IRS Asks for Input on Eco-Tax Paperwork Hassle Reduction
Published Date: 12/3/2025
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Summary
The IRS wants your thoughts on how it collects info about environmental taxes to make sure the process is clear and not too tricky. If you or your business deal with these taxes, now’s the time to speak up before February 2, 2026. This could help save time and money by improving tax forms and cutting down paperwork hassle.
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Reporting for Ozone-Depleting Chemicals
If you manufacture or import ozone-depleting chemicals (ODCs), rigid foam insulation, or products made with ODCs, you must follow reporting and recordkeeping rules under Internal Revenue Code sections 4681 and 4682. The rules also cover taxes on exports of ODCs, ODCs used as medical sterilants or propellants in metered‑dose inhalers, and floor‑stocks taxes; the IRS estimates 150,350 responses, 30 minutes per response, and 75,265 total annual burden hours. The IRS is seeking comments on these information-collection requirements by February 2, 2026 (OMB Control No. 1545-1361).
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