Fax Form 8233 (exemption from withholding for a nonresident alien) to the IRS

Before you fax

• It is the withholding agent (the employer or payer) who sends Form 8233 to the IRS, after completing and signing the certification in Part IV.
• Each copy must include every attachment the nonresident alien gave you.
• Keep three copies: one for the nonresident alien, one for your records, one for the IRS.
• Send the IRS copy within 5 days of accepting the form. You can fax up to 25 pages at one time.
• To mail instead: Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Philadelphia, PA 19255-0725.

How to send it without a fax machine

1. Review the form, then complete and sign Part IV.
2. Scan or photograph the form and all of its attachments.
3. Enter 267-941-1365 and add the pages, no more than 25 per fax.
4. Send, and keep the delivery receipt with your copy.

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