Where to Send Form 4506-T: Addresses, Fax, and Alternatives

Where you send Form 4506-T depends on the state you lived in when you filed the return you’re requesting a transcript of, and whether the request is for an individual or business return. Individual requests go to Austin, Ogden, or Kansas City. Business requests go to either Ogden or Kansas City. Each center accepts the form by mail or by fax, and the fax number is different for each.¹

Before you send anything, confirm you actually need to. If you’re requesting your own individual transcript and don’t need it routed to a third party, the IRS online account delivers it instantly at no cost, and an automated phone line at 800-908-9946 will mail it to your address on file in 5 to 10 calendar days.²³ Form 4506-T is the right tool when you need a third party to receive the transcript, when you need a business transcript, or when you can’t get through the online ID.me verification.

Individual Transcript Addresses by State

Use the address matching where you lived when you filed the return, not where you live now.¹

Austin, Texas

Send to Austin if you lived in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas. Austin also handles requests from taxpayers with a foreign address, and from American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and A.P.O. or F.P.O. addresses.¹

Internal Revenue Service
RAIVS Team
Stop 6716 AUSC
Austin, TX 73301
Fax: 855-587-9604

Ogden, Utah

Send to Ogden if you lived in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, or Wyoming.¹

Internal Revenue Service
RAIVS Team
Post Office Box 9941
Mail Stop 6734
Ogden, UT 84409
Fax: 855-298-1145

Kansas City, Missouri

Send to Kansas City if you lived in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, or Wisconsin.¹

Internal Revenue Service
RAIVS Team
Stop 6705 S2
Kansas City, MO 64999
Fax: 855-821-0094

Business Transcript Addresses by State

Business transcript requests (Forms 1065, 1120, and similar) use a different chart with only two centers, and several states switch centers between the individual and business charts. Maryland goes to Ogden for individual transcripts but to Kansas City for business transcripts, for example. Check the correct chart for the return type you’re requesting.¹

Ogden for Businesses

Send to Ogden if the business was located in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming. Foreign addresses and U.S. territories also route to Ogden for business transcripts.¹

Internal Revenue Service
RAIVS Team
Post Office Box 9941
Mail Stop 6734
Ogden, UT 84409
Fax: 855-298-1145

Kansas City for Businesses

Send to Kansas City if the business was located in Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, or Wisconsin.¹

Internal Revenue Service
RAIVS Team
Stop 6705 S-2
Kansas City, MO 64999
Fax: 855-821-0094

Mail or Fax: Which to Choose

Faxing gets the form to the IRS almost immediately, which is why most people prefer it. The tradeoff is image quality. If the fax comes through with a blurry signature or an unreadable field, the form gets rejected. A clean scan sent through an internet fax service usually holds up better than a paper copy fed through an office machine.

Mailing is slower but lets you use certified mail for proof of delivery, which matters if you need to document exactly when the request was submitted. Either way, the IRS says most requests are processed within 10 business days of receipt.⁴ Add delivery time on top of that for the transcript itself to reach you or the third party listed on Line 5.

Sending the form to the wrong processing center doesn’t get you a formal rejection, but it does add weeks while the IRS reroutes it internally. So does an unchecked authorization box above the signature line, a signature more than 120 days old when the form arrives, or a mismatch between the name, SSN, or address on the form and what the IRS has on file for that year.⁴ If you moved after filing, put the old address (the one on the return) on Line 4.

Faster Alternatives to Sending the Form

The IRS Individual Online Account lets you view, print, or download return transcripts, tax account transcripts, wage and income statements, records of account, and verification of non-filing letters right away.² Access runs through ID.me. First-time users upload a photo ID and either take a selfie or complete a video chat with an ID.me agent; anyone who already has an ID.me account through another government agency can sign in without re-verifying. Users under 18 cannot create the account.⁵

The automated phone line at 800-908-9946 mails a transcript to the address the IRS has on file within 5 to 10 calendar days.³ It can’t send a transcript to a third party, so if a school or lender needs the document mailed directly to them, you’ll need Form 4506-T. All three methods (online, phone, and 4506-T) are free. A full photocopy of your return, which is a different product requested on Form 4506, costs $30 per tax year.⁶

If a Mortgage Lender Sent You the Form

If a mortgage lender or bank gave you the form to sign, look at the form number. Since March 2021, all requests submitted through the Income Verification Express Service (IVES) must use Form 4506-C, not Form 4506-T. The IRS rejects 4506-T submissions that come through IVES.⁷ With Form 4506-C, the lender handles the submission electronically through IVES; you sign the authorization but don’t mail anything yourself.⁸ If a lender hands you a blank 4506-T and asks you to mail it in for a mortgage, ask them about 4506-C.

If You’re an Identity Theft Victim

The addresses above are for standard transcript requests. If you’re trying to get a copy of a fraudulent return filed in your name, the form is Form 4506-F, not 4506-T. Mail it to the IRS in Fresno, CA 93725, or fax to 855-807-5720. The IRS acknowledges these requests within 30 days, though actual processing has recently averaged over 600 days.⁹

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