Notice2024-04388
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Tax Performance System (TPS)
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Published
March 1, 2024
Issuing agencies
Labor DepartmentEmployment and Training Administration
Abstract
The Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration is soliciting comments regarding a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, "Tax Performance System." This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 42 (Friday, March 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15220-15221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04388]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Tax
Performance System (TPS)
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training
Administration is soliciting comments regarding a proposed extension
for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR)
titled, ``Tax Performance System.'' This comment request is part of
continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all written comments received by
April 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained at no cost by
contacting Keith Ribnick by telephone at 202-693-3652 (this is not a
toll-free number) or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#03516a616d6a60682d48666a776b43676c6f2d646c75"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b8ead1dad6d1dbd396f3ddd1ccd0f8dcd7d496dfd7ce">[email protected]</span></a>.
Submit written comments about, or requests for a copy of, this ICR
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and
Training Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Room S-4519, Washington, DC 20210; by email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b7942494542484005604e425f436b4f4447054c445d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93c1faf1fdfaf0f8bdd8f6fae7fbd3f7fcffbdf4fce5">[email protected]</span></a>, or by Fax (202) 693-3975.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Ribnick by telephone at 202-693-
3652 (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ecbe858e82858f87c2a789859884ac888380c28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c89aa1aaa6a1aba3e683ada1bca088aca7a4e6afa7be">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOL, as part of continuing efforts to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of
information before submitting them to the OMB for final approval. This
program helps to ensure requested data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements can be properly assessed.
Since 1987, states have been required by regulation at 20 CFR part
602 to operate a program to assess their Unemployment Insurance (UI)
tax and benefit programs. TPS is designed to assess the major internal
UI tax functions by utilizing several methodologies to examine the
accuracy of the ETA 581, Contribution Operations Report, OMB approval
number 1205-0178, expiring July 31, 2024, and its associated Computed
Measures. A two-fold examination contains ``Systems Reviews,''
examining tax systems for the existence of internal controls and the
extraction of small samples of those systems' transactions, which are
then examined to verify the effectiveness of controls. Section
303(a)(1) of the Social Security Act authorizes this information
collection.
This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and
the public is generally not required to respond to an information
collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays
a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any
other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that
does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and
1320.6.
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Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments to the
contact shown in the ADDRESSES section. Comments must be written to
receive consideration, and they will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval of the final ICR. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB control number
1205-0332.
Submitted comments will also be a matter of public record for this
ICR and posted on the internet, without redaction. The DOL encourages
commenters not to include personally identifiable information,
confidential business data, or other sensitive statements/information
in any comments.
The DOL is particularly interested in comments that:
<bullet> Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
<bullet> Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
<bullet> Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
<bullet> Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, (e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses).
Agency: DOL-ETA.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Title of Collection: Tax Performance System.
Form: TPS.
OMB Control Number: OMB 1205-0332.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 52.
Frequency: Once.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 52.
Estimated Average Time per Response: 1,716 hours (TPS review 1,711
hrs. + data entry 5 hrs.).
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 89,232 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $ 0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Brent Parton,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training,
Labor.
[FR Doc. 2024-04388 Filed 2-29-24; 8:45 am]
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