Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8971
| Published date | 15 March 2024 |
| Record Number | 2024-05467 |
| Citation | 89 FR 19014 |
| Court | Internal Revenue Service,Treasury Department |
| Section | Notices |
Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 52 (Friday, March 15, 2024)
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 52 (Friday, March 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19014-19015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05467]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8971
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning, Information
Regarding Beneficiaries Acquiring Property From a Decedent.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before May 14, 2024 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Andres Garcia, Internal
Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20224, or by email to [email protected]. Include ``OMB Number 1545-
2264--Information Regarding Beneficiaries Acquiring Property From a
Decedent'' in the subject line of the message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this collection should be directed to Martha R. Brinson, at
(202) 317-5753, or at Internal Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or through the internet
at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Information Regarding Beneficiaries Acquiring Property From
a Decedent.
OMB Number: 1545-2264.
Form Number: 8971.
Abstract: The Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care
Choice Improvement Act of 2015 requires executors of an estate and
other persons who are required to file a Form 706, Form 706-NA, or Form
706-A, to report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and to each
beneficiary receiving property from an estate tax value of the
property, if the return is filed after July 31, 2015. Form 8971 is used
to report to the IRS and a Schedule A will be sent to each beneficiary
and a copy of each Schedule A will be attached to the Form 8971. Some
property received by a beneficiary may have a consistency requirement,
meaning that the beneficiary must use the value reported on the
Schedule A as the beneficiary's initial basis of the property. A
beneficiary is an individual, trust, or other estate who has acquired
(or is expected to acquire) property from the estate. If the executor
is also a beneficiary who has acquired (or is expected to acquire)
property from the estate, the executor is a beneficiary for purposes of
the Form 8971 and the attached Schedule A.
Current Actions: There are no changes being made to the form at
this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals, business or other for-profit
organization, and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Responses: 10,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 20 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 200,000.
The following paragraph applies to all of the collections of
information covered by this notice:
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of
information displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records
relating to a collection of information must be retained as long as
their contents may become material in the administration of any
internal revenue law. Generally, tax returns and tax return information
are confidential, as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.
Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval.
Comments will be of public record. Comments are invited on: (a) whether
the collection of
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information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information has practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on or other forms of
information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs
and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to
provide information.
Approved: March 8, 2024.
Martha R. Brinson,
Tax Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-05467 Filed 3-14-24; 8:45 am]
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