IRS Notice CP22A: Return Changed · Balance Due
Changes were made to your return, at your request or from a correction, and you now owe. Interest runs from the original due date.
- Respond within
- 21 days
- How urgent
- Respond promptly
- Appeal rights
- Not with this notice
How long you have
This notice gives you 21 days to respond. The due date is printed on the letter itself.
The IRS's own guidance on any notice is short: “If we ask you to respond, act by the due date.”
What we do with a CP22A
We verify the change is right before anyone pays it, then resolve the balance the smart way if it stands.
This page is general information, not advice on your specific matter. An Enrolled Agent has to read your actual notice and your transcripts before telling you what to do about it.
The next step
Decoded your CP22A? Now let's answer it.
Send us the actual notice. A licensed Enrolled Agent will review it free of charge, confidentially, the same week.