FTB IPA information.

Practical uses of the Information Practices Act

Almost everyone who, for whatever reason, gets the urge to inquire into the records maintained about them by the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) encounters the same initial problem:

O.K., I decided I want my records, but what records am I supposed to ask for?

If we ask for "everything in my file" under my name or S.S.N., we usually get either a run-around or a collection of "stuff" which we have no idea of the significance of.

Fortunately, if we are Internet-literate, FTB has actually told us what to ask for. So let's ask FTB for what it tells us to ask for:

1.a. FTB's Collection Procedures Manual (CPM), § 2010 ( http://www.ftb.ca.gov/manuals/arm/cpm/2010.htm [as of May 30, 2002] ) reads (in part):

Transcript information is valuable only if the user is able to interpret and evaluate the data. Account evaluation begins with a thorough screening of the transcript. The transcript has four segments; Taxpayer Transcripts; Taxpayer Information Display, Tax Year Monetary and Tax Year History Display....

1.b. CPM, § 2000, Exhibit A ( http://www.ftb.ca.gov/manuals/arm/cpm/PIT20ExA.htm [as of May 30, 2002] ) reads (in part):

Complete information on the Taxpayer Information Display can be obtained by referring to TI System Manual Section 05000.

and shows TAXPAYER INFORMATION DISPLAY to be (PIT1060).

1.c. CPM, § 2000, Exhibit B ( http://www.ftb.ca.gov/manuals/arm/cpm/PIT20ExB.htm [as of May 30, 2002] ) shows TAX YEAR MONETARY DISPLAY to be (PIT2002).

1.d. CPM, Section 2000, Exhibit C ( http://www.ftb.ca.gov/manuals/arm/cpm/PIT20ExC.htm [as of May 30, 2002] ) shows TAX YEAR HISTORY OF ACTIVITY DISPLAY to be (PIT2003).

1.e. CPM, § 2010.01 ( http://www.ftb.ca.gov/manuals/arm/cpm/2010.htm [as of May 30, 2002] ) in several places refers persons to TI System Manual Appendix for explanations of codes.

1.f. TI System Manual Appendix does not seem to be available on the Internet ( http://www.ftb.ca.gov/manuals/ [as of May 30, 2002]).

1.g. TI System Manual also does not seem to be available on the Internet [as of May 30, 2002].

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