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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 1545-2007	ICR Reference No: 202108-1545-014
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202103-1545-007
Agency/Subagency: TREAS/IRS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Employer's Annual Employment Tax Return
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 11/22/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/30/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2024	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2021
Responses	135,884	0	135,884
Time Burden (Hours)	3,196,031	0	2,669,530
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 26 USC 6011 Name of Law: General requirement of return, statement, or list
   US Code: 26 USC 3102 Name of Law: Deduction of tax from wages
   US Code: 26 USC 3101(a) Name of Law: Old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (Employee)
   US Code: 26 USC 3111(a) Name of Law: Old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (Employer)
   US Code: 26 USC 3402(a) Name of Law: Income tax collected at source(Requirement of withholding)

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 116 - 127 multiple Name of Law: Families First Coronavirus Response Act
PL: Pub.L. 116 - 136 multiple Name of Law: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
PL: Pub.L. 117 - 2 multiple Name of Law: American Rescue Plan Act

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	135,884	135,884	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,196,031	2,669,530	526,500	1
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Forms 944 and 944 (SP) add additional lines to allow the reporting of the credit for qualified sick and family leave wages, the employee retention credit, the deferral of the employer and employee share of social security taxes, and the COBRA premium assistance credit. Form 944-X burden was adjusted for a calculation discrepancy.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $165,879

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Michael Ecker 202 622-3144

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