Part 32 Uniform System of Accounts

ICR 202008-3060-029

OMB: 3060-1247

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supporting Statement A
2020-09-26
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
228178
Modified
ICR Details
3060-1247 202008-3060-029
Active 201811-3060-009
FCC WCB
Part 32 Uniform System of Accounts
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 11/13/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 09/28/2020
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
11/30/2023 36 Months From Approved 12/31/2020
1,944 0 2,458
69,820 0 103,240
0 0 0

The Uniform System of Accounts (USOA) is an historical financial accounting system that, among other things, prescribes a chart of accounts and directs telephone companies how to record certain transactions in their books of account. In 2017, the Commission released the Part 32 Order, which minimized the compliance burdens imposed by the USOA on price cap and rate-of-return companies, while ensuring that the Commission retains access to the information it needs to fulfill its regulatory duties.

US Code: 47 USC 272(e)(3), 403 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 10, 160, 201 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 219-220, 224, 254(k) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
  
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3060-AK20 Final or interim final rulemaking 82 FR 20833 04/04/2017

  85 FR 44298 07/22/2020
85 FR 60781 09/28/2020
No

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IC Title Form No. Form Name
Part 32 Uniform System of Accounts

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 1,944 2,458 0 -514 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 69,820 103,240 0 -33,420 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
Yes
Changing Regulations
The Commission is reporting program changes to this information collection. First, we have removed the one-time recordkeeping requirements for price cap LECs electing GAAP with an Incremental Rate Difference, as those requirements have been fulfilled. Second, the number of ILECs required to respond to information requirements 12(C) and (D) has decreased by 227, from 1,164 to 937. There are 227 rate-of-return study areas that have elected incentive regulation and/or GAAP, and thus, pursuant to the Rate-of-Return Business Data Services Report and Order, the carriers are relieved of virtually all of the recordkeeping requirements of the USOA, including those set forth in 12(C) and (D). As a result of these changes, the total number of respondents has decreased from 1,176 to 949 (-227). The total number of responses decreased from 2,458 to 1,944 (-514) and the total annual burden hours decreased from 103,240 hours to 69,820 hours (-33,420).

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Amy Goodman 202 418-1549

  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.
09/28/2020


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