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Answer Tax QuestionsI live in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota , Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Where do I file my Form 4868 extension ?
Asked Thursday, December 21, 2000 by an anonymous user
File Form 4868 with your payment to Dept of the Treasury IRS PO Box 802503 Cincinnati OH 45280-2503. Make your check or money order payable to the "United States Treasury". Do not send cash. Write your "social security number, daytime phone number and 2011 Form 4868" on your check or money order. Do not staple the check or money order to the form. File Form 4868 without payment to Dept of the Treasury IRS Fresno CA 93888-0045.
I live in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Where do I file my 1040-ES estimate vouchers
Asked Thursday, December 21, 2000 by an anonymous user
If you don't file your estimates online, mail your 1040-ES estimate voucher(s) to Internal Revenue Service P.O. Box 105225 Atlanta, GA 30348-5225 with a check or money order payable to the "United States Treasury". Write your "social security number" and "2011 Form, 1040-ES" on your check or money order. Do not send cash. Do not staple the voucher to the payment.
My husband passed away last year , are any special return notations or forms required to indicate my husband is deceased ?
Asked Thursday, December 21, 2000 by an anonymous user
If you are a surviving spouse filing a married filing a joint return and no personal representative has been appointed, you should sign the return and write in the signature area, "filing as surviving spouse." The 1040 return page 1 top margin should have the word "Deceased," the decedent's name, and the date of death written in. You should include a Form 1310, Statement of Person Claiming Refund Due a Deceased Taxpayer is required only if you are a surviving spouse not filing an original or amended return with the decedent for that year.
Head of household - Single with no Dependents
Asked Thursday, December 21, 2000 by an anonymous user
To use the Head of Household filing status, you must have paid over half the cost of keeping up a home for you and a child or other qualifying person for over half the year.
I live in Delaware, District of Colombia, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia, Where do I file my Form 4868 extension ?
Asked Thursday, December 21, 2000 by an anonymous user
File Form 4868 with your payment to Dept of the Treasury IRS PO Box 970028 St Louis MO 63197-0028 . Make your check or money order payable to the "United States Treasury". Do not send cash. Write your "social security number, daytime phone number and 2011 Form 4868" on your check or money order. Do not staple the check or money order to the form. File Form 4868 without payment to Dept of the Treasury IRS Kansas City MO 64999-0045.
I live in Florida, Louisiana , Mississippi , Texas, where do I file my 1040 tax return ?
Asked Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by an anonymous user
If you are not electronically filing and if you are filing and not enclosing a check or money order then file at the IRS Center Austin, TX 73301-0002: if you are filing and enclosing a check or money order then the address is IRS Center PO Box 1214 Charlotte NC 28201-1214
I live in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, where do I file my 1040 tax return ?
Asked Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by an anonymous user
If you have an envelope addressed to the IRS with your mailed booklet, then use it. For the states of Arizona, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, if you are filing and not enclosing a check or money order then file at the Internal Revenue Service Center Fresno CA 93888-0002; if you are filing and enclosing a check or money order then the address is Internal Revenue Service Center PO Box 7704 San Francisco CA 94120-7704
I live in Connecticut, Delaware the District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Where do I file my 1040 tax return?
Asked Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by an anonymous user
If you are not electronically filing and if you are filing and not enclosing a check or money order then file at the IRS Center Kansas City, MO 64999-0002: if you are filing and enclosing a check or money order then the address is IRS Center PO Box 37008 Hartford CT 06176-0008
I live in Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Oregon, Wisconsin, Where do I file my 1040 tax return ?
Asked Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by an anonymous user
If you are not electronically filing and if you are filing and not enclosing a check or money order then file at the IRS Center Fresno CA 93888-0002: if you are filing and enclosing a check or money order then the address is IRS Center PO Box 802501 Cincinnati OH 45280-2501
