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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Taxpayer Accountability Act </strong></p> <p>Requires the Internal Revenue Service: (1) to provide a substantive written response (not merely an acknowledgment letter) to any written correspondence from a taxpayer not later than 30 days after receiving such correspondence; (2) within 30 days after disclosing taxpayer information to any federal, state, or local governmental entity, to provide to the taxpayer a written notification describing the information, to whom it was disclosed, and when it was disclosed; and (3) to conclude any audit of an individual taxpayer not later than 1 year after the audit is initiated and to not assess any tax with respect to such audit after it is concluded.</p> <h3></h3> <ul></ul> <ul> <ul><br /></ul></ul>]]></text>
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