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Watch out for IRS phone scams
You can call every IRS phone number you want, but the IRS will rarely call you. It initiates most contacts, including demands for payment, through regular mail from the U.S. Postal Service. In special circumstances, the agency will call or come to a home or business when:
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A taxpayer has an overdue tax bill.
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To secure a delinquent tax return.
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To secure a delinquent employment tax payment.
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To tour a business as part of an audit or during criminal investigations.
Avoid tax scams (here's how to spot them). The IRS does not:
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Call you to demand payment.
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Initiate contact with you via email, text or social media.
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Ask you to pay your tax bill with prepaid cards, gift cards or wire transfers.
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Threaten to call the police, immigration officers or other people to arrest you.
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Revoke your driver’s license, business license or immigration status.
To contact the IRS, call:
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Customer service — 800-829-1040.
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Lost IRS check — 800-829-1954.
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Refund status — 800-829-4477.
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Forms and publications — 800-829-3676.
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Questions about refunds and offsets to IRS liabilities — 800-829-1954.
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Taxpayer advocate service — 877-777-4778.
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Missing child tax credit payments 800-908-4184
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Stimulus check wrong amount or never received 800-919-9835
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Self-employed taxpayers with account or tax law questions 800-829-4933
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Identity and refund theft victims; get a new IP PIN 800-908-4490
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Disaster victims 866-562-5227
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Overseas taxpayers 267-941-1000
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Balance due questions 800-829-0922; 800-829-7650; 800-829-3903
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Estate and gift tax questions 866-699-4083
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Excise tax questions 866-699-4096
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Report phishing and other scams; see if an IRS agent's name and badge number are legit 800-366-4484
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Check status of a tax refund 800-829-1954
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Check status of a tax refund being held 866-897-3315
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Check status of an amended tax return 866-464-2050
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Order a tax transcript 800-908-9946
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Make a payment using Electronic Federal Tax Payment System
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English: 800-555-4477
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Spanish: 800-244-4829
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Report incorrect income on a substitute return 866-681-4271
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Verify, payoff or resolve a tax lien 800-913-6050
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See if bankruptcy changed your tax debt 800-973-0424
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Innocent spouse relief 866-681-4271
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See which debts will offset your tax refund 800-304-3107 (866-297-0517 TTY/TDD)
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Lost ITIN documents 800-908-9982
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Status of application for Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number 737-800-5511
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Taxpayer Advocate Service 877-777-4778
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International Taxpayer Advocate English: 787-522-8601 Spanish: 787-522-8600
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Tax assistance for the hard of hearing (TTY/TDD) 800-829-4059
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Schedule an appointment with a local IRS office 844-545-5640
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Whistleblower hotline 800-829-0433
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Ask IRS to mail you paper tax forms 800-829-3676
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Find a free tax clinic near you 800-906-9887; 888-227-7669
Visit your local IRS office
The IRS operates local Taxpayer Assistance Center offices, or TACs, in every state. To see their local addresses and phone numbers, click on your state on the list of Taxpayer Assistance locations. Generally, you can’t just show up at a local IRS office any time. You have to make an appointment. That IRS number is 844-545-5640.