Notices. Notice and request for comments
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BILLING CODE 4910-EX-P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Internal Revenue Service Proposed Reinstatement of Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment; Comment Request for the Research Applied Analytics & Statistics
(RAAS)Comprehensive Taxpayer Attitude Survey AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning the information collection, *Research Applied Analytics & Statistics
(RAAS)Comprehensive Taxpayer Attitude Survey (2023).* DATES: Written comments should be received on or before July 14, 2023 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Andres Garcia, Internal Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224 or by email to *pra.comments@irs.gov.* Please reference the information collection's “OMB number 1545-2288 or title Research Applied Analytics & Statistics
(RAAS)Comprehensive Taxpayer Attitude Survey (2023)” in the subject line of the message. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the regulations should be directed to Sara Covington, at Internal Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or at
(202)317-5744, or through the internet, at *sara.l.covington@irs.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *Title:* Research Applied Analytics & Statistics
(RAAS)Comprehensive Taxpayer Attitude Survey. *OMB Number:* 1545-2288. *Document Number(s):* None. *Abstract:* The Internal Revenue Service
(IRS)conducts the Comprehensive Taxpayer Attitude Survey as part of the Service-wide effort to maintain a system of balanced organizational performance measures mandated by the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act
(RRA)of 1998. This is also a result of Executive Order 12862 that requires all Government agencies to survey their customers. The IRS' office of Research Applied Analytics & Statistics
(RAAS)is sponsoring this annual survey (formerly conducted by the IRS Oversight Board) with the objective of better understanding what influences taxpayers' tax compliance, their opinions of the IRS, and their customer service preferences, as well as how these taxpayer views change over time. *Current Actions:* To request a reinstatement of OMB approval. *Type of Review:* Reinstatement of a previously approved information collection. *Affected Public:* Individuals or households. *Estimated Number of Respondents:* 32,450. *Estimated Number of Responses:* 1,298. *Estimated Time per Response/Respondent:* 1.5 min.(screened), 3 min. (participants). *Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 1,308. The following paragraph applies to all the collections of information covered by this notice: An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of information displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records relating to a collection of information must be retained if their contents may become material in the administration of any internal revenue law. Generally, tax returns and tax return information are confidential, as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. *Request for Comments:* Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the ICR for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on:
(a)whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility;
(b)the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information;
(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
(d)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and
(e)estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Approved: May 09, 2023. Sara L. Covington, IRS Tax Analyst. [FR Doc. 2023-10218 Filed 5-12-23; 8:45 am]
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