SOI273-1 - Summary of Burden Figures

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

CHANGE WORKSHEET

Agency/Subagency Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service				OMB Control Number OMB Control Number (1545-1349) OMB CLEARANCE PROPOSAL PACKAGE (SOI-273) – TAS Awareness Survey
	Enter only items that change Current Record			New Record
Agency form number(s)
Annual reporting and recordkeeping hour burden
Number of respondents	1,800			4,384
Total annual responses	1,800			4,384
Percent of these responses collected electronically	0 %			0 %
Total annual hours	Projected Burden = 1,800 respondents X 10 min. = 300 hrs.			Actual Burden = 4,384 respondents X 10 min. = 731 hrs.
Difference
Explanation of difference				Please see attached statement.
Program Change
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Annual reporting and recordkeeping cost burden (in thousands of dollars)
Total annualized Capital/Startup costs
Total annual costs (O&M)
Total annualized cost requested
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Explanation of difference
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Other Change**
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OMB 83-C 10/95

Explanation of Difference

This survey yielded more responses than expected. Two reasons contributed to the larger number of actual responses, as compared to the number of responses initially projected, and the corresponding increase in burden hours. First, the printer received a larger than planned file of addresses for the small business segment (the file was intended to be pared from 8,000 to 4,000 after verifying records with valid addresses; however this reduction of records never occurred). Secondly, the response rate was projected at 25% for the small business owner segment and 50% for the tax return preparer segment, based on prior IRS surveys to similar market segments. However, both the Small Business Owner segment and tax return preparer segments of this survey garnered significantly higher response rates at 42 percent and 68 percent, respectively.