Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 77 / Thursday, April 20, 2000 / Notices 21235

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–9871 Filed 4–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

April 11, 2000.

The Department of Treasury has

submitted the following public

information collection requirement(s) to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Copies of the

submission(s) may be obtained by

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance

Officer listed. Comments regarding this

information collection should be

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed

and to the Treasury Department

Clearance Officer, Department of the

Treasury, Room 2110, 1425 New York

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before May 22, 2000 to

be assured of consideration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545–0887.

Form Number: IRS Form 8281.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Information Return for Publicly

Offered Original Issue Discount

Instruments.

Description: Form 8281 is filed by the

issuer of a publicly offered debt

instrument having Original Issue

Discount (OID). The information is used

to update Publication 1212, ‘‘List of

Original Issue Discount Instruments.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 500.

ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS PER

RESPONDENT/RECORDKEEPER

Recordkeeping .................... 5 hr., 1 min.

Learning about the law or

the form.

30 min.

Preparing, copying, assembling, and sending the

form to the IRS.

37 min.

Frequency of Response: On occasion,

Annually.

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 3,065 hours.

OMB Number: 1545–1518.

Form Number: IRS Form 5498–MSA.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: MSA or Medicate+Choice MSA

Information.

Description: Form 5498–MSA is used

to report contributions to a medical

savings account as set forth in section

220(h).

Estimated Number of Respondents:

16,442.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 10 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

6,988 hours.

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear,

Internal Revenue Service, Room 5244,

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20224.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10202, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–9872 Filed 4–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

April 13, 2000.

The Department of Treasury has

submitted the following public

information collection requirement(s) to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Copies of the

submission(s) may be obtained by

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance

Officer listed. Comments regarding this

information collection should be

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed

and to the Treasury Department

Clearance Officer, Department of the

Treasury, Room 2110, 1425 New York

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before May 22, 2000 to

be assured of consideration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545–1605.

Revenue Ruling Number: Revenue

Ruling 2000–8.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Negative Elections in Section

401(k) Plans.

Description: Revenue Ruling 2000–8

describes certain criteria that must be

met before an employee’s compensation

can be reduced and contributed to an

employer’s section 401(k) plan in the

absence of an affirmative election by the

employee.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,500.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 1 hour, 10 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion,

Annually.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

1,750 hours.

OMB Number: 1545–1673.

Revenue Procedure Number: Revenue

Procedure 2000–16.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Employee Plans Compliance

Resolution System.

Description: The information

requested in this revenue procedure is

required to enable the Commissioner,

Tax Exempt and Government Entities

Division of the Internal Revenue Service

to make determinations on the issuance

of various types of closing agreements

and compliance statements. The

issuance of these agreements and

statements allows individual plans to

maintain their tax-qualified status. As a

result, the favorable tax treatment of the

benefits of the eligible employees is

retained.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 4,242.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper: 14 hours, 32

minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

61,697 hours.

OMB Number: 1545–1674.

Revenue Procedure Number: Revenue

Procedure 2000–20.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Master and Prototype Plans.

Description: The master and prototype

revenue procedure sets forth the

procedures for sponsors of master and

prototype pension, profit-sharing and

annuity plans to request an opinion

letter from the Internal Revenue Service

that the form of a master or prototype

plan meets the requirements of section

40(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. The

information requested in sections 5.14,

9.11, 12.02, 12.03, 15.02, 17.02, 18.06,

19.02 and 19.09 of the master and

prototype procedure is in addition to

the information required to be

submitted with Forms 4461

(Application for Approval of Master or

Prototype and Regional Prototype

Defined Contribution Plan); 4461–A

(Application for Approval of Master or

Prototype and Regional Prototype

Defined Benefit Plan); and 4461–B

(Application for Approval of Master or

Prototype Plan (Mass Submitter

Adopting Sponsor)). The information is

needed in order to enable the Employee

Plans function of the Service’s Tax

Exempt and Government Entities

Division to issue an opinion letter.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

266,530.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 1 hour, 32 minutes.