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Code · IRM · Part 2 — Information Technology · Chapter 3. IDRS Terminal Responses · IRM 2.3.48

IRM 2.3.48. Command Code UPDIS for the GUF System

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2.3.48 Command Code UPDIS for the GUF System
Manual Transmittal
July 28, 2025
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 Acting CIO to the signature line.
(3)Updated the naked link on Related Resources
Effect on Other Documents
IRM 2.3.48, dated August 7, 2024, is superseded.
Audience
LMSB, SBSE, TEGE, and TS.
Effective Date
(07-28-2025)
Kaschit Pandya
Acting Chief Information Officer
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.
1. This IRM and the contained subsections provide the user the necessary information on how to display an unpostable case using Command Code UPDIS.
1. Command CODE UPDIS was developed to allow users to display an unpostable case on the IDRS (Integrated Data Retrieval System) for Unpostable data.
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
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.
1. Access to this program is governed by SACS.
1. Acronyms Unique to IDRS
| --- --- |
| Acronym Definition |
| IMF Individual Masterfile |
| BMF Business Masterfile |
| TIF Taxpayer Information File |
| TC Transactions Code |
| CC Command Code |
| IDRS Integrated Data Retrieval System |
1. SERP job aid for UPDIS - Command-Codes
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)<br (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)<br XREF-TIN-TRANSFER-DOC
| \For Line Items 5.1 through 5.7, correction data will be displayed if present, else blank-filled.<br \\SECONDARY-TRANS-CD will be displayed if present, else field will be blank.<br \\\EFTPS-NUM will be present if DOC-CD = 19 and INPUT-SYSTEM-SOURCE-CODE = 'P'.<br \\\\IDRS-EMPLOYEE NUMBER will be present if significant; else, blank-filled.<br \\\\\Line Items 6.8/6.9 will be present if significant; else blank-filled.<br XREF-TIN-TRANSFER-DOC is a 10 position field<br 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.<br 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.<br \\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.<br \\\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.<br \\SECONDARY-TRANS-CD will be displayed if present, else field will be blank.<br \\\\\\ 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.<br 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.<br \Line Items 20.1/20.4 will be present only when UPC is 003. |
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