Notice2022-12931
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
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Published
June 16, 2022
Effective
July 30, 2022
Issuing agencies
Justice Department
Abstract
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is issuing a public notice of its intent to conduct a computer matching program with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of the Treasury. Under this matching program, entitled Taxpayer Address Request (TAR), the IRS will provide information relating to taxpayers' mailing addresses to the DOJ for purposes of enabling DOJ to locate debtors to initiate litigation and/ or enforce the collection of debts owed by the taxpayers to the United States.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36344-36345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12931]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[AAG/A Order No. 001/2022]
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
AGENCY: Justice Management Division, United States Department of
Justice.
ACTION: Notice of a new matching program.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ) is issuing a public notice of
its intent to conduct a computer matching program with the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS), Department of the Treasury. Under this matching
program, entitled Taxpayer Address Request (TAR), the IRS will provide
information relating to taxpayers' mailing addresses to the DOJ for
purposes of enabling DOJ to locate debtors to initiate litigation and/
or enforce the collection of debts
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owed by the taxpayers to the United States.
DATES: This matching program will become effective on July 30, 2022.
This matching program will continue for 18 months after the effective
date. Please submit any comments by July 18, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments
regarding this notice by mail to Dennis Dauphin, Director, Debt
Collection Management Staff, Justice Management Division, 145 N St. NE,
Rm 6W.102, Washington, DC 20530, or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4105242f2f28326f046f0520343129282f73013432252e2b6f262e37"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3470515a5a5d471a711a705541445c5d5a06744147505b5e1a535b42">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Dauphin, Director, Debt
Collection Management Staff, Justice Management Division,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5c18393232352f721972183d292c3435326e1c292f383336723b332a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="df9bbab1b1b6acf19af19bbeaaafb7b6b1ed9faaacbbb0b5f1b8b0a9">[email protected]</span></a>, 145 N St. NE, Rm 6W.102, Washington, DC
20530.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This agreement reestablishes a matching
program between the IRS and the DOJ to provide DOJ with the mailing
addresses of taxpayers to assist DOJ in its effort to collect or to
compromise debts owed to the United States. DOJ will provide IRS with
an electronic file containing the names and Social Security Numbers
(SSN) of individuals who owe debts to the U.S. and whose debts have
been referred to DOJ for litigation and/or enforced collection. The IRS
provides direct notice to taxpayers in the instructions to Form 1040,
and constructive notice in the Federal Register system of records
notice. The notice informs taxpayers that information provided on the
income tax returns may be given to other Federal agencies, as provided
by law. For the records involved in this match, both IRS and DOJ have
provided constructive notice to record subjects through the
publication, in the Federal Register, of systems of records notices
that contain routine uses permitting disclosures consistent with this
matching program.
Participating Agencies
The participating agencies include: DOJ and the IRS.
Authority for Conducting the Matching Program
This matching agreement is executed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(o),
the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and sets forth the terms under
which the IRS agrees to disclose taxpayer mailing addresses to the DOJ.
This matching program is being conducted under the authority of the
Internal Revenue Code Sec. 6103(m)(2), and the routine uses published
in the agencies' Privacy Act systems of records notices for the systems
of records used in this match. This provides for disclosure, upon
written request, of a taxpayer's mailing address for use by officers,
employees, or agents of a Federal agency for the purpose of locating
such taxpayer to collect or compromise a Federal claim against the
taxpayer in accordance with Title 31, Sec. Sec. 3711, 3717, and 3718.
These statutory provisions authorize DOJ to collect debts on behalf of
the United States through litigation.
Purpose(s)
The purpose of this program is to provide DOJ with the most current
addresses of taxpayers, to notify debtors of legal actions that may be
taken by DOJ and the rights afforded them in the litigation, and to
enforce collection of debts owed to the United States.
Categories of Individuals
Individuals who owe debts to the United States and whose debts have
been referred to the DOJ for litigation and/or enforced collection.
Categories of Records
DOJ will submit the nine-digit SSN and four-character Name Control
(the first four letters of the surname) of each individual whose
current address is requested. IRS will provide:
a. Nine-digit SSN and four-character Name Control; and
b. The latest street address, P.O. Box, or other address, city,
State and ZIP Code, only if the input SSN and Name Control both match
the Individual Master File (IMF); or
c. A code explaining that no match was found on the IMF.
System(s) of Records
DOJ will provide records from the Debt Collection Enforcement
System, JUSTICE/DOJ-016, last published in its entirety at 77 FR 9965
(February 21, 2012). This system of records contains information on
persons who owe debts to the United States and whose debts have been
referred to the DOJ for litigation and/or enforced collection. DOJ
records will be matched against records contained in Treasury's Privacy
Act System of Records: Customer Account Data Engine (CADE) IMF,
Treasury/IRS 24.030, last published at 80 FR 54082 (September 8, 2015).
This system of records contains, among other information, the
taxpayer's name, SSN, and most recent address known by IRS.
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(A) and 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), the
Department has provided a report to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) and Congress on this new Computer Matching Program.
Dated: June 10, 2022.
Peter A. Winn,
Acting Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer, United States
Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2022-12931 Filed 6-15-22; 8:45 am]
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