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Quick Tip: Send Your Tax Return via Certified Mail\u2122<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Mailing in your tax return? Use Certified Mail to obtain proof that your tax return was accepted by the USPS\u00ae, delivered, and signed for. When you use this service, the USPS offers a mailing receipt, provides delivery information, and maintains a copy of the recipient\u2019s signature for two years. Additionally, you can request a Return Receipt for a copy of the signature. In the event of any dispute regarding mailing dates, Certified Mail has you covered\u2026 and so does Stamps.com!<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Process Certified Mail in just a few clicks with Stamps.com<\/div>\n\n\n\n
The days when you had to go to the Post Office\u2122 and manually fill out Certified Mail forms are long gone. Stamps.com lets you complete every step from your computer in a just a few clicks. Our software gives you access to simple, automated Certified Mail forms. You can even print postage and addresses in one step. Want to confirm the delivery of your tax return? Our software automatically records your tracking number for Certified Mail, so you can verify delivery online. Return Receipt? Stamps.com does that, too. Sending Certified Mail has never been easier.<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mailing in your tax return? Use Certified Mail<\/a><\/a> with Return Receipt to obtain proof that your tax return was accepted by the USPS\u00ae, delivered, and signed for. When you use this service, the USPS offers a mailing receipt, provides delivery information, and maintains a copy of the recipient\u2019s signature for two years. Additionally, you can request a Return Receipt<\/a> (electronic or postcard) for a copy of the signature. In the event of any dispute regarding mailing dates, Certified Mail has you covered\u2026 and so does Stamps.com!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Automate the Certified Mail process
<\/span>With Stamps.com, all our customers can print postage<\/a> for Certified Mail and fill out the standard USPS Certified Mail and Return Receipt forms, or make Certified Mail even easier with our wide selection of automated forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Stamps.com’s automated forms, only available to our Premier members<\/a>, you’ll never have to handwrite another Certified Mail form or go to the Post Office again! When you use Stamps.com’s automated Certified Mail forms, you can print postage, address and all Certified Mail requirements (including a mailing receipt or Return Receipt) in one simple step. You can print on our easy-to-use #11 Certified Mail envelopes or our highly-flexible label forms, which can be used on regular envelopes, flats or packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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