1513-0069 FR Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau
Proposed Information Collections;
Comment Request
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
Trade Bureau, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

As part of our continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, and as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
we invite comments on the proposed or
continuing information collections
listed below in this notice.
DATES: We must receive your written
comments on or before January 28,
2011.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments to
Mary A. Wood, Alcohol and Tobacco
Tax and Trade Bureau, at any of these
addresses:
• P.O. Box 14412, Washington, DC
20044–4412;
• 202–453–2686 (facsimile); or
• [email protected] (e-mail).
Please send separate comments for
each specific information collection
listed below. You must reference the
information collection’s title, form or
recordkeeping requirement number, and
OMB number (if any) in your comment.
If you submit your comment via
facsimile, send no more than five 8.5 x
11 inch pages in order to ensure
electronic access to our equipment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
obtain additional information, copies of
the information collection and its
instructions, or copies of any comments
received, contact Mary A. Wood,
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau, P.O. Box 14412, Washington,
DC 20044–4412; or telephone 202–453–
2265.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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SUMMARY:

Request for Comments
The Department of the Treasury and
its Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau (TTB), as part of their
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invite the
general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on the proposed or
continuing information collections
listed below in this notice, as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be included or
summarized in our request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
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collection. All comments are part of the
public record and subject to disclosure.
Please not do include any confidential
or inappropriate material in your
comments.
We invite comments on: (a) Whether
this information collection 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 information collection’s burden;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information collected;
(d) ways to minimize the information
collection’s burden 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 the
requested information.
Information Collections Open for
Comment
Currently, we are seeking comments
on the following forms and
recordkeeping requirements:
Title: Notice of Change in Status of
Plant.
OMB Control Number: 1513–0044.
TTB Form Numbers: 5110.34.
Abstract: TTB F 5110.34 is necessary
to show the use of the distilled spirits
plant (DSP) premises for other activities
or by alternating proprietors. It
describes proprietor’s use of plant
premises and other information to show
that the change in plant status is in
conformity with law and regulations. It
also shows what bond covers the
activities of the DSP at a given time.
Current Actions: We are submitting
this information collection for extension
purposes only. The information
collection, estimated number of
respondents, and estimated total annual
burden hours remain unchanged.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,000.
Title: Tax Deferral Bond—Distilled
Spirits (Puerto Rico).
OMB Control Number: 1513–0050.
TTB Form Number: 5110.50.
Abstract: TTB F 5110.50 is the bond
to secure payment of excise taxes on
distilled spirits shipped from Puerto
Rico to the U.S. on deferral of the tax.
The form identifies the principal, the
surety, purpose of bond, and allocation
of the penal sum among the principal’s
locations.

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Current Actions: We are submitting
this information collection for extension
purposes only. The information
collection, estimated number of
respondents, and estimated total annual
burden hours remain unchanged.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 10.
Title: Tobacco Products
Manufacturers—Supporting Records for
Removal for the Use of the United
States.
OMB Number: 1513–0069.
TTB Recordkeeping Requirement
Number: 5210/6.
Abstract: Tobacco products have
historically been a major source of
excise tax revenues for the Federal
Government. In order to safeguard these
taxes, tobacco products manufacturers
are required to maintain a system of
records designed to establish
accountability over the tobacco products
and cigarette papers and tubes
produced. However, these items can be
removed without the payment of tax if
they are for the use of the United States.
Records must be retained by the
manufacturer for 3 years following the
close of the year covered therein and
must be made available for inspection
by any TTB officer upon his/her request.
Current Actions: We are submitting
this information collection for extension
purposes only. The information
collection, estimated number of
respondents, and estimated total annual
burden hours remain unchanged.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
101.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 505.
Titles: Statement of Ultimate Vendor.
Exemption Certificate (Use on Certain
Vessels or Aircraft).
Exemption Certificate (Use by State or
local Governments).
Statement of Manufacturer’s Vendee
(For Export).
Statement of Manufacturer’s Vendee
(Use in Further Manufacture).
OMB Control Number: 1513–0128.
TTB Form Numbers: 5600.33,
5600.34, 5600.35, 5600.36, 5600.37,
respectively.
Abstract: Title 27, CFR, part 53
requires that, in some cases, persons
who sell firearms or ammunition taxfree use specific exemption certificates

