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Name c/o Address City, postal code 95XXX CALIFORNIA Certified Mail Ref.# 7002 2030 0003 XXXX XXXX (Include the Requester's name and this number in your reply) January XX, 200X Internal Revenue Service Agent for Department of the Treasury ATTN: Disclosure Office, FOIA Request 55 South Market St., M/S HQ-4603 San Jose, CA 95113 Account No. XXX-XX-XXXX used to identify and maintain your system of records. Year(s) 1995-1999 RE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST & IRC 6103 Dear Disclosure Officer: This is a request under the FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT at 5 USC 552, PRIVACY ACT at 5 USC 552(a) and INTERNAL REVENUE CODE at 26 USC 6103. This request does not fall under exception 26 USC 6103 (e)(7). This is my firm promise to pay fees and costs for locating and duplicating the records requested below, ultimately determined in accordance with 26 CFR 601.702(f). If some of this request is exempt from release, please furnish me with those portions reasonable segregative. I am requesting copies in lieu of personal inspection of the requested records. I am attesting under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the united States of America 28 U.S.C. 1746(1), that I am a category 5 CFR 294.103(d) requester. Requested Documents: Please identify by the specific numbers used below in your response. Please send copies of all documents maintained in a system of records identified as: 1. Form 5344. (see attached Exhibit A- copy of IRM 4.4.9.8 for details on the specific document requested for tax years 1995-1999.) 2. Examination Reports- Form 4549, Form 1902B, and Form 4466. (see attached Exhibit A - copy of IRM 4.4.9.8 for details on the specific document requested for tax years 1995-1999.) 3. Form 895. (See attached Exhibit A - copy of IRM 4.4.9.8 for details on the specific document requested for tax years 1995-1999.) Page 1 of 2

4. Form 1902E Explanation of Adjustments (See attached Exhibit B - copy of IRM 35.4.27.2 for details on the specific document requested for tax years 1995-1999.) 5. IRC 6020(b) Assessment Case File RCS Part and Item No. IV/57. (See attached Exhibit C page 2 of 2 - copy of IRM 1.15.2.21 Exhibit 1.15.2.21-3 for details on the specific document requested for tax years 1995-1999.) 6. Form 2644 Recommendation for Jeopardy Assessment or Termination Assessment. (See attached Exhibit D - copy of IRM 40.5.2.7 for details on the specific document requested.) 7. Form 2859 Request for Quick or Prompt Assessment. (See attached Exhibit D - copy of IRM 40.5.2.7 for details on the specific document requested.) Should you decide this request has been sent to the wrong office, please make certain that you forward this to the proper office and notify me of same. I understand the penalties provided in 5 USC 552 (a)(i)(3) for requesting or obtaining access to records under false pretenses. Respectfully submitted, Requesters Name, All rights reserved. Enclosure: Photocopy of Drivers License enclosed to provide proof of Identification. Exhibit A IRM 4.4.9.8 showing specific document 1, 2, and 3 requested Exhibit B IRM 35.4.27.2 showing specific document 4 requested Exhibit C IRM 1.15.2.21 Exhibit 1.15.2.21-3 showing specific document 5 requested Exhibit D IRM [1.3] 40.5.2.7 showing specific document 6 and 7 requested Page 2 of 2

Page 1 of 1 EXHIBIT "A" 4.4.9.8 (02-08-1999) Group Closing Actions 1. When the examination is completed and the delinquent return/sfr administrative file is closed from the group, the following items must be present: A. The original delinquent return or copy of the SFR. B. Form 5344 with special attention to the completion of Items 37 and 414 for secured delinquent returns sent to the service center to be processed. The statute of limitations begins with the received date of a secured delinquent return. Enter the correct statute date in Item 14 of Form 5344. NOTE: Write in the top margin of the Form 5344, Original Return--SFR (on SFR cases) or Copy Processed as Original (on secured delinquent returns.) C. An Examination Report, Form 4549, Form 1902B, or Form 4666. (A report is not required if a delinquent return is accepted as filed.) See e below. NOTE: The delinquency penalty, if assessed on the original return, must be adjusted and included in the examination report. If the estimated tax penalty is applicable, it is also asserted by the examiner on the examination report. D. Form 895, if required. (Make note of TC 150 date per transcript, on all SFR.) E. Form 3198 instructions. If a delinquent return is secured after the SFR (dummy 150) has posted, notate on Form 3198 that the return is incorporated into the examination report. F. A current transcript (not more than 60 days old) is mandatory. G. An AMDISA print must be attached to Form 5344 if a Form 5546 and labels are not available. Document 1 Document 2 Document 3 http://www.irs.gov/irm/page/0,,id=21639,00.html

