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General Information
- What is the notice number? CP148A
- What government agency sends this notice? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- What is this notice about? The IRS changed your mailing address because they received an employment tax return or Form 8822-B, Change of Address or Responsible Party – Business, with an address different from what’s on their records. The IRS sends CPs 148 to both the employer’s former (CP148B) and new (CP148A) addresses to confirm the address change.
- What should you do if you receive this notice?
- If the address change is correct, you don’t need to do anything.
- If the address change is not correct, please return the notice to the IRS with a completed Form 8822-B, Change of Address or Responsible Party - Business.
FAQs & Additional Information
- Why did the IRS change my address?
- The IRS updates an address when they receive:
- Form 8822-B
- An employment tax return with an address different from what's on their records.
- Notification of any address variation from the address of record for the business entity, e.g. interchanging "Street" for "St."
- The IRS updates an address when they receive:
What does it look like?
Resources
Looking for more information about this notice? Here are some helpful resources:
- About the notice - https://www.irs.gov/individuals/understanding-your-cp148a-notice
- Example copy of the notice - https://www.irs.gov/pub/notices/cp148a_english.pdf
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