📬 How to Fax a CP2000 Response to the IRS From Anywhere
Fax your CP2000 response to the number for the IRS location printed on the top left of your notice. There are seven locations, each with its own number: Andover, Atlanta, Austin, Holtsville, Fresno, Ogden and Philadelphia. Reply by the date listed on the notice. Select United States, type the 10 digits with no leading 1, and pay $2.99 for up to 3 pages, then $0.99 per extra page.
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Find the Location on Your Notice
The IRS instruction is short: fax your response to the location listed on the top left side of the notice. Look at the top left of page 1. You will see an IRS address with a city, and that city decides your fax number. It does not matter where you live now or where you filed from; only the location printed on your notice counts.
The IRS sends a CP2000 when the income or payment information it received does not match what is on your return, and it proposes changes. Your response tells the IRS whether you agree, partly agree or disagree, and the notice explains how to show that.
The rule: the location on the top left of your notice decides the fax number. Match the city, then send to that number and no other.
CP2000 Fax Numbers by Location
| Location on your notice | CP2000 fax number | Type this |
|---|---|---|
| Andover, MA | 877-477-9485 | 8774779485 |
| Atlanta, GA | 877-477-0967 | 8774770967 |
| Austin, TX | 877-477-0583 | 8774770583 |
| Holtsville, NY | 877-477-9599 | 8774779599 |
| Fresno, CA | 877-477-0962 | 8774770962 |
| Ogden, UT | 877-477-9640 | 8774779640 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 877-477-9602 | 8774779602 |
These are the numbers the IRS lists on its page about understanding your CP2000. If your notice itself prints a fax number, use the one on the notice. For other IRS notices and forms, see our hub on how to fax the IRS.
What to Include in Your Response
The response form from your notice, completed as the notice explains, with your choice marked and signed where it asks. Fax the response pages as they came, not retyped.
A signed statement if you disagree with any part. Explain which items you disagree with and why, in plain sentences, and sign it.
Supporting documents. Copies of whatever backs up your answer, such as corrected forms from a payer, statements showing cost basis, or records showing an item was already reported.
On every page, put the notice number and the identifying information the notice asks for. A CP2000 reply can run to many pages, and faxed sheets can be separated on arrival; the identifying details on each page are how they get put back together. Scan to PDF rather than photographing pages, so figures stay readable in black and white.
Reply by the Date on the Notice
Reply by the date listed on the notice. Go by that date, not by a number of days you read somewhere else. If you live abroad, the notice may have spent weeks in the mail, which is the main reason people outside the United States fax: the pages reach the IRS usually within a few minutes.
Do not wait until the last day. If a fax line is busy you will want time to try again, and you are refunded automatically for any fax that cannot be delivered.
Other Ways to Respond: Upload or Mail
The IRS offers two other routes. The online upload tool, which the IRS calls the fastest way to respond, takes your documents through its website. Or you can mail your response to the address on the top left of page 1 of the notice.
Fax suits people who are abroad, people with paper documents already scanned, and anyone who wants a dated record that the pages went through to the number for their notice location. Use one route for a response rather than sending the same pages three ways.
Entering the Number From Abroad
All seven CP2000 fax numbers are US numbers. Select United States from the list and type the 10 digits, with no leading 1, no spaces and no dashes, as shown in the right-hand column of the table. Our guide to faxing to the USA covers the format, and our guide to sending a fax from outside the United States covers paying and uploading from another country.
From the US or anywhere else in the world, OverseasFax is built for this.
Cost, Delivery and Your Record
US numbers are $2.99 for up to 3 pages, then $0.99 per extra page. A typical CP2000 response, for example the response pages, a two-page signed statement and five pages of supporting documents, comes to about 10 pages: $9.92. You see the price before you pay, and you can send up to 10 files in one fax.
There is no account, nothing is printed on your document, and delivery usually takes a few minutes. The confirmation email shows the destination number, the page count and the time it went through, in US Eastern Time: your record of exactly when it was sent. Keep it with a copy of your response. If the fax cannot be delivered, you are refunded automatically.
If the IRS offers to fax something back to you, our sister service GetAFax.com gives you a US fax number for 24 hours for $5, and faxes arrive in your email.
Why send it here
One price for the whole fax, shown before you pay, and nothing added at checkout.
Nothing is printed on your document. It arrives exactly as you uploaded it.
If it cannot be delivered, the money goes back to your card without you asking.
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