<hlunsford[at]bellsouth.net> wrote

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I understand her position on the disclosure of the email addy.

She is perfectly correct. Giving it out leads to the
temptation to reply by email!

We can not email taxpayer related data outside the
organization.

We can ~Secure/encrypt~ an email with sensitive but
unclassified information (taxpayer data) to others ~within~
the service only, ideally all employees are enrolled in
SEMS, but alas, some are not, they are the
unproductive/inefficient elements of the organization.

I have my addy on my business card, I make it clear to my
contacts, they are free to email me general communications,
but I will always reply by: phone, fax, US mail or face to
face, but never by email.

These improvements will never be appreciated by all,
transition & adoption of the medium is a multi-generational
process, also ensuring Identities of correspondents outside
the ~!GREAT WALL~! is another generational issue, even
people who are very tech savvy have not established fully
authentic identities.

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TaxmanHog wrote:

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Yes, in fact I used it today to file a POA instantenously,
well, at least within 23 seconds! a vast improvement.

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Someday I will have to download an actual 1040. Maybe my
own for practice. Everything so far I've been after are
account transcripts, and mostly 941 type at that.

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"within the great wall" I take it means still within the
service? The collections woman with whom I've had most
contact in recent years is just amazed that we practitioners
may access records online. And although other IRS people in
other departments share their email adddresses, she will
not. She says she may not, and I can see why that might be
forbidden by the exigencies of her department.

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Just like active duty military, civil servants and retirees
thereof may acces myPay.com for tax statements, etc.
Just today I went to that web site because a client didn't
have his 1099R, and no where could I even find a phone
number to call to order a duplicate via snail mail. And at
his age, I don't think he should be opting exclusively for
online delivery. He doesn't even have a computer!

ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA

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Ordered of course, for most common folks.

Are you still actively using E-Services?

As a participating EA/preparer with appropriate disclosure
authority should be able to download them immediately.

I have subscribe to the systems (from within the great wall)
so far I have been able to (for my assigned cases) pull up
Literal Account transcripts, Return filing Transcripts, IRP
transcripts, all the information is immediately available
and formatted for taxpayer use!

Future generations of the system, I hope will evolve into
allowing taxpayers to pull the information at their own
discretion.

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TaxmanHog wrote:

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You might give people that they may actually download a copy
of those returns in real time.

Or do you mean they may be ordered?

ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA
Tue 21 Mar 2005 [at] hh

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"LTSLLC" <lizcanotaxservicesllc[at]spymac.com> wrote:

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1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2004 are currently ONLINE
available,

Unfortunately, 1997 & 1998 have been purged, it might be
possible to get the data from the WIRES system, but that
will take weeks.

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Even better, go to your nearest IRS Taxpayer Assitance
Center and ask for a transcript of your return, they can
print one out while you wait.

Rudy
www.LizcanoTaxServicesLLC.com

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<raguim[at]yahoo.com> wrote

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Ummmm.....no. And I hope they never alalow on-line access
to my tax returns.

You can however, request a copy of your return from the IRS
(or a transcript if that will do). Use Form 4506 available
here http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf for an exact
copy (including attachments).

It's $39 for each return (type/year). So be sure to include
a check.

I hope you have patience, because it's been nearly 9 years
since anyone touched it.

--
Paul Thomas, CPA
paulthomascpapc[at]bellsouth.net

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Is there a way to get my 1997 tax return online?

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