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Indicators Used to Prevent Filing of Tax Returns for Deceased Taxpayers Were Incorrectly Placed on...

Between February 23, 2022, and March 30, 2022, we alerted IRS management to our concerns and recommended that the Commissioners, Small Business/Self-Employed and Wage and Investment Divisions, review the 77,868 taxpayer accounts that we identified as having a potential erroneous account lock; determine if the deceased account lock was appropriate; and where the account lock was not appropriate, take the appropriate steps to update/correct these accounts including contacting the taxpayer.