IRS Form 2553 fax number
The IRS publishes two fax numbers for Form 2553, and which one is yours depends on the state your corporation is in. Both are below, with the official page they came from and the date we last checked it.
Kansas City service center
855-887-7734
2026-09-23 yesterday Agency website Fax this number
Use this number if the corporation’s principal business, office, or agency is in Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, or Wisconsin.
Ogden service center
855-214-7520
2026-09-23 yesterday Agency website Fax this number
Use this number if the corporation’s principal business, office, or agency is in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming.
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How we verify fax numbers
Every number on this page was published by the agency itself. The two columns beside it say when that number was last confirmed, and what confirmed it.
The Verified by column says which of these it was:
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We never add a number because someone faxed it. A number appears here only if the agency published it. A delivered fax can confirm a number, but it can never create one.
What goes to these numbers
These two numbers are for Form 2553 and the pages the form itself asks you to file with it. Other IRS forms have their own numbers and addresses, so nothing else belongs here:
- Form 2553, the election by a small business corporation
- The shareholder consent statements the form requires, signed by every shareholder
- The explanation the instructions ask for when the election is being filed late
- Any attachment the form or its instructions tell you to include
Before you send
The IRS asks for no cover sheet on a faxed Form 2553 and publishes no page limit for it. A short cover sheet still helps the service center match your pages to the right file, and if you use one, include:
- The corporation’s legal name exactly as it appears on the form
- The employer identification number shown on the form
- A daytime phone number for the person who signed
- The number of pages, including the cover sheet
Keep the original. The instructions are explicit about this: if the corporation files the election by fax, the original Form 2553 stays with the corporation’s permanent records.
Send it once. Faxing and also mailing the same election leaves the service center two copies to reconcile, which is a delay you created.
Watch the deadline. The election has to be filed no more than 2 months and 15 days after the beginning of the tax year it is to take effect, or at any time during the tax year before that one. The instructions explain exactly how those two months are counted.
Expect a letter, not a receipt. The service center writes to say whether the election was accepted and when it takes effect, generally within 60 days of filing. Until that letter arrives your delivery confirmation is the only record you hold that the pages reached the IRS at all.
Send it from your phone
Photograph each page with your phone camera, or upload a PDF.
Add a cover sheet with the corporation name, the EIN, and a phone number.
Check every page in the preview before anything goes out.
Enter the number for your state group from above. We check that the line can receive.
Pay $2.99 and watch it send. If it is not delivered, you are not charged.
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Questions about faxing Form 2553
Can Form 2553 be faxed?
Yes. The instructions tell you to send the original election or fax it to the service center for your state, so fax is a route the IRS names itself rather than a workaround. If you do fax it, the original stays in the corporation’s records.
Which of the two numbers do I use?
The one for the state where the corporation’s principal business, office, or agency is located. The two state groups are listed under each number above, taken from the IRS where-to-file table and nowhere else.
Does the IRS confirm it received my fax?
Not as a receipt. The service center writes to tell you whether the election was accepted and when it takes effect, generally within 60 days. Until then your own delivery confirmation is the only evidence the pages arrived.
Is there a page limit?
The IRS publishes none for this form. ProntoFax sends up to 25 pages in one fax, which is comfortably more than a completed Form 2553 with its consent statements.
Why fax it instead of mailing it?
This form has a filing deadline, and a fax gives you a timestamped delivery confirmation the moment the receiving machine answers. Mail gives you nothing comparable unless you pay for certified delivery and then wait for the card to come back.