Form 8928 is used by employers, group
health plans, HMOs, and third party administrators to report and
pay excise taxes due for failures under sections 4980B, 4980D,
4980E, and 4980G.
Code sections 4980B,
4980D, 4980E, and 4980G provide for an excise tax for certain
failures by employers, group health plans, HMOs, and third party
administrators related to group health benefits. Form 8928 will be
used to calculate and remit the amount of excise tax owed under
these sections in compliance with the Code. We have been developing
the forms layout and its associated instructions with assistance
from Chief Counsel. The instructions are in the final stages at
this moment. An earlier request to OMB for Paperwork Reduction Act
submission on the form and its instructions would have yielded
incorrect results. As the form and instructions are needed for
2009, waiting the full 150 days for the process would hamper
taxpayers from filing a timely tax return. A late availability of
the form would not allow taxpayers to timely understand the new
form and instructions. This would then place undue burden on both
the taxpayer and the Service as extensions would have to be
prepared by taxpayers and the Service would have to process them.
Alternatively, the taxpayer could file their return on time and
then have to file an amended return at a later date. This would
also add undue taxpayer burden and burden the Service with
additional processing costs for the second return.
Form 8928 is used by employers,
group health plans, HMOs, and third party administrators to report
and pay excise taxes due for failures under sections 4980B, 4980D,
4980E, and 4980G. Code sections 4980B, 4980D, 4980E, and 4980G
provide for an excise tax for certain failures by employers, group
health plans, HMOs, and third party administrators related to group
health benefits. Form 8928 will be used to calculate and remit the
amount of excise tax owed under these sections in compliance with
the Code. The compliance with these Code sections results in an
estimated increase in responses of 100 and an increase of 1,858
burden hours.
$25,000
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Jason Langley
2026224366
No
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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).
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(i) Why the information is being collected;
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benefit, or mandatory);
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