Part 2. Information Technology

Chapter 3. IDRS Terminal Responses

Section 48. Command Code UPDIS for the GUF System

2.3.48 Command Code UPDIS for the GUF System

Manual Transmittal

August 07, 2024

Purpose

(1) This IRM section provides an overview of IRM 2.3.48, IDRS Terminal Responses, Command Code UPDIS for the GUF System.

Material Changes

(1) IRM 2.3.48.1 Editorial changes have been made to the mandatory internal controls.

(2) Added new CIO to the signature line.

(3) Update Wage & Investment (W&I) to Taxpayer Services (TS).

Effect on Other Documents

IRM 2.3.48, dated December 16, 2021, is superseded.

Audience

LMSB, SBSE, TEGE, and TS.

Effective Date

(08-07-2024)


Rajiv Uppal
Chief Information Officer

2.3.48.1 (08-07-2024)

Program Scope and Objectives

  1. This section gives step-by-step guidance for the display and retrieval of unpostable information for IDRS (Integrated Data Retrieval System) Command Code UPDIS.

  2. Purpose: This transmits IRM 2.3.48, IDRS Terminal Responses, Command Code UPDIS.

  3. Audience: All IRS business units.

  4. Program Owner: AD/Submission Processing

  5. Primary Stakeholders: Taxpayer Services (TS), Large & Mid-Size Business (LMSB), Small Business Self Employed (SBSE), Tax Exempt and Government Entities (TE/GE)

  6. Program Goals: Command Code (CC) UPDIS accesses the GUF-AREA data base and displays a requested unpostable case for a specific sequence number. Command Code UPDIS also accesses the GUF-TIN-AREA to determine whether other cases exist with the same TIN. CC UPDIS must be used prior to CC UPCAS, CC UPRES and CC UPREV.

2.3.48.1.1 (08-07-2024)

Background

  1. This IRM and the contained subsections provide the user the necessary information on how to display an unpostable case using Command Code UPDIS.

2.3.48.1.2 (08-07-2024)

Authority

  1. Command CODE UPDIS was developed to allow users to display an unpostable case on the IDRS (Integrated Data Retrieval System) for Unpostable data.

2.3.48.1.3 (08-07-2024)

Roles and Responsibilities

  1. Applications Development (AD) is responsible for operations and maintenance of the command codes.

  2. Branch Chief, AD/Submission Processing

  3. Director, AD/Submission Processing

2.3.48.1.4 (08-07-2024)

Program Management and Review

  1. Command Code UPDIS is managed by Work Requests which are submitted for changes and also by tickets which are submitted by users for corrections.

2.3.48.1.5 (08-07-2024)

Program Controls

  1. Access to this program is governed by SACS.

2.3.48.1.6 (08-07-2024)

Terms/Definitions/Acronyms

  1. Acronyms Unique to IDRS

    Acronym Definition
    IMF Individual Masterfile
    BMF Business Masterfile
    TIF Taxpayer Information ob体育
    TC Transactions Code
    CC Command Code
    IDRS Integrated Data Retrieval System
2.3.48.1.7 (08-07-2024)

Related Resources

  1. SERP job aid for UPDIS - “ https://serp.enterprise.irs.gov/job-aids/command-code/command-code.html”

Exhibit 2.3.48-1

UPDIS—Input Fields

Line-Item Position Data Element Comments
1.1 1–5 COMMAND-CD Input
1.2 7–18 UP-SEQ-NUMBER Input
  Or    
3.1 * 1 UPDIS-REQUEST-IND SOE (to be keyed)
3.2 * 2–6 Space for key-in "UPDIS" (to be keyed)
3.3 * 8–19 UP-SEQ-Number generated by UPTIN display
*Optional UPDIS input format to be used when UPDIS screen request is entered from UPTIN screen display. Line items 8.1 thru 8.3, 13.1 thru 13.3 and 18.1 thru 18.3 will be identical to line items 3.1 thru 3.3.
Exhibit 2.3.48-2

