At the 2007 Nationwide Tax Forums, practitioners suggested larger sized return envelopes and/or mailing labels to assist them when responding to AUR notices.
All IRS notices have been standardized to conform to specific requirements, including use of standard sized mailing and return envelopes. The standardization allows the National Print Services to efficiently process any IRS notice. IRS program areas do not have the flexibility to deviate from the standardization protocols.
The AUR notices (CP2501, CP2000) use a window envelope that allows the taxpayer mailing address to show, eliminating expending resources and costs to print mailing labels. The AUR notices also use return window envelope. The tear-off stub on the CP2501 and CP2000 notices have been specifically formatted and sized to ensure the applicable IRS mailing address displays in the window space provided.
When a response to an AUR notice will not fit in the return envelope or the return envelope is not available, we recommend the following action:
If the AUR notice is available:
1. Locate the Response Form page. This page is clearly identified with the heading: Response Form and will contain three options for the taxpayer consider and make a selection (agree with all changes, agree with some changes or do not agree with any changes).
2. On the reverse of the Response Form page (entitled STEP C: Contact Information), the IRS return address is provided in the lower left hand corner.
Note: AUR Notices issued by either the Brookhaven or Philadelphia campuses contain two Response Form pages (“Payment Enclosed” or “No payment enclosed”). The IRS return addresses are different depending on whether or not the response includes a payment.
If the AUR Notice Response Form is not available:
1. Call the AUR Toll Free line to speak with an AUR representative.
•Call 1-800-829-3009 for AUR notices issued from: Atlanta, Austin or Fresno
•Call 1-800-829-8310 for AUR notices issued from: Brookhaven, Ogden or Philadelphia
2. The AUR Representative will be able to provide the appropriate IRS return mailing address.
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