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Year 5 Form 471, Item 21 Attachments May Now Be Submitted Via E-mail
Message Posted March 6, 2002
As you know, beginning with Year 5, the SLD did not require Form 471, Item 21 attachments to be received within the window. Applicants instead could mail them in separately. What the SLD is finding is that they are now poised to review thousands of 471s that don't have attachments included. They also found that there is a huge backlog in scanning the attachments at
their Kansas facility.
In order to get the 471's processed as fast as possible, the SLD has set up an e-mail address where you can send your Item 21 attachments. If you have already been contacted by a PIA representative about your Form 471 and you've already faxed or e-mailed the attachments directly to the PIA rep, do not re-send to the SLD using this e-mail address. If you mailed your attachments to the Kansas address and would like to have your application reviewed more quickly, follow the instructions listed below to e-mail your attachments to the SLD. You also can use this e-mail feature even if you haven't mailed in your attachments yet. To complete the submission of your Form 471 Item 21 attachment(s) by e-mail, follow these steps:
1) Include a cover page that clearly identifies the Form 471 Application Number, the Billed Entity Number, and the Applicant Name for the relevant Form 471. (If you filed Form 471 manually but did not include your Item 21 attachment when you submitted your form, use your Applicant Form Identifier, the Billed Entity Number, and the Applicant Name to identify your form on
the cover page.)
2) Label each attachment "Form 471 Item 21 Attachment" and identify the Attachment Number you indicated in the relevant Form 471 Block 5 Item 21 Description of Services.
3) If possible, include all Form 471 Item 21 attachments for a single Form 471 in one e-mail message. However, do not include Form 471 Item 21 attachments for different Forms 471 in the same e-mail message.
4) E-mail the attachments and coverpage to: attachments@sl.universalservice.org
Please do not send submissions other than Form 471 Item 21 attachments to
this e-mail address.
Julie Tritt Schell
jtschell@comcast.net
(717) 730.7133 (voice)
(717) 730.9060 (fax)
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