Section 9008 of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Public Law 111-148 (124 Stat. 119
(2010)), as amended by section 1404 of the Health Care and
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA), Public Law 111-152
(124 Stat. 1029 (2010)) imposes an annual fee on manufacturers and
importers of branded prescription drugs that have gross receipts of
over $5 million from the sales of these drugs to certain government
programs (covered entity/covered entities). The final regulations
supersede temporary regulations and describe how the IRS will
administer the branded prescription drug fee. Section 51.7T(b) of
the temporary regulations provides that the IRS will send each
covered entity notification of its preliminary fee calculation by
May 15 of the fee year. If a covered entity chooses to dispute the
IRS' preliminary fee calculation, the covered entity must follow
the procedures for submitting an error report that are established
in §51.8T.
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.