111 

Constitution Ave. NW, Room 1509, 

Washington, DC 20224 or contact us at 

the website: http://www.improveirs.org. 

The agenda will include various IRS 

issues. 

Dated: January 10, 2018. 

Antoinette Ross, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00733 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Regulation Project 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

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 continuing 

information collections, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The IRS is soliciting comments 

concerning information collection 

requirements related to simplified 

employee pension-individual retirement 

accounts contribution agreement. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before March 19, 2018 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to L. Brimmer, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6529, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form should be directed to 

Kerry Dennis, at (202) 317–5751 or 

Internal Revenue Service, Room 6529, 

1111 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20224, or through the 

internet, at Kerry.Dennis@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Simplified Employee PensionIndividual Retirement Accounts 

Contribution Agreement. 

OMB Number: 1545–0499. 

Regulation Project Number: Form 

5305–SEP. 

Abstract: Form 5305–SEP is used by 

an employer to make an agreement to 

provide benefits to all employees under 

a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) 

described in Internal Revenue Code 

section 408(k). This form is not to be 

filed with the IRS but is to be retained 

in the employer’s records as proof of 

establishing a SEP and justifying a 

deduction for contributions to the SEP. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

to the paperwork burden previously 

approved by OMB. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 4 hr., 

57 min. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 495,000. 

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 10, 2018. 

L. Brimmer, 

Senior Tax Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00727 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel’s Tax Forms and 

Publications Project Committee 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel’s Tax Forms 

and Publications 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 15, 2018 and 

Friday, February 16, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Rosalia at 1–888–912–1227 or 

(718) 834–2203. 

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’s Tax Forms and 

Publications Project Committee will be 

held Thursday, February 15, 2018, from 

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mountain time 

and Friday, February 16, 2018, from 

1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Mountain 

Time at the IRS Office, Albuquerque, 

New Mexico. The public is invited to 

make oral comments or submit written 

statements for consideration. Due to 

limited time and structure of meeting, 

notification of intent to participate must 

be made with Robert Rosalia. For more 

information please contact Robert 

Rosalia at 1–888–912–1227 or (718) 

834–2203, or write TAP Office, 2 

Metrotech Center, 100 Myrtle Avenue, 

Brooklyn, NY 11201 or contact us at the 

website: http://www.improveirs.org. The 

agenda will include various IRS issues. 

Dated: January 10, 2018. 

Antoinette Ross, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00730 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Taxpayer Assistance 

Center Project Committee 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 


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