Withholding of District of Columbia, State, City and County Income or Employment Taxes by Federal Agencies; Technical Amendment

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title: "Withholding of District of Columbia, State, City and County Income or Employment Taxes by Federal Agencies; Technical Amendment"
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  - "Treasury Department"
  - "Fiscal Service"
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  - "31 CFR Part 215"
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#  Procedures for entering into a Withholding Agreement.

**AGENCY:**

Financial Management Service, Fiscal Service, Treasury.

**ACTION:**

Technical amendment.

**SUMMARY:**

This document contains a technical amendment to the final regulation (31 CFR 215.3), published in the *Federal Register* of Friday, January 13, 2006, (71 FR 2150). The regulation provides procedures for entering into a withholding agreement, including providing an address for the Secretary of the Treasury for withholding agreement consent letters. This document corrects the address to which the letters are sent.

**DATES:**

Effective on August 23, 2010.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Agency Enterprise Solutions Division, 202-874-9428.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

**I. Background**

The procedures for entering into a withholding agreement provided in 31 CFR § 215.3 include an address to the Secretary of the Treasury for withholding agreement consent letters. The address provided in the published regulations indicates the Assistant Commissioner, Federal Finance, as the recipient. The address is amended to indicate the Assistant Commissioner, Payment Management, as the recipient of the letters.

**II. Need for Correction**

As published, the final regulations contain an inaccurate address which may cause delay delivery and processing.

**List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 215**

State and local tax withholding, Federal employees.

**31 CFR Part 215**

Accordingly, 31 CFR part 215 is corrected by making the following technical amendments:

**PART 215—WITHHOLDING OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY INCOME OR EMPLOYMENT TAXES BY FEDERAL AGENCIES**

1. The authority citation for part 215 continues to read as follows:

**Authority:**

5 U.S.C. 5516, 5517, 5520; E.O. 11997,42 FR 31759.

**31 CFR Part 215**

2. Revise the third sentence of paragraph (a) of § 215.3 to read as follows:

§ 215.3

(a) * * * The letter shall be sent to the Secretary by addressing the request to: Assistant Commissioner, Payment Management, Financial Management Service, Department of the Treasury, 401 14th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20227. * * *

Dated: August 16, 2010.

Sheryl R. Morrow,

Assistant Commissioner, Payment Management.