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Meanwhile, California makes it pretty easy to file your state taxes for free, with no intermediary https://www.ftb.ca.gov/online/calfile/index.asp https://www.f
by CalRobert 8y ago
Meanwhile, California makes it pretty easy to file your state taxes for free, with no intermediary https://www.ftb.ca.gov/online/calfile/index.asp https://www.ftb.ca.gov/online/calfile/index.asp
- mars4rp 8y agoI am the developer in charge of this, thanks for promoting it.
- Rebelgecko 8y agoThanks for your work, I'm a big fan of Calfile for the years when I'm eligible to use it. Out of curiosity are there any plans to support returns with capital gains?
- mars4rp 8y agoThank you for using it, unfortunately no. I don't qualify to use it myself either.
- mlindner 8y agoPerhaps you can expand it so that most software developers can use it? The fact that capital gains are excluded from the e-file is really frustrating when the majority of us have RSUs/ESPPs.
- mywittyname 8y agoThank you for fighting the good fight!
- CalRobert 8y agoThank you very much! I feel like all states (and the feds) owe it to their people to make free, transparent, online tax filing available. Really, though, I remember when I was in college and grumbling about having to pay for turbotax only because of state, and then finding out this existed. Made my week!
- danso 8y agoIs this full time work e.g. do they keep a team to develop and maintain it year round?
- mars4rp 8y agoIt is only me on Dev side of it, and I say around %60 of my time is spent on this app. we do maintain it year around and add features to it. I am in the process of a complete rewrite of it, to make it more accessible(law mandated), and adding some extra features.
- danso 8y agoI hope someday they let you (as in, pay you for your time, not just give the OK) write a bit about that process. Always interested in hearing not just about the software engineering process and stack, but any specific factors or issues when making and iterating on such public-facing software.
- tomkat0789 8y agoIllinois does too on the state Department of Revenue's website! Hooray for state government!
- Evidlo 8y agoIllinois made me file in paper this year because I am an out of state student. Next I can file electronically.
- joshlittle 8y ago+1 to CA FTB. My federal tax return was 30 Pages long. I decided to use TurboTax small business to keep it in check - I had a promotion that gave it to me for free ($119 value) but it was extra for state efile ($59.) I went to the franchise tax board website and filed state for free using my federal 1040 in about 10 minutes.
- mlindner 8y agoUnfortunately it's useless to almost all software developers/engineers in the state because they don't include capital gains.
- ac29 8y agoThere's a pretty huge list of disqualifying things actually, though capital gains (even $1) is probably the biggest restriction. I wonder why they can't handle this - its not that obscure. https://www.ftb.ca.gov/online/calfile/qualifications2018.shtml?WT.mc_id=CalFile_Sidebar_Qualifications_2018 https://www.ftb.ca.gov/online/calfile/qualifications2018.sht...
- marcinzm 8y agoProbably because they got lobbied by tax preparation software companies to exclude it.
- dangjc 8y agoMy capital gains have no difference in treatment between CA and federal. It's just one line on the form. It's ridiculous I can't use CA electronic filing because of this.
- test6554 8y agoMeanwhile in Wyoming, Washington, Texas, South Dakota, Nevada, Florida, & Alaska there are no state income taxes which is even simpler.