Want to obtain any of your records from the IRS… Here is wht the letter should look like to the Freedom of Information Act Office

(1)

Your name or your company’s name
Your address or your company’s address
Your phone number (optional)

Date

(2)

Internal Revenue Service
[Your local Disclosure Office address; See IRS Disclosure Offices for address list]

Dear Disclosure Officer:

This is a sample letter and outline

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

(4)

I request that a copy of the following documents (identify the documents or information as specifically as possible) be provided to me. I do not wish to inspect the documents first.

(5)

In order to determine my status for the applicability of fees, you should know that I am (insert a suitable description of the requester and the purpose of the request).

[Sample requester descriptions (please choose only one if applicable):

A Media Requester: a representative of the news media affiliated with the XXXX newspaper (magazine, television station, etc.), and this request is made as part of newsgathering and not for a commercial use.

An Educational Institution Requester or a Non-Commercial Scientific Institution Requester affiliated with an educational or noncommercial scientific institution, and this request is made for a scholarly or scientific purpose and not for a commercial use.

A Commercial-Use Requester affiliated with a private corporation, seeking information for use in the company's business.

An ?Other? Requester seeking information for non-commercial or personal use.]

(6)

As proof of identity I am including a photocopy of my driver?s license, notarized declaration, sworn statement, etc. (See ?To Establish Identity and Right to Access?)

(7)

I am willing to pay fees for this request up to a maximum of $XX. If you estimate that the fees will exceed this limit, please inform me first.

(8)

Thank you for your consideration of this request.

Sincerely,
[your signature]

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