Form 1099-A - Acquisition Or Abandonment Of Secured Property

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Instructions for Lender

according to the specifications in Pub. 1220, Specifications for

General and specific form instructions are provided as

Filing Forms 1097, 1098, 1099, 3921, 3922, 5498, 8935, and

separate products. The products you should use to complete

W-2G Electronically. IRS does not provide a fill-in form option.

Form 1099-A are the 2012 General Instructions for Certain

Information Returns and the 2012 Instructions for Forms 1099-

Need help? If you have questions about reporting on Form

A and 1099-C. A chart in the general instructions gives a quick

1099-A, call the information reporting customer service site

guide to which form must be filed to report a particular

toll free at 1-866-455-7438 or 304-263-8700 (not toll free). For

payment. To order these instructions and additional forms,

TTY/TDD equipment, call 304-579-4827 (not toll free). The

visit IRS.gov or call 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676).

hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.

Caution: Because paper forms are scanned during

to 4:30 p.m. Eastern time.

processing, you cannot file Forms 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099,

Future developments. The IRS has created a page on

3921, 3922, or 5498 that you print from the IRS website.

IRS.gov for information about Form 1099-A and its instructions,

Due dates. Furnish Copy B of this form to the borrower by

at Information about any future

January 31, 2013.

developments affecting Form 1099-A (such as legislation

File Copy A of this form with the IRS by February 28, 2013.

enacted after we release it) will be posted on that page.

If you file electronically, the due date is April 1, 2013. To file

electronically, you must have software that generates a file

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