Steps
- Find the fax number in your IRS notice or letter, the form’s instructions, or from the agent you spoke to. Don’t use a number from a random website: the IRS uses different numbers for different forms and offices.
- Check the form can be faxed. The IRS accepts faxes only for some forms and replies; the instructions say so when it does.
- Put it together: a cover page with your name, the form or notice number, and the page count, then the form or your reply, then a copy of the notice if you’re replying to one.
- Send it from sendfaxwell.com/send.
- Keep the confirmation. Faxwell shows the time it was delivered. Note it with your tax records.
Tips
- IRS fax lines can be busy. Faxwell keeps trying for about 3 hours and tells you when the next try is; you’re only charged if it goes through.
- Send everything in one fax, in order, so pages don’t get separated.
- Be careful with your Social Security number: include it only where the form or notice asks for it.
On the web, page credits come in packs of 50 for $3.99 or 200 for $11.99, about 6 to 8¢ a page. Each card payment has a fixed fee, so the smallest web pack is 50 page credits; the Faxwell iPhone app (coming soon) will sell 10 for $0.99. Credits you don’t use stay in your account and last as long as you fax once a year.