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70 -- SW/HW TO SUPPORT ELECTRONIC FILING OF FACSIMILE TAX RETURN TRANSMISSION POC Judith Silver - Contracting Officer (202) 283-1347. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seeks sources with knowledge and experience in developing software/hardware to recognize and read handwritten and/or typewritten tax return data from a facsimile mode, store data in a database and validate the math. IRS would like to test the capability of the following: (1) Accepting faxed Form 1040EZs from taxpayers for subsequent electronic processing. (2) The taxpayer would use a public or private fax machine, and fax their return to an IRS point of receipt. (3) The software should have the capability of reading/scanning the tax return data with a 90% accuracy rate. (4) Once the return is faxed, the software should be able to validate the math. (5) Convert data into ASCII format for translation to the IRS' Electronic Filing proprietary format. (6) The IRS will notify the taxpayer whether or not the return is accepted. Selected software package will be subject to Participants Acceptance Testing (PATS) by the IRS from October 18, 1996 until January 1, 1997. IRS reserves the right to use compatible hardware already in its possession. Sources responding to this announcement need to submit a name, brief description of their company, how the software/hardware will operate, telephone number, and a person to contact. All potential sources must submit clear and convincing documentation that demonstrate their capability to satisfy the IRS's requirements. No reimbursement for any costs connected with providing the requested information will be made by the IRS. This announcement is for informational purpose, and does not constitute an IFB, RFP, or RFQ, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the IRS. All interested companies should submit their pertinent information within 30 days of the notice to the followinh address: Internal Revenue Service, Electronic Filing Branch, Productivity Enhancements Section, Attn: Wanda Wallace T:S:E:P, Room 5041, 1111 Constitution Ave, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20224. (0199)

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