Where do you mail federal tax returns?
All paper tax returns must be sent to the right processing center. There isn’t a single mailing address for all tax returns and the destination of your return depends on your state of residence and whether or not you’re enclosing payment with the return.
That said, make sure to mail your federal income tax return to the right mailing address based on your state and payment status.
Mail Form 1040 to the below address if you live in:
- Alaska
- California
- Colorado
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- Ohio
- Oregon
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Utah
- Washington
- Wyoming
with payment:
Internal Revenue Service
P.O. Box 802501
Cincinnati, OH 45280-2501
without payment:
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Ogden, UT 84201-0002
Mail Form 1040 to the below address if you live in:
- Arkansas
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
with payment to:
Internal Revenue Service
P.O. Box 931000
Louisville, KY 40293-1000
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Oklahoma
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
without payment to:
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Kansas City, MO 64999-0002
Arizona and New Mexico residents mail to:
with payment:
Internal Revenue Service
P.O. Box 802501
Cincinnati, OH 45280-2501
without payment:
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Austin, TX 73301-0002
Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee residents mail to:
with payment:
Internal Revenue Service
P O Box 1214
Charlotte, NC 28201-1214
without payment:
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Kansas City, MO 64999-0002
Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas residents mail to:
with payment:
Internal Revenue Service
P.O. Box 1214
Charlotte, NC 28201-1214
without payment:
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Austin, TX 73301-0002
Pennsylvania residents mail to:
with payment:
Internal Revenue Service
P. O. Box 802501
Cincinnati, OH 45280-2501
without payment:
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Kansas City, MO 64999-0002
Note that enclosing a payment means when you send your federal income tax return with money or check order. Making online payments prior to mailing your federal income tax return doesn’t count. In that case, mail to the address without payment.
