Internal Revenue Manual
IRM 2.3.27 — Command Code ECREQ
Part 2. Information Technology
Chapter 3. IDRS Terminal Responses Section 27. Command Code ECREQ 2.3.27 Command Code ECREQ Manual Transmittal December 11, 2024 Purpose (1) This transmits revised IRM 2.3.27, IDRS Terminal Responses, Command Code ECREQ. Material Changes (1) IRM 2.3.27.1 update of mandatory internal controls. (2) Replaced Wage & Investment (W&I) to Taxpayer Services (TS) throughout IRM. (3) Editorial changes were made to update current CIO and change. Effect on Other Documents IRM 2.3.27, dated February 14, 2023, is superseded. Audience Large Business and International (LB&I), Small Business Self-Employed (SB/SE), Tax Exempt and Government Entities (TE/GE), Taxpayer Services (TS) Effective Date (12-11-2024) Rajiv Uppal Chief Information Officer
Program Scope and Objectives
2.3.27.1 (12-11-2024) Program Scope and Objectives Purpose: This transmits revised IRM 2.3.27, IDRS Terminal Responses, Command Code ECREQ Audience: All IRS business units. Policy Owner: Chief Information Officer. Program Owner: Account Services. Primary Stake Holders: Large Business and International (LB&I), Small Business Self-Employed (SB/SE), Tax Exempt and Government Entities (TE/GE), Taxpayer Services (TS). Program Goals: Use Command Code ECREQ to request a screen format to input state employment commission requests on IMF taxpayers. Request one of the following formats: ECREQ5, ECREQP or ECREQM.
Background
2.3.27.1.1 (02-03-2023) Background This IRM and the contained subsections provide the user the necessary information on how to use Command Code ECREQ.
Authority
2.3.27.1.2 (02-03-2023) Authority Use Command Code ECREQ to request a screen format to input state employment commission requests on IMF taxpayers present on the TIF (Taxpayer Information File) on the IDRS (Integrated Data Retrieval System).
Roles and Responsibilities
2.3.27.1.3 (02-03-2023) Roles and Responsibilities The RCC(Research Command Code) Project Lead responsible for reviewing and implementing the Work Requests that affect ECREQ and for updating the contents of this IRM.
Program Management and Review
2.3.27.1.4 (02-03-2023) Program Management and Review The Command Code ECREQ is managed by Work Requests which are submitted for changes and also by tickets which are submitted by users for corrections.
Program Controls
2.3.27.1.5 (02-03-2023) Program Controls Access to this program is governed by SACS.
Terms and Acronyms
2.3.27.1.6 (02-03-2023) Terms and Acronyms Acronyms unique to IDRS Acronym Definition IMF Individual Masterfile BMF Business Masterfile TIF Taxpayer Information File TC Transaction Code CC Command Code
Related Resources
2.3.27.1.7 (02-03-2023) Related Resources SERP - IDRS Command Code Job Aid - Job Aids
Command Code ECREQ
2.3.27.2 (02-03-2023) Command Code ECREQ Command Code ECREQ creates a record that will be sent to state agencies for potential levy sources. These records will be sent to each participating state agency within the service center jurisdiction or only to the specific states you select. Since the state's records are updated quarterly, determine if you need to re-input the request. Command Code ECREQ request a screen format to input state employment commission requests one of the following formats: ECREQ5, ECREQP or ECREQM. Precede CC ECREQ with CC LEVYS to avoid duplication of effort and to insure no levy source already exists. Command Code ECREQP requests produce a hardcopy listing. ECREQ, ECREQ5, or ECREQM requests will be updated to the TIF. Command Code ECREQ with a blank, P or 5 definer will result in the ECREQ5 format, Command Code ECREQ with a definer of M will result in the ECREQM format. ECREQ5 and ECREQP will generate up to 5 separate taxpayer requests for the states selected. ECREQM will generate up to 20 separate taxpayer requests. One request for each line of valid input will be sent to all states within the service center jurisdiction. Because of processing costs, avoid indiscriminate use of CC ECREQM. If you are inputting CC ECREQP, and you are not the originator of the EC request, enter the originator's RECEIVER-EMPLOYEE-NUMBER on line 2, positions 24–33. You may enter both the primary and secondary SSNs on the same request, although only the primary SSN is required. The taxpayer name control is a required input. FUNCTIONAL-AREA-CODE is an optional field. Enter the correct value on line 2, position 57, if the request is not for Collection. Tabbing to the first position of each input field has been added. See record element description.
