Understanding Your CP972F Notice

What this notice is about

The 972F Notice is sent to notify Federal Agencies when they have filed information returns with missing or incorrect Payee Name / Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) information. The agency must take certain actions when they receive this notice.

What you need to do

• Compare the Payees on the list(s) provided to your records. Contact Payees for correct information if needed.
• A Form W-9, Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification can be used to solicit correct information from payees.
• If the payee was listed on a prior CP2100, Backup Withholding may apply immediately.

You may want to

• See Publication 1281, Backup Withholding for Missing and Incorrect Name/TINs PDF, for information on backup withholding requirements.
• For those information returns listed that are not subject to backup withholding see the solicitation rules in Publication 1586, Reasonable Cause Regulations and Requirements for Missing and Incorrect Name/TINs PDF. 

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