This chapter contains information on updating and correcting open and closed AIMS data bases.

A correction to all Item #’s except 60, 61, 64 or 90 on a closed record (Status Code 8X or 90) can only be input by an Examination employee at a terminal serviced by the Closing Area/Industry campus. Corrections to an employee group code 5XXX record, must be input using a terminal identified as a campus terminal.

Inputting a Form 5349 causes the Report Extraction Indicator to be reset. If the record passes all the consistency and validity checks, the corrected record will be extracted during the next report extraction period and the Examination tables for the closing area/industry will be updated with the correct information. The literal "CORR" will appear next to the record on the Examination Tables 10.1b, 15 and 16.

A correction to a record that was closed/transferred to an Appeals Office that is outside the jurisdiction of the closing area/industry’s campus, cannot be made until the AIMS data base is back in the closing area/industry’s campus. This can be accomplished by transferring the data base to an Appeals Office that is in the closing area/industry’s campus using CC AMSOCA.

You cannot correct a record that has aged off of AIMS.

Effective January 2004 after data base centralization, the closing office will be able to correct a record even though it is assigned to a different campus.

Following is a list of items that can be updated and/or corrected. F1 means that you can update or correct the field on a skeletal record.