Wow have you ever received a notice from the
IRS saying you need to cut a check? My name
is Danielle Loughran. I'm a CPA with Accell
and I am here to talk to you about how to
write a check to the IRS. First things first.
They're going to send you a form. You are
probably going to freak out thinking oh my
gosh, why do I owe this extra money? If you
in fact do agree that you owe the money, at
the bottom it says if you agree please make
the check payable to the United States Treasury.
The next thing you need to do is write your
tax payer identification number on to the
check. Luckily that is included at the top
of the form. It should be easy enough for
you to find. The next thing you need to do
is use the envelope that they have enclosed
with the notice. Finally you need to include
the tear off stud that is at the end of the
notice, put it in the envelope and insure
that the address is showing. So now that you
know how to write the check let's look at
what a finished check looks like. Notice that
in the to line it is made out to the United
States Treasury. Then we have got the dollar
amount, we have signed it and in the memo
area it is the best place to place your tax
payer identification number. Be sure that
you have the date and the signature on the
check. Sometimes people try to send a check
without the endorsement and get credit for
sending it off in time, the IRS will not accept
that. It has to be a complete check. My name
is Danielle Loughran and I hope that you know
how to write a check to the IRS.
