Catalog Number 60989A www.irs.gov
Form
14446 (Rev. 11-2023)
Form 14446
(November 2023)
Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service
This form is required when either the Intake/Interview and/or the Quality Review are not conducted in-person between the taxpayer and
the VITA/TCE volunteer. The site must explain to the taxpayer the process used to prepare the taxpayer’s return. If applicable,
volunteers must advise the taxpayer of the associated risk of transferring their data from one site location to another site.
Site name
Site address (street, city, state, zip code)
Site identification number (SIDN) Site coordinator name
Site contact name Site contact telephone number
This site is using the following Virtual VITA/TCE method(s) to prepare tax returns:
B. Intake Site:
This method includes the taxpayer leaving their personally identifiable information (Social Security numbers, Form W-2 and other documents) at the site in order to prepare and/or quality review the tax return at another location. In this process,
the taxpayer’s tax return information may be sent to another location for one or more of the following reasons; interviewing the
taxpayer, preparing the tax return, or performing a quality review. The taxpayer may come back to the intake site for the quality
review or to review and sign the completed tax return.
C. Return Preparation and/or Quality Review Only Site: This site may receive returns from one or more intake sites to prepare
and/or quality review returns. This site generally does not take walk-ins or
appointments in their location.
D. Combination Site: This site prepares returns for other permanent or temporary intake sites and assists walk-ins and
E. 100% Virtual VITA/TCE Process: There is no in-person interaction with the taxpayer and any of the VITA/TCE volunteers in
this process, during the intake, interview, return preparation, quality review, and signing the tax return. The site must explain the
virtual processes and consent. This includes the virtual procedures to send required documents (
Social Security numbers, Form
W-2 and other documents) through a secured file sharing system to a designated volunteer for review.
A. Drop Off Site: This site uses a drop off process which includes the site maintaining personally identifiable information (Social
Security numbers, Form W-2, etc.) to prepare the tax return at the same site but at a later time. In this process, the taxpayer
comes back to the same site for the quality review and/or signing the completed tax return. The site must explain the method it
uses to contact the taxpayer if additional information is needed.
Note: Sites where the taxpayer does not leave the site's property, for example waiting in another room or in a vehicle, are NOT
considered drop off sites. Since the taxpayer remains at the site, they are not required to complete Form 14446. If the taxpayer leaves
their tax documents at the site and then leaves the site's property for any reason, the taxpayer must complete Form 14446.