TAP C04-057

Scoring Notices

Statement of Issue:

IRS uses a Document Assessment Total (DAT) to score the readability and usability of IRS notices.

Proposal:

Members of the W & I Reducing Taxpayer Burden (Notice) Issue Committee were trained in scoring notices using the DAT in February 2004. Using the DAT tool, the members have scored the CP07, CP27, CP501, CP503, CP504, CP515, CP518, CP521, and CP523. The DAT scoring documents have been sent to the leads of the respective Dynamic Project Team (DPT).