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The IRS rejected related tax rebates and required a Form 3911 trace. 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This is especially true of people experiencing homelessness who use community mail programs for the purpose of establishing a mailing address. Thanks to determined investigation from homeless outreach staff in Seattle, it was discovered that many of these community mail locations have been flagged as locations to not deliver stimulus checks to by the post office, under instruction from the Department of Treasury. We believe this is because these mailing addresses have been used fraudulently by community members attempting to steal stimulus funds from other people when the first payment was issued in 2020.  \nFurthermore, people in this situation who try to claim these funds as a rebate on their tax return have seen their returns rejected because the IRS believes they have already issued the payment.  \nOnce a tax return has been rejected for this reason, the best course of action is to submit a trace request form, otherwise known as a 3911 form. Submitting this form starts the process of determining whether the payment in question was returned to sender. The client can then re-submit their tax return once receiving confirmation that their payment was returned to sender to claim their rebate.  \nTo complete a Form 3911 trace for any of the three stimulus check, the IRS provides the following instructions:  \n• Write \"EIP\", followed by the number “1,2, or 3” on the top of the form based on which stimulus payment is in question. EIP stands for Economic Impact Payment, so if you are requesting atrace on the second payment write “EIP2”  \n• Complete the form answering all refund questions as they relate to your payment.  \n• When completing item 7 under Section 1:  \no Check the box for \"Individual\" as the Type of return.  \no Enter \"2021\" as the Tax Period.  \no Do not write anything for the Date Filed.  \no Sign the form. If you're married and filing together, both spouses must sign the form  \nPlease note that this process can take up to four to six weeks to complete, we encourage you to proactively fill out this form along with the return and save a copy for future use. For additional assistance in these situations, you can contact the University of Washington Federal Tax Clinic at 206- 685-6805.  \nUpdate and Victory! Thanks to your feedback, an investigation was launched by staff from Representative Pramila Jayapal’s office on this matter. On Friday May 7, the IRS confirmed that they did flag certain social service addresses as Do Not Deliver due to fraud concerns. They have agreed to remove the address suspicion flag from these locations, and furthermore have agreed to re-issue all retuned stimulus checks to those locations. This would not have happened without dedicated advocacy and follow up from our members in direct service positions. Address flag has been removed from the following locations:  \n• Reach-2133 3rd Avenue, \\#116, Seattle, WA 98121  \n• Compass Housing Alliance-77 S Washington St, Seattle, WA 98104  \n• Ballard Food Bank-5130 Leary Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107  \n• St. Vincent de Paul Georgetown Food Bank. 5972 4th Ave S, Seattle 98108  \n• New Bethlehem Family Day Center. 11920 NE 80th St, Suite 100, Kirkland WA 98033  \n• Kent Family Engagement Center. 1225 W Smith St, Kent WA 98030  \n• Federal Way Day Center. 33505 13th Pl S, Suite D. Federal Way, WA 98003  \nPayments will be re-issued to clients of these mail programs within the next 3-4 weeks, we encourage you to follow up in mid-June to confirm payments were received. We still encourage you to follow the instructions above and complete a 3911 form along with your client’s tax return in case it will become necessary.  \nWe believe there are other social service addresses that may have been flagged as well. If you","cbCailzVn8vnAgtH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailzVn8vnAgtH","pdf",157675,"English","# Addressing Community Mail Concerns\n## Cause and Impact\n## IRS Trace Request (Form 3911) Instructions\n## Update: Flags Removed and Re-issuance\n## Address List for Removed Flags\n## Alternatives to Community Mail Programs\n## Pre-Loaded Debt Cards\n## Post Office General Delivery","[{\"question\":\"Why were some community mail locations flagged as Do Not Deliver?\",\"answer\":\"The post office flagged certain community mail addresses at the direction of the Department of the Treasury due to fraud concerns related to stimulus payments issued in 2020.\"},{\"question\":\"What should someone do when an IRS rebate claim is rejected because the payment was already issued?\",\"answer\":\"Submit a trace request using Form 3911 to determine whether the payment was returned to sender. After confirmation that the payment was returned, re-submit the tax return to claim the rebate.\"},{\"question\":\"What happened after staff advocacy and follow-up?\",\"answer\":\"On May 7, the IRS confirmed it flagged certain social service addresses due to fraud concerns, agreed to remove the address suspicion flags for those locations, and agreed to re-issue returned stimulus checks.\"}]","Seattle / King County Coalition on Homelessness - Addressing Community Mail Concerns | PDF",1789807457]