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OMB Control No: 1545-2007	ICR Reference No: 202201-1545-025
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202108-1545-014
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: 04/04/2022
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/10/2022
Terms of Clearance: OMB understands that the IRS is currently in the process of revising the methodology it uses to estimate burden and costs. OMB expects that future ICRs under this OMB control number will include dollar estimates of annual burden costs to taxpayers calculated using this revised methodology.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2025	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2024
Responses	135,884	0	135,884
Time Burden (Hours)	3,207,532	0	3,196,031
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): 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)
   PL: Pub.L. 117 - 2 9501, 9641, and 9651 Name of Law: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
   US Code: 26 USC 6011 Name of Law: General requirement of return, statement, or list

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 117 - 2 9501, 9641, and 9651 Name of Law: American Rescue Plan Act

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute
Annual Number of Responses	135,884	135,884	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,207,532	3,196,031	11,501
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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-X and 944-X (SP) add additional lines to allow reporting corrections 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, allowed by provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $263,927

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? Yes

Agency Contact: Michael Ecker 202 622-3144

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