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Form 4810 (Rev. 2-2009) Page 2
General Instructions required to request prompt assessment; however, if you
do so you are required to provide the information
Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code. requested on this form. Failure to provide the information
may delay or prevent processing your request. Section
Purpose of Form 6109 requires you to provide the requested taxpayer
Use Form 4810 to request prompt assessment of tax. identification numbers.
Attach to your request the documentation requested on You are not required to provide the information
Form 4810. If you prefer to use your own format, your requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork
request must list the same information as requested on Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB
this form and include the applicable attachments. control number. Books or records relating to a form or its
Specifically, you must verify your authority to act for the instructions must be retained as long as their contents
taxpayers (for example, letters testamentary or letters of may become material in the administration of any Internal
administration) and provide copies of the authorizing Revenue law. Generally, tax returns and return
document. Also, your request must clearly show: information are confidential as required by section 6103.
• It is a request for prompt assessment under section However, section 6103 allows or requires the Internal
6501(d); Revenue Service to disclose or give such information
shown on your Form 4810 to the Department of Justice to
• The kind of tax and the tax periods involved; enforce the tax laws, both civil and criminal, and to cities,
• The name and social security number (SSN) or states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. commonwealths
employer identification number (EIN) shown on the return or possessions. We may also disclose this information to
(copies of the returns may be attached to help identify the other countries under a tax treaty, to federal and state
return; write at the top of the return copy: “COPY - DO agencies to enforce federal nontax criminal laws, or to
NOT PROCESS AS ORIGINAL”); and federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to
combat terrorism.
• The date and location of the IRS office where the
returns were filed. The time needed to complete and file this form and
related schedules will vary depending on individual
When To File circumstances. The estimated average times are:
Do not file Form 4810 requesting prompt assessment Recordkeeping . . . . . . . . . . 5 hrs., 30 min.
until after you file the tax returns listed on the front of this
form. You must submit a separate request for prompt Learning about the law or the form . . 0 hrs., 18 min.
assessment for any tax returns filed after this Form 4810. Preparing the form . . . . . . . . 0 hrs., 24 min.
Where To File Copying, assembling, and
sending the form to the IRS . . . . . 0 hrs., 0 min.
Send your request to the Internal Revenue Service Center
where you filed the returns for which you are requesting If you have comments concerning the accuracy of
prompt assessment. these time estimates or suggestions for making this
request simpler, we would be happy to hear from you.
You can write to the Internal Revenue Service, Tax
Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. We
Products Coordinating Committee,
ask for the information on this form to carry out the SE:W:CAR:MP:T:T:SP, 1111 Constitution Ave. NW,
Internal Revenue laws of the United States. We collect IR-6526, Washington, DC 20224. Do not send this tax
this information under the authority under Internal form to the above address. Instead, see Where To File on
Revenue Code section 6501(d). We need it to ensurethat this page.
you are complying with these laws and to allow usto
figure and collect the right amount of tax. You are not
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