[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40097-40098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15990]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0112.
    Form Number(s): F-71, F-72, F-73.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 8,011.
    Number of Respondents: 7,384.
    Average Hours per Response: 16 and a half minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests a revision to the 
Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenues to ensure 
accurate collection of information about state and local government tax 
collections. The revision consists of a new survey universe and 
modifications to the collection instrument for the F-73 portion of the 
program. Previously, the F-73 Form collected information on 11 types of 
tax revenues. That number is being reduced to three (general sales, 
personal income, and corporate income). The universe for the F-73 Form 
will also be reduced. With the change in the survey universe and 
collection instrument, the F-73 component is being renamed to the 
Quarterly Survey of Selected Non-Property Taxes from the current 
Quarterly Survey of Non-Property Taxes.
    State and local government tax collections, amounting to nearly 
$1.4 trillion annually, constitute approximately 43 percent of all 
governmental revenues. Quarterly measurement of, and reporting on, 
these fund flows provides valuable insight into trends in the national 
economy and that of individual states. Information collected on the 
type and quantity of taxes collected gives comparative data on how the 
various levels of government fund their public sector obligations.
    The Census Bureau uses the three forms covered by this statement to 
collect state and local government tax data for this data series 
established in 1962. Tax collection data are used to measure economic 
activity for the Nation as a whole, as well as for comparison among the 
states. These data are also used in comparing the mix of taxes employed 
by individual states and in determining the revenue raising capacity of 
different types of taxes in different state-areas.
    Key users of these data include the Bureau of Economic Analysis, 
the Federal Reserve Board, and the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development who rely on these data to provide the most current 
information on the financial status of state and local governments. 
These data are included in the quarterly estimates of the National 
Income and Product Accounts developed by the Bureau of Economic 
Analysis and the Department of Housing and Urban Development has used 
the property tax data as one of nine cost

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indicators for developing Section 8 rent adjustments. Legislators, 
policy makers, administrators, analysts, economists, and researchers 
use these data to monitor trends in public sector revenues. 
Journalists, teachers, and students use these data as well.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal governments.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) 
or email ([email protected]).

    Dated: June 28, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-15990 Filed 7-2-13; 8:45 am]
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