Form 1040-V - Payment Voucher

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Effective September 30, 2025 the IRS will no longer accept checks in payment of a balance due and Form 1040-V will become obsolete. Taxpayers will pay online at the IRS website: irs.gov/payments.

Form 1040-V, Payment Voucher for Individuals, is a form your client may send with a check or money order when paying the balance due showing on the "Amount you owe" line of Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR.

Form 1040-V is not used with Form 1040-X.

Using Form 1040-V allows for more accurate and efficient payment processing. Tax Processors Plus Desktop prints the form with the balance due pre-filled, but the taxpayer can change the amount if they wish to pay more or less. Keep in mind that to avoid interest and penalty, the full balance due must be paid by the return due date.

You can also configure the program to always print Form 1040-V balance due returns. Note that if this setting has been configured, the form will print with any balance due return, even if the taxpayer may not be paying by check.

Changing the amount on Form 1040-V in a return

Form 1040-V prints with the balance due pre-filled, but if you'd like it to print the form with a different amount, from the Main Menu of the tax return select:

Payments, Estimates & EIC
Payment Voucher - Enter the amount you'd like printed on the voucher.

Configuring when to include Form 1040-V

Tax Processors Plus Desktop includes several settings that control if and when to print Form 1040-V.

From the Quick Menu of Tax Processors Plus Desktop select:

Configuration
Printer / Copies Setup
Advanced Print Setup
Create Form 1040-V on a Balance Due Return - Three options are available:
1. Print with Amount Due on 1040V
2. Print with Blank Amount on 1040V
3. Do not Print 1040V

**Form 1040-V filing addresses for a taxpayer living within the 50 states or D.C.**
If the taxpayer lives in...	then use this address...
Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin	Internal Revenue Service PO Box 931000 Louisville, KY 40293-1000
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas	Internal Revenue Service PO Box 1214 Charlotte, NC 28201-1214
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming	Internal Revenue Service PO Box 802501 Cincinnati, OH 45280-2501

**Form 1040-V address for taxpayers not living in the 50 states or D.C.**
If the taxpayer...	then use this address...
lives in a foreign country, American Samoa, or Puerto Rico, or is excluding income under IRC 933, or has an APO or FPO address, or is filing Form 2555 or 4563, or is a dual-status alien or nonpermanent resident of Guam or the U.S. Virgin Islands	Internal Revenue Service PO Box 1303 Charlotte, NC 28201-1303

NOTE: Permanent residents of Guam or the Virgin Islands should not use Form 1040-V.