Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 448-01-50-10-45

(Revised 11/1/17 ML #3510)

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An electronic file is sent to IRS approximately once a month for all new recipients approved that month and existing recipients in a TECS or Vision case that are due for an annual request of data. IRS processes the data and information is returned to the Department through an electronic file. The Federal Tax Information returned from IRS is from tax returns for the current tax year and includes interest, dividends, gambling winnings, agriculture subsidies, capital gains and sale of stocks and bonds. This file is used to create the IEVS Unidentified Financial Object (UFO) hits in TECS.

 

**DO NOT print or include IEVS UFO information in case files.**

 

Information that specifically addresses where the hit came from (IRS) or the source of the information (company or agency name) cannot be included in the:

 

• request for information sent to the recipient

 

• request for information sent to the source

 

• documentation in narratives

 

 

The established tolerance level for IEVS UFO hits is $49.99. If the variance between information received through IEVS UFO and information used to determine eligibility is $49.99 or less for the reporting year per recipient, the hit will display in blue on the IEVS Outstanding Interfaces (IEOI) in TECS. On the IEVS Outstanding Client Interfaces (IEOC) in TECS, the hit will display “TOL” next to the date. The eligibility worker will not be required to take action and it will automatically show on the tracking screen as being correct. The eligibility worker should review those alerts to determine if the recipient failed to report.

 

If the IEVS UFO information is greater than the tolerance level, the worker must process the IEVS hit. The findings must be entered on the IEVS Tracking Results (IETR) in TECS.

 

In the notice prompt for these types of IVES Hits, the intent is for the eligibility worker to include verbiage that states for example, “Please contact me within 10 days to discuss the information received through a computer match. After you contact me, you will be provided adequate time to provide verification of the information”.

 

In these situations, the client must contact the worker and during the conversation, the worker can verbally inform the client what the computer match disclosed (i.e. wages from Menards, Interest income from First Bank, etc.).