What is USPS Validation, and why is it important before filing your forms?

USPS Validation is a process that checks whether the mailing addresses entered for your recipients are valid, standardized, and deliverable according to official United States Postal Service (USPS) records.

This step is especially important if you plan to use Postal Mailing as your form distribution method, ensuring that recipient copies are delivered without delay or return.

At TaxBandits, USPS Validation is built in and available at no additional cost.

Why is it important?

• Avoid delivery failures – Reduces the chance of forms being returned due to incorrect addresses.
• Ensure timely recipient delivery – Helps meet IRS deadlines for providing recipient copies.
• Minimize manual corrections – Saves time by reducing the need for resending forms.

Even though the IRS doesn’t require a correction filing if a form was sent to the wrong address, it’s still the payer’s responsibility to ensure that the recipient copies are delivered. USPS Validation in TaxBandits adds a valuable layer of accuracy to help you fulfill that responsibility with confidence—at no extra cost.