Form 8948, Preparer Explanation for Not Filing Electronically

Forms 8944 & 8948--Tax Returns or Statements; Specified tax return preparers required to file individual income tax returns using magnetic media, waiver requests.

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form 8948 Form 8948, Preparer Explanation for Not Filing Electronically Form and Instruction
8948 Preparer Explanation for Not Filing Electronically Form 8948.pdf www.irs.gov/form8948 Form and Instruction
Form 8948 - brdn_busi.PDF Burden Form 8948 IC Document

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Form 8948, Preparer Explanation for Not Filing Electronically	Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No		IC Status: Modified

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation: 26 CFR 301.6011-7

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form and Instruction	8948	Preparer Explanation for Not Filing Electronically	Form 8948.pdf	www.irs.gov/form8948	Yes	No	Fillable Printable

Line of Business: General Government

Subfunction: Taxation Management

Privacy Act System of Records
Title: IRS 24.030-Custer Account Data Engine Individual Master File, formerly Individual Master File; IRS 34.037-IRS Audit Trail and Security Records System	FR Citation: 80 FR 54064

Number of Respondents: 180,000	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: Private Sector	Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 0 %

	Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	8,820,000	8,820,000
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	17,551,800	17,551,800
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Documents for IC

Title	Document	Date Uploaded
Burden Form 8948	Form 8948 - brdn_busi.PDF	06/09/2014

Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.