e-Filing

Five Tips to Avoid Tax Time Stress

March 18, 2010

Courtesy of IRS Filing your tax return doesn’t have to be stressful. The IRS has put together five stress-relieving tips to help you.  Share this:

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TaxMama’s Tax Roundtable – March 18, 2010

March 18, 2010

Today’s topics included: The new HIRE Act The Homebuyers credit Truck Drivers Tax Home Ideas on how to get new clients Dealing with banks who want letters you can’t give them – or can you? Deductions for school teachers Good places to network Where to get good, inexpensive CPE e-filing tax returns with foreign addresses [...]

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Short Term Installment Agreement

March 8, 2010
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Today TaxMama hears from Joe in the TaxQuips Forum with lots of questions. Edited down he’s asking: “Is it true that you cannot efile prior year returns? I need to file for this year and last year. I expect to owe money for each year, but don’t need a long-term installment agreement. What form shall [...]

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Filing on Extension

September 1, 2009

Today TaxMama hears from Jaleh in Delaware with this concern. “When you file an extension with the IRS for your business and personal tax returns, and you owe taxes that year, do you have to pay penalty and interest on the money once it is paid? I received a bill and I’m not sure if [...]

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Deadline for filing Tax Year 2007 Form 1041 electronically has been extended.

October 10, 2008

This just in from IRS about electronic filing and filing deadlines: In consideration of the provisions covering disaster assistance for affected taxpayers in the states of Louisiana and Texas, we will continue to accept Tax Year 2007 electronically filed Form 1041 returns through November 22, 2008. This change affects Production returns only. The retransmission of [...]

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Fall Filing

September 15, 2008

Today TaxMama hears from Pam in Texas who has lots of questions. “How many people file this late in the year? Can I still e-file my 2007 return. Will there be any red flag problems?” Share this:

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Misaddressed Envelope

May 28, 2008

Today TaxMama hears from Rick in Washington with this problem. “I sent my tax return off on April 15th with my payment. The envelope was returned to us because we had mistakenly put our address sticker on the front. If we send this along in a new envelope, what are the chances that we may [...]

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March 29 – A day of help for millions filing returns solely to obtain stimulus payments

March 28, 2008

Are you one of millions of Americans who need to file a tax return this year solely to obtain your economic stimulus payment? The IRS has set aside Saturday, March 29 as “Super Saturday,” a day of help just for you! Approximately 320 IRS offices will provide free help preparing a simple 1040A for people [...]

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