Form 1040-V - Payment Voucher for Individuals

What Form 1040-V is

Form 1040-V, Payment Voucher for Individuals, is a short slip that travels with your check or money order when you pay a balance due on your federal return by mail. According to the IRS, it accompanies a payment for the "Amount you owe" line of Form 1040, 1040-SR or 1040-NR. The 2025 edition has two pages. The first page holds the instructions and the voucher itself, and the second page holds the payment mailing addresses by region.

The voucher helps the IRS match your payment to your account. It is not a tax return, and it does not change what you owe.

Who typically needs it

• Filers who mail a paper return and pay the balance by check or money order.
• Taxpayers who e-file but choose to mail a check for the balance.
• Late payers who are settling a 2025 balance by check.

If you pay online, by phone or from a mobile device, the form says not to complete it. The IRS lists the electronic options, including IRS Direct Pay, your online account and card payments, at www.irs.gov/payments.

What you need before you start

• Your completed return, so that names, address and balance match exactly.
• The Social Security number shown first on the return, and the second one if you file jointly. If you have an ITIN, use it wherever an SSN is requested.
• The amount of your check or money order.
• Your home address as shown on the return, including foreign address details if they apply.

How to fill out Form 1040-V online with PDF Editify

1. Open this template page and click "Fill Template Now".
2. The voucher opens in the editor with its fields ready to type into. Click a field and type.
3. Download the finished PDF. Downloading needs a plan: One Week Plan at $3 one-time, Standard at $10 per month or $100 per year, or Lifetime from $99 one-time.
4. Print the voucher, because it is mailed on paper together with your payment.

Line 1: Your Social Security number

Enter your SSN. On a joint return, enter the SSN shown first on your return.

Line 2: Second SSN on a joint return

Fill this in only for a joint return, using the SSN shown second on the return. Leave it blank otherwise.

Line 3: Amount you are paying

Enter the amount of the check or money order, which must be payable to "United States Treasury". The IRS asks you to write the amount on the check as $ XXX.XX, without dashes or lines such as "$ XXX--" or "$ XXX xx/100".

Line 4: Name and address

Enter your first name and middle initial, last name, and your spouse's name if the return is joint. Then enter the home address (number and street, apartment number, city or post office, state and ZIP code). If you have a foreign address, complete the foreign country, province or state, and postal code spaces as well. Use the name and address exactly as they appear on your return.

Signing and submitting

The voucher has no signature line, so there is nothing to sign on this form. If you need to sign other documents in the same packet, see sign a PDF online. Prepare the payment as the instructions describe:

• Make the check or money order payable to "United States Treasury". Do not send cash.
• Write your name, address, daytime phone number and SSN on the check, plus "2025 Form 1040", "2025 Form 1040-SR" or "2025 Form 1040-NR", whichever applies.
• Do not staple or attach the payment or the voucher to your return or to each other. Put them loose in the envelope.
• Mail them to the address on page 2 that matches where you live. For example, the form lists P.O. Box 1214, Charlotte, NC 28201-1214 for several southeastern states, and P.O. Box 931000, Louisville, KY 40293-1000 for most other states.

The official PDF is at irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040v.pdf, and the IRS page for the form is About Form 1040-V.

Deadlines and fees

Form 1040-V has no deadline of its own. It goes in the same envelope as your return and payment, so the date that matters is the due date of the return the balance belongs to. Check that date on the IRS site. The IRS charges no fee for the form. It states that Direct Pay costs nothing, and that card payments carry processing fees charged by the processors, not by the IRS. The IRS cannot accept a single check of $100 million or more, and the cash option is limited to $1,000 per day per transaction. Source: IRS Form 1040-V (2025), checked on October 23, 2026.

Common mistakes

• Completing the voucher and also paying online. If you pay electronically, do not send the voucher.
• Stapling the voucher to the check or the return.
• Entering a name or address that differs from the return.
• Using the wrong mailing address from page 2.
• Leaving the SSN and tax year off the check.