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How bizzare. When I filed my 8822, I listed my PO and the IRS didn't contact me to complain. It's not like an auditor would be able to find our place without stopping at the Airport/Trading Post/Post Office or the Roadhouse next door and hiring someone to guide them out anyway. The physical address listed with the PO to get the box is just the nearest milepost on the nearest road... but you can't just get here from there. Maybe they Google Earthed the ZIP and realized that there was a whole lot of nothing but trees, river and mountains and just figured most of my neighbors would lead them straight out into wolf or bear country and abandon them there
I think you misread my comment or I wasn't clear. I doubt if the IRS has the manpower to send people to check on physical addresses. However, your type of rural area is probably what they were referring to, since I was living in a residential area with mail delivery. In other words, the letter carrier showed up every day and delivered mail to people on my street, including the house I was sharing. Looking back, I probably overthought this and listing a PO Box would have been just fine. They probably wouldn't have cared as long as I wasn't committing a crime.
I think you misread my comment or I wasn't clear. I doubt if the IRS has the manpower to send people to check on physical addresses. However, your type of rural area is probably what they were referring to, since I was living in a residential area with mail delivery. In other words, the letter carrier showed up every day and delivered mail to people on my street, including the house I was sharing. Looking back, I probably overthought this and listing a PO Box would have been just fine. They probably wouldn't have cared as long as I wasn't committing a crime.
I guess if your town has actual streets, street names and house numbers then the IRS would prefer you to use that address rather than your POB mailing address even if you don't get mail delivered to your home. But I agree, I doubt they have the manpower to check up on it and I don't think it's an actual crime not to list your physical address.
I used to have a PO box from the post office yrs ago & back then, they were cheaper than places such as UPS Store & Mailboxes, etc. & they STILL are the cheapest. I think my friend can get help with the $48 for 6 mos that USPS wants for the smallest size box. The UPS store wants a little over twice than amount for 6 mos. I don't think my friend cares that it's an actual PO box OR whether it looks like an actual home address...but sure, the latter appears better I guess, but not worth the much higher price.
If any employers ask why he's using a pob box address, he's planning to say that he's always had trouble getting mail at his actual place.
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