During the course of their duties, TTB
personnel sometimes discover apparent violations of statutes and
regulations under the jurisdiction of State and local government
agencies. Using form TTB F 5000.21, TTB personnel refer information
regarding such violations to such external agencies, if such
disclosures are authorized under 26 U.S.C. 6103 or other Federal
laws. The referral form includes a section for the external agency
to respond to TTB regarding their action on the referral. This form
provides a consistent means of conveying the relevant information
to external agencies, and it facilitates information-sharing
between TTB and external agencies to support enforcement efforts.
The response that TTB requests from these State and local
government agencies also provides information as to the utility of
the referrals and potential enforcement actions that these external
agencies take against the same entities that TTB
regulates.
US Code:
26
USC 6103 Name of Law: Internal Revenue Code
There are no program changes
associated with this information collection. As for adjustments,
due to changes in agency estimates, TTB is increasing this
collection’s number of annual of State and local government
respondents and responses from 100 to 125. In turn, that increase
in respondents and responses increases this collection’s estimated
burden hours from 100 to 125. Additionally, TTB is now accounting
for respondent mailing costs in order to capture all potential
out-of-pocket respondent costs related to this information
collection, which TTB estimates to be no more than $2.00 per
response, for a total of cost of $250.00 for 125 annual
responses.
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.