This form is used for reporting interest income paid, as required by sections 6049 and 6041 of the Internal Revenue Code. It is used to verify that payees are correctly reporting their income.
US Code:
26 USC 6049
Name of Law: Returns regarding payments of interest
US Code:
26 USC 6041
Name of Law: Information at source
Based on estimated filing figures, the number of responses has decreased by 101,981,300 (243,536,300 to 141,555,000). This change results in a burden decrease of 33,653,829 hours.
New box 10 for reporting market discount and new box 11 for reporting bond premium (renumbered prior 10 and 11)(TD 9616 made changes to Treas. Regulations 1.6045-1 to include basis reporting by broker transactions involving debt instruments and options).
Also, two new boxes were added to the form. New Box 12 is reserved for future developments and box 13 is for Tax-exempt bond premium (TD 9616 and letter dated January 27, 2014, from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIMFA).
We also added a check box to indicate that there is a FATCA filing requirement regarding information reported on the form. (P.L. 111-147, Section 501 and email from FATCA team via section chief 6/9/2014.)
These changes will result in a program change increase of 16,977,541 hours.
$405,852
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Janice Martin 202 622-3312
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.