Lost Stimulus Check

[JG EA]

Does filing Form 3911 sound right?

[veritas]

It looks to me

like form 3911 is initially generated by the IRS.

[S T]

What I read

The little bit I found, you are to call IRS, for them to initiate a trace, to make sure the check has not been cashed yet, then you file the form 3911. Suppose to go faster, but I could not find it on the IRS website.

Missing traced: Internal Revenue Service spokesman David Stell said, "We have a procedure for people whose refund or economic stimulus checks are lost, stolen, misplaced or destroyed. The IRS works with other federal agencies to trace them. A 'trace' tracks missing checks and, as appropriate, the process generates replacement checks." Form 3911: "The first step is for the taxpayer to contact the IRS. The IRS assistant contacted will initiate trace procedures and ask the taxpayer to complete and sign "Form 3911, Taxpayer Statement Regarding Refund." Check replacement may take about six weeks after the taxpayer's initial contact with the IRS or, if the taxpayer is requested to complete a Form 3911, about six weeks after the IRS receives the completed form," Stell said.

If you are using the Internet, download Form 3911. Fill out Section I, including your Social Security number under "Taxpayer Identification Number," and all the name and address info required. Sign line 13 in Section I and date it (and line 14 if jointly filed). Under Section II, check the boxes for "I received a refund check but it was lost, stolen or destroyed"; Box 9 "I received the refund check and signed it"; Box 11 "Name of bank and account number where you normally cash or deposit your checks."
Charge battery, call IRS: "Alternatively," Stell said, "a taxpayer may call the IRS, toll-free, at (800) 829-1040,
7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Friday. But as your reader learned, this line is now extremely busy due to the stimulus payments, and a caller may have to wait a bit to speak to an assistant. I'd recommend calls to this number be placed later in the day and later in the week, which are usually less-busy times."

With POA you might be able to call the Practitioner's Line?

Good Luck

Sandy

[JG EA]

Thanks. to both. Apparently (update on situation) the IRS was going to reissue the check on their own. So I guess that means they received it back. But the taxpayer was advised to send this form in anyway - just in case. She called me as a friend and not as a client, so I my job was just to get the correct address. But I thought I'd check first. ST, I looked on the IRS site but didn't find the quotes you posted. Thanks very much.