Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 203 / Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Notices 54631 

Approved: October 13, 2009. 

R. Joseph Durbala, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–25386 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Form 706–GS(D) 

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 

706–GS(D), Generation-Skipping 

Transfer Tax Return for Distributions. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 21, 2009 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to R. Joseph Durbala, 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 Allan Hopkins, at 

(202) 622–6665, or at Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224, 

or through the Internet, at 

Allan.M.Hopkins@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Generation-Skipping Transfer 

Tax Return for Distributions. 

OMB Number: 1545–1144. 

Form Number: 706–GS(D). 

Abstract: Form 706–GS(D) is used by 

persons who receive taxable 

distributions from a trust to compute 

and report the generation-skipping 

transfer tax imposed by Internal 

Revenue Code section 2601. IRS uses 

the information to verify that the tax has 

been properly computed. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

being made to the form at this time. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 59 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 980. 

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: October 13, 2009. 

R. Joseph Durbala, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–25387 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Surety Companies Acceptable on 

Federal Bonds-Terminations: Excelsior 

Insurance Company; Peerless 

Indemnity Insurance Company; 

Consolidated Insurance Company; 

Indiana Insurance Company; The 

Netherlands Insurance Company; The 

Midwestern Indemnity Company 

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Department of the 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is Supplement No. 3 to 

the Treasury Department Circular 570, 

2009 Revision, published July 1, 2009, 

at 74 FR 31536. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6850. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the Certificates of 

Authority issued by the Treasury to the 

above-named companies under 31 

U.S.C. 9305 to qualify as acceptable 

sureties on Federal bonds were 

terminated effective October 8, 2009. 

Federal bond-approving officials should 

annotate their reference copies of the 

Treasury Department Circular 570 

(‘‘Circular’’), 2009 Revision, to reflect 

this change. 

With respect to any bonds currently 

in force with these companies, bond 

approving officers may let such bonds 

run to expiration and need not secure 

new bonds. However, no new bonds 

should be accepted from these 

companies, and bonds that are 

continuous in nature should not be 

renewed. 

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: October 9, 2009. 

Laura Carrico, 

Acting Director, Financial Accounting and 

Services Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–25298 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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