Date: June 2nd 2006

The following information is being provided by the IRS Fresno Campus Submission Processing Unit regarding the denied Forms 4868 that were timely filed:

The Service recently became aware that some taxpayers may have been erroneously denied an extension of time to file their tax return. A human error occurred in affixing the proper date stamp to certain Form 4868 extension requests at the IRS Fresno Campus. Most of the impacted forms were transmitted in bulk from paid preparers. The IRS estimates that 45,000 - 50,000 taxpayers may be affected.

The IRS is now reviewing all of the denied extensions to determine which ones were accurately denied. In cases where the IRS can identify the paid preparer who bulk-mailed the extensions which were incorrectly denied, the IRS will notify the practitioner. If IRS cannot identify a paid preparer then the taxpayer will receive a letter advising them that their extension is approved and that they may ignore the previous, incorrect correspondence. The IRS estimates its review of the denied extensions and subsequent mailings to taxpayers and practitioners will be completed before the end of June.

Taxpayers who believe their extension was improperly denied by the IRS Fresno Campus need take no action at this time. If the taxpayer received a denial letter and does not receive further correspondence by the end of June, the taxpayer may request a reconsideration of their case by following the instructions in the denial letter. Since the IRS is already reviewing their case, the Service asks all taxpayers who mailed an extension request to Fresno to wait until the end of June before taking any action.



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