Information from the Form 541 Fiduciary Income Tax Return is stored on the Fiduciary Display File. This is a permanent history file contains the debtor's name and address information and return status. The file has information from returns filed in process years 1985 and subsequent, limited to ten tax segments. Starting with the oldest years, information in excess of the ten tax segments is purged off the file, stored on microfiche, and kept in the Document Interrogation Unit of the Information Storage Section. See Personal Computer Manual.
Information is added to the file on a monthly basis throughout the year.
The information is provided by the Department of Vital Statistics 6-8 months after the debtor's date of death. See CPM Section 4210. The file can be used to verify the name and address, returns filed, information from the returns, and payments and transactions. This is an AMS developed mainframe application that provides an on-line requesting and storage of bureau reports. In lieu of preparing paper documents, most non-monetary changes can be input through the personal computer by inputting the appropriate required data.