Persons who wish to apply for permission to transfer and register a National Firearms Act (NFA) firearm, and who qualify to do so under one of the statutory tax exemptions, must use ATF Form 5320.5, Application to Transfer and Register NFA Firearm (Tax-Exempt) (“Form 5”). ATF uses the information to determine legality of the firearm transfer under federal, state, and local law. Applicants also use the form to claim an exemption from paying the otherwise-required transfer tax as provided and provide the information necessary to support their claim. In addition, ATF uses Form 5 to affect a transfer resulting from operation of law, for example, a firearm in an estate being transferred to a beneficiary, or a firearm being transferred as a result of bankruptcy. Persons may also use Form 5 to facilitate temporarily conveying a firearm for repair, and its subsequent return. Information Collection (IC) OMB 1140–0015 is being revised to include an increase in respondents from 10,591 three years ago to 17,322 in 2025, an increase of 6,731 respondents since the last renewal. In addition, the time burden has decreased from 30 to 12 minutes due to developments in technology allowing electronic forms, reducing the number of respondents who must provide fingerprints and reducing the number of copies, allowing electronic fingerprints on-site, reducing respondents who must provide photographs, allowing cell phone photographs, and allowing photocopied identification cards instead, all submitted electronically. In addition, the requirement to complete an extra copy of the form and submit it to local law enforcement is going away, and the fillable forms have made it possible to populate the second copy at the same time as the first copy, both of which reduce the time burden even more. As a result, there has been a corresponding decrease in the burden hours per respondent, from .5 hours to .2 hours each, resulting in a reduction in total annual burden hours from 5,350 to 3,464, a decrease of 1,866 hours. In addition, the agency is making the following minor changes to Form 5 in anticipation of upcoming regulatory changes, and to make the form easier to read, correct minor errors, and adjust for updated technology: revising the title to be more clear; removing the photo box on the form to allow the option to attach either a passport-style photo or a copy of a photo identification document; combining race/ethnicity items; allowing additional types of electronic/digital signatures; revising the fillable pdf form to link copy 1 and copy 2 so that copy 2 gets populated as the copy 1 is filled in, except for check boxes and signature; adding references to eForms and pay.gov; adding reference to the refund process; removing the CLEO notification requirement and copy; adding instructions for married couples jointly making, transferring, and registering a firearm, as an ‘other legal entity’; correcting typographical/grammar items; adding email addresses for different questions: nfa@atf.gov, ipb@atf.gov, & nfafax@atf.gov.