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Form: 23; 23–EP. 

Description: Form 23 must be 

completed by those who desire to be 

enrolled to practice before the Internal 

Revenue Service. The information on 

the form will be used by the Director of 

Practice to determine the qualifications 

and eligibility of applicants for 

enrollment. Form 23–EP is the 

application form for Enrolled 

Retirement Plan Agents (ERPAs). 

Respondents: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,200 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1844. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Agreement to Mediate. 

Form: 13369. 

Description: Fast Track Mediation is a 

dispute resolution process designed to 

expedite case resolution. In order to 

avail themselves of this process, 

taxpayers and Compliance must 

complete the Agreement to Mediate 

once an examination or collection 

determination is made. Once signed by 

both parties, the Agreement to Mediate 

will be forwarded to Appeals to 

schedule a mediation session. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 15 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1816. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: REG–103320–00 (TD 9054— 

Final) Disclosure of Returns and Return 

Information to Designee of Taxpayer. 

Description: Regulation section 

301.6103(c)–1 generally authorizes the 

IRS and its agents to disclose returns 

and return information to such person 

or persons as the taxpayer may 

designate in a written request for or 

consent to disclosure, or to any other 

person at the taxpayer’s written or 

nonwritten request to the extent 

necessary to comply with a request for 

information or assistance made by the 

taxpayer to such other person. The 

regulation requires a taxpayer who 

wishes to authorize disclosure of his or 

her returns or return information to 

provide the IRS or its agents with 

certain information, such as information 

identifying. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 800 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–2007. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Employer’s Annual 

Employment Tax Return. 

Form: 944; 944–SP; 944–X. 

Description: The information on Form 

944 will be collected to ensure the 

smallest nonagricultural and nonhousehold employers are paying the 

correct amount of social security tax, 

Medicare tax, and withheld federal 

Income tax. Information on line 13 will 

be used to determine if employers made 

any required deposits of these taxes. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

14,019,000 hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1826. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Excise Tax on Structured 

Settlement Factoring Transactions. 

Form: 8876. 

Description: Form 8876 is used to 

report structured settlement transactions 

and pay the applicable excise tax. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 560 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1190. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Like-Kind Exchanges. 

Form: 8824. 

Description: Form 8824 is used by 

individuals, partnerships, and other 

entities to report the exchange of 

business or investment property, and 

the deferral of gains from such 

transactions under section 1031. It is 

also used to report the deferral of gain 

under section 1043 by members of the 

executive branch of the Federal 

government. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

834,979 hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1060. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Application for Withholding 

Certificate for Dispositions by Foreign 

Persons of U.S. Real Property Interests. 

Form: 8288–B. 

Description: Form 8288–B is used to 

apply for a withholding certification 

from IRS to reduce or eliminate the 

withholding required by section 1445. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 29,256 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1835. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Form 637 Questionnaires. 

Form: 637. 

Description: Form 637 Questionnaires 

will be used to collect information about 

persons who are registered with the 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in 

accordance with Internal Revenue Code 

(IRC) Sec. 4104 or 4222. The 

information will be used to make an 

informed decision on whether the 

applicant/registrant qualifies for 

registration. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,479 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–0991. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Application to Participate in the 

IRS e-file Program. 

Form: 8633. 

Description: Form 8633 is used by tax 

preparers, electronic return collectors, 

software firms, service bureaus and 

electronic transmitters, as an 

application to participate in the 

electronic filing program covering 

individual income tax returns. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 50,000 

hours. 

Clearance Officer: R. Joseph Durbala 

(202) 622–3634, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

OMB Reviewer: Shagufta Ahmed (202) 

395–7873, Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10235, New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. 

Celina Elphage, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–25578 Filed 10–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–New (VA Form 

0913)] 

Agency Information Collection 

(Applicant Background Survey) 

Activities Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Human Resources and 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice 

announces that the Human Resources 

and Administration, Department of 

Veterans Affairs, will submit the 

collection of information abstracted 

below to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and comment. 

The PRA submission describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its expected cost and burden and 

includes the actual data collection 

instrument. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 23, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

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OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human 

Resources and Housing Branch, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395–7316. 

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900– 

New (VA Form 0913)’’ in any 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Denise McLamb, Enterprise Records 

Service (005R1B), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461– 

7485, fax (202) 273–0443 or e-mail 

denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–New 

(VA Form 0913).’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Titles: Applicant Background Survey, 

VA Form 0913. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–New 

(0913). 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Abstract: VA Form 0913 will be used 

to collect data needed for planning and 

assessing affirmative employment 

program initiatives. The data will be 

used to report in an aggregated manner 

to the Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission and to conduct aggregated 

adverse impact analysis to ensure VA’s 

employment and selection decisions are 

fair and equitable. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on this collection 

of information was published on August 

13, 2009, at page 40868. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

1,250. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 5 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

15,000. 

Dated: October 18, 2009. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Denise McLamb, 

Program Analyst, Enterprise Records Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–25476 Filed 10–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0737] 

Proposed Information Collection 

(eBenefits Portal) Activity: Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of Information and 

Technology, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Information and 

Technology (OI&T), Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of a currently approved 

collection and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. This 

notice solicits comments on information 

needed to access the eBenefits portal. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before December 22, 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aiden Barr (0050P4F), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20420, (443) 450– 

4411, FAX (443) 450–4411 or e-mail 

aiden.barr@va.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB 

Control No. 2900–0737.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13; 44 U.S.C. 

3501–3521), Federal agencies must 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. This request for comment is 

being made pursuant to Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, OI&T invites 

comments on: (1) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of OI&T’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of OI&T’s estimate of 

the burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

the use of other forms of information 

technology. 

Title: eBenefits Portal. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0737. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The eBenefits portal, a joint 

project between the VA and DoD, is 

intended to serve as a single point of 

entry for benefits information. Users 

include members of the armed forces, 

veterans, wounded warriors, family 

members, delegates, and caregivers. 

Users wishing to access the full 

functionality of the eBenefits portal will 

register for a single sign-on credential 

that will ultimately be shared by other 

VA and DoD portals. The eBenefits 

portal allows authenticated users to 

create profiles for themselves so they 

can see a customized view of their 

homepage, receive personalized alerts, 

view a calendar of appointments, view 

content related to their benefits, and opt 

into other individualized features. 

Profiles will initially be populated with 

data from the existing Defense 

Enrollment Eligibility Reporting 

database, but will also offer users the 

option to indicate preferences and 

individual details that will enable the 

portal to deliver personalized 

information. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 225,000 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 5 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

225,000. 

Dated: October 18, 2009. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Denise McLamb, 

Program Analyst, Enterprise Records Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–25475 Filed 10–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Research Advisory Committee on Gulf 

War Veterans’ Illnesses; Notice of 

Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92– 

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Research Advisory Committee 

on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses will 

meet on November 2–3, 2009, in Room 

230 at the Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. The sessions will start 

at 8 a.m. each day and end at 5:15 p.m. 

on November 2 and at 1 p.m. on 

November 3. The meeting is open to the 

public. 


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