IRS asked for my 1099s. They sent me the wrong envelope to mail them. After 5 hours on the phone I was told I could email them. How do I know they were received?

[cathleen-carolan]

Envelope I was sent was for payments not docs. Given govt. layoffs, I'm scared it'll get lost. Was told not to resubmit. How do I know they got to the right place?

[fanfare]

If IRS does not get your documents, they will send a second notice to you.

Nobody knows how long that will take.

You can get clues from your online account transcript.

@cathleen-carolan 

[SteamTrain]

Too late now...but in the future......

ALWAYS use a tracking method at the Post Office service counter.

1)   using "Certified Mail" allows you to track it

2)  using a Return Receipt Request , is supposed to get you an actual receipt that the mail was received...but sometimes that doesn't happen when the IRS receiving station gets thousands of mail packages daily.

[cathleen-carolan]

Problem was the envelope that came with it very boldly said that it was an envelope for payment only. Since I wasn't sending in a payment I called the IRS to get a correct address. There was no Letter/Form number or address on the letter and the IRS person kept telling me to "just send it to where you sent your return" and couldn't understand that I efiled. The letter said not to mail if I sent the 1099s electronically. Very, very confusing.