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What about States? Should the IRS make a online form that will do your state tax too?
by rb808 7y ago
What about States? Should the IRS make a online form that will do your state tax too?
- lykr0n 7y agoThe states can do their own application. If you're issued a W2, the issuing party will usually send a copy to the IRS and your state's tax office.
- lokar 7y agoThey could provide an API to the states that makes doing the state return (once federal is done) very easy. And provide a link, etc.
- _delirium 7y agoThe IRS has a start at that. States can opt into the "Combined Federal/State Filing Program", which centralizes 1099 reporting, and lets states basically copy the IRS's data for those forms instead of collecting it themselves. I believe this program doesn't currently handle W-2s though for some reason.
- Frost1x 7y agoIt would be nice but that's on a per state basis and would need to be provided by either third parties like Intuit or state governments.
- jandrese 7y agoVirginia used to have an online system like that. It was wonderful, so Intuit/H&R block lobbied the state legislature and had it killed.
- mixmastamyk 7y agoCA built theirs ten years ago and should have twenty.