0221 Form 8822 (PDF)

Official source: IRS Forms, Instructions & Publications (https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8822.pdf), retrieved 2026-10-03. U.S. Government work (17 U.S.C. § 105).

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Form

(Rev. February 2021)

Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service

(For Individual, Gift, Estate, or Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Returns)

• Please type or print. - See instructions on back. - Do not attach this form to your return.

  • Information about Form 8822 is available at www.irs.gov/form8822.

OMB No. 1545-1163

Part I Complete This Part To Change Your Home Mailing Address

Check all boxes this change affects:

1 Individual income tax returns (Forms 1040, 1040-SR, 1040-NR, etc.)

• If your last return was a joint return and you are now establishing a residence separate from the spouse with whom

you filed that return, check here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^▶

2 Gift, estate, or generation-skipping transfer tax returns (Forms 706, 709, etc.)

- For Forms 706 and 706-NA, enter the decedent’s name and social security number below.

- Decedent’s name - Social security number

3a Your name (first name, initial, and last name) 3b Your social security number

4a Spouse’s name (first name, initial, and last name) 4b Spouse’s social security number

5a Your prior name(s). See instructions.

5b Spouse’s prior name(s). See instructions.

6a Your old address (no., street, apt. no., city or town, state, and ZIP code). If a P.O. box, see instructions. If foreign address, also complete spaces below, see instructions.

Foreign country name Foreign province/county Foreign postal code

6b Spouse’s old address, if different from line 6a (no., street, apt. no., city or town, state, and ZIP code). If a P.O. box, see instructions. If foreign address, also complete spaces below, see instructions.

Foreign country name Foreign province/county Foreign postal code

7 New address (no., street, apt. no., city or town, state, and ZIP code). If a P.O. box, see instructions. If foreign address, also complete spaces below, see instructions.

Foreign country name Foreign province/county Foreign postal code

Part II Signature

Daytime telephone number of person to contact (optional) ^▶

Sign Here

Your signature Date

If joint return, spouse’s signature Date

Signature of representative, executor, administrator/if applicable Date

Title

For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see back of form. Cat. No. 12081V Form 8822 (Rev. 2-2021)

Form 8822 (Rev. 2-2021) Page 2

Future Developments

Information about developments affecting Form 8822 (such as legislation enacted after we release it) is at www.irs.gov/form8822. Purpose of Form

You can use Form 8822 to notify the Internal Revenue Service if you changed your home mailing address. If this change also affects the mailing address for your children who filed income tax returns, complete and file a separate Form 8822 for each child. If you are a representative signing for the taxpayer, attach to Form 8822 a copy of your power of attorney. Generally, it takes 4 to 6 weeks to process a change of address.

Changing both home and business addresses? Use Form 8822-B to change your business address. Prior Name(s)

If you or your spouse changed your name because of marriage, divorce, etc., complete line 5. Also, be sure to notify the Social Security Administration of your new name so that it has the same name in its records that you have on your tax return. This prevents delays in processing your return and issuing refunds. It also safeguards your future social security benefits. Addresses

Be sure to include any apartment, room, or suite number in the space provided.

P.O. Box

Enter your box number instead of your street address only if your post office does not deliver mail to your street address.

Foreign Address

Follow the country’s practice for entering the postal code. Please do not abbreviate the country.

“In Care of” Address

If you receive your mail in care of a third party (such as an accountant or attorney), enter “C/O” followed by the third party’s name and street address or P.O. box. Signature

The taxpayer, executor, donor, or an authorized representative must sign. If your last return was a joint return, your spouse must also sign (unless you have indicated by checking the box on line 1 that you are establishing a separate residence).

If you are a representative signing on behalf of the taxpayer, you

CAUTION of your power of attorney. To do

this, you can use Form 2848. The Internal Revenue Service will not complete an address change from an “unauthorized” third party.

Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. We ask for the information on this form to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of the United States. Our legal right to ask for information is Internal Revenue Code sections 6001 and 6011, which require you to file a statement with us for any tax for which you are liable. Section 6109 requires that you provide your social security number on what you file. This is so we know who you are, and can process your form and other papers.

Generally, tax returns and return information are confidential, as required by section 6103. However, we may give the information to the Department of Justice and to other federal agencies, as provided by law. We may give it to cities, states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. commonwealths or possessions to carry out their tax laws. We may also disclose this information to other countries under a tax treaty, to federal and state agencies to enforce federal nontax criminal laws, or to federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to combat terrorism.

The use of this form is voluntary. However, if you fail to provide the Internal Revenue Service with your current mailing address, you may not receive a notice of deficiency or a notice and demand for tax. Despite the failure to receive such notices, penalties and interest will continue to accrue on the tax deficiencies.

You are not required to provide the information requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records relating to a form or its instructions must be retained as long as their contents may become material in the administration of any Internal Revenue law.

The time needed to complete and file this form will vary depending on individual circumstances. The estimated average time is 16 minutes.

Comments. You can send comments from www.irs.gov/FormComments . Or you can write to the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Forms and Publications Division, 1111 Constitution Ave. NW, IR-6526, Washington, DC 20224. DO NOT SEND THE FORM TO THIS ADDRESS . Instead, see Where To File, earlier.

Where To File
• If you checked the box on line 2, send
Form 8822 to: Department of the
Treasury, Internal Revenue Service
Center, Kansas City, MO 64999-0023.
• If you did not check the box on line 2,
send Form 8822 to the address shown
here that applies to you: