The two Treasury Financial Agents, NationsBank or First National Bank of Chicago, will send the taxpayer Windows-based software if requested. Forms can be obtained by calling the customer service representative numbers. The IRS advises taxpayers to enroll as soon as possible since the enrollment process can take from two to 10 weeks. These employers have been contacted by the IRS and advised of their enrollment requirements. As of October 1996, IRS had received more than half a million enrollment forms.
Taxpayers benefit because they have a simpler, more efficient and more effective system.
The banks and the government benefit because funds are moved more efficiently to the Treasury.