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IRS' Year 2000 Efforts: Status and Risks

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 7, 1998
Report No. T-GGD-98-123
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Summary:

The most critical issue facing the Internal Revenues Service (IRS) this year and in 1999 is the need to make its computer systems Year 2000 compliant. Completing this complex task involves correcting million of lines of computer code and thousands of commercial hardware and software products that IRS relies on to carry out its mission. If these efforts are not completed, IRS' tax processing and collection systems may fail to operate or may generate millions of erroneous tax notices, refunds, interest calculations, and account adjustments. The agency has less than nine months to complete the work that it believes is necessary to reach its goal of having all of its systems Year 2000 compliant by January 31, 1999. This testimony discusses the results of GAO's work to date on IRS' efforts to have its information systems function correctly when processing dates beyond December 31, 1999.

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