UPDIS Standard Output Display except CAWR

Line-Item Position Data Element Comments
1.1 1–5 COMMAND-CD Value "UPRES"
1.2 6 COMMAND-CD-DEFINER Value spaces
1.3 7 COMMAND-CD-MODIFIER Value spaces
1.4 8–19 UP-SEQ-NUMBER  
1.5 21–23 Literal Value "ASG"
1.6 25–34 EMPLOYEE-NUM-ASSIGN  
1.7 36–38 Literal Value "CAT"
1.8 40–41 UP-CATEGORY-CODE  
1.9 44–47 Literal Value "AREA"
1.10 49–50 UP-AREA-LITERAL  
1.11 53–55 Literal Value "URC"
1.12 57 UP-RESOLUTION-CODE  
1.13 60–69 Current Date mm/dd/yyyy
1.14 72–79 Current Time hh:mm:ss
2.1 1–4 Literal Value "NULL"
2.2 6–7 NULLIFY-AREA-CD  
2.3 9-11 Literal Value "UPC"
2.4 13-15 UNPOSTABLE-CD  
2.5 17 MF-UP-REASON-CODE  
2.6 19-21 Literal Value "CYC"
2.7 23–30 ORIGINAL-UP-CYCLE  
2.8 32–34 Literal Value "REP"
2.9 36 REPEAT-IND  
2.10 38–39 Literal Value "ST"
2.11 41 UP-STATUS-CODE  
2.12 43–50 UP-STATUS-DATE  
2.13 52–72 PRIMARY-TRANS-PJ-AMT or INT-REDUCT-OVERPAYMENT-CMPTR (Dollars and cents)
(Credit Amt—Dollars and cents)
2.14 73 Sign character Minus or space
2.15 75–77 Literal Value "MSR"
2.16 79 MSR-IND  
3.1 1–17 DLN  
3.2 20–21 Literal Value "EC"
3.3 23 TRANS-ENTITY-CD  
3.4 26–31 Literal Value "CR-INT "
3.5 33–40 CREDIT-INTEREST-DT  
3.6 42–45 Literal Value "ASED"
3.7 47–54 ASED  
3.8 57–59 Literal Value "DOD"
3.9 61–68 DATE-OF-DEATH  
3.10 71–75 Literal Value "MF-AO"
3.11 77–78 PRIMARY-LOC-DO-CD  
4.1 1–11 TIN  
4.2 13 SSN-VALIDITY-OR-EIN-IND  
4.3 15–18 Literal Value "TXPD"
4.4 20–25 TAX-PRD  
4.5 28–30 Literal Value "MFT"
4.6 32–33 MFT-CD  
4.7 36–37 Literal Value "PN"
4.8 39–41 REPORT-PLAN-NUM  
4.9 44–45 Literal Value "TC"
4.10 47–49 TRANS-CD  
4.11 52–55 Literal Value "DATE"
4.12 57–64 TRANS-DT  
5.1 * 1–11 TIN Correction data
5.2 * 13 TIN-TYPE Correction data
5.3 * 20–25 TAX-PRD Correction data
5.4 * 32–33 MFT-CD Correction data
5.5 * 39–41 REPORT-PLAN-NUM Correction data
5.6 * 47–49 TRANS-CD Correction data
5.7 * 57–64 TRANS-DT Correction data
6.1 1–4 NAME-CTRL  
6.2 7–9 Literal Value "STC"
6.3 ** 11–13 SECONDARY-TRANS-CD  
6.4 16–20 Literal Value "EFT # "
6.5 *** 22–36 EFTPS-NUM  
6.6 39–46 Literal Value "IDRS EMP "
6.7 **** 48–57 IDRS-EMPLOYEE-NUMBER  
6.8 60–63 Literal Value "XSEQ" or "XTIN" or blanks
6.9 65–76 XREF-SEQ-NUMBER (or)
XREF-TIN-TRANSFER-DOC		  
*For Line Items 5.1 through 5.7, correction data will be displayed if present, else blank-filled.
**SECONDARY-TRANS-CD will be displayed if present, else field will be blank.
***EFTPS-NUM will be present if DOC-CD = 19 and INPUT-SYSTEM-SOURCE-CODE = 'P'.
****IDRS-EMPLOYEE NUMBER will be present if significant; else, blank-filled.
Line Items 6.8/6.9 will be present if significant; else blank-filled.
XREF-TIN-TRANSFER-DOC is a 10 position field
XREF-SEQ-NUMBER is a 12 position field.
7.1 * 1–4 NAME-CTRL Correction data
7.2 7–10 Literal Value "NAME"
7.3 * 12–46 NAME-LINE-1 Correction data
