{"id":1292,"date":"2018-03-18T08:01:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T08:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/val\/?p=905"},"modified":"2018-06-20T21:31:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T21:31:20","slug":"how-to-write-a-check-or-money-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/val\/2018\/03\/18\/how-to-write-a-check-or-money-order\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Write a Check or Money Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"color: #888888\">By Christine Connally, APIA Community Counselor in MD<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This question comes up from time to time and with the tax  deadline approaching, I thought I would post a link with a great step by  step tutorial.\u00a0 Click on the image of a check below to go to the  tutorial on About.com.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banking.about.com\/od\/checkingaccounts\/ig\/How-to-Write-a-Check\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/04\/write_a_check_step5_sign_memo1-1024x458.jpg\" alt=\"write_a_check_step5_sign_memo\" width=\"441\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Remember: Use pen and don\u2019t leave extra blank space where someone can make changes.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t have a checking account and need to make a payment by  check, you have two other\u00a0options: money order or cashier\u2019s check (bank  check.)\u00a0Money orders\u00a0are available for purchase at your bank, the post  office or the customer service\u00a0desk of\u00a0some retail stores (CVS, Safeway,  WalMart.) You will be charged a small fee, $1.50-$5.\u00a0 Money orders need  to be paid for with cash (not credit cards.) You will fill out the  money order similarly to a check and keep your receipt portion for your  records.<\/p>\n<p>If you are paying your taxes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Make check or money order payable to \u201cUnited States Treasury.\u201d<\/li>\n<li> Write this info somewhere on the check:\n<ul>\n<li> Your full name<\/li>\n<li> Your address and phone number<\/li>\n<li> Your Social Security Number<\/li>\n<li> 2013 Form 1040 NR-EZ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> Mail your tax forms (keep copies for your records) and payment to:  Internal Revenue Service<br \/>\nP.O. 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