Financial Record-keeping and Reporting and Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form FinCEN Form 114 Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts	Form	Modified	Available
FBAR PRA 2013 83I clean 6-12-13 supp.doc	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2013-06-27	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
15292	Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts	Form	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1506-0009	ICR Reference No: 201306-1506-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201103-1506-001
Agency/Subagency: TREAS/FINCEN	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Financial Record-keeping and Reporting and Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/09/2013
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/09/2013
Terms of Clearance:

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2016	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2014
Responses	685,000	0	400,000
Time Burden (Hours)	685,000	0	500,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: 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.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 31 USC 5311-5330 Name of Law: Bank Secrecy Act
   US Code: 31 USC 5314 Name of Law: Money and Finance
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 14415	03/05/2013
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 40269	07/03/2013
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts	FinCEN Form 114	Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR)

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	685,000	400,000	0	285,000	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	685,000	500,000	0	185,000	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: 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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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 07/09/2013

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