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The report number assigned to my bond is outside the IRS-specified range (401-450). What should I do?

If you haven’t specified the report number when you filed Form 8038-CP earlier on paper for the corresponding bond, the IRS might have assigned a report number outside the mentioned range (Let’s say, 451). 

In this case, you can assign a new report number between 401 and 450 for the bond while filing your 8038-CP now and use the same number on all your upcoming filings.

Note: Until January 2020, the report numbers were assigned by the IRS. Only after that, the filers of Form 8038-CP were required to choose the report number on their own within the 401-450 range.