Regulation A provides an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 for certain limited securities offerings by issuers who do not otherwise file reports with the Commission. Form 1-A is an offering statement filed under Regulation A.
As explained in further detail in Items 12 and 13 above, the change in burden for Form 1 A corresponds to an estimated increase in the existing paperwork burden of the form under the adopted amendments by requiring additional information in Form 1-A, predominantly with respect to Tier 2 offerings. The approximately 250 issuers relying on adopted Regulation A and filing Form 1-A annually would increase the current paperwork burden under Form 1-A from 18,240 hours to 187,500 hours, an increase of 169,260 hours. The adopted amendments to Regulation A do not change the one administrative burden hour associated with reviewing Regulation A, but the approximately 220 additional issuers that we estimate will rely on Regulation A due to the amendments will increase the current annual administrative paperwork burden associated with reviewing Regulation A from 30 hours to 250 hours, an increase of 220 hours. Due to the amendments, we estimate that the total annual paperwork burden under Regulation A and Form 1-A will increase from 18,270 hours to 187,750 hours, an increase of 169,480 hours.
$100,000
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Shehzad Niazi 202 551-3121
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.