2007 Instructions for Form 8822, Change of Address

(Rev. December 2007)

Purpose of Form

You can use Form 8822 to notify the Internal Revenue Service if you changed your home or business mailing address or your business location. 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.

Changing both home and business addresses? If you are, use a separate Form 8822 to show each change.

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

Enter the information in the following order: city, province or state, and country. Follow the country's practice for entering the postal code. Please do not abbreviate the country name.

"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

If you are completing Part I, 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).

If you are completing Part II, an officer, owner, general partner or LLC member manager, plan administrator, fiduciary, or an authorized representative must sign. An officer is the president, vice president, treasurer, chief accounting officer, etc.

Caution: If you are a representative signing on behalf of the taxpayer, you must attach to Form 8822 a copy 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.

Where To File

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.

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.

Filers Who Completed Part I
(You checked the box on line 1 only)

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IF your old home mailing               THEN use this
address was in...                      address...
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District of Columbia, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts,                 Andover, MA
New Hampshire, New York,                  05501-0023
Vermont
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Alabama, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, North Carolina,                 Atlanta, GA
Rhode Island, South                       39901-0023
Carolina, Virginia
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Kentucky, Louisiana,                      Austin, TX
Mississippi, Tennessee,                   73301-0023
Texas, APO, FPO
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Alaska, Arizona, California,
Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho,
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,
Montana, Nebraska,                        Fresno, CA
Nevada, New Mexico,                       93888-0023
North Dakota, Oklahoma,
Oregon, South Dakota,
Utah, Washington,
Wisconsin, Wyoming
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Arkansas, Connecticut,
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,         Kansas City, MO
Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio,               64999-0023
Pennsylvania, West Virginia
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American Samoa
Guam:
 Nonpermanent residents
Puerto Rico (or if excluding
 income under Internal
 Revenue Code
 section 933)                            Austin, TX
Virgin Islands:                          73301-0023
 Nonpermanent residents                         USA
Nonresident aliens and
 dual-status aliens
Foreign country:
 U.S. citizens and those
 filing Form 2555,
 Form 2555-EZ, or Form 4563
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Guam:                          Department of Revenue
 Permanent residents                    and Taxation
                                  Government of Guam
                                      P.O. Box 23607
                                       GMF, GU 96921
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Virgin Islands:                       V.I. Bureau of
 Permanent residents                Internal Revenue
                                  9601 Estate Thomas
                                    Charlotte Amalie
                                St. Thomas, VI 00802
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Filers Who Completed Part II

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IF your old business address           THEN use this
was in...                                 address...
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Connecticut, Delaware,
District of Columbia, Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, New Hampshire,              Cincinnati, OH
New Jersey, New York, North               45999-0023
Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Vermont, Virginia, West
Virginia, Wisconsin
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Alabama, Alaska, Arizona,
Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho,
Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana,
Minnesota, Mississippi,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,               Ogden, UT
Nevada, New Mexico, North                 84201-0023
Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon,
South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah, Washington,
Wyoming, any place outside the
United States
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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.

The time needed to complete and file this form will vary depending on individual circumstances. The estimated burden for individual taxpayers filing this form is approved under OMB control number 1545-0074 and is included in the estimates shown in the instructions for their individual income tax return. The estimated burden for all other taxpayers who file this form 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, Tax Products Coordinating Committee, SE:W:CAR:MP:T:T:SP, 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.