Error Responses For CC ECREQ
2.3.27.2.1 (07-01-2012) Error Responses For CC ECREQ Error messages will be displayed in inverse video on line 24. Correct the error and re-enter. Error Messages: "CC-DEFINER INV" —The CC-DEFINER is not blank, M, 5 or P. "PLEASE CORRECT INVALID DATA ON SCREEN" —all elements determined to be invalid on the request screen will be asterisk and displayed for correction and re-entry. All elements on the request screen determined to be valid will not be returned, they will be processed and written to the gendata tape. "ERROR ON WRITE TO GENDATA-NOTIFY CSA" —The request transactions on the screen have not been written to tape. CSA should correct tape problem.
CC ECREQ Valid Response
2.3.27.2.2 (07-01-2012) CC ECREQ Valid Response If Command Code ECREQ (with a definer of blank, 5, P, or M) is input correctly, the format for ECREQ5 or ECREQM will be generated. If ECREQ5, ECREQP OR ECREQM data is input correctly, the input screen will be returned with the message "REQUEST COMPLETE" on line 24.
Command Code ECREQ
Exhibit 2.3.27-1 Command Code ECREQ (1) Request Screen: FIGURE 1 Please click here for the text description of the image. (2) Record Element Description Element Line Position Description and Validity 1 1 1–5 COMMAND-CD ECREQ 2 1 6 CC-DEFINER: blank or M or 5 or P
ECREQ5
Exhibit 2.3.27-2 ECREQ5 (1) Input Screen: FIGURE 2 Please click here for the text description of the image. (2) Record Element Description Element Line Position Description and Validity 1 1 1–5 COMMAND-CD ECREQ 2 1 6 CC-DEFINER: 5 or P 3 2 7–23 LITERAL: RECEIVER-EMP-NUM 4 2 *24–33 RECEIVER-EMPLOYEE-NUM (used for routing): nnnnnnnnnn or [slashb] will be input only if the receiver of the state info is other than the terminal operator. First 2 positions must be valid Service Center or District Office code, within Service Center's jurisdiction. Last eight positions may not be all zeroes. 5 2 38–56 LITERAL: FUNCTIONAL-AREA-CD 6 2 *57 FUNCTIONAL-AREA-CD (used for routing): Values are: 0=Collection (default value) 1=Criminal Investigation 2=Examination 3=Taxpayer Services 4–9=Reserved 7 5,7,11,15,19 1–4 LITERAL: TIN 8 3,7,11,15,19 *5–16 EDITED-TIN: nnn-nn-nnnn b 9 3,7,11,15,19 19–26 LITERAL: NAME-CTRL 10 3,7,11,15,19 *27–30 NAME-CTRL: vvvv 11 3,7,11,15,19 33–46 LITERAL: SECONDARY-SSN 12 3,7,11,15,19 *47–58 EDITED-SECONDARY-SSN: nnn-nn-nnn [slashb] or [slashb] 13 4,8,12,16,20 1–11 LITERAL: ALL-STATES 14 4,8,12,16,20 *12 ALL-STATES-IND: X or (input X if a request should be sent to all states) 15 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 1–3 LITERAL: State abbreviation 16 5,9,13,17,21 *4 INDV-STATE-IND-1: X or [slashb] 17 5,9,13,17,21 6–8 LITERAL: State abbreviation 18 5,9,13,17,21 *9 INDV-STATE-IND-2: X or [slashb] 19 5,9,13,17,21 11–13 LITERAL: State abbreviation 20 5,9,13,17,21 *14 INDV-STATE-IND-3: X or [slashb] 21 5,9,13,17,21 16–18 LITERAL: State abbreviation 22 5,9,13,17,21 *19 INDV-STATE-IND-4: X or [slashb] 23 5,9,13,17,21 21–23 LITERAL: State abbreviation 24 5,9,13,17,21 *24 INDV-STATE-IND-5: X or [slashb] 25 5,9,13,17,21 36–28 LITERAL: State abbreviation 26 5,9,13,17,21 *29 INDV-STATE-IND-6: X or [slashb] 27 5,9,13,17,21 31–33 LITERAL: State abbreviation 28 5,9,13,17,21 *34 INDV-STATE-IND-7: X or [slashb] 29 5,9,13,17,21 36–38 LITERAL: State abbreviation 30 5,9,13,17,21 *39 INDV-STATE-IND-8: X or [slashb] 31 5,9,13,17,21 41–43 LITERAL: State abbreviation 32 5,9,13,17,21 *44 INDV-STATE-IND-9: X or [slashb] 33 5,9,13,17,21 46–48 LITERAL: State abbreviation 34 5,9,13,17,21 *49 INDV-STATE-IND-10: X or [slashb] 35 5,9,13,17,21 51–53 LITERAL: State abbreviation 36 5,9,13,17,21 *54 INDV-STATE-IND-11: X or [slashb] 37 5,9,13,17,21 56–58 LITERAL: State abbreviation 38 5,9,13,17,21 *59 INDV-STATE-IND-12: X or [slashb] 39 5,9,13,17,21 61–63 LITERAL: State abbreviation 40 5,9,13,17,21 *64 INDV-STATE-IND-13: X or [slashb] 41 5,9,13,17,21 66–68 LITERAL: State abbreviation 42 5,9,13,17,21 *69 INDV-STATE-IND-14: X or [slashb] Note: *Designates a tabbed element.
