SECTION 15. PAPERWORK

REDUCTION ACT

The collections of information contained in this revenue procedure have been reviewed and approved by the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3507) under control number 1545–1551. 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.

The collections of information in this revenue procedure are in sections 6, 10, and sections 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 10A, and 12 of the APPENDIX. This information is necessary and will be used to determine whether the taxpayer properly changed to a permitted method of accounting. The collections of information are required for the taxpayer to obtain consent to change its method of accounting. The likely respondents are the following: individuals, farms, business or other for-profit institutions, nonprofit institutions, and small businesses or organizations.

The estimated total annual reporting and/or recordkeeping burden is 15,514 hours.

The estimated annual burden per respondent/recordkeeper varies from ¹ ⁄6 hour to 8 ¹ ⁄2 hours, depending on individual circumstances, with an estimated average of 1 ¹ ⁄2 hours. The estimated number of respondents is 13,500.

The estimated annual frequency of responses is on occasion.

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.

DRAFTING INFORMATION

The principal author of this revenue

procedure is Dwight N. Mersereau of the Office of Assistant Chief Counsel (Income Tax and Accounting). For further information regarding this revenue procedure, contact Mr. Mersereau on (202) 622-4970 (not a toll-free call). For further information regarding the APPENDIX of this revenue procedure contact the following individuals: (1) for changes in methods of accounting under sections 2.01 and 2.02 of the APPENDIX of this revenue procedure, Peter Friedman of the Office of Assistant Chief Counsel (Passthroughs and Special Industries) on (202) 622-3110 (not a toll-free call); (2) for changes in methods of accounting under section 2A.01 of the APPENDIX of this revenue procedure, Leslie H. Finlow of the Office of Assistant Chief Counsel (Passthroughs and Special Industries) on (202) 622-3120 (not a toll free call); (3) for changes in methods of accounting under sections 5.04, 6, 12, and 13 of the APPENDIX of this revenue procedure, William Blanchard of the Office of Assistant Chief Counsel (Financial Institutions and Products) on (202) 622-3950 (not a toll-free call); (4) for changes in methods of accounting under section 10A.01 of the APPENDIX of this revenue procedure, Pamela Lew of the Office of Assistant Chief Counsel (Financial Institutions and Products) on (202) 622-3950 (not a tollfree call); (5) for changes in methods of accounting under section 11 of the APPENDIX of this revenue procedure, Craig R. Wojay of the Office of Assistant Chief Counsel (Financial Institutions and Products) on (202) 622-3920 (not a toll-free call); and (6) for all other sections, Mr. Mersereau on (202) 622-4970 (not a tollfree call).

APPENDIX

method of accounting for depreciation or amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 (1) Description of change . . . . . 29 (2) Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 (3) Additional requirements . . . 30 (4) Section 481(a) adjustment . . 31 (5) Basis adjustment . . . . . . . . . 31 (6) Meaning of depreciation

allowable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 .02 Permissible to permissible

method of accounting for depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 (1) Description of change . . . . . 31 (2) Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 (3) Changes covered . . . . . . . . . 32 (4) Additional requirements . . . 32 (5) Section 481(a) adjustment . . 33 .03 Sale or lease transactions . . . . 33

(1) Description of change and

scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 (2) Manner of making the

change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 (3) No audit protection . . . . . . . 33

SECTION 2A. RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL EXPENDITURES (§ 174) . . . . . . . . . 33

.01 Changes to a different

method or different amortization period . . . . . . . . . 33 (1) Description of change . . . . . 33 (2) Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 (3) Manner of making the

change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 (4) Additional requirement . . . . 34 (5) No audit protection . . . . . . . 34 .02 Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

CHANGES IN METHODS OF

ACCOUNTING TO WHICH THIS REVENUE PROCEDURE

.01 Package design costs . . . . . . . 34

(1) Description of change and

APPLIES