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That's the letter 2797, right? It was confusing to me the first time I saw it, because it had cp-515 in one field, but definitely wasn't the cp515 "Where is your return" type letter, but just an "Are you there?" letter.
I received two last year. There is no OMB on them, so they don't have (or at least are not citing) and authority to ask you for the info. Besides, they really don't need your address for anything good, do they?
I didn't respond, and got a maildrop (not a PO BOX) and did a change of address. If they check the national change of address database, they'll get something that looks like a residential address, but isn't.
I did a websearch once on the the letter 2797, and found a link to the online IR Manual and I saw that it was used for several things, sometimes, at the beginning of an investigation. However, they had time limits on getting answers before proceeding on with the investigation and I think I've passed all of those.
That was the first time I'd heard from the IRS in 8 years.
If you don't see a need for them to know where you and your property are located, and you don't see any OMB or other citation of authority to answer, I wouldn't think you'd need to answer. I didn't.
Don't know if any of that helped.
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