# 2025-00680: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Form 40-F

2025-00680, Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Form 40-F, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-15, effective The SEC is soliciting comments within 60 days of publication; comments are due by March 17, 2025. (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00680
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00680
- Title: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Form 40-F
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-15
- Effective: The SEC is soliciting comments within 60 days of publication; comments are due by March 17, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## Summary

The SEC wants to keep using Form 40-F, which Canadian companies fill out to register their stocks or report yearly. This form helps investors make smart choices and takes about 431 hours per response, with around 175 responses each year. The SEC is asking for comments by March 17, 2025, to make sure the form is useful and not too much work.

## Effects PRIA read

- Large paperwork burden on filers: cost, high. Certain Canadian companies that register securities or file annual reports with the SEC must use Form 40-F. The SEC estimates each Form 40-F takes about 431.42 hours per response, there are about 175 responses per year, and 25% of that time equals an internal burden totaling 18,875 hours.
- Form 40-F provides investor information: benefit, low. If you invest in securities of certain Canadian companies, the information in Form 40-F is used by investors to help make investment decisions about those companies. The SEC explicitly states that Form 40-F information is used by investors when evaluating those securities.

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## Sources
- [2025-00680 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00680/proposed-collection-comment-request-extension-form-40-f)
- [2025-00680 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00680.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00680 (as of 2026-06-08).