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concerning these communities. ACT 

members present the interested public’s 

observations about current or proposed 

IRS policies, programs and procedures, 

as well as suggest improvements. The 

Secretary of the Treasury will appoint 

ACT members, who will serve threeyear terms. ACT members will not be 

paid for their time or services. ACT 

members will be reimbursed for their 

travel-related expenses to attend 

working sessions and public meetings, 

in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5703. 

The Secretary of the Treasury invites 

those individuals, organizations and 

groups affiliated with employee plans, 

exempt organizations, tax-exempt 

bonds, and federal, state, local and 

Indian tribal governments to nominate 

individuals for membership on the ACT. 

Nominations should describe and 

document the proposed member’s 

qualifications for ACT membership, 

including the nominee’s past or current 

affiliations and dealings with the 

particular community or segment of the 

community that he or she would 

represent (such as, employee plans). 

Nominations should also specify the 

vacancy for which they wish to be 

considered. The Department of the 

Treasury seeks a diverse group of 

members representing a broad spectrum 

of persons experienced in employee 

plans, exempt organizations, tax-exempt 

bonds, and federal, state, local and 

Indian tribal governments. Nominees 

must go through a clearance process 

before selection by the Department of 

the Treasury. In accordance with 

Department of the Treasury Directive 

21–03, the clearance process includes, 

among other things, pre-appointment 

and annual tax checks, and an FBI 

criminal and subversive name check, 

fingerprint check and security 

clearance. 

Mark F. O’Donnell, 

Designated Federal Officer, Tax Exempt and 

Government Entities Division, Internal 

Revenue Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request Relating to CPEO 

Forms 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

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. 

Currently, the IRS is soliciting 

comments concerning Form 14737, 

Request for Voluntary IRS Certification 

of a Professional Employer Organization 

(Application), Form 14737–A, CPEO 

Responsible Individual Personal 

Attestation, Form 14751 Certified 

Professional Employer Organization 

Surety Bond, Form 8973, Certified 

Professional Employer Organization/ 

Customer Reporting Agreement. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 16, 2017 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to L. Brimmer, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

Please send separate comments for each 

specific information collection listed 

below. You must reference the 

information collection’s title, form 

number, reporting or record-keeping 

requirement number, and OMB number 

(if any) in your comment. To obtain 

additional information, or copies of the 

information collection and instructions, 

or copies of any comments received, 

contact LaNita Van Dyke, at Internal 

Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20224, or through the internet, at 

Lanita.VanDyke@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently, 

the IRS is seeking comments concerning 

the following forms, and reporting and 

record-keeping requirements: 

Certified Professional Employer 

Organization (CPEO) 

OMB Number: 1545–2266. 

Form Numbers: 14737 and 14737–A, 

14751, and 8973. 

Abstract: Section 206 of the 

Achieving a Better Life Experience 

(ABLE) Act passed Dec. 19, 2014) 

created the Certified Professional 

Employer Organization (CPEO) 

designation. The application, attestation 

and supporting information will be used 

by IRS to qualify professional employer 

organizations to become and remain a 

Certified Professional Employer 

Organization, which entitles them to 

certain tax benefits. This certification is 

renewed annually and the CPEO will 

submit annual and quarterly financial 

statements in addition to supporting 

documentation. Responsible individuals 

will submit annual attestation forms and 

fingerprint cards. Form 14737, Request 

for Voluntary IRS Certification of a 

Professional Employer Organization 

(Application), Form 14737–A, CPEO 

Responsible Individual Personal 

Attestation, Form 14751, Certified 

Professional Employer Organization 

Surety Bond, and Form 8973, Certified 

Professional Employer Organization/ 

Customer Reporting Agreement, will 

only be used by program applicants and 

related responsible individuals. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

in the paperwork burden previously 

approved by OMB. This form is being 

submitted for renewal purposes only. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations & individuals. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,725. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 

52.66 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 90,830. 

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 our 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval of the relevant 

information collection. All comments 

will become a matter of public record. 

Please do not include any confidential 

or inappropriate material in your 

comments. 

We invite comments on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions, including 

whether the information has 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 

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, 


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maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide the requested information. 

Approved: August 8, 2017. 

L. Brimmer, 

Senior Tax Analyst. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory 

Committee; Notice of Meeting 

Cancellation 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

gives notice under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act that the meeting of the 

Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory 

Committee, previously scheduled to be 

held at the Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., 

Conference Room 630, Washington, DC 

20420, on September 18–19, 2017, has 

been cancelled. 

For more information, please contact 

Alejandra Paulovich, Program Analyst, 

Geriatrics and Extended Care Services at 

(202) 461–6016 or via email at 

Alejandra.Paulovich@va.gov. 

Dated: August 11, 2017. 

Jelessa M. Burney, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

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