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FOIA Contact
Carmen M. Banerjee
Division Counsel for FOIA and PA Matters
Tax Division
Department of Justice
P.O. Box 227
Ben Franklin Station
Washington, DC 20044
(202) 307-6320
Conventional Reading Room:
Call (202) 307-6320 for access instructions.
Electronic Reading Room:
This includes records created by the Tax Division on or after November 1, 1996 and may include
earlier records converted to electronic format.
Component Description:
The Tax Division's chief activity is to represent the Internal Revenue Service in civil and criminal litigation.
It also represents other Federal agencies that may have problems with state and local taxing authorities. Consequently, the Tax Division
maintains information primarily about civil and criminal tax litigation, either actual or contemplated. This information is stored in files that
are indexed in central classification systems under the names of the individuals or entities who are parties to the litigation. In addition,
the Tax Division maintains some information relating to various procedures and guidelines for processing tax cases, as well as files on
its administrative functions.
DOJ Reference Guide
A comprehensive guide to the FOIA that serves as a handbook for obtaining information from the
Department of Justice.
General information about making a FOIA request
- Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552) and Department of Justice regulations, any person may request
Tax Division records.
- All FOIA requests must be made in writing, signed, and mailed to the above address.
- Individuals requesting records about themselves must verify their identity before the Tax Division will process the request.
One verification method is to complete DOJ Form 361 (Certificate of Identity) and attach it to the request. To obtain DOJ Form 361,
and to find out about other identity-verification methods, please refer to the DOJ Reference
Guide.
- For more information about making FOIA requests, please refer to the DOJ Reference Guide,
or to 28 C.F.R. 16.3 ("Requirements for Making Requests").
Information about making a FOIA request to the Tax Division
- FOIA does not require agencies either to create records or to provide narrative responses to inquiries that do not request records.
Therefore, requests should seek only existing Tax Division records that do not fall under a specific disclosure
exemption (e.g., classified national security matters, personal privacy material, investigative files, trade secrets,
privileged information, etc.). See 5 U.S.C. 552(b).
- To understand the types of records the Tax Division maintains, please see the Component Description above.
Individuals seeking records such as tax returns that are primarily maintained by the Internal Revenue Service,
should make their FOIA requests in writing to the Internal Revenue Service. See www.irs.gov/foia.
Publicly available information for which a FOIA request is not required:
Criminal Tax Manual, Judgment and Collection Manual,
Settlement Reference Manual, and Summons Enforcement Manual.
Please click on the links above to access any of these documents, and note that each link
goes to the Electronic Reading Room.
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