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1 Page 1 of 8 Small Business Self-Employed Stakeholder Liaison Division

2 Page 2 of 8 Commonly Used Telephone Numbers and Websites Appeals Customer Service Number (Not toll-free number) Automated Collection System (ACS) International (Not toll-free number) Small Business/Self-Employed (SBS/SE) - Businesses Wage and Investment (W&I) - Individual Business and Specialty Tax Help Line (includes Estate and Gift Tax technical information) Centralized Authorization File (CAF) - Power of Attorney International - (Fax): (outside the US ) Memphis - (Fax): Ogden - (Fax): Centralized Insolvency Operation (CIO) Centralized Lien Processing Employed/Understanding-a-Federal-Tax-Lien Combat Zone Special Hotline CP-2000 Customer Service SB/SE - Holtsville, Ogden, or Philadelphia notices W&I - Atlanta, Austin, or Fresno notices Disaster Hotline Assistance-and-Emergency-Relief-for-Individuals-and-Businesses

3 Page 3 of 8 e-help Desk (Practitioners Only) e-services - Online Tools for Tax Professionals Professionals Earned Income Credit (EITC) Electronic Toolkit for Tax Preparers Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) EFTPS Batch Provider Customer Service EFTPS Customer Service Employee Plans Services Employer Identification Number (EIN) ID-Numbers-EINs Enrolled Agents Program s to EPP@irs.gov Excise Tax Help Line Exempt Organizations

4 Page 4 of 8 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Federal Management Service (FMS) - Treasury Refund Offset Information Filing Information Returns Electronically (FIRE) Information-Returns-Electronically-(FIRE) Form Forms 706 and 709 Account Related Inquiries Forms and Publications Government Entities (TEGE) Help Line Individual Tax Help Line New 1040X telephone number Information Return Reporting - Martinsburg Computing Center

5 Page 5 of 8 IRS Identity Protection Specialized Unit IRS Tax Information IRS Video Portal Issue Management Resolution System (IMRS) Management-Resolution-System-IMRS ITIN Program Office (Form W-7 and Acceptance Agent Program - Form 13551) Multilingual Gateway National Tax Forums National Taxpayer Advocate Help Line Office of Professional Responsibility (not toll-free) Office-of-Professional-Responsibility-(OPR)

6 Page 6 of 8 Online Payment Agreement Phishing and scams Practitioner Priority Service (PPS) Practitioner Tax Identification Number (PTIN) Refund Hotline Report Tax Fraud and Tax Schemes Activity%3F Return Preparer Office Phone Number: Fax Number: Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business/Self-Employed (SB/SE) Community

7 Page 7 of 8 Social Media IRS2Go Mobile App itunes (IRS Podcasts) Twitter YouTube Social Security Administration (SSA) Tax Practitioner Institutes Practitioner-Institute-Classes Tax Professionals Web Page and e-news Tax Shelter Hotline address: IRS.Tax.Shelter.Hotline@irs.gov Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Panel-(TAP) Tele-Tax - Recorded Tax Topic Telephone Device for the Deaf (TDD) Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Hotline address: Complaints@tigta.treas.gov

8 Page 8 of 8 United States Citizen and Immigration Service (USCIS) Where to File

Small Business Self-Employed Stakeholder Liaison Division 11/4/2014

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