Editing Received Date when MissingThe purpose of this figure is to show how to edit the IRS received date on a current Form 8288 when there is none present on the return. The IRS received date is edited on Line 2, last row, right side, in MMDDYYYY format. The name of Line 2 Form 8288 is Description and location of the U.S. real property interest acquired, transferred or distributed, or description of transferred partnership interest.In this figure the received date is taken from the taxpayer signature line.The DLN 00140-010-00016-5 is on the top right corner of page 1 of 8288.Line 1a name is Ash Hickory at the top of page 1.Line 1b TIN is 00-2345678.Line 1c street address is 678 Trout St.Line 1d city, town and ZIP is Boise, ID 83708.Line 1e phone number is blank.Line 2 description reads 10,000 shares Class A preferred stock XYZ Corp.The IRS received date is edited on Line 2, almost last row, near the middle, as 010425.The taxpayer’s signature Ash Hickory appears in the signature line, at the bottom of page 2.The signature date of 01/04/25 appears in the date line, located at the end of the signature line on page 2.