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Are you sure the IRS still uses the exact same data format that was used in the 1960's or would "Business Master File" rather be a name for a data exchange stan

Are you sure the IRS still uses the exact same data format that was used in the 1960's or would "Business Master File" rather be a name for a data exchange standard? Because the IBM 7074 is so old, it predates the 8 bit byte length.

_ugfj 3y ago
There are countless articles and various government agencies reporting on how this ancient system is still in use. Eg. https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/finance_r_letter_to_rettig.pdf https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/finance_r_lette... https://www.gao.gov/blog/irss-efforts-modernize-60-year-old-tax-processing-system-almost-decade-away https://www.gao.gov/blog/irss-efforts-modernize-60-year-old-... https://www.cfodive.com/news/irs-relies-64-year-old-software-jeopardizing-security-gao/642567/ https://www.cfodive.com/news/irs-relies-64-year-old-software... etc etc