IR Mod
Acronyms
April Showers
Random Trivia
Riddles
100

IR Mod stands for _______

Information Returns Modernization

100

DSIT stand for ______

Development and Systems Integration Testing  

100

Earth Day is on this date

April 22

100

“Ditch Your New Years’ Resolution Day” is in this month

January (the 17th)

100

I have a bucket with 20F water and 20C water. I drop a coin in both. Which one will land on the bottom first?

20C water since 20F water is frozen

200

This portal allows IRS Employees to connect to the IRIS DB to collect information about a user’s information returns. The user can view the transmission details such as status, channel and can then choose to drill down into a transmission to retrieve the related submissions, forms, and errors if any.

CSR

200

IRIS stand for _______

Information Returns Intake System

200

April is named after this Greek Goddess

Aphrodite

200

The first iPod was released in this year

2001

200

A typical stop sign has this many sides 

10

300

The purpose of this system is to allow IRS Employees to view and correct errors on paper information returns submitted through SCRIPS.

IRRP

300

IRRP stands for ______

Information Returns Review Portal

300

Name 1 zodiac sign that occurs in April (there are 2!)

Aries and Taurus

300

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, this state has the shortest one-way commute to work

South Dakota

300

How many cubic feet of dirt are in a hole of three foot deep, three feet long, and two feet wide?

0 because holes don’t have any dirt

400

The difference between a form, submission and transmission

A) A form or record is a single information return.

B) A submission is a set of forms/records that all have the same Payer, Form Type, and Tax Year

C) A transmission is a set of submissions that have the same tax year and transmission type (Original, Correction, or Replacement)

400

IRDB stands for _______

Information Returns Database

400

This event did not occur in April:

A) The first Webster Dictionary was copyrighted by Noah Webster on April 14, 1828.

B) The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912.

C) The Revolutionary War in America began on April 19, 1775.

D) The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima occurred on April 23, 1945

E) First President George Washington was inaugurated on April 30, 1789.

D) The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima occurred on April 23, 1945 It was actually on August 23rd!

400

According to Instacart, this is the most disliked food in America

Anchovies

400

I have 6 faces, but I don't wear makeup. I have 21 eyes, but I can't see. What am I?

Dice

500

The difference between an issuer, recipient and a transmitter

1.Issuer - The issuer (may also be known as the Payer, Provider, Filer, Lender, Creditor, Corporation, Trustee, or Acquirer) is the business or individual who is reporting payments or withholdings made to or on behalf of another individual to conduct business during the reported tax year.

2.Recipient - The Recipient (may also be known as the Transferor, Debtor, Payee, Borrower, Shareholder, Policyholder, Payment Recipient, Seller or Beneficiary) is the individual, business, or estate for whom payments or withholdings were made.

3.Transmitter - A third-party sending the electronic information return data directly to IRS on behalf of any business required to file.

500

ESAM stands for _______

External Services Authorization Management

500

“April” in Swedish is ______

April

500

The name of the pet dinosaur on the TV cartoon "The Flintstones"

Dino

500

On the first day of school, a crime was committed

Police suspect four teachers as the suspect and ask them what they were doing in the morning at 8:00 am.

1. Wayne: I was reading the newspaper.

2. Dylan: I was grading chemistry papers

3. Bridge: I had locked myself in my room since my wife left me.

4. Cole: I was driving my wife to her office.

Who committed the crime?

Dylan since there are no papers to grade on the first day of school

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