Contrary to popular opinion the government does not work all cases like it’s a CSI crime scene investigation.
when they try to locate taxpayers are US citizens they use very normal and simple means to locate persons of interest.
The following list is the most common way the IRS and government agencies locate taxpayers.
- Telephone directories
- IRS’s Information Returns Processing data
- Send a postal tracer
- Motor vehicle records
- Employment commissions
- Courthouse records for real and personal property
- Local licensing when the taxpayer owns a business
- Online resources (Accurint)
- Integrated Data Retrieval System tax return research, if the due date of the last filed return was within the past two years
- Currency and Banking Retrieval System research when Integrated Data Retrieval System research reflects that a taxpayer has filed a Foreign Bank Account Reporting form, and possible use of a Tax Attache for International accounts.
- Credit Bureaus
Please keep in mind these common ways are generally for civil cases, the IRS and other government agencies has much more sophisticated means to locate criminals or those involved in covert operations against the US government.
