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The issue is more than free filing. Everything seems to be broken. I helped my brother in law file for an extension through the IRS web site. The IRS directed
by maire 7y ago
The issue is more than free filing. Everything seems to be broken.
I helped my brother in law file for an extension through the IRS web site. The IRS directed us to private companies including TurboTax to file the extension. We clicked on the free TurboTax link which nowhere had an ability to file for an extension!
I finally told my brother in law to print the extension form and mail it to the IRS.
The IRS should not include a link to something that doesn't exist.
Yikes!
- tathougies 7y ago> I finally told my brother in law to print the extension form and mail it to the IRS. What was wrong with this to begin with?
- tomschlick 7y agoYou're taking things that are already in a computer system (IRS Database of Income) and putting them back on paper to be snail mailed to them, then hopefully OCR'd or manually entered instead of directly inputting it to their website. Huge waste of time, taxpayer dollars, and prone to errors.
- tathougies 7y agoan extension is already in the IRS database?
- kelnos 7y agoNothing. The problem is that the IRS themselves first direct you to TurboTax, which apparently doesn't actually solve your problem. Only if you dig deeper do you find that you can just print and mail in the form yourself.
- tathougies 7y ago> Only if you dig deeper do you find that you can just print and mail in the form yourself. I guess I'm mainly shocked that mail wasn't seen as the preferred (or at least the most obvious) way of doing this. Mail, unlike online 'solutions', is documentable (copies + certified + delivery confirmation) and proven adequate for use in a courtroom. Also, pretty much all government communication can take place through it.
- gefh 7y agoFreefillableforms has an option to file an extension as well as a full return, for future reference.