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They already have this in some form, its called “free fillable forms”, and it sucks. For example if there is any minor issue like something off by a cent it fai
by joshribakoff 3y ago
They already have this in some form, its called “free fillable forms”, and it sucks. For example if there is any minor issue like something off by a cent it fails to submit and won’t tell you which field has an error or what the error is. Although its not officially maintained by the IRS, I don’t think… if i recall Intuit maintains it as part of an (arguably nefarious) agreement with the IRS. It’s presumably intentionally made to suck and hard to find.
- sidewndr46 3y agoI got some incomprehensible statements one time from a joint venture. I paid an accountant to do my taxes since I couldn't figure out. There answer to me was "I have no idea what this is trying to say, so I'll just submit it. If you get audited let me know and we'll work it out"
- bluGill 3y agoIf you have a joint venture then your situation probably is complex enough that an accountant is something need anyway. At that point have them do the taxes as well. Most people don't have that complex a situation.
- hcrisp 3y agoI've used it for many years and never had a problem. It is like filling in a PDF form but has a "Calculate" button which runs all the math for you (apart from some tables, etc. which you need to look up yourself). So I'm not sure how you would get off by a cent. Federal taxes only. Except for entering in your W-2s by hand, it's pretty straightforward. You can save a PDF copy to your local drive. The nice thing is you save postage and do not have to pay someone to prepare / file it for you.
- jrib 3y agoyeah, I had to submit an amended return because free fillable forms decided to discard a form and went through with the submission anyway :(