1. I use Netscape and Windows and sometimes the text doesn't show up when I print the tables from TRAC Analyzer or TRAC Express.

   To solve this problem, click on the File button in your browser (top left-hand corner), then select Page Setup. Check the Page Options and make sure Black Text is marked.

   
   

2. How can I figure out which IRS District my county is located in?

   To find the IRS District a particular state is located in, you will need to first go to the IRS Civil Audits page. Then select Geog from the Help menu (or main help page). This will take you to a map showing the 33 current IRS districts. Click on the link to the "33 IRS districts" for a pop-up window with a table listing all 50 states with their IRS districts and regions.

   For more detailed county information, please follow the link from the Geog page (found in the Help menu) to our Community Locator.

   
   

3. How can I figure out which Federal District my county is located in?

   To find the Federal District a particular county is located in, you will need to first go to the Criminal Enforcement or IRS Criminal Enforcement pages. Select Geog from the Help menu (or main help page). This will take you to a map showing the 90 current federal judicial districts covering the 50 states. Click on the link to the "90 Federal Judicial districts" for a pop-up window with a table listing all federal judicial districts and their headquarter's city.

   For more detailed county information, please follow the link from the Geog page (found in the Help menu) to our Community Locator.

   
   

4. How do I create a listing of the records in my data slice?

   Sample listings currently are produced from both TRAC Going Deeper and TRAC Analyzer.

   • Going Deeper: Listing of up to 500 records from interactively defined subset or records. Quickest service. Results returned to your browser.
   • Analyzer List Tool: Listing of unlimited number of records from user-defined data slice. Results stored in user's web locker.

   
   

5. Why do some of the maps have white spaces on them?

   White spaces on the the map are used for two reasons:

   • On the criminal enforcement, IRS civil audits, and IRS criminal enforcement layers, white spaces indicate that the rate is not defined because there was no activity of this nature.
   • On the community context layer, white spaces indicate that the data was not available. The Census Bureau suppresses data to protect the privacy of residents in low population counties.
   We suggest that you use the maps in cunjunction with tables since even small differences can appear as different colors when there is a low volume of activity on a topic within a district.

   
   

6. What is the difference between a "-" and a "0" on the tables?

   A "0" indicates that the event did not occur in that particular geographic area. A "-" means that the rate is not defined because no activity occured in that particular geographic area. On the community context layer, a "-" indicates suppression by the Census Bureau. (A "-" is analogous to the white spaces on the maps.)

   
   

7. Why do the population counts vary on different tables?

   This has to do with the timing of the population updates by the Census Bureau, TRAC Analyzer tables include the latest available figures, while TRAC Express tables contain the most up-to-date figures at the time the database was created.

   
   

8. What do I do when I get a message quota exceeded in analyzer?

   You have several options. If you have other data slices that you have stored in your web locker you can delete them. Any records deleted will be added back to your available quota. You can also refine your data slice request and limit the selection to a smaller subset of records. Another option is to call us and request an increase in your quota. For this there will be an additional charge.