{"id":1645,"date":"2015-06-16T07:38:42","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T11:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keysolutions.us\/blog\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2015-06-16T07:38:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T11:38:42","slug":"irs-designated-private-delivery-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keysolutions.us\/blog\/irs-designated-private-delivery-services\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS DESIGNATED PRIVATE DELIVERY SERVICES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taxpayers have the burden of proving that tax returns and tax payments are made. For those taxpayers who mail their returns and tax payments (rather than remit their returns and tax payments electronically), we recommend that they mail tax returns and significant tax payments using the USPS\u2019s registered mail service or its certified mail with a return receipt requested. Some taxpayers prefer to use a private delivery service such as United Parcel Service (UPS) or Federal Express to name two of these services.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of which service is used, it is very important that the taxpayer complete all the information on the mailing slips and also show on the taxpayer\u2019s receipt what was mailed to the Internal Revenue Service (or other tax jurisdiction).<\/p>\n<p>If a private delivery service is used, it is important that the taxpayer know <!--more-->WHICH private delivery services the IRS will accept as proof of mailing. FedEx and UPS delivery services not designated by the IRS will not be accepted by the IRS as proof of mailing. Also, private delivery services do not deliver to P.O. Boxes. Therefore, you will need to research the appropriate street address whenever the tax returns or voucher payment form show a PO address.<\/p>\n<p>Effective May 6, 2015 the list of designated private delivery services that the IRS will honor are listed below.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>FedEx First Overnight<\/li>\n<li>FedEx Priority Overnight<\/li>\n<li>FedEx Standard Overnight<\/li>\n<li>FedEx 2 Day<\/li>\n<li>FedEx International Next Flight Out<\/li>\n<li>FedEx International Priority<\/li>\n<li>FedEx International First<\/li>\n<li>FedEx International Economy<\/li>\n<li>UPS Next Day Air Early AM<\/li>\n<li>UPS Next Day Air<\/li>\n<li>UPS Next Day Air Saver<\/li>\n<li>UPS 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Day Air<\/li>\n<li>UPS 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Day Air A.M.<\/li>\n<li>UPS Worldwide Express Plus<\/li>\n<li>UPS Worldwide Express<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you want to learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keysolutions.us\/svcs_tax.htm\">tax preparation<\/a> services or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keysolutions.us\/svcs_tax.htm\">tax planning<\/a> strategies, we invite you to call <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keysolutions.us\/\">610-594-2601<\/a> today to make an appointment at our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keysolutions.us\/index.htm\">Exton PA CPA office<\/a> to discuss your situation. You can also schedule a consultation at <a href=\"http:\/\/keysolutions.us\/consultation.htm\">Click Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Copyright \u00a9 2015 Keystone Financial Solutions, P.C. All rights reserved. BE SURE TO READ THE DISCLAIMER PAGE: Content in this blog is for educational purposes only and should not be considered as the rendering of tax, legal or investment advice. The publisher of this blog makes no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any information herein, will not be liable for any errors or omissions, and shall not assume liability for any losses, injuries, or damages from the display or use of this information.<\/strong><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taxpayers have the burden of proving that tax returns and tax payments are made. For those taxpayers who mail their returns and tax payments (rather than remit their returns and tax payments electronically), we recommend that they mail tax returns and significant tax payments using the USPS\u2019s registered mail service or its certified mail with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-irs-tax-planning-ideas-tips-news","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9W9tf-qx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keysolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keysolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keysolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keysolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keysolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1645"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/keysolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1648,"href":"https:\/\/keysolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions\/1648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keysolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keysolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keysolutions.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}