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IRS Advises on Masking of Taxpayer Identification Numbers

FEB. 17, 2016

ECC 201610018

DATED FEB. 17, 2016
DOCUMENT ATTRIBUTES
  • Institutional Authors
    Internal Revenue Service
  • Code Sections
  • Subject Area/Tax Topics
  • Jurisdictions
  • Language
    English
  • Tax Analysts Document Number
    Doc 2016-4634
  • Tax Analysts Electronic Citation
    2016 TNT 44-59
Citations: ECC 201610018

UILC: 6109.00-00

 

Release Date: 3/4/2016

 

ID: CCA-02171105-16

 

 

From: * * *

 

Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 11:05 AM

 

To: * * *

 

Cc:

 

Bcc:

 

Subject: TINs Masking

 

 

* * *,

There is no legal requirement to include the taxpayer's full TIN on a letter sent from the Service to the taxpayer. This does not mean that the TIN should always be truncated or omitted. * * *

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns at * * *

Thank you,

 

 

* * *
DOCUMENT ATTRIBUTES
  • Institutional Authors
    Internal Revenue Service
  • Code Sections
  • Subject Area/Tax Topics
  • Jurisdictions
  • Language
    English
  • Tax Analysts Document Number
    Doc 2016-4634
  • Tax Analysts Electronic Citation
    2016 TNT 44-59
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