May 18 is final IRS TAC walk-in Saturday

May 17, 2024

This is the Internal Revenue Service’s fourth and final Taxpayer Assistance Center (TAC) Saturday opening in 2024. IRS reps will be accepting walk-in help requests at 59 TACs in 30 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C.

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The Internal Revenue Service is offering taxpayers in 32 jurisdictions one more chance this year to get help at a Taxpayer Assistance Center (TAC) without having to make an appointment. The agency’s final Saturday walk-in is tomorrow, May 18.

At the select TACs — 59 total — across the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, you can talk with an IRS representative about a non-filing tax matter. That’s right. You won’t get any help filing that 2023 tax return you got extended until Oct. 15.

But you will be able to get help with a variety of other, non-filing, tax matters.

Tax task help available at TAC: TAC services include getting tax forms, setting up or adjusting a taxpayer account, resolving procedural inquiries, obtaining an Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN), and establishing a tax payment plan.

IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) employees may also be available at some TACs this Saturday to help with some issues within that independent IRS office's purview.

You can find exactly which services are offered at your nearby TAC by checking the IRS' Contact Your Local Office website.

That online search tool tells me that my nearest Austin, Texas, TCA can help with, among other things, basic tax law explanations, departing alien clearances, obtaining an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), and filing Form 911 to request TAS help if representatives aren't at the Saturday event.

TACs open on May 18: OK, you find that you can use some help with a tax problem not related to your annual tax return. Here are the 59 TACs in 30 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico where you can get that assistance, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time, by just walking in on Saturday, May 18.

Alabama	417 20th St. North, Room 501, Birmingham, AL 35203
Alaska	949 E. 36th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99508
Arizona	4041 North Central, Phoenix, AZ 85012
California	212 Coffee Road, Suite. 200, Bakersfield, CA 93309 2525 Capitol St., Suite 101, Fresno, CA 93721 300 N. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 1301 Clay St., Oakland, CA 94612 4330 Watt Ave., Sacramento, CA 95821 450 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco 94102 55 S. Market St., Ste. 100, San Jose, CA 95113 4643 Quail Lakes Dr., Stockton, CA 95207
Colorado	1999 Broadway, Denver, CO 80202
District of Columbia	77 K St NE, Washington, DC 20002
Florida	51 S.W. First Ave., Miami, FL 33130 1248 N. University Drive, Plantation/Fort Lauderdale, FL 33322 3848 W. Columbus Dr., Tampa, FL 33607
Georgia	401 W. Peachtree St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30308 9 Park of Commerce Blvd, Savannah, GA 31405
Illinois	230 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60604
Iowa	210 Walnut St., Des Moines, IA 50309
Kansas	555 N. Woodlawn Blvd., Building 4, Wichita, KS 67208
Louisiana	2600 Citiplace Centre, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 1555 Poydras St., New Orleans, LA 70112
Maryland	6010 Executive Blvd., Rockville, MD 20852
Michigan	477 Michigan Ave., 5th Floor, Detroit, MI 48226
Mississippi	619 Washington Ave., Greenville, MS 38701 100 W. Capital St., Jackson, MS 39269
Missouri	30 W. Pershing Road (Union Station), Kansas City, MO 64108
Nebraska	1616 Capitol St., Omaha, NE 68102
Nevada	110 City Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89106
New Jersey	20 Washington Pl., Newark, NJ 07102 51 Haddonfield Rd., Cherry Hill, NJ 08002 1719 C Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054
New York	57-07 Junction Blvd., Elmhurst, NY 11373 11A Clinton Ave., Albany, NY 05401 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007 2116 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., New York (Harlem), NY 10027
North Carolina	7751 Brier Creek Parkway, Suite 102, Raleigh, NC 27617
Ohio	1240 E. Ninth St., Cleveland, OH 44199 200 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43215
Oregon	1660 Oak St. S. E., Salem, OR 97301
Pennsylvania	600 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA 19106
Puerto Rico	Los Frailes Industrial Park 475, Calle C, Guaynabo, PR 00968 48 Carr 165, Suite 2000, Guaynabo, PR 00968 349 Avenida Hostos, Suite A-15, Mayagüez, PR 00680 2050 Ponce Bypass, Suite 312, Ponce, PR 00716
Rhode Island	380 Westminster St., Providence, RI 02903
South Dakota	1720 S. Southeastern Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57103
Texas	825 E. Rundberg Lane., Austin, TX 78753 1100 Commerce, Room 121, Dallas, TX 75242 700 E. San Antonio, El Paso, TX 79901 8701 S. Gessner, Houston (Alliance), TX 77074 12941 I-45, Houston, TX 77060 8122 Datapoint Dr., Ste. 210, San Antonio, TX 78229
Utah	178 S. Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Washington	2707 Colby Ave., Everett, WA 98201 1301 A St., Room 540A, Tacoma, WA 98402
West Virginia	161 Court St., Charleston, WV 25301
Wyoming	5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009

As was the case for February, March, and April Saturday openings, you can check the special IRS online page for the full TAC face-to-face schedule and other information.

Special tax help also available: During each TAC Saturday, professional foreign language interpretations in many languages will be available through an over-the-phone translation service.

IRS staff also will schedule appointments for a later date for deaf or hard of hearing individuals who need sign language interpreter services. If you need the hearing interpreter service, you can make an appointment yourself by calling TTY/TDD (800) 829-4059.

And where taxpayers have issues that cannot be resolved by IRS TAC staff at the special Saturday hours, they'll receive a referral for these services.

Preparing for TAC tax help: While you can walk into a TAC that's open on Saturday without having to make an appointment, you do need to come prepared.

Regardless of your tax question or problem, you need to bring the following information —

Current government-issued photo identification,
Social Security cards for members of their household, including spouse and dependents (if applicable),
Any IRS letters or notices received and related documents, and
For identity verification services, two forms of identification and, if filed, a copy of the tax return for the year in question.

During the visit, IRS staff also may ask you for a current mailing address, an email address, and bank account information so that you can receive payments or refunds by direct deposit.

Where to get tax help the rest of the time: If you can’t make it to a TAC tomorrow, or the one nearest you is not open, the IRS encourages taxpayers to visit IRS.gov and take advantage of its online resources and tools that might help them find the answers they need.

The online options includes the IRS’ Interactive Tax Assistant tool. It can help answer some taxpayer questions and in some cases resolve tax matters so that they don't have to make a trip to a TAC for help.

You also can find more on available IRS services in Publication 5136, IRS Services Guide.

If after checking out these help offerings you still want to get face-to-face TAC help, make an appointment by calling toll-free (844) 545-5640.

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