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Information Collection Request

IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service Benchmark Survey, Focus Group and Telephone Interview

ICR 200306-1545-019 · OMB 1545-1848 · Historical Active

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19498 IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service Benchmark Survey, Focus Group and Telephone Interview Migrated
ICR Details
1545-1848 200306-1545-019
Historical Active
TREAS/IRS
IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service Benchmark Survey, Focus Group and Telephone Interview
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Regular
Approved without change 07/22/2003
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 06/17/2003
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
07/31/2006 07/31/2006
1,180 0 0
6,422 0 0
0 0 0
In September 2002, the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) completed an extensive one-year research program that identified its target audience far more definitively. The research program showed that the actual target was much broader and included a wide mix of different life circumstances-ranging from Affluent Families and Empty Nesters at the higher end of the income scale, to the Stable Middle Class in the center, to Surviving Spouses, Struggling Young Families, and Unmarried Poor at the lower end of the income scale. The research also showed that Small Business Owners are an important element of the target audience, while Non
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IC Title Form No. Form Name
IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service Benchmark Survey, Focus Group and Telephone Interview
  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 1,180 0 0 1,180 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 6,422 0 0 6,422 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Yes Part B of Supporting Statement
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
  No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
06/17/2003