I.R.S. REJECTED IN HUNT FOR ESTIMATED INCOME LISTS[/title]

''It is inappropriate for the I.R.S. to use the kind of lists we produce to identify errant taxpayers,'' said Richard Vincent, director of marketing for Donnelley Marketing. ''This I.R.S. experiment is ill conceived because such lists are not accurate on an individual basis, but only in the aggregate. We will have nothing to do with this project.'' Mr. [Brandt Turner] of Dunhill, who has a contract to obtain a list for the revenue service, questions the motivation of the companies in refusing to make their lists available. ''I happen to know that until The New York Times carried an article about the I.R.S. experiment several weeks ago, at least one of the big three was actively interested in a deal.'' he said. ''This is not so much a matter of principle, it is a question they don't like this kind of publicity.'' ''There are some sources of income, however, for which information returns are not required to be filed or for which information return filing compliance is poor,'' the agency said. ''Thus, there are gaps in the service's ability to identify individual nonfilers.''

Full text: New York Times, Oct 31, 1983
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