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Notice code 41 — We found an error in the computation of the Unified Credit amount. The unified credit amount you rep…
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We found an error in the computation of the Unified Credit amount. The unified credit amount you reported was E1 — Unified Credit per Taxpayer. The amount we recomputed is E2 — Unified Credit per Computer. We found an error on page 1, Part ll, Line 7, in the computation of Unified Credit.
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