Under the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 6061, any
return, statement, or other document required to be made under the
internal revenue laws or regulations “shall be signed in accordance
with forms or regulations” prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury. Issued under that section’s authority, but not
specifically required by the TTB regulations, corporations and
limited liability companies (LLCs) use TTB F 5100.1 or its
electronic equivalent to identify specific corporate or LLC
officials or employees, by name or by position title, authorized by
the entity’s articles of incorporation, bylaws, or governing
officials to act on behalf of, or sign documents for, the entity in
TTB matters. This information collection is necessary to ensure
that only duly authorized individuals sign documents submitted to
TTB on behalf of corporations or LLCs.
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USC 6061 Name of Law: Internal Revenue Code
As for adjustments, TTB is
increasing the estimated number of annual respondents and responses
to this information collection from 2,200 to 5,300 and is
increasing the estimated annual burden hours from 502 to 1,056.
These increases are due to growth in the overall number of
businesses regulated by TTB. In addition, TTB previously reported
TTB F 5100.1 and its “Electronic submission” equivalent (made via
TTB’s Permits Online (PONL) system) as separate information
collections under this information collection request. However,
because these two instruments collect the same information—the
names or position titles of officials authorized to act for
corporations or LLCs in TTB matters—TTB is consolidating these two
collection instruments under the same information collection as
part of this information collection request. There are no changes
to the two information collection instruments. Also, for clarity,
we are revising the title of this information collection request
from “Signing Authority for Corporate Officials” to “Signing
Authority for Corporate and LLC Officials.”
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.