Form CT-1 (2018)
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Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. We
ask for the information on this form to carry out the
Internal Revenue laws of the United States. You’re
required to give us this information. We need it to ensure
that you’re complying with these laws and to allow us to
figure and collect the right amount of tax. Our authority to
ask for information is found in sections 6001, 6011, and
6012(a) and their regulations. Section 6109 requires you
to provide your identifying number on the return. If you
don’t provide the information we ask for, or provide false
or fraudulent information, you may be subject to
penalties.
You’re not required to provide the information
requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB
control number. Books and records relating to a form or
its instructions must be retained as long as their contents
may become material in the administration of any Internal
Revenue law.
Generally, tax returns and return information are
confidential, as required by section 6103. However,
section 6103 allows or requires the IRS to disclose or give
the information shown on your tax return to others as
described in the Code. For example, we may disclose
your tax information to the Department of Justice for civil
and criminal litigation, and to cities, states, the District of
Columbia, and U.S. commonwealths and possessions for
use in administering their tax laws. We may also disclose
this information to other countries under a tax treaty, to
federal and state agencies to enforce federal nontax
criminal laws, or to federal law enforcement and
intelligence agencies to combat terrorism.
The time needed to complete and file Form CT-1 will
vary depending on individual circumstances. The
estimated average time is:
Recordkeeping . . . . . . . . . . 8 hr., 36 min.
Learning about the law or the form . . 2 hr., 7 min.
Preparing, copying, assembling, and
sending the form to the IRS . . . . . 4 hr., 45 min.
If you have comments concerning the accuracy of
these time estimates or suggestions for making Form
CT-1 simpler, we would be happy to hear from you. You
can send us comments from www.irs.gov/
FormComments. Or write to: Internal Revenue Service,
Tax Forms and Publications Division, 1111 Constitution
Ave. NW, IR-6526, Washington, DC 20224. Don’t send
Form CT-1 to this address. Instead, see Where To File in
the Instructions for Form CT-1.