Residence and business address, telephone number, current and past employer. Refer to the Telephone Contact List. Generally, department designees make requests. The type and amount of information available would depend upon the status of the case in the IRS files. A valuable and often overlooked source of information is the federal corporate return.
Returns can be especially valuable when issuing jeopardy assessments for failure to file returns.
Copies will take a minimum of 4-6 weeks to obtain. For further details, see Section 6000, Security and Disclosure Manual. Our staff can now request an electronic snapshot of the original return which is maintained on-line at IRS for the last four returns filed. This information will reduce work for the IRS by not having to order the live return. Local Information Sources Revenue Agents are tax auditors and they provide audit and filing enforcement information on cases assigned to them.