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Fill out Form 1040-V online

Payment Voucher for Individuals

Form 1040-V is a payment voucher you send with a check or money order when you owe tax on your 2025 Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR. It tells the IRS whose payment it is and how much you are paying. You only use it when you pay by mail; the form says not to complete it if you pay online.

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Edition
Tax year 2025
Pages
2
Fillable fields
15
Checked against the IRS
November 8, 2026

GuruPDF is not affiliated with the Internal Revenue Service. This page explains the form in plain words; it is not legal or tax advice. Always check the official instructions before you file. This is the tax year 2025 version; the IRS keeps forms for earlier years.

Who uses Form 1040-V

  • Individuals with a balance due on a 2025 Form 1040 or 1040-SR who pay by check or money order
  • People who file a 2025 Form 1040-NR with a balance due and pay by check or money order
  • Married couples filing a joint return with a balance due; the voucher has spaces for both spouses' SSNs and names

Before you start

  • Your finished 2025 Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR, with the figure on the "Amount you owe" line
  • Your social security number (SSN) or ITIN, and your spouse's if you file jointly, in the order they appear on the return
  • Your name(s) and address exactly as they appear on the return
  • A check or money order for the amount you are paying
  • Your daytime phone number, which goes on the check or money order

How to fill out Form 1040-V

  1. Check that you need the voucher

    Use Form 1040-V only when you send a payment by check or money order. The form says that if you pay online at irs.gov/Payments, you do not complete it.

  2. Lines 1 and 2: Social security numbers

    On line 1, enter your SSN. On a joint return, enter the SSN shown first on the return. On line 2, enter the SSN shown second on a joint return. If you have an ITIN, enter it wherever an SSN is asked for.

  3. Line 3: Amount you are paying

    Enter the amount you are paying by check or money order.

  4. Line 4: Names and address

    Enter your first name, middle initial and last name. On a joint return, also enter your spouse's name. Enter your home address, apartment number, city, state and ZIP code exactly as shown on your return. If you have a foreign address, also fill in the foreign country name, province or state, and postal code.

  5. Prepare your check or money order

    Make it payable to "United States Treasury". Make sure your name and address are on it, and write your daytime phone number, your SSN (the first SSN on a joint return) and "2025 Form 1040", "2025 Form 1040-SR" or "2025 Form 1040-NR". Write the amount on the right side as $ XXX.XX, without dashes or lines.

  6. Cut out the voucher

    Cut along the line marked "Separate here" on page 1. Put the voucher, your payment and your return loose in the envelope. Do not staple or attach them to each other.

After you fill it out

The form says to mail your 2025 tax return, payment and Form 1040-V together to the IRS. Page 2 of the form lists the mailing addresses for payments by state and for people abroad; check the current address on the IRS where-to-file page before you mail. The IRS asks that you use regular mail for a payment sent with Form 1040-V, because a private delivery service may delay processing.

Signing: Form 1040-V has no signature line, so the voucher itself is not signed.

Watch out for

  • Do not staple or otherwise attach the voucher or your payment to your return or to each other. Put them loose in the envelope.
  • If you pay online at irs.gov/Payments, do not complete or mail this voucher.
  • When you pay by check, the IRS may use the check's information to make a one-time electronic funds transfer. If it does, money can leave your account as soon as the day the IRS receives the payment, and your bank will not return the check to you.
  • Do not send cash with the voucher. The IRS has a separate in-person cash payment option, described on the form and on irs.gov/Payments.

Questions about Form 1040-V

Do I need Form 1040-V if I pay online?

No. The line 3 instructions say that if you pay online at irs.gov/Payments, you do not complete this form.

Who do I make the check payable to?

The 2025 form says to make the check or money order payable to "United States Treasury".

What should I write on the check?

Your name and address, your daytime phone number, your SSN (the first SSN on a joint return), and "2025 Form 1040", "2025 Form 1040-SR" or "2025 Form 1040-NR", whichever you filed.

Where do I mail Form 1040-V?

Page 2 of the form lists the payment addresses by state, plus one address for people in a foreign country and certain other filers it names there. The IRS also lists current addresses on its where-to-file page.

Does Form 1040-V need a signature?

No. The voucher has no signature line.

Official information

Page text last reviewed November 7, 2026.

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