Fillable Form 8300

What is Form 8300?

Form 8300, Report of Cash Payments Over $10,000 Received in a Trade or Business, is a form used to provide information to the IRS and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to report and prevent cases of money laundering. Form 8300 must be filed by an individual, corporation, partnership, company, trust, estate, or association.

You may download a PDF copy of the 8300 form on the IRS website. But you may electronically fill it out on PDFRun for your convenience.

How to fill out Form 8300?

Fill out the necessary fields of IRS Form 8300. Make sure to read the instructions carefully and your answers must be true, correct, and accurate.

Item 1

Check the appropriate box to determine the type of your report. You may select:

• Amends prior report
• Suspicious transaction

Part I - Identity of Individual From Whom the Cash Was Received

This portion requires information about the identity of the individual from whom the cash was received.

Item 2

Check the box if more than one individual is involved.

Item 3 - Last Name

Enter your last name.

Item 4 - First Name

Enter your first name.

Item 5 - M.I.

Enter your middle initial.

Item 6 - Taxpayer Identification Number

Enter your taxpayer identification number.

Item 7 - Address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.)

Enter your address, including your number, street, and apartment or suite number.

Item 8 - Date of birth

Enter your birthday in the format MM/DD/YYYY.

Item 9 - City

Enter the city you live in.

Item 10 - State

Enter the state you live in.

Item 11 - ZIP code

Enter your ZIP code.

Item 12 - Country (if not US)

Enter the country you live in if you are not from the USA.

Item 13 - Occupation, profession, or business

Enter your occupation, profession, or business.

Item 14 - Identifying document (ID)

Enter the following details about your identifying document (ID):

a - Describe ID

Enter the description of your ID.

b - Issued by

Enter who issued your ID.

c - Number

Enter the number of your ID.

Part II - Person on Whose Behalf This Transaction Was Conducted

This portion requires information about the person on whose behalf the reported transaction was conducted.

Item 15

Check this box to determine if the transaction was conducted on behalf of more than one person. Otherwise, leave it blank.

Item 16 - Individual’s last name or organization’s name

Enter the individual’s last name or the organization’s name.

Item 17 - First name

Enter the first name of the individual.

Item 18 - M.I.

Enter the middle initial of the individual.

Item 19 - Taxpayer Identification Number

Enter the individual’s or the organization’s taxpayer identification number.

Employer Identification Number

Enter the individual’s or the organization’s employer identification number.

Item 20 - Doing business as (DBA) name

Enter the doing as business (DBA) name of the individual or the organization.

Item 21 - Address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.)

Enter the address of the individual or the organization, including the number, street, and apartment or suite number.

Item 22 - Occupation, profession, or business

Enter the occupation, profession, or business of the individual or organization.

Item 23 - City

Enter the city the individual or the organization resides.

Item 24 - State

Enter the state the individual or the organization resides.

Item 25 - ZIP code

Enter the ZIP code of the individual or the organization.

Item 26 - Country (if not US)

Enter the country the individual or the organization is located if it is not within the USA.

Item 27 - Alien identification (ID)

Enter the following details about the individual’s identifying document (ID):

a - Describe ID

Enter the description of the individual’s or organization's ID.

b - Issued by

Enter who issued the individual’s or organization's ID.

c - Number

Enter the number of the individual’s or organization's ID.

Part III - Description of Transaction and Method of Payment

This portion requires information about the transaction and method of payment

Item 28 - Date cash received

Enter the date the cash was received. Enter it in MM/DD/YYYY.

Item 29 - Total cash received

Enter the total cash received.

Item 30

Check this box to determine if the cash was received in more than one payment. Otherwise, leave it blank.

Item 31 - Total price if different from Item 29

Enter the total price if the total is different from Item 29.

Item 32 - Amount of cash received (in US dollar equivalent)

Enter the following amount of each cash received in US dollar equivalent:

• US currency
• Foreign currency
• Cashier’s check(s)
• Money order(s)
• Bank draft(s)
• Traveler’s check(s)

The amounts must be equal to the amount entered in Item 29. For money orders, bank drafts, and traveler’s checks, enter the issuer’s names and serial numbers of the monetary instruments.

Enter the amount in $100 bills or higher, and the country where the cash was received.

Item 33 - Type of transaction

Mark the appropriate boxes to determine the type of your transaction. You may select:

• Personal property purchased
• Real property purchased
• Personal services provided
• Business services provided
• Intangible property purchased
• Debt obligations paid
• Exchange of cash
• Escrow or trust funds
• Bail received by court clerks
• Other

If you marked “Other,” specify it on Item 34.

