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R -- ON-LINE TAX RETURN POC Steve VanderLinden, Contract Specialist, (202) 283-1379. The Internal Revenue Service seeks source with knowledge and experience in on-line services to provide tax return filing to individual taxpayers. This service would be available through some on-line providers and some electronic filing transmitters. Companies who would like to participate in the On-Line Filing Program will be allowed to offer electronic filing to taxpayers who have a home computer and modem. To file on-line, taxpayers transmit a completed tax return via computer and modem to a participating on-line filing company. The On-Line filing company will then will then convert the file from the tax preparation software's format to the format that meets IRS specifications and transmit it to the IRS. The IRS will notify the on-line filing company whether the return is accepted or not. After the IRS accepts a return, the taxpayer will sign and mail Form 8453-0L (the electronic filing signature form) that is downloaded from a tax package or a service provider's tax form forum, with Copy B of any W-2 Forms. Participating On-Line service compaines have hundreds of tax forms, instructions and publications available on-line for subscribers to down load and printout. All potential sources must submit clear and convincing documentation (0177)

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