jmallard Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Hi everyone, I have to file Form 8543 with Form 8283 for two clients that have charity donations over $500.00. Last year I had my clients sign and mail the Form 8453 to: Internal Revenue Service Attn: Shipping and Receiving 0254 Receipt & Control Branch Austin, Texas 73344-0254 I am located in California. My clients are located in Missouri and Washington State. Do I still send the forms to the address above or the address listed on the back of the 1040 Forms and Instructions book for 2007? In this case the Missouri clients paperwork would be sent to: Kansas City, MO and the Washington client would be sent to: Fresno, CA. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxtrio Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Why? I file 8283 over 500.00 all the time, for years, with only the 8879. I believe the only time you need a 8453 for 2007 is if there is one item worth over 5,000 that needs an appraisal. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxtrio Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Sorry, didn't get a chance to finish. check out the taxbook deluxe page 4-17 this page shows that if over 5,000.00 in value "may" need an appraisal that needs to be attached to the return. If no appraisal, and you are only using section A, no attachment to return, just 8283. No 8453 needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmallard Posted March 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 taxtrio Thanks for the info. That takes care of one of my return, only $3185 in donations (a car). However, my Missouri client donated items valued at $10,000 (I have a copy of the receipts). My question still stands, where do I have my client send the forms? Thanks Jerry Sorry, didn't get a chance to finish. check out the taxbook deluxe page 4-17 this page shows that if over 5,000.00 in value "may" need an appraisal that needs to be attached to the return. If no appraisal, and you are only using section A, no attachment to return, just 8283. No 8453 needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRS Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8453.pdf The address is on the bottom of page 2. It should go to Andover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmallard Posted March 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 JRS Thanks for the reply and the link. I was lazy and hoped someone knew without me having to look anything up Before I read your reply I took the bold leap and downloaded the instructions for the form and looked it up. Since I am based in California, my e-files generally go to Fresno for my California customers and the old Form 8453 was sent to Austin, TX. I have further learned that you can check the e-file history for your clients (been there all the time). While in the e-file manager, highlight a customer and click on "E-file" at the top left and click on "Display E-file Acknowledgement History", it will display the e-file info and the IRS service that it was received by. So, my Washington client's 8543 goes to Austin, TX and my Missouri client's 8453 goes to Andover, MA. Thanks again for your help. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRS Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 I tried to just paste the addresses, but it came out like IRS instructions. One of these days, I'll get these forum tools down, so I can save us some time. The other Jerry from Ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmallard Posted March 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Jerry, I know what you mean on forum tools. Each forum you visit is different. Both the forums that I maintain are very much like this one. Same syntax for posting images and links. So, I'm ahead of the game a little in this area. I have noted however, I cannot delete a message that I just created in this forum. Most other forums will allow you to delete a message if there are no replies. I know it is an administrator setting, 'course I ain't the administrator on here. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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