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What is Form 9465?

Updated October 8, 20261 sourceTaxTruce teamFact checked
The short answer

Form 9465 is the Installment Agreement Request. Use it to ask for a payment plan by mail if you can't or don't want to apply online. Some people also need to attach Form 433-F, a Collection Information Statement.

Words to know

Form 9465
The form to ask for an IRS payment plan by mail.
Installment agreement
The IRS name for a payment plan. You pay what you owe in monthly payments.

Sources

  1. IRS: Payment plans and installment agreements

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