7.4 49–50 Literal Value "CC"
7.5 * 52 COND-CODE Correction data
7.6 57–59 Literal Value "SP#"
7.7 * 61–71 SPOUSE-SSN Correction data
8.1 1–7 Literal Value "REMARKS "
8.2 9–48 Remarks  
Line 8 varies according to TRANS-CD and DOC-CD.
Line items 8.4–8.8 may be present when the Primary TRANS-CD = 150.
8.3 51–53 Literal Value "EDC"
8.4 ** 55–57 ERROR-DELAY-CD-FIRST  
8.5 60–62 ERROR-DELAY-CD-SECOND  
8.6 65–67 ERROR-DELAY-CD-THIRD  
8.7 70–72 ERROR-DELAY-CD-FOURTH  
8.8 75–77 ERROR-DELAY-CD-FIFTH  
9.1 1–7 Literal Value "REL CYC "
9.2 9–14 UP-RELEASE-CYCLE  
9.3 56–61 Literal Value "DOC CC "
9.4 63–72 COND-CODE-FLD  
11.1 12–14 Literal Value "A/D"
11.2 29–31 Literal Value "BY:"
11.3 38–41 Literal Value "DATE"
11.4 56–58 Literal Value "A/D"
11.5 66–68 Literal Value "BY:"
11.6 75–78 Literal Value "DATE"
12.1 1–3 Literal Value "TIN"
12.2 12 Literal Value "*"
12.3 *** 15–23 TIN Generated Response
12.4 *** 25–34 HISTORY-CHG-EMPL-(TIN) Generated Response
*For Line Items 7.1, 7.3, 7.5, and 7.7 - Correction data will be displayed if present, else blank-filled.
**ERROR-DELAY-CD: Used to display the correction data if present, else the original transaction data elements when significant. For DOC CODE 97, Line Items 8.5–8.8 will always be blank.
***For Line 12 items, data will be displayed if present; else blank.
12.5 36–43 HISTORY-CHG-DATE-(TIN) Generated Response
12.6 45–47 Literal Value "MFT"
12.7 56 Literal Value "*"
12.8 58–59 MFT-CD Generated Response
12.9 62–71 HISTORY-CHG-EMPL-(MFT) Generated Response
12.10 73–80 HISTORY-CHG-DATE-(MFT) Generated Response
13.1 1–10 Literal Value "TAX PERIOD "
13.2 12 Literal Value "*"
13.3 15–20 TAX-PRD Generated Response
13.4 25–34 HISTORY-CHG-EMPL-(TXPRD) Generated Response
13.5 36–43 HISTORY-CHG-DATE-(TXPRD) Generated Response
13.6 45–54 Literal Value "TRANS CODE "
13.7 56 Literal Value "*"
13.8 58–60 TRANS-CD Generated Response
13.9 62–71 HISTORY-CHG-EMPL-(TRANS) Generated Response
13.10 73–80 HISTORY-CHG-DATE-(TRANS) Generated Response
14.1 1–9 Literal Value "NAME LINE "
14.2 12 Literal Value "*"
14.3 15–49 NAME-LINE-1 Generated Response
14.4 62–71 HISTORY-CHG-EMPL-(NAME) Generated Response
14.5 73–80 HISTORY-CHG-DATE-(NAME) Generated Response
15.1 1–10 Literal Value "NAME CNTRL "
15.2 12 Literal Value "*"
15.3 15–18 NAME-CTRL Generated Response
15.4 25–34 HISTORY-CHG-EMPL-(NCTRL) Generated Response
15.5 36–43 HISTORY-CHG-DATE-(NCTRL) Generated Response
15.6 45–52 Literal Value "HIST REM "
15.7 56 Literal Value "*"
15.8 62–71 HISTORY-CHG-EMPL-(REMARKS) Generated Response
15.9 73–80 HISTORY-CHG-DATE-(REMARKS) Generated Response
16.1 1–80 HISTORY-REMARKS-LINE Generated Response
23.1 1–40 UPTIN's present message Generated Response
For Lines 12 through 16, data items will be displayed if significant; else blank-filled.
Exhibit 2.3.48-3

