# 2026-16262: IRS wants your thoughts on business tax paperwork burden

2026-16262, Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request on U.S. Business Income Tax Returns and Related Forms, Schedules, Attachments, and Published Guidance, is a Federal Register notice from Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service published 2026-08-10, effective Written comments should be received on or before October 9, 2026 to be assured of consideration.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16262
- As of: 2026-08-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16262
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request on U.S. Business Income Tax Returns and Related Forms, Schedules, Attachments, and Published Guidance
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Treasury Department; Internal Revenue Service
- Citation: 91 FR 51534
- Published: 2026-08-10
- Effective: Written comments should be received on or before October 9, 2026 to be assured of consideration.
- Comments close: 2026-10-09
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-17

## In one line

IRS wants your thoughts on business tax paperwork burden

## Summary

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the IRS is inviting comments on the information collection request outlined in this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Very large business tax compliance burden: cost, high. If you are a business owner who files federal business income tax returns, the IRS preliminarily estimates 13,640,000 respondents will spend a total of 826,500,000 hours complying. That is about 60 hours and 36 minutes per respondent, with monetized time of $52,805,000,000, out-of-pocket costs of $…
- Many business tax forms are in scope: cost, medium. The information collection covers a wide set of business tax forms, schedules, and attachments — for example, Forms 1065, 1120, 1120-S, 1120-F, 1120-REIT, 1120-RIC, and dozens more listed in Appendix A — meaning taxpayers who must file any listed form are included in the burden estimates. The colle…
- Burden estimates may change from guidance updates: mixed, low. The IRS states there have been changes in regulatory guidance and additions or removals of forms during the past year, and that these changes are anticipated to affect overall burden and cost estimates. The notice says final estimated figures are expected by the release of the 30-day comment notice.

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## Sources
- [2026-16262 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/10/2026-16262/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-on-us-business-income-tax-returns-and)
- [2026-16262 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-10/pdf/2026-16262.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16262 (as of 2026-08-17).