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        Illinois Department of Revenue

        IL-4506   Request for Copy of Tax Return
When should I complete this form?                                                             What is certification?
You should complete this form if you need a copy of your tax return and any                   Certification is confirmation that the reproduction of your tax return and any 
attachment to that return. A separate Form IL-4506, Request for Copy of Tax                   attachment is true and correct. We will certify your copy by stamping the face 
Return, must be  completed for each tax type requested. There is a $5 charge                  of the return. Certification usually is required only for judicial or administrative 
for each copy of the return, which includes all attachments, and an  additional               proceedings or for  attachments to another state’s tax return. 
$5 charge if you want the document certified.
                                                                                              What is my identification number?
What should I provide with this form?                                                         Your identification number is the series of numbers you used to file your 
You must submit a copy of a government-issued identification such as:                         original tax document. You must use this same  identification number to obtain 
 •  a driver's license,                                                                       a copy of your tax return. The most common identification numbers used are:
 •  a passport, or                                                                              Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) for all business, trust,  
 •  another government-issued form of identification.                                           estate, and withholding tax returns;
In addition, if you are not the taxpayer, please enclose a copy of your authorization           Social Security numbers (SSN) for individual income tax returns;  
to receive this information. You may submit a power of  attorney, tax information              Illinois account ID numbers for sales tax returns; 
authorization, or (if the taxpayer is deceased) a certified copy of your letters               License numbers for motor fuel, cigarette, and liquor tax returns; and
of administration or testamentary. If more than one year has passed since the                  Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN). Attach a copy of the title if requesting       
letters were issued, you must also send a certification from the clerk of the court               vehicle tax documents.
stating they are still in effect.                                                                
                                                                                               VIN/Hull#: 
                                                                                                                                   (Vehicle Identification Number or Hull#)

Step 1: Provide taxpayer information (REQUIRED) Step 2: Provide mailing information 
                                                                                                        (if different than in Step 1) 
   Name of taxpayer as written on tax document
 1                                                                                               4 Name of person to whom documents should be sent                                                     

   Identification number (FEIN, SSN,or Account ID)
 2                                                                                             5   Mailing address where the documents should be sent 
 3                                                                                            
   Street address as written on tax document                                                       City, state, and ZIP where the documents should be sent
                                                                                                  Note: We cannot send your documents to another government agency or department on 
   City, state, and ZIP as written on tax document                                                your behalf.
Step 3: Provide tax document information                                                         
 6   What type of tax document are you requesting? (check one below)                           7   What is the document form number that you are requesting? 
              Individual Income Tax Return (IL-1040, IL-1040-X)                                                                             (IL-1040, RUT-50, etc.)
              Business Income Tax Return (Corporation, Trust, Estate, Partnership)             8   What tax period(s) or year(s) are you requesting?
              Withholding Income Tax Return (IL-941, IL-941-X)                                                                     (If a vehicle, month/year of purchase)
              Sales and Related (ST-1, ST-4, ST-8, ST-14, ST-44, ST-556, RUT-25,               9   How many copies of each do you need?
                        RUT-50, RUT-75). If a vehicle, provide VIN or Hull# in Step 1 above. 
                                                                                                10 Total number of copies requested: 
              Other                                                                                Note: There is a $5 charge for each copy of the return, which includes all attachments, and an 
                        (Any other tax type/document not listed above)                             additional $5 charge per document for certified copies.
Step 4: Figure the amount you owe
11   Multiply the amount from Step 3, Line 10, by $5              $                            14  Add Lines 11 and 13. 
  12 Number of documents you want certified                                                        This is the amount you owe.                                             $

13   Multiply the amount from Line 12 by $5                       $                                Note: We must receive your payment made payable to"Illinois 
     Note: If you only want certain documents certified, tell us which                             Department of Revenue" before we can complete your request.
     documents to certify:  
Step 5: Sign below
I declare that I am either the taxpayer identified on Line 1, or a person authorized to obtain the information requested. I acknowledge that the Illinois Department 
of Revenue (IDOR) will release the tax information requested to a person other than the taxpayer only as authorized by law, and that IDOR has no control over 
that person's use of the information.  
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 Signature as written on original document                                       Print Name                                   Date                          Daytime phone number
NOTE: If you are a corporate officer or employee who did not sign the original return and if you are asking that the copy of the return be sent to an address other 
than the one on the return, please have the request signed by a principal officer of the corporation. This signature must be witnessed by another officer and a 
corporate seal, if available, must be applied.
                                  Do not write below this line                                                   Mail this form along with your check to:
                                                                                                                                     RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION   2-202
  Processed by:  _________________ Date: _______________________________                                                             ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
                                                                                                                                     PO BOX 19014
  Batch number: _____________________                                                                                                SPRINGFIELD IL  62794-9014 
                                                   This form is authorized as outlined under the Illinois Income Tax Act.  Disclosure of         Printed by the authority of the State of Illinois
IL-4506 (R-02/20)                                  this information is required.  Failure to provide information could result in a penalty.                                     (Web only)
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