0717 Publ 5244 (PDF)

Official source: IRS Forms, Instructions & Publications (https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p5244.pdf), retrieved 2026-10-03. U.S. Government work (17 U.S.C. § 105).

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Publication 5244 (Rev. 7 - 201 7 ) Catalog Number 68506X Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service www.irs.gov

Thank you for your continued support in helping America’s taxpayers. IRS is excited to provide this material to be used on social media platforms to help increase awareness of current tax information and available tools and services for taxpayers who need it. Your willingness to promote the availability of free tax preparation and other tax information will help hardworking individuals and families avoid high cost tax service fees and claim the credits they are qualified to receive.

What’s in this toolkit?

This document provides you with customized ready-made messages for you to use in whatever social media platform(s) your organization uses. The messages are presented in a calendar so that you don’t have to worry about the timing of when you should share a specific message on a given topic.

How to use the toolkit?

Simple, just choose the messages in the calendar that work best for your organization and post them. You may post them exactly as they are or you can add any additional information that’s specific to your organization, such as a hashtag, a link to your website and/or a graphic.

In each message we have included hashtags and shortened URLs that link back to key pages on IRS.gov. Using these items as they are provided will allow us to keep track of the message exposure. We will be sure to share this information with you once gathered. (See full list of hashtags and short URLs at the end of this document.)

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JUST COPY AND POST! Please copy and paste any message that you would like to share with your followers. These messages are created to reach a number of audiences – military/vets, elderly, retired, disabled, low-to-moderate income and all taxpayers. Feel free to let us know if you have any specific needs not covered.

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Additional ITIN Material you may want to use.

(1) ITIN Fact Sheet (Pub 5259) - informs ITIN holders what needs to be done to renew their expiring ITIN and where

they can go to get help if they need it.

(2) You May Need to Renew Your Expiring ITIN (Pub 5256) – an informational flyer ready to print and cut (three per

page) – no live links on this page as it’s intended for printing, but it directs taxpayers to the IRS.gov/ITIN page for more information.

(3) Renewing Your ITIN (Pub 5257) – A full-page flyer with more information than Pub 5256 – also includes links to

additional information.

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Related Hashtags and URLs

Below is a list of the key hashtags and web addresses we will monitor using shortened URLs. Please feel free to include the hashtags in any additional messages you create beyond what we have provided. Using the shortened URLs located in the ready-made messages will take users to related IRS.gov webpages providing additional useful information.

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