Form 433-D

Form 433-D, Installment Agreement

By RepeatForm team

Form 433-D is the IRS installment agreement: you agree to pay federal taxes you owe in monthly payments, plus penalties and interest, if the IRS approves it. RepeatForm helps when you complete one again: upload an earlier Form 433-D and the current blank, then review, especially the bank details and date lines.

Tested with the irs.gov edition dated Form 433-D (Rev. 7-2024)

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Is this page for you?

Plainly: this page helps most if you complete Form 433-D more than once, for example for a changed agreement or for several clients, and the contact details are the same. The kinds of taxes, tax periods, amount owed and payment dates belong to one agreement, so you enter them again. If this is your first and only Form 433-D, the benefit is small.

What Form 433-D is for

The form says "I / We agree to pay the federal taxes shown above, PLUS PENALTIES AND INTEREST PROVIDED BY LAW, as follows," with the amount, the first payment date and the day of each month. It also says "The terms of this agreement are provided on the back of this page. Review them thoroughly." and "By initialing here and my signature below, I agree to the terms of this agreement, as provided in this form, if it is approved by the Internal Revenue Service." RepeatForm does not decide what to offer.

Two copies in one PDF

The PDF holds two copies, "Part 1 - IRS Copy" and "Part 2 - Taxpayer's Copy". Check both in the preview.

Direct debit and your bank details

The Direct Debit section says "Attach a voided check or complete this part only if you choose to make payments by direct debit." It asks for a routing number and an account number. Those are ordinary text fields, so RepeatForm carries them if the earlier copy held them. If the account has changed or you do not want a direct debit, clear them in Review. The form also says that stopping a direct debit is done "by contacting my financial institution either orally or in writing at least three (3) business days before the next scheduled electronic funds transfer."

User fees

The form has an "Understanding user fees" section. It sets out the IRS user fee for an agreement, says the fee differs for a Direct Debit agreement and for low-income taxpayers, and says "Lower user fees may be available through our online system." IRS amounts change, so read the section on the current form and confirm with the IRS. We do not repeat the figures here.

Signatures and dates

The IRS locks the signature boxes (yours and your spouse's) on this PDF, so RepeatForm leaves them blank and you sign by hand. The initials boxes also stay blank, so you initial the new form by hand. The title and date lines are ordinary entry boxes, so RepeatForm carries whatever an earlier copy held. Clear them and date the new form yourself. RepeatForm cannot sign for you.

Who to call

The form prints "For assistance, call: 1-800-829-3903 (Individual - Self-Employed/Business Owners, Businesses), or 1-800-829-7650 (Individuals - Wage Earners)". Confirm these on the current form before you call.

Using the same details for another year

Upload a Form 433-D you completed and the current blank; RepeatForm carries the matching answers across; you review them, then preview the PDF before you export. Use your earlier copy as the source, then change what differs.

What carries over

  • ✓Your name, address, telephone numbers and SSN, ITIN or EIN (taxpayer and spouse), where they match in both copies
  • ✓Anything else that matches in both copies. This includes the direct debit routing and account numbers, and the title and date lines, which are ordinary entry boxes and DO carry. Check each one and clear what is no longer right

What the review step does

  • ✓On this form the IRS locks some boxes. RepeatForm skips those and shows you a review notice before you export, so you see what was and was not carried. Some lines stay blank for you to complete, so check every line on the new form in Review.

What never carries over

  • ✓The kinds of taxes, tax periods and amount owed, the payment amounts and dates, and any increase or decrease of the installment. They belong to one agreement and RepeatForm does not work out any amount.
  • ✓Signatures, initials and dates. The IRS locks the signature boxes, and the initials boxes also stay blank: sign and initial the new form by hand. The title and date lines are ordinary entry boxes, so they DO carry if present in the earlier copy: clear and redo them yourself.
  • ✓Direct debit routing and account numbers. They DO carry if present: check them, and clear them if the account has changed.
  • ✓The "FOR IRS USE ONLY" section, the lien notice boxes, and the "Additional Conditions / Terms (To be completed by IRS)" box. The IRS completes those boxes: leave them blank.
  • ✓Anything the IRS prints and locks on the form, and anything in your completed copy that does not appear in the blank form.
  • ✓Sending the form. A completed form does nothing until the IRS receives and approves it.

If the IRS has a new edition

The IRS revises Form 433-D from time to time. Carrying an earlier copy into the new one works for many answers, but some fields are renamed or moved and match only partly, so check every line on the new form in Review before you export.

Download the current form

The PDF checked for this page is "Form 433-D (Rev. 7-2024)". irs.gov has no About page for Form 433-D that we could load, so the link goes to the form PDF. RepeatForm does not supply the blank form: get it from irs.gov.

Form 433-D asks for an SSN, ITIN or EIN for the tax you owe. A common source is a return like Form 1040.

If an employment tax balance is involved, the return may be Form 941.

If you are stuck and need help from the Taxpayer Advocate Service, see Form 911.

If someone will deal with the IRS for you, see Form 2848.

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Good to know

  • ✓You review every carried-over answer. RepeatForm does not guarantee the form is correct and cannot promise the IRS will accept it, and the agreement only counts "if it is approved by the Internal Revenue Service."
  • ✓RepeatForm does not give tax or legal advice. It cannot tell you whether an installment agreement is right for you, what to offer, or what you owe, and it does not work out any amount.
  • ✓RepeatForm does not send the form to the IRS or sign it for you.
  • ✓RepeatForm shows a review step before it makes the PDF. Boxes the IRS locks, including the signature boxes, are left blank.
  • ✓A couple of duplicate-named fields on this form may not take a carried value, so check every line in Review.
  • ✓It works with digital, text-selectable PDFs only. Scans, photos and handwriting are not supported.
  • ✓Same or recent editions work best. If the form changed you may get fewer matches, so check the preview carefully and get the current form from irs.gov.

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FAQ

FAQ

What is Form 433-D?+

It is the IRS "Installment Agreement" form. The taxpayer agrees "to pay the federal taxes shown above, PLUS PENALTIES AND INTEREST PROVIDED BY LAW," in the monthly amounts written on it, and agrees to the terms "if it is approved by the Internal Revenue Service." RepeatForm does not decide whether this is the right option for you.

Does Form 433-D carry my bank details to the new copy?+

Yes, if your earlier copy held them. The routing and account numbers are ordinary text fields, so RepeatForm carries them when they match. Check them in Review and clear them if the account has changed.

Does the IRS charge a fee for an installment agreement?+

The form's "Understanding user fees" section sets out the IRS user fee, which differs for Direct Debit and for low-income taxpayers. Amounts change, so read that section on the current form and confirm with the IRS.

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