Wrong Return Address Has IRS Red-Faced
Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
About 1 in 200 of the 107-million tax-form packages mailed by the IRS last month contained return envelopes with the wrong address, IRS spokesman Steve Pyrek said today.
“For example, a taxpayer in Maryland, who normally would file to Philadelphia, might receive a package with an envelope carrying a Cincinnati address,” Pyrek explained. The folks at the IRS are red-faced but say there is no reason for panic. He said taxpayers may change the address on the IRS envelope, but even if they don’t, processing returns sent to the wrong address will not pose a problem for the IRS.
