Form 886-L (sp): Supporting Documents, Spanish Version

Form 886-L (sp) is the Spanish version of Form 886-L, Supporting Documents. The PDF is printed in Spanish under the title Documentos comprobatorios, for taxpayers who read Spanish. The English edition is Form 886-L.

It is a one page IRS request for photocopies. In translation, the form says: "Please provide a photocopy of the document or documents requested below. Return the photocopies with this form in the envelope provided." This revision lists one category, Salarios y retenciones (wages and withholding): periodic pay statements or check stubs that clearly show the date, the gross income received and the withholding taken out, or a letter from the employer on company letterhead.

The top of the form has spaces for the taxpayer's name, tax identification number and tax year. You can fill them out free in your browser on this page and download the result without an account.

Top of page 1 of Form 886-L (sp): Supporting Documents, Spanish Version, as printed by IRS

What's on Form 886-L (sp)

Header

Nombre del contribuyente, Número de identificación tributaria and Año tributario: the taxpayer's name, tax identification number and tax year.

Request for photocopies

A short paragraph asking for a photocopy of the document or documents requested below, returned with the form in the envelope provided.

Salarios y retenciones: pay statements

Periodic pay statements or check stubs that clearly identify the date, the gross income received and the withholding taken out.

Salarios y retenciones: employer letter

Or a letter from the employer on company letterhead giving the dates of employment, the gross wages paid and the withholdings deducted. The form says the letter has to include a contact person's name and phone number.

How to fill out Form 886-L (sp)

1
Fill in the header
Enter the taxpayer's name, tax identification number and tax year at the top.
2
Choose pay stubs or a letter
The form joins the two options with "o" (or): pay statements or check stubs, or a letter from the employer.
3
Check the pay stubs
Each statement or stub clearly shows the date, the gross income received and the withholding taken out.
4
Check the employer letter
The letter is on company letterhead, shows dates of employment, gross wages paid and withholdings deducted, and names a contact person with a phone number.
5
Return the photocopies
Put the photocopies with the form in the envelope provided, as the form asks.

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Where it goes, timing and what to send

Where to send

The form says to return the photocopies with this form in the envelope provided. It prints no mailing address of its own.

Deadline

The form prints no deadline.

Photocopies

The form asks for a photocopy of each requested document.

Employer letter contact

The form says the employer letter has to include the name and phone number of a contact person.

Language

The form text is in Spanish. The English edition is Form 886-L, Supporting Documents.

Who uses Form 886-L (sp)?

Spanish-reading taxpayers asked for wage records
The form asks the taxpayer named at the top, in Spanish, for photocopies of the documents it lists, here wage and withholding records.
Employees with pay stubs
Periodic pay statements or check stubs work when they clearly show the date, the gross income received and the withholding taken out.
Employers who write a letter
As the other option, the employer writes a letter on company letterhead with the dates of employment, gross wages paid and withholdings deducted, plus the name and phone number of a contact person.
Who receives it
The form is headed Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, and says to return the photocopies with the form in the envelope provided.

The form is an IRS request written in Spanish. The taxpayer named at the top returns the photocopies it asks for.

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The agency’s own page for Form 886-L.
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Questions about Form 886-L

What language is Form 886-L (sp) in?

Spanish. Its Spanish title is Documentos comprobatorios. The English edition is Form 886-L, Supporting Documents.

Which documents does it ask for?

Periodic pay statements or check stubs showing the date, gross income received and withholding taken out, or a letter from the employer on company letterhead.

What does the employer letter show?

The form says the dates of employment, the gross amount of wages paid and the withholdings deducted, plus the name and phone number of a contact person.

Where does Form 886-L (sp) go?

The form says to return the photocopies with this form in the envelope provided.

Which revision is this?

The PDF prints Rev. diciembre de 2014 at the top and Rev. 12-2014 at the bottom: the December 2014 revision.

Form 886-L (sp): Supporting Documents, Spanish Version