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| Authored by: songmaster on Monday, January 14 2013 @ 05:27 PM EST |
I will continue to file on paper until the IRS allows me to file
electronically directly with them, not through some commercial agent who will
charge me money and might have other reasons for wanting to see my private
financial data. Unfortunately those commercial agents have succeeded in
persuading the politicians that because they already make money doing the job,
the IRS should not be allowed to implement a system that permits the
public to electronically file directly.
In the meantime, I can recommend
Glenn Reeves' Federal Income Tax
Spreadsheet for doing the calculations, I've been using this for several
years using OpenOffice or LibreOffice. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: tknarr on Monday, January 14 2013 @ 05:37 PM EST |
Actually that opens you up to fraud even more. You can e-file quicker than
you can submit a paper return if only because of mailing times, and that opens a
window for the fraudsters to submit thier return in your name first and
make off with the money. It'll end with the interesting situation of you being
the one being investigated for fraud because you filed a return for someone
who'd already submitted a return and received their refund. You should be able
to easily prove you are who you claim to be, but you'll still need to jump
through those hoops to get the IRS off of you and onto the trail of the real
fraudsters. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, January 14 2013 @ 11:06 PM EST |
Information in paper returns has to be manually input into IRS data system.
"This process requires the agency to employ more than 5,000 data
transcribers
during peak processing". In 2008 66.4 million paper returns
costs additional 190 million
to process. Worse, with manual input more
chance for
mistakes.
http://www.nextgov.com/technology-news/2009/09/
irs-continues-to
-pay-millions-to-process-paper-tax-returns/44867/
Efiles go through some
initial checks before IRS accepts. If they aren't
checking OP's last three
items, then it's IRS policy based on best way
to apply resources. IRS is
looking to increase Fed revenue.
Focusing on theft of tax refunds isn't
going to generate more revenue. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Imaginos1892 on Tuesday, January 15 2013 @ 01:09 PM EST |
They sure don't want to steal MY tax returns - I put extra
exemptions on the W-4 so there is tax owed. I'd really prefer
to pay it all at year's end, but they won't let you do that.
I don't do tax refunds. A refund means you paid them too much
all year and now have to petition to get some of it back. I
don't want to let go of my money until I absolutely have to.
And I do the taxes myself. I'm not going to jail because some
accountant screwed up. Of course, they stopped sending tax forms
in the mail, so now you have to download and print them out.
Typical gummint - you pay more and more and get less and less.
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Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!![ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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