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OMB Control No: 1545-1610	ICR Reference No: 201401-1545-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201305-1545-011
Agency/Subagency: TREAS/IRS	Agency Tracking No: KD-1610-001
Title: Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/19/2014
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/31/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2017	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2014
Responses	786,000	0	800,000
Time Burden (Hours)	319,000	0	326,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	112,088,000	0	112,000,000

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	786,000	800,000	-14,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	319,000	326,000	-7,000
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	112,088,000	112,000,000	88,000

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The Department has updated the hour and cost burden associated with the ICR to reflect its most recent data on Form 5500 filings and wage rates. The number of filings decreased, while the wage rates increased. The net effect of this was a decrease in the number of responses and the time burden, and an increase in the cost burden of $88,000.