UPDIS Output Display for CAWR

Line-Item Position Data Element Comments
1.1 1–5 COMMAND-CD Value "UPRES"
1.2 6 COMMAND-CD-DEFINER Value spaces
1.3 7 COMMAND-CD-MODIFIER Value spaces
1.4 8–19 UP-SEQ-NUMBER  
1.5 21–23 Literal Value "ASG"
1.6 25–34 EMPLOYEE-NUM-ASSIGN  
1.7 36–38 Literal Value "CAT"
1.8 40–41 UP-CATEGORY-CODE  
1.9 44–47 Literal Value "AREA"
1.10 49–50 UP-AREA-LITERAL  
1.11 53–55 Literal Value "URC"
1.12 57 UP-RESOLUTION-CODE  
1.13 60–69 Current Date mm/dd/yyyy
1.14 72–79 Current Time hh:mm:ss
2.1 1–4 Literal Value "NULL"
2.2 6–7 NULLIFY-AREA-CD  
2.3 9-11 Literal Value "UPC"
2.4 13-15 UNPOSTABLE-CD  
2.5 17 MF-UP-REASON-CODE  
2.6 19-21 Literal Value "CYC"
2.7 23–30 ORIGINAL-UP-CYCLE  
2.8 32–34 Literal Value "REP"
2.9 36 REPEAT-IND  
2.10 38–39 Literal Value "ST"
2.11 41 UP-STATUS-CODE  
2.12 43–50 UP-STATUS-DATE  
3.1 1–17 DLN  
4.1 1–11 TIN  
4.2 13 TIN-TYPE  
4.3 15–18 Literal Value "TXPD"
4.4 20–25 TAX-PRD  
4.5 28–30 Literal Value "MFT"
4.6 32–33 MFT-CD  
4.7 44–45 Literal Value "TC"
4.8 47–49 TRANS-CD  
4.9 52–55 Literal Value "DATE"
4.10 57–64 TRAN-DT  
5.1 * 1–11 TIN Correction data
6.1 1–4 NAME-CTRL  
6.2 7–9 Literal Value "STC"
6.3 ** 11–13 SECONDARY-TRANS-CD  
6.4 42–49 Literal Value "IDRS EMP "
6.5 *** 51–60 IDRS-EMPLOYEE-NUMBER  
*For Line Item 5.1, correction data will be displayed if present, else blank-filled.
**SECONDARY-TRANS-CD will be displayed if present, else field will be blank.
*** IDRS-EMPLOYEE NUMBER will be present if significant; else, blank-filled.
7.1 * 1–4 NAME-CTRL Correction data
8.1 1–7 Literal Value "REMARKS "
8.2 9–48 Remarks  
9.1 1–7 Literal Value "REL CYC "
9.2 9–14 UP-RELEASE-CYCLE  
11.1 12–14 Literal Value "A/D"
11.2 29–31 Literal Value "BY:"
11.3 38–41 Literal Value "DATE"
11.4 56–58 Literal Value "A/D"
11.5 66–68 Literal Value "BY:"
11.6 75–78 Literal Value "DATE"
12.1 1–3 Literal Value "TIN"
12.2 12 Literal Value "*"
12.3 15–23 TIN Generated Response
12.4 25–34 HISTORY-CHG-EMPL-(TIN) Generated Response
12.5 36–43 HISTORY-CHG-DATE-(TIN) Generated Response
12.6 45–47 Literal Value "MFT"
12.7 55 Literal Value "*"
12.8 58–59 MFT-CD Generated Response
12.9 62–71 HISTORY-CHG-EMPL-(MFT) Generated Response
12.10 73–80 HISTORY-CHG-DATE-(MFT) Generated Response
13.1 1–10 Literal Value "TAX PERIOD "
13.2 12 Literal Value "*"
13.3 15–20 TAX-PRD Generated Response
13.4 25–34 HISTORY-CHG-EMPL-(TXPRD) Generated Response
13.5 36–43 HISTORY-CHG-DATE-(TXPRD) Generated Response
13.6 45–54 Literal Value "TRANS CODE "
13.7 56 Literal Value "*"
13.8 58–60 TRANS-CD Generated Response
13.9 62–71 HISTORY-CHG-EMPL-(TRANS) Generated Response
13.10 73–80 HISTORY-CHG-DATE-(TRANS) Generated Response
14.1 1–9 Literal Value "NAME LINE "
14.2 12 Literal Value "*"
14.3 15–49 NAME-LINE-1 Generated Response
14.4 62–71 HISTORY-CHG-EMPL-(NAME) Generated Response
14.5 73–80 HISTORY-CHG-DATE-(NAME) Generated Response
* For line item 7.1, correction data will be displayed if present, else blank-filled.
For items on Lines 12–14, data will be displayed if significant, else blank-filled.
15.1 1–10 Literal Value "NAME CNTRL "
15.2 12 Literal Value "*"
15.3 15–18 NAME-CTRL Generated Response
15.4 25–34 HISTORY-CHG-EMPL-(NCTRL) Generated Response
15.5 36–43 HISTORY-CHG-DATE-(NCTRL) Generated Response
15.6 45–54 Literal Value "HIST REM "
15.7 56 Literal Value "*"
15.8 62–71 HISTORY-CHG-EMPL-(REMARKS) Generated Response
15.9 73–80 HISTORY-CHG-DATE-(REMARKS) Generated Response
16.1 1–80 HISTORY-REMARKS-LINE Generated Response
18.1 1–13 Literal Value "EMPLOYER NAME"
18.2 15–49 EMPLOYER-NAME Value "SSA"
18.3 52–55 Literal  
18.4 57–61 SSA-BOX-NUMBER  
19.1 1–4 Literal Value "ADDR"
19.2 6–40 EMPLOYER-STREET-ADDRESS  
19.3 43–49 Literal Value "CITY/ST "
19.4 51–72 EMPLOYER-CITY-STATE  
19.5 75–79 EMPLOYER-ZIP-CODE  
20.1* 1–12 Literal Value "MF-NAME-CTRL "
20.2* 14–17 MF-NAME-CTRL  
20.3* 20–31 Literal Value "MF-NAME-LINE "
20.4* 33–67 MF-NAME-LINE  
23.1 1–40 UPTIN's present message Generated Response
For Lines 15–19, data items will be displayed if significant, else blank-filled.
*Line Items 20.1/20.4 will be present only when UPC is 003.