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The agency uses them for tax verification and reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the draft performance work statement, the modernization effort is needed because the old systems are unable to handle new requirements placed on the IRS by a series of new legislative mandates, like the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe legacy system cannot accommodate additional document codes, which are critical to uniquely identifying the forms by downstream systems,\u201d the document said. \u201cTo accommodate these and other requirements, the IRP environment requires significant reengineering. The Information Returns Program Development (IRPD) program aims to address this reengineering challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IRDP program is responsible for the life cycle of the information returns, from the time they are submitted to when they are sent \u201cdown stream.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contractor will modernize the intake, storage, use and distribution of the tax documents. 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