Item 34 - Specific description of property or service shown in 33. Give serial or registration number, address, docket number, etc.

Enter the specific description of the property or service you marked in Item 33. Enter the serial or registration number, address, docket number, and other relevant details you can find in the property.

Part IV - Business That Received Cash

This portion requires information about the business that received cash.

Item 35 - Name of business that received cash

Enter the name of the business that received cash.

Item 36 - Employer identification number

Enter the employer identification number of the business.

Social security number

Enter your social security number if you are a sole proprietorship

Item 37 - Address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.)

Enter the address of the business, including the number, street, and apartment or suite number.

Item 38 - City

Enter the city the business is located.

Item 39 - State

Enter the state the business is located.

Item 40 - ZIP code

Enter the ZIP code of the business.

Item 41 - Nature of your business

Enter the nature of your business.

Item 42

This item is a certification that the information you furnished above is true, correct, and complete. Otherwise, you will be penalized for perjury.

Signature

Affix your signature.

Title

Enter your title.

Item 43 - Date of Signature

Enter the date you signed the form in MM/DD/YYYY.

Item 44 - Type or print name of contact person

Enter the name of your contact person.

Item 45 - Contact telephone number

Enter the contact person’s telephone number.

Page 2

Multiple Parties

Complete this portion only if you checked Item 2 or 15 on page 1.

Part I - Complete if box 2 on page 1 is checked

Item 3 - Last name

Enter the individual’s last name.

Item 4 - First name

Enter the individual’s first name.

Item 5 - M.I.

Enter the individual’s middle initial.

Item 6 - Taxpayer Identification Number

Enter the individual’s taxpayer identification number.

Item 7 - Address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.)

Enter the individual’s address, including your number, street, and apartment or suite number.

Item 8 - Date of birth

Enter the individual’s birthday in the format MM/DD/YYYY.

Item 9 - City

Enter the city the individual lives in.

Item 10 - State

Enter the state the individual lives in.

Item 11 - ZIP code

Enter the individual’s ZIP code.

Item 12 - Country (if not US)

Enter the country the individual lives in if they are not from the USA.

Item 13 - Occupation, profession, or business

Enter the individual’s occupation, profession, or business.

Item 14 - Identifying document (ID)

Enter the following details about the individual’s identifying document (ID):

a - Describe ID

Enter the description of the individual’s ID.

b - Issued by

Enter who issued the individual’s ID.

c - Number

Enter the number of the individual’s ID.

Part II - Complete if box 15 on page 1 is checked

Item 16 - Individual’s last name or organization’s name

Enter the individual’s last name or the organization’s name.

Item 17 - First name

Enter the first name of the individual.

Item 18 - M.I.

Enter the middle initial of the individual.

Item 19 - Taxpayer Identification Number

Enter the individual’s or the organization’s taxpayer identification number.

Employer Identification Number

Enter the individual’s or the organization’s employer identification number.

Item 20 - Doing business as (DBA) name

Enter the doing as business (DBA) name of the individual or the organization.

Item 21 - Address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.)

Enter the address of the individual or the organization, including the number, street, and apartment or suite number.

Item 22 - Occupation, profession, or business

Enter the occupation, profession, or business of the individual or organization.

Item 23 - City

Enter the city the individual or the organization resides.

Item 24 - State

Enter the state the individual or the organization resides.

Item 25 - ZIP code

Enter the ZIP code of the individual or the organization.

Item 26 - Country (if not US)

Enter the country the individual or the organization is located if it is not within the USA.

Item 27 - Alien identification (ID)

Enter the following details about the individual’s identifying document (ID):

a - Describe ID

Enter the description of the individual’s or organization's ID.

b - Issued by

Enter who issued the individual’s or organization's ID.

c - Number

Enter the number of the individual’s or organization's ID.

Comments

Enter any comments or clarification of information you entered on any items in Parts I, II, III, and IV.

How to file Form 8300?

The tax form 8300 must be filed by the 15th day after the date the cash was received. But if the due date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, you may file the form on the next business day.

File the IRS 8300 form with the IRS at the Detroit Computing Center. You may electronically file the 8300 IRS form using FinCEN’s Bank Secrecy Act Electronic Filing System. You may visit the BSA E-Filing system at their website to know more.