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D -- SIMPLIFIED TAX AND WAGE REPORTING SYSTEM (STAWRS) -- SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY SOL CBD&&&97070001 DUE 083197 POC STAWRS Program Office 1-800-4-STAWRS The Simplified Tax and Wage Reporting System (STAWRS) project was initiated for the purpose of reducing burden in the tax and wage reporting process for the nation's 6.5 million employers, while enabling Federal and state agencies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations.~ The program addresses Federal and state employment-related tax filings, particularly the reporting of tax and wages information. The program focuses on three core areas -- Simplified Reporting Requirements, Streamline Customer Services and Single Point Filing.~ The STAWRS Project Office developed and tested the concept of single point electronic filing via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). This concept enabled the employers to submit wage and tax reports via EDI to the taxing authorities. STAWRS is now making available to the software developer community the findings gathered from the prototype in the format of Software Requirements. The Software requirement describes the filing requirement needed for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), California, Texas and Minnesota. It also describes basic features of the product to support this effort as well as features that allow ease and flexibility to the employer filing community.~ This Software Requirements document will be available on the STAWRS web site by 1 August 1997, or you may call 1-800-4-STAWRS, and a hard copy will be forwarded. Requests for hard copy mailouts should be made between 29 July and 31 August 1997. (0211)

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