The agency said the feature has the potential to help more than 500,000 taxpayers who receive the notices annually. These notices are for military personnel serving in combat zone areas and recipients of credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit.

Notices sent to taxpayers, with instructions for them to provide information within 30 days of the notice. The link and a unique access code are provided them. They must also enter their first and last names and their Social Security, Individual Taxpayer Identification or Employee Identification numbers.

Scans, photos or digital copies of documents can be uploaded. The IRS acknowledges receipt of documents, which can be managed by the IRS employee assigned to the case.

The nine documents are the following:                                                                                                                                                                                                     *CP04, relating to combat zone status.                                                                                                                                                                                                  *CP05A, information request related to a refund.                                                                                                                                                                                      *CP06 and CP06A, relating to the Premium Tax Credit.                                                                                                                                                                           *CP08, relating to the Child Tax Credit.                                                                                                                                                                                                    *CP09, relating to claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit.                                                                                                                                                                       *CP75, relating to the EITC.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     *CP75a, relating to the EITC.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  *CP75d, relating to the EITC and other credits.

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Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards.  Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He  has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that.  A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind