{"id":"AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-085","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States; Internal Revenue Service (federal)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-FINANCIAL","eco":"","issuer":"Internal Revenue Service","authority":"I.R.C. § 7803(a)(2)","instrument":"IRS Statement on Taxpayer Assistance Centers (as updated June 26, 2020)","title":"IRS Statement on Taxpayer Assistance Centers","dateIssued":"2020-06-26","effective":"2020-06-29 (phased reopening by appointment only; TACs had been closed to the public since late March 2020)","end":"Appointment-only service continued through 2021","startDate":"2020-06-29","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["the public seeking in-person IRS service"],"clause":"June 26, 2020. Starting Monday, June 29, 2020, the IRS will begin opening its Taxpayer Assistance Centers (TACs) to the public in phases. To ensure the safety of the public and employees, people seeking in-person assistance at a TAC will need to call 844-545-5640 to make an appointment. Appointments will be available if people need assistance for authentication of identity and document validation related to tax return filing or application for an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number; Sailing Clearances required for foreign travel by resident and non-resident aliens leaving the United States; assistance with Economic Impact Payment Issues; and cash payments.","enforcement":"Administrative closure of federal public offices","functions":["CRT public offices (IRS walk-in service closed; appointment-only thereafter)","TX (ITIN applications, identity authentication, cash payments)","CB"],"notes":"Records that IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers were closed to the public until June 29, 2020 and then open by appointment only; the March 2020 closure statement itself was superseded on the same URL and was not separately captured","sourceUrl":"https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-statement-on-taxpayer-assistance-centers","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":47182,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-FINANCIAL","url":"/library/AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-085","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-085","citation":"Internal Revenue Service, IRS Statement on Taxpayer Assistance Centers (as updated June 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-085)","stateName":"","related":[]}