IRS Phone Number

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800-829-1040

Customer service

Current Wait: 40 mins (29m avg)

Hours: Mon-Fri 7am-7pm EST; best time to call: 8:00am

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Refund Issue Filing Issue Tax Issue Payment Issue Transcripts Issue A different issue

Get to a live person fastest: Press 1 for English, then press 2 for Personal Income Taxes, and then push 1, then 3, then 2, then 0# when it asks for your social security number, then 2

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Reasons customers like you called recently

I have not filed a tax return in a couple years

a min ago

My wife and I owe $**** from **** and $**,*** from ****, I am disabled and can't afford...

12m ago

I need my work history sent to me at my mailing address

41m ago

I would like to know why I cannot look up the status of my tax return.

43m ago

I want somebody to go over my **** and **** taxes because I don’t think I owe that much...

2h ago

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Customer Number 800-829-1040 - by the Numbers

Phone number to dial

800-829-1040

Call-back available

YES

Call picked up by a real person

YES

Department you're calling

Customer Service

Call center hours

Mon-Fri 7am-7pm EST

Best time to dial

8:00am

Navigate phone maze to a human

Press 1 for English, then press 2 for Personal Income Taxes, and then push 1, then 3, then 2, then 0# when it asks for your social security number, then 2

Average wait

Current wait

Rank (among phone numbers)

Rank (overall)

Alternate methods

phone or chat or web

Quality of communication

81%

Quality of help

72%

Customer votes

67,498

Information last updated

Sat Sep 22 2018 08:00:00 GMT+0000 (UTC)

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