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entrance at Jefferson Drive). The room

will accommodate approximately 100

persons and seating is available on a

first-come, first-serve basis, unless space

has been reserved in advance. Due to

limited seating, prospective attendees

are encouraged to contact the person

listed below prior to May 7, 1996. If you

would like to have the Advisory

Committee consider a written statement,

material must be submitted to the U.S.

Community Adjustment and Investment

Program, Advisory Committee,

Department of the Treasury, 1500

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 1124,

Washington, DC 20220 no later than

May 3, 1996. If you have any questions,

please call Dan Decena at (202) 622–

0637. (Please note that this telephone

number is not toll-free.)

Mozelle W. Thompson,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Government

Financial Policy.

[FR Doc. 96–10134 Filed 4–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–25–P

Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Form 9041

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)). Currently, the IRS is

soliciting comments concerning Form

9041, Application for Electronic/

Magnetic Media Filing of Business and

Employee Benefit Plan Returns.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before June 24, 1996, to

be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Garrick R. Shear, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5571, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

should be directed to Carol Savage,

(202) 622–3945, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5569, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Form 9041, Application for

Electronic/Magnetic Media Filing of

Business and Employee Benefit Plan

Returns.

OMB Number: 1545–1079.

Form Number: Form 9041.

Abstract: Form 9041 is used by

fiduciaries, partnerships, and plan

sponsors/administrators as an

application to file Forms 1041, 1065,

5500, 5500–C/R, or 5500EZ

electronically or on magnetic media;

and by software firms, service bureaus,

and electronic transmitters to develop

auxiliary services.

Current Actions: Form 9041 is being

revised to delete line 5, because this

information is no longer needed.

Type of Review: Revision.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

3,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 18

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 900 hours.

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; and (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.

Approved: April 19, 1996,

Garrick R. Shear,

IRS Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–10274 Filed 4–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting of the

Information Reporting Program

Advisory Committee.

SUMMARY: In 1991 the IRS established

the Information Reporting Program

Advisory Committee (IRPAC). The

primary purpose of IRPAC is to provide

an organized public forum for

discussion of relevant information

reporting issues between the officials of

the IRS and representatives of the payer

community. IRPAC offers constructive

observations about current or proposed

policies, programs, and procedures and,

when necessary, suggests ways to

improve the operation of the

Information Reporting Program (IRP).

There will be a meeting of IRPAC on

Tuesday and Wednesday, May 14–15,

1996. The meeting will be held in Room

3313 of the Internal Revenue Service

Building, which is located at 1111

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC. A summarized version of the

agenda along with a list of topics that

will be discussed are listed below.

Summarized Agenda for Meeting on

May 14–15, 1996

Tuesday, May 14, 1996

9:30 Public Meeting Opens

11:30 Break for Lunch

1:00 IRPAC Presentations Continue

4:00 Adjourn for the Day

Wednesday, May 15, 1996

9:30 Public Meeting Reconvenes

12:00 Adjourn

The topics that will be covered are as

follows:

(1) Combined Filing by Successor

Corporations

(2) Non-Resident Alien Reporting Issues

and Update

(3) Discharge of Indebtedness for

Foreign Subsidiaries

(4) Bar Coding on Recipient/State

Copies of Information Returns

(5) Renumbering of Boxes on Form

1099–B

(6) Tax Deposit Reconciliations of Form

945 with Form 1099 Withholding

(7) Clarifications in Annual Instructions

for Forms 1099, 1098, and W–2G

(8) Simplified Tax and Wage Reporting

System (STAWRS) Update

(9) Form W–9 Instructions Clarifications

(10) Closing Agreements in lieu of

Corrected 1099’s

(11) Dividends on Employee Stock

Ownership Plans (ESOP)

(12) Rollovers of Ineligible Amounts

(13) Form 5498, New Box 5 for 1996

(14) Logos on Form 1099 Payee

Statements

(15) Electronic Financial Tax Payment

System (EFTPS) Update

(16) Updates on Martinsburg Computing

Center Seminars and Faxback of IRP

Forms

(17) SS–8 Determination Centers Update

(18) Update on Federal/State

Information Reporting Initiatives

(19) Form 1040 Instructions Regarding

Mortgage Interest

Note: Last minute changes to these topics

are possible and could prevent advance

notice.