- 8 - All of the tapes with the updated addresses used by the vendor are returned to the IRS within 30 days of the last mailing of the booklets. The IRS does not use the tapes to update its taxpayer address database. Mr. Farah stated that the IRS deletes the information and reuses the tapes. When this occurs is not included in the record, but he further testified that on rare occasions, the IRS may check its database to locate a taxpayer’s address and ask the vendor to which address the vendor sent the tax booklet if a taxpayer who did not receive a tax booklet notifies a congressperson who in turn makes an inquiry to the IRS. According to Mr. Farah this is the only time that the IRS considers the information from the NCOA for a change of address. The record includes a document entitled “Specifications for Contract Printing and Binding of the 1998 Individual Income Tax Packages 1040A-1 & 1040A-2” (the contract). Paragraph 5.1 of the contract entitled “Furnished Cartridges” states: IRS will furnish the contractor with address cartridges, sorted by zip code. * * * Contractor is responsible for taking the IRS raw data file and passing the file against the National Change of Address (NCOA) file using standard matching logic, providing the IRS with magnetic cartridges containing the following: a separate listing of new move addresses and incomplete addresses (nixies). Nixies are not to be mailed. Each new move address must be referenced with its corresponding old address, including the check digit, social security number, service code number, and package code, to allow comparison by the IRS. In addition, contractor must provide all applicable NCOA reports, by IRS service center, and provide a printout of 100 records, any service center, for moves and nixies, for analysis.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next
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