Page 1 of 2 EXHIBIT "B" 35.4.27.2 (11-16-1999) What constitutes a return prepared for or executed by the Secretary under section 6020(b)? As discussed more fully below, a return prepared pursuant to the Automated Substitute for Return [hereinafter "ASFR" ] procedures and accompanied by a signed thirty day letter or revenue agent's report generally constitutes a valid section 6020(b) return. Section 6020(b) (1) authorizes the Secretary to make a return upon either a taxpayer's failure to file a return or upon a taxpayer's filing of a fraudulent return. Section 6020(b)(2) provides that this return, which is also known as a substitute for return, will be considered as prima facie valid for all legal purposes. Currently, the majority of substitutes for return are prepared pursuant to the Service's ASFR procedures, which allow the Service to generate substitutes for return via computer for non-filers. An ASFR, which is prepared by the Service through information gathered from past filings and/or third parties, generally contains the taxpayer's name, address, social security number, filing status and categories and amounts of taxable income. As part of the ASFR procedure, the Service simultaneously prepares and mails a thirty day letter to the taxpayer, and attaches an explanation of proposed adjustments (which contains the same information as is contained in the ASFR), as well as a tax calculation summary report. If the taxpayer fails to respond to the thirty day letter, the Service sends a statutory notice of deficiency to the taxpayer by certified mail with the same attachment. A substitute for return prepared for a taxpayer pursuant to section 6020(b) must meet three requirements. First, the return must contain taxpayer identifying information, including the taxpayer's name, address and social security number. Second, the return must contain sufficient data to compute the taxpayer's liability. Third, the Secretary or his delegate must sign the return. I.R.C. 6020(b)(2).SeeMillsap v. Commissioner, 91 T.C. 926, 930 (1988). SeealsoHartman v. Commissioner, 65 T.C. 542, 545,546 (1975), holding that section 6020 (b)(2) requires that the return be subscribed, but need not be signed under oath. Section 7701(a)(11) defines the Secretary as the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate. A delegate includes any officer, employee or agency of the Department of the Treasury authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury to perform functions described in the context. I.R.C. 7701(a)(12)(A)(i). The Regulations under section 6020(b) provide that such a return may be executed by the district director or other authorized internal revenue officer or employee. Treas. Reg. 301.6020-1(b)(1). The provides that Service employees, such as revenue agents and tax auditors, as well as revenue officers and collection office function managers who are at least at the GS-9 level, may execute a section 6020(b) return. I.R.M., Handbook No. 1229, Handbook of Delegation Orders, Order No. 182. See also I.R.M. 5290-5293.3. A section 6020(b) return is not necessarily contained in a single document, but may consist of several documents which, together, satisfy these requirements. Thus, for example, an ASFR and a thirty day letter or revenue agent's report will suffice to constitute a valid section 6020(b) return. A statutory notice of deficiency does not constitute a valid section 6020(b) return. A return merely containing taxpayer identifying information, but no data which could be used to establish tax liability, commonly referred to as a "dummy return," does not per se constitute a valid section 6020(b) return. See Phillips v. Commissioner, 86 T.C. 433, 437, 438 (1986), aff'd in part and rev'd in part, 851 F.2d 1492 (D.C. Cir. 1988). See also Britt v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1988-419 (front page of Form 1040 listing taxpayer's name, address, identification number, dependency exemptions and filing status is not a valid 6020 (b) return, as it was unsigned and contained insufficient data to compute tax liability). A dummy return is generated to open up an account for the taxpayer on the master file, and normally consists of a first page of a Form 1040 which contains a taxpayer's name, address and social security number. If, however, a dummy return is accompanied by other documents which satisfy the three requirements listed above, then the dummy return and those documents will, together, constitute a valid section 6020(b) return. The Tax Court has held that various combinations of documents meeting the above requirements constituted valid returns under section 6020(b). In Millsap v. Commissioner, the court held that a dummy return consisting of taxpayer's name, address and social security number, and a signed revenue agent's report containing an explanation of taxpayer's income, exemptions, deductions, and filing status represented a valid section 6020(b) return. Millsap v. Commissioner, 91 T.C. 926, 928 (1988). The Tax Court similarly found that a Form 1902E, Explanation of Adjustments, containing information on taxpayer's income, deductions, and exemptions, as well as a dummy return, consisting of taxpayer's name, address and social security number, satisfied the requirements of section 6020(b). Conovitz v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1980-022, 39 T.C.M. 929, 930. See alsosmalldridge v. Commissioner, 804 F.2d 125, 128, n.3 (10 th Cir. 1986) (document signed by examiner containing taxpayer's name, address, social security number, wage and exemption information and filing status was valid under section 6020(b)). Although the Tax Court indicated in Millsap v. Commissioner that it would not follow the Smalldridge case outside of the 10 th Circuit in reference to its analysis of section 6103, the court did not reject the portion of the opinion addressing the validity of the section 6020(b) return. Document 4 http://www.irs.gov/irm/page/0,,id=22947,00.html

