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IRS PO Boxes. I got the memo but one client got away.

joshuabarksatlcs
Level 10

I did get the memo below, and informed all but one client, for whom I finalized the 2020 filing in February 2021.  His January 1040ES payment was returned.  I just wanted to share this info with you, for what it's worth... 

 

On Dec. 31 IRS Closing Some Payment PO Boxes and Says Don't Mail to Them Now

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In an e-News for Tax Professionals, the IRS has announced that on December 31, 2021, it is closing several individual payment P.O. boxes in San Francisco, CA and Hartford, CT and has noted that mailing to those addresses now could result in delays.

 

Effective January 1, 2022, the following San Francisco and Hartford P.O. Boxes will be permanently closed: 

 

Form 1040 --------------------------- P.O. Box 7704, San Francisco, CA 94120-7704.

Form 1040ES ------------------------ P.O. Box 510000, San Francisco, CA 94151-5100.

Form 4868 --------------------------- P.O. Box 7122, San Francisco, CA 94120-7122.

Installment Agreements ------------ P.O. Box 7125, San Francisco, CA 94120-7125.

Form 1040 --------------------------- P.O. Box 37008, Hartford, CT 06176-7008.

Form 1040 --------------------------- P.O. Box 37910, Hartford, CT 06176-7910.

Form 1040ES ------------------------ P.O. Box 37007, Hartford, CT 06176-7007.

Form 4868 --------------------------- P.O. Box 37009, Hartford, CT 06176-7009.

Form 4868 --------------------------- P.O. Box 37911, Hartford, CT 06176-7911.

Installment Agreements ------------ P.O. Box 37004, Hartford, CT 06176-7004.

To ensure the IRS's timely receipt of any payments, the IRS encourages taxpayers and tax professionals to avoid mailing payments to these closing addresses.  

To help ensure timely receipt, IRS encourages you to avoid mailing to these closing addresses as there could be mail delays. Please check Where to File on irs.gov for active addresses, before mailing your payments. However, payments mailed to these closed payment locations after Jan. 1, 2022, will be returned to sender. If you receive an IRS payment letter, send your payment to the address located in the letter.

IRS encourages taxpayers to use IRS Direct Pay. It's fast, secure and easy to pay a tax bill or estimated tax payment directly from a checking or savings account. Users receive instant confirmation that their payment has been made. See Publication 3891, Lockbox Addresses for 2021, for more information.


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joshuabarksatlcs
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I'm just curious as to whether or not Intuit got the memo and made any appropriate changes.

I'd say yes.  The new address was used on the slip sheet prepared later in 2021.


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BobKamman
Level 15

No more private lockboxes in blue states allowed.  They have to be located in red states now.  

IRonMaN
Level 15

"However, payments mailed to these closed payment locations after Jan. 1, 2022, will be returned to sender."

Based on some posts late last year, weren't they already doing "return to sender" prior to 1/1/22?

I'm just curious as to whether or not Intuit got the memo and made any appropriate changes.


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joshuabarksatlcs
Level 10

I'm just curious as to whether or not Intuit got the memo and made any appropriate changes.

I'd say yes.  The new address was used on the slip sheet prepared later in 2021.


I come here for kudos and IRonMaN's jokes.