Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 7, 2008 / Notices 58713 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Surety Companies Acceptable on 

Federal Bonds: Brierfield Insurance 

Company 

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Department of the 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is Supplement No. 4 to 

the Treasury Department Circular 570, 

2008 Revision, published July 1, 2008, 

at 73 FR 37644. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6850. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

Certificate of Authority as an acceptable 

surety on Federal bonds is hereby 

issued under 31 U.S.C. 9305 to the 

following company: Brierfield Insurance 

Company (NAIC # 10993). 

Business Address: 6300 University 

Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34240. 

Phone: (800) 226–3224. 

UNDERWRITING LIMITATION b/: 

$386,000. SURETY LICENSES c/: AL, 

AR, MS, TN. INCORPORATED IN: 

Mississippi. 

Federal bond-approving officers 

should annotate their reference copies 

of the Treasury Circular 570 

(‘‘Circular’’), 2008 Revision, to reflect 

this addition. 

Certificates of Authority expire on 

June 30th each year, unless revoked 

prior to that date. The Certificates are 

subject to subsequent annual renewal as 

long as the companies remain qualified 

(see 31 CFR part 223). A list of qualified 

companies is published annually as of 

July 1 in the Circular, which outlines 

details as to the underwriting 

limitations, areas in which companies 

are licensed to transact surety business, 

and other information. 

The Circular may be viewed and 

downloaded through the Internet at 

http://www.fms.treas.gov/c570. 

Questions concerning this Notice may 

be directed to the U.S. Department of 

the Treasury, Financial Management 

Service, Financial Accounting and 

Services Division, Surety Bond Branch, 

3700 East-West Highway, Room 6F01, 

Hyattsville, MD 20782. 

Dated: September 29, 2008. 

Vivian L. Cooper, 

Director, Financial Accounting and Services 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

[REG–129243–07] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Regulation Project 

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 an 

existing NPRM regulation, 129243–07, 

Tax Return Preparer Penalties under 

Sections 6694 & 6695. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 8, 2008 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Glenn P. Kirkland, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this regulation should be 

directed to Carolyn N. Brown, (202) 

622–6688, Internal Revenue Service, 

room 6129, 1111 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20224, or through 

the Internet at Carolyn.N.Brown@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Tax Return Preparer Penalties 

under Sections 6694 & 6695 (NPRM). 

OMB Number: 1545–1231. 

Regulation Project Number: REG– 

129243–07 (NPRM). 

Abstract: This proposed regulation 

would implement the amendments to 

tax return preparer penalties under 

sections 6060, 6107, and 6694 of the 

Internal Revenue Code enacted by 

section 8246 of the Small Business and 

Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007. This 

information is necessary to require 

recording of the name, taxpayer 

identification number, and principal 

place of work of each employed tax 

return preparer consistent with Code 

section 6060, require each return or 

claim for refund prepared available for 

inspection by the Commissioner of 

Internal Revenue or his delegate 

consistent with Code section 6107, and 

to document that the tax return preparer 

advised the taxpayer of the penalty 

standards applicable to the taxpayer in 

order for the tax return preparer to avoid 

penalties under Code section 6694. 

Current Actions: The final regulation 

IA–38–90 (T.D. 8382) Penalty on Income 

Tax Return Preparers Who Understate 

Taxpayer’s Liability on a Federal 

Income Tax Return or a Claim for 

Refund was superseded by Regulation 

129243–07 Tax Return Preparer 

Penalties Under Sections 6694 & 6695 

(NPRM). 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

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

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

684,268. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 

hours, 36 min. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 10,679,320 hours. 

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: September 29, 2008. 

Glenn P. Kirkland, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

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