Form 2553 fax number by state, and how to fax it

The IRS fax number for Form 2553 is 855-887-7734 for the states served by the IRS center in Kansas City. For the states served by the center in Ogden it is 855-214-7520. The state is the one of the corporation's principal business, office or agency. Both numbers were read on irs.gov on 2026-11-10, and the states for each are in the table below.

This is not tax advice, and Fax for Agents is not part of the IRS. The IRS says its filing information "is subject to change". Check the IRS page for Form 2553 before you send.

What is the fax number for Form 2553 in my state?

Who uses it	Fax number	IRS page
The corporation's principal business, office or agency is in Connecticut, Delaware, 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, Wisconsin	855-887-7734	Where to file your taxes for Form 2553
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, Wyoming	855-214-7520	The same page

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The first number belongs to the IRS center in Kansas City, Missouri. The second belongs to the one in Ogden, Utah. Florida and Texas are in the Ogden group. New York and Illinois are in the Kansas City group.

Can Form 2553 be faxed?

Yes. The instructions for Form 2553, revision 12/2020, say to "send the original election (no photocopies) or fax it" to the service center.

If you fax it, they tell you to keep the original Form 2553 with the corporation's permanent records. One exception sits in the same paragraph. Certain late elections can be filed attached to Form 1120-S.

Sign it first. The instructions say "If Form 2553 isn't signed, it won't be considered timely filed." They list the corporate officers who can sign. Each shareholder signs a consent as well, on the form or on a separate statement.

When is Form 2553 due?

The instructions give two windows. One is "No more than 2 months and 15 days after the beginning of the tax year the election is to take effect". The other is "At any time during the tax year preceding the tax year it is to take effect".

Their second example is a calendar year corporation that wants to be an S corporation from January 1. Its window ends on March 15 of that year.

A late election has its own relief rules in the same instructions. We cannot tell you whether yours qualifies.

How do I know the IRS accepted the election?

The service center tells you. The instructions say the corporation "should generally receive a determination on its election within 60 days after it has filed Form 2553".

If nothing has come within 2 months of the date you faxed, the instructions say to call 800-829-4933. With box Q1 checked the wait is 5 months.

They also list what the IRS accepts as proof of filing when it questions whether the form was filed:

A certified or registered mail receipt, timely postmarked, from the U.S. Postal Service, or its equivalent from a designated private delivery service
Form 2553 with an accepted stamp
Form 2553 with a stamped IRS received date
An IRS letter stating that Form 2553 has been accepted

A fax transmission report is not on that list. A receipt from a fax service, ours included, records that the pages went to the number at a certain time. Keep it and watch for the IRS's letter.

If proof of the filing date matters more to you than speed, the first item on that list is something a fax cannot give.

How do I fax Form 2553 without a fax machine?

Download the current Form 2553 from irs.gov and fill it in.
Get the signatures the form asks for, from the officer and from each shareholder.
Scan every page into one PDF and count the pages.
Send the PDF to the number for your state through an online fax service.
Keep the receipt with the original form.

The page on faxing to the IRS has the steps in detail and says what the receipt holds. If the company has no EIN yet, Form SS-4 by fax comes first.

Send it with Fax for Agents

One fax paid by card costs $2.49 for up to 5 pages to the United States and Canada. Each extra page costs $0.49. One fax takes 20 pages at most. A cover sheet with your name and email address is included and not counted. Your card is charged only after the carrier confirms pages. If part of the document arrives, you pay for the confirmed pages by the same rule, so 1 to 5 confirmed pages cost $2.49.

Prices as of 2026-11-12, from the rate table on the pricing page.

A filing longer than 20 pages

It goes through the prepaid wallet, which is also the way to send when a one-time order is refused.

Sign in to the dashboard, top up the prepaid wallet and send from your browser. A page to the United States or Canada costs $0.039 as of 2026-10-28. The smallest top-up is $10.

A fax of 6 pages costs $0.234. So for one fax you pay $10 up front and use a small part of it. The rest stays in your wallet, and we refund unspent balance when you ask.

One document can have 200 pages and 25 MiB. From the wallet a cover sheet counts as a page.

A busy line or no answer is tried again after 60 seconds, 3 attempts in all.

A fax that ends failed costs nothing. From the wallet a partial one costs each page the carrier confirmed.

The receipt is a record of transmission. It is not an acknowledgement from the tax agency.

The prices and limits are in facts.json with their dates and methods. The steps, the receipt and how documents are handled are on the IRS fax page.

Questions

Does a fax receipt prove that I filed Form 2553 on time?

Not by the IRS's own list. The instructions name four things as acceptable proof of filing. One is a certified or registered mail receipt with a timely postmark. The others are the form with an accepted stamp, the form with a stamped IRS received date, and an IRS acceptance letter. A fax transmission report is not among them. Keep your receipt anyway. It records the number, the pages and the time, and it tells you when the 2 months start.

What if I hear nothing after faxing Form 2553?

The instructions say the corporation should receive a determination within 60 days of filing in most cases. If no notice of acceptance or nonacceptance has come within 2 months of the date you faxed, they say to call 800-829-4933. The wait is 5 months when box Q1 in Part II is checked. Have your fax receipt at hand when you call. It shows the date, the pages and the number you sent to.

Which fax number does a Texas or Florida corporation use for Form 2553?

Both states are in the group that faxes to 855-214-7520, the number of the IRS center in Ogden, Utah. We read that on irs.gov on 2026-11-10. The group is set by the state of the corporation's principal business, office or agency. That is not always the state where the company was formed. The table above lists the states for each number. Check the IRS page before you send, because the IRS says its filing information is subject to change.