The Bank Secrecy Act authorizes
Treasury to require financial institutions and individuals to keep
records and file reports that the Treasury determines have a high
degree of usefulness in criminal, tax, or regulatory matters, or to
protect against international terrorism. The information collected
assist Federal, State, and local law enforcement in the
identification, investigation, and prosecution of individuals
involved in a variety of financial crimes.
The report is being expanded to
include third party preparers filing for their clients. This
addition and an increase in the number of individual filers raises
the total number of report received to 685,000 per year. The posted
form is the draft version of the electronic form that is currently
in development and testing. The functional version will be uploaded
in late July 2013.
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Uncollected
Russell Stephenson 202
354-6012
No
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.