IRS Phone Number

800-829-1040

Customer Service

41 mins average wait

Mon-Fri 8am-8pm ESTOpen

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And here are some reasons that other IRS customers called 800-829-1040 recently:

"Discuss penalties and interest on a prior return"GetHuman-ksmalhei9d ago "I was submitting my taxes and it says my birthday is wrong. How do I get..."GetHuman-kieaira15d ago "I need a copy of my w2 from 2016"GetHuman-karimeba20d ago

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We called IRS's phone number, tried the various choices in their interactive phone system, and recorded it for you. Click/tap on endpoints to see how to get to them, transcriptions of recorded messages, customer information required, and more.

Fastest way to a human

1English
- 1Refund Status
  - 1Check the status of a refund
    - What is your social security number?
      - "(Social security number)"
        Are you single, married and filing jointly, married and filing separately, head of the household, widow)
        "(Response)"
        Enter the refund amount
        "(Refund amount)"
        Repeats social security number and asks if that is correct
        "Yes"
        Repeats filing status and asks to confirm
        "Yes"
        Repeats refund amount and confirms
        "Yes"
  - 21040x amended return status
- 2Personal Income Tax
  - 1Form/Payment/History
    - 1Status of refund
      - What is your social security number?
        "(Social security number)"
        Are you single, married and filing jointly, married and filing separately, head of the household, widow)
        "(Response)"
        Enter the refund amount
        "(Refund amount)"
        Repeats social security number and asks if that is correct
        "Yes"
        Repeats filing status and asks to confirm
        "Yes"
        Repeats refund amount and confirms
        "Yes"
    - 2Transcript
    - 3Prior year's AGI
    - 4Other
  - 2Tax Rules/Help filing a form
- 3Business Tax
- 4Automated General Information
- 5Healthcare Issues
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Here are some things that other customers said after calling 800-829-1040 and talking to a IRS customer service agent:

"transcripts"GetHuman602392 mons ago "Been over 40 days have no bars no tax topic. My car got repo and bills..."GetHuman-arringto3 mons ago "Irs has put a hold on my bank accounts"GetHuman-jessms3 mons ago