How Do I Send My Taxes By Mail?| TCC - YouTube

if you have to mail your taxes but have questions  like these... What order do these go in man?  

Hey, can I drop it in this here a mailbox, or  do I got to take it to the post office? Am I  

supposed to send this with some special tracking?  Then don't worry, I've got you and our friend  

Roscoe here covered. Welcome to tax chit chat. The  place where we talk all things tax all the time.  

In this quick video, I'm going to show you the  correct way to mail your taxes to the IRS. First,  

assembling the return. What you're going to do is  you're going to print out all the forms, schedules  

and attachments. You're going to do this for  both your Federal and state if applicable.  

So here we can see all of the forms and schedules  associated with this return. You're going to print  

everything out and then on the second page of the  return, so this is for Bubba and Laquisha Johnson  

and they make sure that they sign their return and  that they date their return. You're going to place  

the Form 1040 on the top of the stack followed  by all the other forms schedules and attachments  

behind it. So when you assemble the return you'll  see on the left hand side either the schedule  

number or name or either the form name. But you  don't have to worry about those. All you're really  

going to do is you're going to follow the sequence  number and just assemble the return going by  

the smallest number up through into the  largest number. So this one, for example,  

schedule 13, this is showing that Bubba apparently  is an owner of Bubba's Bait and Tackle and Bubba  

had profit of $371,000! Man I am in  the wrong business! But you just take all the forms  

put them in attachment order. And that's how you  assemble the return. You attach any additional  

statements and put them on the back of your packet,  staple the entire packet, usually on the left,  

and if you have any federal income tax withheld  from W-2s 1099s or any other forms, you just take  

those and you staple them to the front of the  return. Just the first top page don't staple all  

the way through. Next up... assembling the envelope.  The next thing you need to know is where to send  

the return based on your appropriate mailing  address. To do this head over to irs.gov, select  

file, where to file and then where to file  addresses for tax returns by state. Select your  

state from the list to get the correct address. Now  if you owe and are sending payment use the ARE  

enclosing payment address. If you are owed a refund  or you owe and can't send in a payment, because you  

don't have the money, use the are NOT enclosing a  payment address. Since Bubba and Laquisha live here  

in Illinois we're going to make sure that there is  a return address on there and the Illinois address  

to mail a return is going to be the Department of  The Treasury Internal Revenue Service Kansas City  

Missouri 64999-0002. When we mail old returns via  our service fileoldtaxreturns.com we always send it  

via USPS certified mail receipt. This is so we have  proof of mailing and can track the delivery of  

the return. So on the certified receipt you include  the address of where you are mailing your piece to,  

and as a pro tip, we include the name, the year, and  the form number in the postmark area. This proves  

what was mailed should it become a problem  with the IRS. You will now have proof of mailing  

and you can track your package over at usps.com  via the tracking tool. And now for the secret sauce  

my bulletproof method of mailing tax returns. Now  if you mail your return using the steps thus far  

you'll be able to prove that you mailed something  to the IRS, when it was mailed, and that it was  

delivered. But let's face it, the IRS ain't the  best with keeping up with mail. Sometimes they  

lose things, and sometimes this is an issue because  you can't prove what was mailed and that they  

actually did get it. So, to prove what was mailed  and that they actually got it we do this extra pro  

move step. We then include a letter on top of the  package like this one. It has the return address,  

the date, the address that you are mailing to and  then just telling what is going to be inside. And  

it reads "dear service center representative enclosed are the following documents being submitted  

on my behalf - a list of all forms, attachments,  returns, checks" and then you would list them  

out. So in this case it would be a 2020 tax return,  the attachments, and since Bubba and Laquisha owed,  

it would be a check payable to the United  States Treasury and the amount. And then it  

says "please indicate that the aforementioned items  are received by marking a copy of this transmittal  

letter as received via a date stamp and kindly  return it to me in the self-addressed stamped  

envelope that is enclosed. Thank you so much for  your assistance and consideration." And then you  

would sign the letter. This letter goes with the  return and will prove what was sent and that it  

was received once the IRS employee date stamps it  and sends it back to you. Never again can the IRS  

claim that they didn't get your return or they  don't know what you sent! It's in the letter and  

they date stamped that they got it and sent it back  to you. Now, the second thing is when you send your  

mail certified you're also going to send it return  receipt requested. So the thing that you're going  

to do to complete this is you're going to complete  it with your return address. You're then going to  

include the address of where you're mailing the  piece to. You're going to select certified mail.  

And then on your certified mail piece you're just  going to peel this little guy off right there.  

You attach it where it says article number  (transfer from the service label). On the back of  

this are some little stickies. You would just peel  them off and then on your letter you take that and  

you affix it to the back of the letter. So now, not  only do you have proof that you mailed your piece;  

you also have proof of what was inside that has  been date stamped by the IRS person, sent back to  

you so you can prove what you mailed and they  received it, and then you have further proof of  

who received it and when they received it. Now if  you can, the best option to file on a tax return  

these days is to use e-file. It's fast, easy, and  you don't need to take a trip to the post office.  

But what if I need help with an old  tax return? Can you help me with that?  

Sure Roscoe. Check out this video right here  on the steps to take to file an old tax return,  

and then check out the blog post  listed in the description of this video.  

Boi stop!!!! Okay. You? Keep earning, keep learning,  and just like that? This chat is adjourned!