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FPLS cases submitted to IRS and SESA
We would like to notify you of two changes we recently made to the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) regarding the cases submitted to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the State Employment Security Agencies (SESA).
Previously, the IRS would only process unknown cases (those without a Social Security Number (SSN)) on a quarterly basis. Effective May 17, 1992, the FPLS will be sending unknown cases to IRS on a weekly basis. This change will vastly improve the turnaround time in those cases needing an SSN.
Also, during the past two years the FPLS has been conducting computer matches with the SESAs to obtain wage and employment data. We are currently limited by the SESAs to broadcasting 200,000 cases per quarter. This allocation has not been sufficient to meet the demand, leaving thousands of cases backlogged for the next cross match. Instead of allowing cases to pend on our system indefinitely, we will be returning to you a response indicating that the FPLS was unable to send your case to the SESAs. You can resubmit these cases for the next crossmatch if you have been unsuccessful in locating the absent parent.
ON-LINE USER's - For those cases that we are unable to send to the SESA's, on-line users will receive a message, "Unable to Send Case to Agency" on their address report. When you query one of the cases that we were unable to send to the SESAs, you will notice an "N" in the status code field.
TAPE USER's - For those users that receive their addresses on tape, a new response code has been developed. For those cases that we are unable to send to the SESA's, an 01 "Unable to Send Case to Agency" will
appear in position 218-219 on the FPLS output tape.
To accommodate the IRS and SESA changes, effective April 1992, new Response Codes and Messages have been developed. For your information, we have enclosed the "Official List of FPLS Response Codes" which lists these new and revised codes. Please update your FPLS Users Guide for future reference. Also, please notify your technical liaison that this will require a minor program change.
In order to maximize the effectiveness of the SESA crossmatches, we suggest that you only submit those cases for which you are unable to locate the absent parent using State and local sources. Again, you can submit these cases for the next crossmatch. Also, rather than broadcast all of your cases, we recommend that you direct them to selected States to which absent parents from your State are most likely to migrate.
We apologize and regret the burden this places on your staff. I assure you that we are doing everything we can to amend the situation. If you have questions or need clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me or Nancy Bienia at (202) 40l-9274.
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