N-2020-70: Requirement that Specified Tax Return Preparers Electronically File Form 1040-NR (U.S. Nonresident Alien Income Tax Return)

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Issue Number: N-2020-70

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Notice 2020-70 modifies Notice 2011-26 (2011-17 I.R.B. 720) to generally remove Form 1040-NR, U.S. Nonresident Alien Income Tax Return, from the list of returns that are administratively exempt from the electronic filing requirement imposed on specified tax return preparers by section 6011(e)(3) and to provide the circumstances under which the Form 1040-NR remains subject to the exemption. This notice also provides that future updates to the list of returns in Notice 2011-26 that are administratively exempt from the electronic filing requirement due to IRS e-file limitations will be set forth in IRS Publication 4164, Modernized e-File (MeF) Guide for Software Developers and Transmitters. This notice applies to taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2020.

Notice 2020-70 will be in IRB: 2020-43, dated 10/19/2020.

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