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Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. We ask

Specific Instructions

for the information on this form to carry out the Internal

Revenue laws of the United States. We need the information to

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gain access to the return or other exempt or political

Exempt or political organization. Enter the organization’s

organization IRS form you requested in our files and properly

official name under which exempt status was approved,

respond to your request. The authority to ask for the information

address, and, if known, employer identification number. If you

requested on this form is Internal Revenue Code section 6104

do not enter the official name, we may not be able to locate the

and its regulations. You are not required to provide the

requested form.

information requested on this form. However, if you do not

furnish the information, we may not be able to fill your request.

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Providing willfully false or fraudulent information may subject

Requester. Enter the requester’s name, address, phone

you to criminal penalties. Routine uses include disclosing the

number, and the name of a contact person.

information to the Department of Justice for civil or criminal

litigation. We may also disclose this information to Federal and

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state agencies to enforce Federal nontax criminal laws and to

Category of requester. Check the appropriate category of the

federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to combat

requester. You must check a box.

terrorism. You are not required to provide the information

requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork Reduction

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Act unless the form displays a valid OMB control number.

Reason for request. To avoid being charged the commercial

Books or records relating to a form or its instructions must be

rate, all requesters except commercial users, must provide a

retained as long as their contents may become material in the

reason for requesting the records and explain how the records

administration of any Internal Revenue law. Generally, tax

will be used.

returns and return information are confidential, as required by

Internal Revenue Code section 6103. The time needed to

Lines 5-9. For each applicable form, check the box(es) for the

complete and file Form 4506-A will vary depending on individual

item(s) you are requesting. You may request more than one

circumstances. The estimated average time is:

form. For each form requested, check either the copy,

inspection, or CD/DVD box and enter the specific tax year(s),

Recordkeeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 min.

as indicated. If ordering a partial set on CD/DVD, indicate the

Learning about the law or the form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 min.

format, state(s), and month(s) requested. Incomplete requests

Preparing the form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21 min.

will be rejected.

Copying, assembling, and sending the form to the IRS . .

20 min.

Note. Tax returns are generally available only for 7 years from

filing before they are destroyed by law.

If you have comments concerning the accuracy of these time

estimates or suggestions for making Form 4506-A simpler, we

would be happy to hear from you. You can write to the Internal

Revenue Service, Tax Products Coordinating Committee,

SE:W:CAR:MP:T:T:SP, 1111 Constitution Ave. NW, IR-6526,

Washington, DC 20224. Do not send Form 4506-A to this

address. Instead, see Where To File on page 1.

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