Tax return is not processed

[crawford88]

Thanks for all your valuable information. I talked to a tax professional also and she said, I do not lose anything by resubmitting it. So, I decided to resubmit. My question is: can I mail it by USPS certified mail with acknowledgement? My concern is: will there be someone in IRS to sign the acknowledgement card attached to the mail?

 

[Zigner]

Thanks for all your valuable information. I talked to a tax professional also and she said, I do not lose anything by resubmitting it. So, I decided to resubmit. My question is: can I mail it by USPS certified mail with acknowledgement? My concern is: will there be someone in IRS to sign the acknowledgement card attached to the mail?

Did you direct your tax pro to read the updated information (that was shared with you above) that directed the taxpayer to NOT submit another copy?

 

[Zigner]

Just in case you missed it, here is the link again: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/understanding-your-cp80-notice

From that link: If you received a notice for your 2020 return DO NOT refile.
(Emphasis present in the quoted information)

The IRS doesn't want you to send another copy of your 2020 return.

 

[LdiJ]

Just in case you missed it, here is the link again: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/understanding-your-cp80-notice

From that link: If you received a notice for your 2020 return DO NOT refile.
(Emphasis present in the quoted information)

The IRS doesn't want you to send another copy of your 2020 return.

Well, he does say that his notice asked him to refile. That is why I wanted him to let a tax professional review the correspondence. Sometimes an IRS agent will ask for something to be done that is not standard procedure. For example, if the agent knows that the original return was lost or accidentally destroyed they would ask for another copy.

 

[not2cleverRed]

Well, he does say that his notice asked him to refile. That is why I wanted him to let a tax professional review the correspondence. Sometimes an IRS agent will ask for something to be done that is not standard procedure. For example, if the agent knows that the original return was lost or accidentally destroyed they would ask for another copy.

That's what ALL CP80 notices say. However, due to the deluge of refiled paper files when they are already backlogged with paper files the IRS HAS REQUESTED THAT PEOPLE NOT REFILE THEIR 2020 RETURNS.

Thanks for all your valuable information. I talked to a tax professional also and she said, I do not lose anything by resubmitting it. So, I decided to resubmit. My question is: can I mail it by USPS certified mail with acknowledgement? My concern is: will there be someone in IRS to sign the acknowledgement card attached to the mail?

HELL NO.

Do not add to the mess. The massive backlog of paper is the problem. THE IRS DOESN'T WANT YOU TO BO THIS, AND HAS ASKED THAT YOU NOT DO THIS.

File electronically if you insist on refiling.

 

[crawford88]

Yes, I have shown the tax professional (she) the link which contains two contradicting statements:

"What if I have already filed this return?

• Please send a newly signed copy to the address shown on the top of your notice.
• Due to processing delays for 2019 and 2020 tax returns, the issuance of CP80 and CP080 (Unfiled Tax Return – Credit on Account) notices has been suspended. If you received a notice for your 2019 return and you filed timely, please refile the return. If you received a notice for your 2020 return DO NOT refile."

and she initially advised me to do not refile based on "If you received a notice for your 2020 return DO NOT refile." Then, after focusing on"Please send a newly signed copy to the address shown on the top of your notice" she advised me to refile.

 

[bcr229]

Compare the address on the letter from the IRS to the address where you would mail a paper return (the latter is in the instructions for the 1040). If they are different then the statements are not contradictory - you're not refiling the return, you're just sending a signed copy to another address at the IRS so they can work on clearing the backlog.

 

[davew9128]

and the takeaway here is...file on time and electronically if at all possible and these problems don't happen.

 

[crawford88]

The tax professional told me to submit it physically as it was done originally. The address the IRS instructed me to resend is:

Department of Treasury
Internal revenue service
Kansas City, MO 6499-0025

My question is: if I send by certified USPS mail, with acknowledgement card, then will there be someone at the above address to sign the card (i.e., sign the receipt of the USPS mail)? I prefer to send WITH acknowledgement card. However, if there is no one to sign that card, then I will send by certified USPS mail WITHOUT acknowledgement card.

 

[Zigner]

The notices are form letters that are generated automatically. The IRS specifically requests that you NOT send in another copy of the 2020 return in response to the notice. Why can't you understand this?

 

[PayrollHRGuy]

The tax professional told me to submit it physically as it was done originally. The address the IRS instructed me to resend is:

Department of Treasury
Internal revenue service
Kansas City, MO 6499-0025

My question is: if I send by certified USPS mail, with acknowledgement card, then will there be someone at the above address to sign the card (i.e., sign the receipt of the USPS mail)? I prefer to send WITH acknowledgement card. However, if there is no one to sign that card, then I will send by certified USPS mail WITHOUT acknowledgement card.

My former employer always sent stuff to the IRS Certified/Return Receipt and we always got the receipt back.

 

[PayrollHRGuy]

My former employer always sent stuff to the IRS Certified/Return Receipt and we always got the receipt back.

The OP wrote this...

Then, after focusing on"Please send a newly signed copy to the address shown on the top of your notice" she advised me to refile.

 

[Zigner]

The OP wrote this...

Yes, because his tax "pro" was confused.

 

[LdiJ]

The tax professional told me to submit it physically as it was done originally. The address the IRS instructed me to resend is:

Department of Treasury
Internal revenue service
Kansas City, MO 6499-0025

My question is: if I send by certified USPS mail, with acknowledgement card, then will there be someone at the above address to sign the card (i.e., sign the receipt of the USPS mail)? I prefer to send WITH acknowledgement card. However, if there is no one to sign that card, then I will send by certified USPS mail WITHOUT acknowledgement card.

I hope you just mistyped the zip code here, because that will never get to them with the bad zip code.

No, there really won't be anyone there to accept the mail and sign for it. I am a tax professional and I was trained, and have told people for more than 35 years (and my co-workers all say the same) that you NEVER mail anything to the IRS certified, because it just causes problems in them receiving the mail in a prompt fashion. The only exception to that is if an agent has actually given you a real address to use to send something to, rather than the general addresses (without street addresses) that are normally used.

So, if I were mailing it, it wouldn't be going certified at all. I might send it priority, but not certified.

 

[crawford88]

Sorry, the correct zip code is: 64999-0025

I sent by certified mail in the past, and I was doing the same all the years earlier but not with acknowledgement.