EXHIBIT "C" pg 1 of 2 Page 1 of 2 Exhibit [1.15.2] 21-3 (09/30/98) Numerical Cross-Index RCS Part and Description of Item Item No. I/1,2 Administrative and Organization Records II/13 III/20 Business Review Reports I/3 Forms and Form Letter Files I/4 Internal Management Issuances and Clearance Documents I/5 Case Files I/6 Miscellaneous Internal Memoranda I/7 Public Use Files of Offers in Compromise I/8 ADP System Change Requests I/9 Symbolled Reports I/10 Magnetic Media Statistical Files I/11 Recurring Reports I/12 General Correspondence Files II/14 III/21 Consolidation and Reorganization Reference Files II/15 Routine Correspondence Files II/16; III/22 Narrative and Statistical Reports II/17 Office Evaluation and Management Review Reports II/18 Internal Control Files II/19; III/25 Routine Information Request Files III/23 Routine Reference Files III/24 Transmittal Control Files III/26 Assault or Threat of Assault Reports III/27 Minutes or Summaries of Conferences and Meetings III/28 Evaluation, Assistance and Internal Audit Reports III/29 Work Planning and Control Records and Reports III/30 Recurring Reports III/31 Inventory, Production and Time Reports III/32 Type "X" and "E" Award Report Files III/33 Delegation of Authority Files III/34 Certified and Registered Mail III/35 Certification of Document File III/36 Reference Files III/37 Litigation Files III/38 Special Procedures Staff Index Cards III/39 Trust Fund Compliance Documents IV/40 Taxpayer Delinquent Accounts (TDAs) TDA/TDI Transfer Courtesy Investigation Request for Adjustment Federal Tax Deposit Alert 100% Penalty Case Files Taxpayer Delinquency Investigations (TDIs) Returns Compliance Program (RCP) Leads Records of Taxpayer Delinquent Accounts Records of Currently Not Collectible Taxpayer Accounts Bankruptcy Case Files Receipts for Payments of Taxes IV/42 Notice of Federal Tax Lien IV/43 http://www.irs.gov/irm/page/0,,id=21206,00.html

EXHIBIT "C" pg 2 of 2 Page 2 of 2 Certificate of Release of Federal Tax Lien Certificates of Discharge, Non-Attachment and Subordination Notices of Non-Judicial Sale and Redemption Cases Suits to Foreclose Federal Tax Liens Bills of Interpleader and Bill in Equity Records of Seizure and Sale of Real Estate Property Record of Seizure and Sale of Property Tax Collection Waivers Records of Offers in Compromise Offers in Compromise Case File Taxpayer Compliance Measurement Program Files Daily Transaction Registers (DTRs) Active Judgement Files Inactive Judgement Files Satisfied Judgement Files Special Procedures Function Case Files Installment Agreement Accounts List Employment Tax Examination Case Information IRC 6020(b) Assessment Case Files Distribution Ledger Certificates of Deposits Vouchers and Schedules of Payments Revenue Reports and Accounting Control Records Tax Transfer Vouchers Certificates of Settlement of Accounts Public Inspection Files of Returns of Organizations or Fiduciaries Exempt From Income Tax Gasoline and Lubricating Oil Bonds Personal Records Obtained from Taxpayer, Address Unknown Applications for Exemption and Registry Certification of Document Files Subpoenas-- Closed Record of Service Payment Transcripts from Bankruptcy Trustees Bankruptcy Control Logs Individual Master File (IMF) Index or Directory Business Master File (BMF) Taxpayer Number Directory Alphabetic Index Register (Employer's Tax) Register of Estimated Income Tax Accounts Alphabetic Index Register (Estimated Tax Declarations) Alphabetical Index Register (Gasoline Tax Refund Claim) Document Locator Number Register Quality Review Machine Printouts IV/43 IV/44 IV/44 IV/45 IV/45 IV/46 IV/47 IV/48 IV/49 IV/50 IV/51 IV/52 IV/53 IV/53 IV/53 IV/54 IV/55 IV/56 IV/57 IV/58 IV/59 IV/60 IV/61 IV/62 IV/63 IV/64 IV/65 IV/66 IV/67 IV/68 IV/69 IV/70 IV/71 IV/72 IV/73 IV/74 IV/75 IV/76 IV/77 IV/78 IV/79 Document 5 http://www.irs.gov/irm/page/0,,id=21206,00.html

EXHIBIT "D" [1.3] 40.5.2.7 (08-19-1998) Form 2644, Recommendation for Jeopardy or Termination Document 6 Assessment, and Form 2859,Request for Quick or Prompt Document 7 Assessment 1. These forms are the return information of the individual to whom they pertain and are not available to any other person. 2. Care must be exercised in the manner in which access to these forms is denied to a third party, since the fact they exist is itself return information which cannot be disclosed and the denial should not intimate or confirm their existence. 3. In FOIA responses, the entire document should be withheld citing exemption (b)(3) in conjunction with IRC 6103(a). Page 1 of 1