Form 15227

Do not submit this form if you already have an IP PIN or received notification from IRS you’ve been assigned an IP PIN. If you’ve lost your IP PIN, or have not yet received one in the mail, you may retrieve it at irs.gov/retrieveippin.

You may get an IP PIN immediately by visiting irs.gov/getanippin, or schedule a visit at a Taxpayer Assistance Center to request an IP PIN. You can find the TAC office closest to you with our Taxpayer Assistance Locator tool or call (844-545-5640) to schedule an appointment.

In order for IRS to accept this form you (the person in ‘Box a’) must meet all of the following four criteria.

1. You don’t have an IP PIN assigned to you
2. You have a Social Security Number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). Provide complete number in ‘Box d’ below.
3. Your adjusted gross income on your last filed return is below; For Individuals $84,000 or For Married Filing Joint $168,000.
4. You have access to a telephone. Provide your phone number in ‘Box e’ below.

Instructions for Submitting this Form

Box a – Enter your name (person in ‘Box a’) as shown on your last filed tax return. If your first or middle name does not fit in the space allowed on the form, you may show the first and middle name initials, though you must provide your full last name.

Box b – Complete mailing address of person in ‘Box a’.

Box c – Indicate if this form is being prepared or submitted by a parent or legal guardian of a dependent child or dependent relative.

Box d – Provide Social Security Number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) of person in ‘Box a’.

Box e – Please provide telephone number where person in ‘Box a’ can be reached during business hours. If dependent child or dependent relative, provide phone number of parent or legal guardian. We will contact person in ‘Box a’ to verify and authenticate their identity. If when we call you, you may choose to verify the caller is an IRS employee. In this case, please call the IRS toll-free at 800-908-4490 for specialized assistance, Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. your local time (Alaska & Hawaii follow Pacific Time).

Box f – Indicate your language preference for the appropriate IRS assistor to call you.

Helpful Reminders

• You may want to have any current tax returns available to help with answering questions when we contact you.
• You will receive a new IP PIN in early January of each year in a mailed CP01A Notice to use when you file your tax return(s) during the following filing season. At this time, if the taxpayer chooses to receive an IP PIN, they cannot opt out later.

We ask for this information to carry out the Internal Revenue laws. This form is provided for your convenience; its use is voluntary. The Internal Revenue Code (I.R.C.) § 7803 and the Taxpayer First Act of 2019 (P.L. 116-25) authorize us to collect this information. The primary purpose of the form is to provide a paper method of requesting an Identity Protection PIN. Providing false information may subject you to penalties. Generally, tax returns and return information are confidential, under I.R.C. § 6103. However, we may provide this information to the Department of Justice for civil and criminal litigation, and to cities, states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions to carry out their tax laws. We may also disclose this information to other countries under a tax treaty, to federal and state agencies to enforce federal nontax criminal laws, or to federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to combat terrorism. Books or records relating to a form or its instructions must be retained as long as their contents may become material in the administration of any Internal Revenue law.

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 15 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering, and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

If you have comments concerning the accuracy of these time estimates or suggestions for making this form simpler, we would be happy to hear from you. You can send your comments through www.IRS.gov/FormComments. Or you can send your comments to the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Forms and Publications, 1111 Constitution Ave. NW, IR-6526, Washington, DC 20224. Do not send this form to this address.