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Show payers get in the habit now of including their account numbers on all returns and other submissions submis-sions to IRS. Account numbering, number-ing, in addition to other identification, identi-fication, is an essential component compo-nent to the automated system. The Internal Revenue Service will advise individual taxpayers who ho not have Social Security numbers at a later date how to obtain them for tax account purposes. pur-poses. Business taxpayers lacking lack-ing identification numbers also will be assigned them. The Director said his office would be happy to discuss with any taxpayer or practitioner any questions or problems with respect re-spect to returns preparation. File Tax Report On Official Forms Roland V. Wise, director of Internal Revenue for the Salt Lake City District, urged that tax returns prepared for 1962 filing be prepared as nearly as possible in accordance with official of-ficial forms. Mr. Wise appealed particularly to professional practitioners to insure that the returns they prepare pre-pare conform to the prescribed format. This will become essential essen-tial as the Service proceeds with its conversion tq automatic data processing. The director emphasized these points: 1. Entries should be made on the tax return in consistent form and sequence, and at the prescribed pre-scribed place on the return. 2. Returns of schedules reproduced repro-duced by copying machines and other devices should adhere to standards of paper quality and legibility of the official forms. 3. Taxpayers receiving pre-addresesd pre-addresesd forms should use the forms where possible to minimize mini-mize errors in identification. It is anticipated that pre-address-ing of forms will be greatly extended ex-tended in the future. Mr. Wise pointed out that the Internal Revenue automatic data processing program will be inaugurated- at the beginning of 1961 in the Service's 7 state Atlanta At-lanta Region and will be extended extend-ed gradually in all the country. Such a system cannot operate efficiently if any sizeable number num-ber of returns requires expensive expen-sive editing before they can be converted to magnetic tape. Director Wise said IRS has for many years made liberal allowances al-lowances for the substitutions of improved schedules and other documents for official forms. While the Service will try to be reasonable in applying its new ! standards, the ADP system will require that essential information informa-tion be submitted in the prescribed pre-scribed manner. Mr. Wise also urged that tax- |