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The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States; Internal Revenue Service (federal)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- I.R.C. § 7803(a)(2)
- Issued
- 2020-06-26 June 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-29 (phased reopening by appointment only; TACs had been closed to the public since late March 2020) (read as 2020-06-29)
- End
- Appointment-only service continued through 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- June 29, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- the public seeking in-person IRS service
- Functions reached
- CRT public offices (IRS walk-in service closed; appointment-only thereafter)
- TX (ITIN applications, identity authentication, cash payments)
- CB
- Character
- context
- Collection
- Federal financial regulators AGY-FED-FINANCIAL
Operative words
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
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closed to the public until June 29, 2020 and then open by appointment only; the March 2020 closure statement itself was superseded on the same URL and was not separately captured
Retrieval noteThe live page carries the June 26, 2020 text; the earlier (March 2020) version announcing the closure could not be retrieved from the Wayback Machine during this session.