Copies of optically scannable forms?

[Guest]

Is it permissible to file a copy of a 1999 optically scannable form,or are only originals allowed?

[Kristina]

If you are talking about the IRS hand print forms (green line) then no you may not make copies.

If you are talking about a machine print form which will be scanned, then the DOL estimates that you may make one generation of copies without destroying the scannability of the form. The DOL has warned that a copy of a copy is unlikely to scan appropriately.