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the W-2 s can be obtained (from taxpayers according to James P. Boyle, IRS District Director for Virginia. Copy B of the W-2 state-! ment that employers are required to give employees is the one that should be attach ed to federal tax returns, he i said. | When returns are received, I in IRS offices without a W-2 for all incom&son which taxes have been withheld, a letter' requesting the missing docu; ment is sent to the taxpayer. 'Until the W-2 is received, lor an acceptable explanation !of why it cannot be supplied, processing of the return cani not be completed. One of the major reasons for delay in issuing refunds is the failure of taxpayers to include their correct Social Security number on the tax return. As of last week, the Director reported, 8,388 refunds had been delayed in Virginia and the other five states of the Mid-Atlantic Region, because of incorrect or missing Social Security numbers. Mr. Boyle reported that to date other refunds are being held up because of a variety of other errors or failures to comply with Instructions mail ed to each taxpayer with his tax forms. Tax returns filed up to last week included 15,938 without the signature of the taxpayer or in the case of a joint return without the signature of both the husband and wife. These will have to be sent back to the taxpayers before refunds can be processed. Returns with errors in arith metic which are causing delays in sending refunds so far tot^l 11,159 and returns where taxpayers have used
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