The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
significantly modified the information reporting requirements with
respect to foreign partnerships. The Act made the following three
changes (1) expanded section 6038B to require U.S. persons
transferring property to foreign partnerships in certain
transactions to report those transfers; (2) expanded section 6038
to require certain U.S. Partners of controlled foreign partnerships
to report information about the partnerships; and (3) modified the
reporting required under section 6046A with respect to acquisitions
and dispositions of foreign partnership interests.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.