What This Notice Means
The IRS hasn't received your federal income tax return. It wants you to file now.
What to Do
- If you haven't filed, file your return immediately.
- If you filed within the last eight weeks, you don't have to do anything. You can disregard the notice.
- If it's been more than eight weeks since you filed, check the name, Social Security number or taxpayer identification number, and tax year on the notice. Make sure they match your return. Then mail a signed and dated copy of the return.
- If you have a valid extension or live in a federally declared disaster area, file by the extended or postponed due date that applies to you.
If the IRS issued you an identity protection PIN (IP PIN), include it on the return. On a joint return, include each spouse's IP PIN.
What Happens If You Don't File
You may lose your claim to a refund or certain credits. The law sets strict time limits to claim them. If you owe, penalties and interest keep adding up until you file and pay in full.
If You Can't Pay
File anyway. You can request a payment plan to pay the balance over time. Not filing makes a balance worse, not better.
Other Things to Check
- Whether you're required to file for that year.
- Whether an e-filed return was rejected.
- Whether all your prior returns are filed.
- Whether your withholding is enough going forward.
Filing Electronically
The IRS accepts returns from the last 2 years electronically, but you'll need an e-file provider that handles prior-year returns. Not every provider does.
If you received a CP59SN notice and have years of unfiled returns or a balance you can't pay, call us at (813) 229-7100.