1040-V OCR-ES Payment Voucher

Version A, Cycle 3

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

OCR-ES

2020 Form 1040-V

Use Form 1040-V only if (a) you have a balance due on the “Amount you owe” line of your 2020 Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR, and (b) you make your payment by
check or money order. Use the large envelope that came with this package to mail your 2020 tax return, payment, and Form 1040-V. See the instructions below
and on the envelope.

INTERNAL USE ONLY
DRAFT AS OF
June 16, 2020

What Is Form 1040-V?

It’s a statement you send with your check or
money order for any balance due on the
“Amount you owe” line of your 2020 Form 1040
or Form 1040-SR.

Consider Making Your Tax Payment
Electronically—It’s Easy

You can make electronic payments online, by
phone, or from a mobile device. Paying
electronically is safe and secure. When you
schedule your payments, you will receive
immediate confirmation from the IRS. Go to
www.irs.gov/Payments to see all your electronic
payment options.

How To Fill In Form 1040-V

You should use this preprinted form because it
has your name, address, and social security
number preprinted on it.
• If your name or SSN isn’t shown correctly on
Form 1040-V, cross out the incorrect information
and print the correct information. Use Form 8822
to correct your address.
• Use only this original Form 1040-V. Don’t use a
photocopy.
• Enter the amount you are paying by check or
money order in the space provided. If paying at
IRS.gov, don’t complete this form.

How To Prepare Your Payment
• Make your check or money order payable to
“United States Treasury.” Don’t send cash.
• Make sure your name and address appear on
your check or money order.
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How To Send In Your 2020 Tax
Return, Payment, and Form
1040-V

• Enter your daytime phone number and your
SSN on your check or money order. If you have
an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number
(ITIN), enter it wherever your SSN is requested. If
you are filing a joint return, enter the SSN shown
first on your return. Also, enter “2020 Form 1040”
or “2020 Form 1040-SR,” whichever is
appropriate.
• To help us process your payment, enter the
amount on the right side of your check like this:
$XXX.XX. Don’t use dashes or lines (for example,
XX
don’t enter “$XXX—” or “$XXX 100 ”).
Notice to taxpayers presenting checks. When
you provide a check as payment, you authorize
us either to use information from your check to
make a one-time electronic fund transfer from
your account or to process the payment as a
check transaction. When we use information
from your check to make an electronic fund
transfer, funds may be withdrawn from your
account as soon as the same day we receive
your payment, and you will not receive your
check back from your financial institution.
No checks of $100 million or more accepted.
The IRS can’t accept a single check (including a
cashier’s check) for amounts of $100,000,000
($100 million) or more. If you are sending $100
million or more by check, you will need to spread
the payments over two or more checks, with
each check made out for an amount less than
$100 million.
Pay by cash. This is an in-person payment option
for individuals provided through retail partners with
a maximum of $1,000 per day per transaction. To
make a cash payment, you must first be registered
online at www.officialpayments.com/fed, our
Official Payment provider.

Form 1040-V when paying the balance due on
Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR.
▶ Enter your SSN on your check or money order.
▶ If your name, address, or SSN is incorrect, see instructions.

• Don’t staple or otherwise attach your payment
or Form 1040-V to your return or to each other.
Instead, just put them loose in the envelope.
• Mail your 2020 tax return, payment, and Form
1040-V in the large envelope that came with this
package.
Note: If you don’t have the large envelope, use
the P.O. box address printed on Form 1040-V
below. But if you moved during the year, see
Where Do You File? on the last page of your
2020 tax return instructions.

How To Pay Electronically
Pay Online

Paying online is convenient, secure, and helps
make sure we get your payments on time. You
can pay using either of the following electronic
payment methods. To pay your taxes online or for
more information, go to www.irs.gov/Payments.

IRS Direct Pay
Pay your taxes directly from your checking or
savings account at no cost to you. You receive
instant confirmation that your payment has been
made, and you can schedule your payment up to
30 days in advance.

Debit or Credit Card
The IRS doesn’t charge a fee for this service; the
card processors do. The authorized card
processors and their phone numbers are all on
www.irs.gov/Payments.

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Cat. No. 22892G

2020

OMB No. 1545-0074

Form 1040-V , Payment Voucher
OCR-ES

Instructions for Form 1040-V

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See instructions above.

Amount you are paying by check or
money order. Make your check or money
order payable to “United States Treasury.”

Dollars

Cents

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see Form 1040-ES instructions.