Form 4506 (sp), Request for Copy of Tax Return (Spanish Version)

Form 4506 (sp), Request for Copy of Tax Return (Spanish Version), is the Spanish-language IRS form used to request a copy of your tax return as originally filed, or to designate a third party, such as a mortgage company, to receive it. It carries OMB No. 1545-0429.\n\nThe copy you ask for on line 6 is the return exactly as it was first filed with the IRS, with all schedules, including Forms W-2 and amended returns. The IRS says copies of Forms 1040, 1040-A and 1040-EZ are generally available for 7 years from the filing date, before they are destroyed as the law requires; other returns may be available longer. You can request only one kind of return per form. If you need more than one kind, complete another Form 4506 (sp).\n\nThis form is different from a transcript. The IRS Get Transcript service is the route when you do not need an actual copy of the original return. Transcripts include a tax return transcript, a tax account transcript, a record of account transcript, a wage and income transcript and a verification of non-filing letter.\n\nThe agency's page for Form 4506 describes the same two uses in English: request a copy of your tax return, or designate a third party to receive it. The form's own text and instructions are in Spanish; the form refers to the English-language Forms 8822 and 8822-B for address changes.

The taxpayer whose name appears on line 1a or 2a of a filed return uses Form 4506 (sp) to get a copy of it, or an authorized person acts for that taxpayer. You can also name a third party on line 5 to receive the copy.\n\n- Individuals. Copies of jointly filed returns can be given to either spouse, and only one signature is required. Sign exactly as your name appears on the original return; if your name has changed, also sign your current name.\n- Corporations. An officer with legal authority to bind the corporation, a person designated by the board of directors or other governing body, or an officer or employee acting on written request of a principal officer certified by the secretary or another officer may sign. A bona fide shareholder of record holding 1 percent or more of the outstanding stock may file but must document the right to receive the information.\n- Partnerships. Generally, any person who was a member of the partnership during any part of the period requested on line 7 may sign.\n- Everyone else. If the taxpayer has died, is insolvent or is a dissolved corporation, or if a trustee, guardian, executor, receiver or administrator acts, see section 6103(e). An heir, next of kin or beneficiary must be able to prove a material interest in the estate or trust.\n\nA representative may sign for a taxpayer only if that authority is specifically delegated on line 5a of Form 2848(SP), which must be attached.

Submit Form 4506 (sp) when you need a copy of a filed return; the form sets no annual due date. The one firm timing rule is that the IRS must receive the form within 120 days of the date the taxpayer signed it, or the request is rejected.\n\nConsider how old the return is. Copies of Forms 1040, 1040-A and 1040-EZ are generally available for 7 years from the filing date; other returns may be available for a longer period.\n\nThe IRS says it can take up to 75 calendar days to process the request. If you only need your tax record and not a copy of the original return, the form suggests the faster Get Transcript service at www.irs.gov/espanol or the IRS help line at 1-800-908-9946.

You submit Form 4506 (sp) by mail; the form and instructions name no online filing channel for it. Attach your payment and mail the signed form to the IRS address that matches where you lived, or where your business operated, when the return was filed.\n\n- Choose the right table. The instructions give two address tables: one for individual returns (Form 1040 series) and one for all other returns. Find your state in the table that fits the return.\n- Mail it. The tables use these RAIVS Team addresses: Internal Revenue Service, RAIVS Team, P.O. Box 9941, Mail Stop 6734, Ogden, UT 84409; Internal Revenue Service, RAIVS Team, Stop 6705 S-2, Kansas City, MO 64999; and Internal Revenue Service, RAIVS Team, Stop 6716 AUSC, Austin, TX 73301 (individual returns only).\n- More than one year. If the tables show two different addresses, send the request to the address for your most recent return.\n- Pay the fee. A fee applies for each return requested and must be paid in full with the request, or it will be rejected. Make the check or money order payable to "United States Treasury" and write your SSN, ITIN or EIN and the words "Form 4506 (sp) request" on it. See the form for the current amount.\n- Do not send it to the Washington, DC address printed for comments.\n\nFillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels above.