[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 46751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22245]
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DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Retirement of IBM Series/1 in IRS E-Filing
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of retirement of IBM Series/1 in IRS E-filing.
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SUMMARY: This announcement serves as notice that the Internal Revenue
Service plans to retire the IBM Series/1 for IRS e-filing of Forms 1040
series, including the stand-alone Electronic Tax Document Forms, 4868
and Form 9465. The effective date for this is October 20, 1999 at the
conclusion of the 1999 filing season.
Beginning with 1999 Participants Acceptance Testing System (PATS)
in November 1999, software developers and transmitters will transmit
test returns to the Austin Service Center (AUSC) and/or the Tennessee
Computing Center (TCC) on the Electronic Management System (EMS) Front
End Processing Subsystem (FEPS). Transmitters that would have e-filed
returns at the Andover (ANSC) or Ogden Service Centers (OSC) will
transmit them to AUSC. Transmitters that would have e-filed returns at
the Cincinnati Service Center (CSC) and Memphis Service Center (MSC)
will transmit them to TCC. The only difference to the filers is the
telephone number they use to transmit returns. The returns will still
be owned by the home service center for the taxpayer, either ANSC,
AUSC, CSC, MSC, or OSC, so software developers, practitioners, and
transmitters will still call the home center for assistance and
questions for PATS and production. Each service center will have access
to the node that contains their data, and will be able to assist e-
filers with any question or problem, including transmission problems.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EMS has been used at TCC since 1996 and
AUSC since 1997. The Trading Partner Interface used in transmitting
returns will remain the same. IRS is piloting alternative high-speed
protocols, such as TCP/IP and use of ISDN, on the new EMS. The State
Retrieval System for CSC will move to TCC and the State Retrieval
Systems for ANSC and OSC will move to AUSC.
ADDRESSES: Questions or concerns should be directed to Carolyn E.
Davis, Senior Program Analyst, IRS, Electronic Tax Administration,
OP:ETA:O:S, 5000 Ellin Road, Room C4-187, Lanham, MD 20706.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions or concerns will also be
taken over the telephone. Call 202-283-0589 (not a toll-free number) or
via email to: carolyn.e.davis@m1.irs.gov.
Terence H. Lutes,
National Director, Electronic Program Operations, Electronic Tax
Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-22245 Filed 8-25-99; 8:45 am]
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