ECREQ5
Exhibit 2.3.27-3 ECREQ5 (1) Response Screen (Valid): FIGURE 3 Please click here for the text description of the image. (2) Record Element Description: Element Line Position Description and Validity 1 2 1–5 COMMAND-CD ECREQ 2 2 6 CC-DEFINER: 5 or P 3 2 7–23 LITERAL: RECEIVER-EMP-NUM 4 2 36–56 LITERAL: FUNCTIONAL-AREA-CD 5 3,7,11,15,19 1–4 LITERAL: TIN 6 3,7,11,15,19 19–26 LITERAL: NM-CTRL 7 3,7,11,15,19 33–46 LITERAL: SECONDARY-SSN 8 4,8,12,16,20 1–11 LITERAL: ALL-STATES 9 5,9,13,17,21 1–3 LITERAL: State abbreviation 10 5,9,13,17,21 6–8 LITERAL: State abbreviation 11 5,9,13,17,21 11–13 LITERAL: State abbreviation 12 5,9,13,17,21 16–18 LITERAL: State abbreviation 13 5,9,13,17,21 21–23 LITERAL: State abbreviation 14 5,9,13,17,21 26–28 LITERAL: State abbreviation 15 5,9,13,17,21 31–33 LITERAL: State abbreviation 16 5,9,13,17,21 36–38 LITERAL: State abbreviation 17 5,9,13,17,21 41–43 LITERAL: State abbreviation 18 5,9,13,17,21 46–48 LITERAL: State abbreviation 19 5,9,13,17,21 51–53 LITERAL: State abbreviation 20 5,9,13,17,21 56–58 LITERAL: State abbreviation 21 5,9,13,17,21 61–63 LITERAL: State abbreviation 22 5,9,13,17,21 66–68 LITERAL: State abbreviation 23 24 1–26 REQUEST COMPLETE
ECREQ5
Exhibit 2.3.27-4 ECREQ5 (1) Response Screen (Error): FIGURE 4 Please click here for the text description of the image. (1) Record Element Description: Element Line Position Description and Validity 1 2 1–5 COMMAND-CD ECREQ 2 1 6 CC-DEFINER: 5 or P 3 2 7–23 LITERAL: RECEIVER-EMP-NUM 4 2 38–56 LITERAL: FUNCTIONAL-AREA-CD 5 3,7,11,15,19 1–4 LITERAL: TIN 6 3,7,11,15,19 5–16 EDITED-TIN: (see note) 7 3,7,11,15,19 19–26 LITERAL: NM-CTRL 8 3,7,11,15,19 27–30 NAME-CTRL: (see note) 9 3,7,11,15,19 33–46 LITERAL: SECONDARY-SSN 10 3,7,11,15,19 47–58 EDITED-SECONDARY-SSN: (see note) 11 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 1–11 LITERAL: ALL-STATES 12 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 12 ALL-STATES-IND: (see note) 13 5,9,13,17,21 1–3 LITERAL: State abbreviation 14 5,9,13,17,21 4 INDV-STATE-IND-1: (see note) 15 5,9,13,17,21 6–8 LITERAL: State abbreviation 16 5,9,13,17,21 9 INDV-STATE-IND-2: (see note) 17 5,9,13,17,21 11–13 LITERAL: State abbreviation 18 5,9,13,17,21 14 INDV-STATE-IND-3: (see note) 19 5,9,13,17,21 16–18 LITERAL: State abbreviation 20 5,9,13,17,21 19 INDV-STATE-IND-4: (see note) 21 5,9,13,17,21 21–23 LITERAL: State abbreviation 22 5,9,13,17,21 24 INDV-STATE-IND-5: (see note) 23 5,9,13,17,21 26–28 LITERAL: State abbreviation 24 5,9,13,17,21 29 INDV-STATE-IND-6: (see note) 25 5,9,13,17,21 31–33 LITERAL: State abbreviation 26 5,9,13,17,21 34 INDV-STATE-IND-7: (see note) 27 5,9,13,17,21 36–38 LITERAL: State abbreviation 28 5,9,13,17,21 39 INDV-STATE-IND-8: (see note) 29 5,9,13,17,21 41–43 LITERAL: State abbreviation 30 5,9,13,17,21 44 INDV-STATE-IND-9: (see note) 31 5,9,13,17,21 46–48 LITERAL: State abbreviation 32 5,9,13,17,21 49 INDV-STATE-IND-10: (see note) 33 5,9,13,17,21 51–53 LITERAL: State abbreviation 34 5,9,13,17,21 54 INDV-STATE-IND-11: (see note) 35 5,9,13,17,21 56–58 LITERAL: State abbreviation 36 5,9,13,17,21 49 INDV-STATE-IND-12: (see note) 37 5,9,13,17,21 61–63 LITERAL: State abbreviation 38 5,9,13,17,21 64 INDV-STATE-IND-13: (see note) 39 5,9,13,17,21 66–68 LITERAL: State abbreviation 40 5,9,13,17,21 69 INDV-STATE-IND-14: (see note) 41 24 1–37 PLEASE CORRECT INVALID DATA ON SCREEN A request transaction with one or more invalid elements will remain on the screen with an asterisk besides an invalid element(s).
