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Internal Revenue Service: Computer Readiness for 1988 Filing Season

IMTEC-88-31 Published: Mar 31, 1988. Publicly Released: Mar 31, 1988.
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Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO evaluated the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) computer system's ability to process the 1988 tax filing season work load, focusing on the: (1) availability and effectiveness of its software, including that affected by the Tax Reform Act of 1986; (2) capacity of IRS mainframe computers; and (3) reliability of old communications processors.

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