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or statements to support the tax-free
sales. In addition, 27 CFR part 53
requires a specific statement from the
ultimate vendor to support claims for
certain tax refunds or credits. Although
the regulations require firearms and
ammunition excise taxpayers to design
and reproduce these certificates or
statements as specified in the
regulations, in order to promote
uniformity among excise taxpayers and
compliance with regulations, these
certificates and statements are needed.
Current Actions: We are submitting
this information collection request for
extension purposes only. The
information collection, estimated
number of respondents, and estimated
total annual burden hours remain
unchanged.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; individuals or households; State
or Local Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
7,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 52,500.
Dated: November 19, 2010.
Gerald Isenberg,
Director, Regulations and Rulings Division.

Panel for Decorative Art will be held on
December 8, 2010, beginning at 9:30
a.m., in room 4112, Appeals Large
Conference Room, Franklin Court
Building, 1099 14th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20005.
The agenda will consist of the review
and evaluation of the acceptability of
fair market value appraisals of works of
art involved in Federal income, estate,
or gift tax returns. This will involve the
discussion of material in individual tax
returns made confidential by the
provisions of 26 U.S.C. 6103.
A determination as required by
section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act has been made that this
meeting is concerned with matters listed
in section 552b(c)(3), (4), (6), and (7),
and that the meeting will not be open
to the public.

Dated: November 17, 2010.
Nancy Marks,
Division Counsel/Associate Chief Counsel
(Tax Exempt and Government Entities).

Diane S. Ryan,
Chief, Appeals.

SUMMARY:

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Publication of the Tier 2 Tax Rates

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Internal Revenue Service,
Treasury.

AGENCY:

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ACTION:

Internal Revenue Service

SUMMARY:

Art Advisory Panel—Closed Meeting
Internal Revenue Service,
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of Closed Meeting of Art
Advisory Panel for Decorative Art.
AGENCY:

A closed meeting of the Art
Advisory Panel will be held in
Washington, DC.
DATES: The meeting will be held
December 8, 2010.
ADDRESSES: The closed meeting of the
Art Advisory Panel for Decorative Art
will be held on December 8, 2010, in the
Appeals Media Center beginning at 9:30
a.m., Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph E. Bothwell, C:AP:PV:ART, 1099
14th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20005. Telephone (202) 435–5611 (not a
toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given pursuant to section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., that a
closed meeting of the Art Advisory
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Publication of the tier 2 tax
rates for calendar year 2011 as required
by section 3241(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. section 3241).
Tier 2 taxes on railroad employees,
employers, and employee
representatives are one source of
funding for benefits under the Railroad
Retirement Act.

The tier 2 tax rates for calendar
year 2011 apply to compensation paid
in calendar year 2011.

DATES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Edmondson,
CC:TEGE:EOEG:ET1, Internal Revenue
Service, 1111 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20224, Telephone
Number (202) 622–0047 (not a toll-free
number).
TIER 2 TAX RATES: The tier 2 tax
rate for 2011 under section 3201(b) on
employees is 3.9 percent of
compensation. The tier 2 tax rate for
2011 under section 3221(b) on
employers is 12.1 percent of
compensation. The tier 2 tax rate for
2011 under section 3211(b) on employee
representatives is 12.1 percent of
compensation.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0060]

Agency Information Collection (Claim
for One Sum Payment (Government
Life Insurance)) Activities under OMB
Review
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice
announces that the Veterans Benefits
Administration (VBA), 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; it includes
the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before December 29, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
http://www.Regulations.gov; or to VA’s
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–
0060’’ 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
[email protected]. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0060.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Titles:
a. Claim for One Sum Payment
(Government Life Insurance), VA Form
29–4125.
b. Claim for Monthly Payments
(National Service Life Insurance), VA
Form 29–4125a.
c. Claim for Monthly Payments
(United States Government Life
Insurance, (USGLI)), VA Form
29–4125k.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0060.

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