ECREQM
Exhibit 2.3.27-5 ECREQM (1) Input Screen: FIGURE 5 Please click here for the text description of the image. (2) Record Element Description: Element Line Position Description and Validity 1 1 1–5 COMMAND-CD ECREQ 2 1 6 CC-DEFINER: M 3 2 7–23 LITERAL: RECEIVER-EMP-NUM 4 2 *24–33 5 2 38–56 LITERAL: FUNCTIONAL-AREA-CD 6 2 *57 FUNCTIONAL-AREA-CD (used for routing): Values are: 0 — Collection (default value) 1 — Criminal Investigation 2 — Examination 3 — Taxpayer Services 4–9 — Reserved 7 3–22 1–4 LITERAL: TIN 8 3–22 *5–16 9 3–22 19–26 LITERAL: NM-CTRL 10 3–22 *27–30 NAME-CTRL: vvvv 11 3–22 33–46 LITERAL: SECONDARY-SSN 12 3–22 *47–59 *Designates a tabbed element.
ECREQM
Exhibit 2.3.27-6 ECREQM (1) Response Screen (Valid): FIGURE 6 Please click here for the text description of the image. (2) Record Element Description: Element Line Position Description and Validity 1 1 1–5 COMMAND-CD ECREQ 2 1 6 CC-DEFINER: M 3 2 7–23 LITERAL: RECEIVER-EMP-NUM 4 2 38–56 LITERAL: FUNCTIONAL-AREA-CD 5 3–22 1–4 LITERAL: TIN 6 3–22 19–26 LITERAL: NM-CTRL 7 3–22 33–46 LITERAL: SECONDARY-SSN 8 24 1–26 REQUEST COMPLETE
ECREQM
Exhibit 2.3.27-7 ECREQM (1) Response Screen (Error): FIGURE 7 Please click here for the text description of the image. (2) Record Element Description: Element Line Position Description and Validity 1 1 1–5 COMMAND-CD ECREQ 2 1 6 CC-DEFINER: M 3 2 7–23 LITERAL: RECEIVER-EMP-NUM 4 2 38–56 LITERAL: FUNCTIONAL-AREA-CD 5 3–22 1–4 LITERAL: TIN 6 3–22 5–16 EDITED-TIN: (see note) 7 3–22 19–26 LITERAL: NM-CTRL 8 3–22 27–30 NAME-CTRL: (see note) 9 3–22 33–46 LITERAL: SECONDARY-SSN 10 3–22 47–58 EDITED-SECONDARY-SSN: (see note) 11 24 1–37 PLEASE CORRECT INVALID DATA ON SCREEN A request transaction with one or more invalid elements will remain on the screen with an asterisk beside any invalid element.
ECREQM
Exhibit 2.3.27-8 ECREQM (1) Response Screen (Error): FIGURE 8 Please click here for the text description of the image. (2) Record Element Description: Element Line Position Description and Validity 1 1 1–5 COMMAND-CD ECREQ 2 1 6 CC-DEFINER: M 3 2 7–23 LITERAL: RECEIVER-EMP-NUM 4 2 38–56 LITERAL: FUNCTIONAL-AREA-CD 5 3–22 1–4 LITERAL: TIN 6 3–22 5–16 EDITED-TIN: (see note) 7 3–22 19–26 LITERAL: NM-CTRL 8 3–22 27–30 NAME-CTRL: (see note) 9 3–22 33–46 LITERAL: SECONDARY-SSN 10 3–22 47–58 EDITED-SECONDARY-SSN: (see note) 11 24 1–37 ERROR ON WRITE TO GENDATA-NOTIFY CSA Note: A request transaction with one or more invalid elements will remain on the screen with an asterisk beside any invalid element.
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