Fax Form 3911 (refund trace) to the IRS

Before you fax

• Send only Form 3911 to these numbers; the IRS asks that nothing else is faxed to them.
• If you expected a paper check and file as single, married filing separately or head of household, the IRS encourages starting the trace yourself first, with Where's My Refund? or the IRS app.
• Business entities don't use the state list: they fax Cincinnati or Ogden depending on which side of the Mississippi they are.

How to send it without a fax machine

1. Fill in Form 3911 and sign it.
2. Scan or photograph the pages.
3. Find your state in the table and enter that unit's number.
4. Send, and keep the delivery receipt until the refund question is settled.

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