Form 8822 Change of Address

Form

8822

(Rev. January 2012)

Change of Address
(For Individual, Gift, Estate, or Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Returns)

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Part I

OMB No. 1545-1163

Please type or print.
▶ See instructions on back. ▶ Do not attach this form to your return.
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Complete This Part To Change Your Home Mailing Address

Check all boxes this change affects:
1

Individual income tax returns (Forms 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, 1040NR, etc.)
▶ If your last return was a joint return and you are now establishing a residence separate from the spouse with whom
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you filed that return, check here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

Gift, estate, or generation-skipping transfer tax returns (Forms 706, 709, etc.)
▶ For Forms 706 and 706-NA, enter the decedent’s name and social security number below.
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Decedent’s name

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Social security number

3a

Your name (first name, initial, and last name)

3b

Your social security number

4a

Spouse’s name (first name, initial, and last name)

4b

Spouse’s social security number

5a

Your prior name(s). See instructions.

5b

Spouse's prior name(s). See instructions.

6a

Your old address (no., street, apt. no., city or town, state, and ZIP code). If a P.O. box, see instructions. If foreign address, also complete spaces below,
see instructions.

Foreign country name

6b

Foreign province/county

Spouse’s old address, if different from line 6a (no., street, apt. no., city or town, state, and ZIP code). If a P.O. box, see instructions. If foreign address, also
complete spaces below, see instructions.

Foreign province/county

Foreign country name

7

Foreign postal code

Foreign postal code

New address (no., street, apt. no., city or town, state, and ZIP code). If a P.O. box, see instructions. If foreign address, also complete spaces below, see
instructions.

Foreign country name

Part II

Foreign province/county

Foreign postal code

Signature

Daytime telephone number of person to contact (optional) ▶

Your signature

Date

If joint return, spouse’s signature

Date

For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see back of form.

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Sign
Here

Signature of representative, executor, administrator/if applicable

Date

Title
Cat. No. 12081V

Form

8822

(Rev. 1-2012)

Form 8822 (Rev. 1-2012)

Page

Purpose of Form

Where To File

You can use Form 8822 to notify the Internal
Revenue Service if you changed your home
mailing address. If this change also affects
the mailing address for your children who
filed income tax returns, complete and file a
separate Form 8822 for each child. If you are
a representative signing for the taxpayer,
attach to Form 8822 a copy of your power of
attorney.

Send this form to the Department of the
Treasury, Internal Revenue Service Center,
and the address shown next that applies to
you. Generally, it takes 4 to 6 weeks to
process your change of address.

Changing both home and business
addresses? Use Form 8822-B to change
your business address.

IF your old home mailing
address was in . . .

Future developments. The IRS has created a
page on IRS.gov for information about Form
8822 and its instructions, at www.irs.gov/
form8822. Information about any future
developments affecting Form 8822 (such as
legislation enacted after we release it) will be
posted on that page.

Prior Name(s)
If you or your spouse changed your name
because of marriage, divorce, etc., complete
line 5. Also, be sure to notify the Social
Security Administration of your new name so
that it has the same name in its records that
you have on your tax return. This prevents
delays in processing your return and issuing
refunds. It also safeguards your future social
security benefits.

Addresses
Be sure to include any apartment, room, or
suite number in the space provided.

P.O. Box
Enter your box number instead of your street
address only if your post office does not
deliver mail to your street address.

Foreign Address
Follow the country’s practice for entering the
postal code. Please do not abbreviate the
country.

“In Care of” Address
If you receive your mail in care of a third party
(such as an accountant or attorney), enter
“C/O” followed by the third party’s name and
street address or P.O. box.

Signature
The taxpayer, executor, donor, or an
authorized representative must sign. If your
last return was a joint return, your spouse
must also sign (unless you have indicated by
checking the box on line 1 that you are
establishing a separate residence).

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If you are a representative signing
on behalf of the taxpayer, you
must attach to Form 8822 a copy
CAUTION of your power of attorney. To do
this, you can use Form 2848. The Internal
Revenue Service will not complete an
address change from an “unauthorized” third
party.

Note. If you checked the box on line 2, or you
checked the box on both lines 1 and 2, send
this form to: Cincinnati, OH 45999-0023.
THEN use this
address . . .

Alabama, Connecticut,
Delaware, District of
Columbia, Georgia,
Kentucky, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Missouri,
New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South
Carolina, Tennessee,
Vermont, Virginia, West
Virginia

Department of the
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Service
Kansas City, MO
64999-0023

Florida, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Texas

Department of the
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Service
Austin, TX
73301-0023

Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Hawaii,
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Michigan,
Minnesota, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada,
New Mexico, North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
South Dakota, Utah,
Washington, Wisconsin,
Wyoming

Department of the
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Service
Fresno, CA
93888-0023

A foreign country, American
Samoa, or Puerto Rico (or
are excluding income under
Internal Revenue Code
section 933), or use an APO
or FPO address, or file Form
2555, 2555-EZ, or 4563, or
are a dual-status alien or non
bona fide resident of Guam
or the Virgin Islands.

Department of the
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Service
Austin, TX
73301-0023

Guam:
bona fide residents

Department of
Revenue and Taxation
Government of Guam
P.O. Box 23607
GMF, GU 96921

Virgin Islands:
bona fide residents

V.I. Bureau of
Internal Revenue
6115 Estate Smith Bay
Suite 225
St. Thomas, VI 00802

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Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act
Notice. We ask for the information on this
form to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of
the United States. Our legal right to ask for
information is Internal Revenue Code sections
6001 and 6011, which require you to file a
statement with us for any tax for which you
are liable. Section 6109 requires that you
provide your social security number on what
you file. This is so we know who you are, and
can process your form and other papers.
Generally, tax returns and return
information are confidential, as required by
section 6103. However, we may give the
information to the Department of Justice and
to other federal agencies, as provided by law.
We may give it to cities, states, the District of
Columbia, and U.S. commonwealths or
possessions to carry out their tax laws. We
may also disclose this information to other
countries under a tax treaty, to federal and
state agencies to enforce federal nontax
criminal laws, or to federal law enforcement
and intelligence agencies to combat terrorism.
The use of this form is voluntary. However,
if you fail to provide the Internal Revenue
Service with your current mailing address, you
may not receive a notice of deficiency or a
notice and demand for tax. Despite the failure
to receive such notices, penalties and interest
will continue to accrue on the tax deficiencies.
You are not required to provide the
information requested on a form that is
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act
unless the form displays a valid OMB control
number. Books or records relating to a form
or its instructions must be retained as long as
their contents may become material in the
administration of any Internal Revenue law.
The time needed to complete and file this
form will vary depending on individual
circumstances. The estimated average time is
16 minutes.
If you have comments concerning the
accuracy of this time estimate or suggestions
for making this form simpler, we would be
happy to hear from you. You can write to the
Internal Revenue Service
Individual and Specialty Forms and
Publications Branch
SE:W:CAR:MP:T:I
1111 Constitution Ave. NW
IR-6526
Washington, DC 20224
Do not send the form to this address.
Instead, see Where To File on this page.