Procedure and Administration regulations relating to Code section 6103(j)(1) formerly permitted disclosure of (1) the total number of documents reported on Form 1096 transmitting Forms 1099-MISC, and (2) the total amount reported on Form 1096 transmitting Forms 1099-MISC. At the request of the Census Bureau, the Treasury Department removed these items from the list of items authorized to be disclosed (see TD 9372, 72 FR 73262 [Dec. 27, 2007]). Since then, the Census Bureau had determined that these items of return information provide critical data about contract labor. Because of the strong need for these data, this regulation will authorize disclosure of this return information.