IRS Can Expand and Improve Computer Processing of Information Returns
FGMSD-81-4
Published: Oct 20, 1980. Publicly Released: Oct 20, 1980.
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Highlights
GAO reviewed the information document matching program of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to: (1) determine the progress made; (2) assess the adequacy of IRS computer capabilities for a full matching program; (3) determine the feasibility and costs of upgrading IRS computer capability; (4) determine the general status of IRS computer capabilities; and (5) identify any other problem areas related to the IRS management and use of computers.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Internal Revenue Service | The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in cooperation with SSA, should seek ways to increase the filing of information returns on computer-readable media. |
Closed
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| Internal Revenue Service | The Commissioner of Internal Revenue should investigate the use of optical character reader equipment to transcribe non-wage paper information returns, possibly through equipment sharing with SSA. |
Closed
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| Internal Revenue Service | The Commissioner of Internal Revenue should redesign the information returns processing system to improve efficiency along the lines recommended in the IRS draft report entitled "System Design Recommendations for and Improved Information Returns Program," August 1979. |
Closed
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| Internal Revenue Service | The Commissioner of Internal Revenue should require the automatic data processing performance evaluation staff to develop a comprehensive resource-need-based workload scheduling and management system to improve computer productivity at the National Computer Center. |
Closed
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| Internal Revenue Service | The Commissioner of Internal Revenue should do a feasibility and cost-benefit study of a redesign, and development in higher level language, of the business and individual master files and related applications presently written in machine-dependent languages. |
Closed
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