A taxpayer who experienced personal illness and hospitalization paid her 4th quarter estimate for 2019, but it was mailed about 2 weeks late. Sometimes events involving personal illness like this impact a person's ability to keep up with records, and submit such payments on time. What is the best way to ask that any penalty or interest be waived or abated?
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You can file IRS Form 843 Claim for Refund and Request for Abatement linked here. Also, here are the Intructions for Form 843
If you receive a notice from the IRS, you can call the number on that notice. The penalty may be abated, however, they will likely not abate the interest.
"You may qualify for administrative relief from penalties for failing to file a tax return, pay on time, and/or to deposit taxes when due under the Service's First Time Penalty Abatement policy if the following are true:
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