Snails - Response on Threads Part 3

[SilverBear]

So... this year is the first time I am actually trying to e-file tax returns.

1. Not sure I "get it"... I did not believe the federal results, so I went in and arbitrarily changed a few dollar amounts, enough to make a difference. The end result did not change. Changed them even more. Still the same. So... I guess I will also do them on paper and compare the bottom line number. (FYI: State number DID change.)

2. And oopsie... I have been negligent for YEARS and YEARS entering a certain dividend item (I was just mimicking what a pro did back in 1998 or '99). I guess one of two things: either it gets negated somewhere else and therefore does not make a difference either way, OR the folks at the fed do not compare my 1099-DIV info with the ones they get from the institution. Putting that number in DOES affect the state bottom line... but not the federal (caveat: see #1 above).

So: my first experience with e-filing makes me scratch my head. There really is NOTHING like doing it all on paper.

And this software does NOT print out all the info in the form of a 1040... which would come in handy to do a side-by-side comparison of old-fashioned versus high-tech.

 

[tiburonfirst]

good luck, bear! guess i should get an early start this year, too corporate returns are due in a little more than a month .... sigh

 

[classwife]

poor classy! guess we could let her moon in here just once!

try it this way!

Oh yea !

Thank you !



Good morning in here !

 

[tiburonfirst]

anytime

and good morning, classy!

 

[AttyPops]

Hi all.
Good morning.

 

[SilverBear]

good luck, bear! guess i should get an early start this year, too corporate returns are due in a little more than a month .... sigh

It appears I am unable to e-file federal ANYWAY because I have "too many 1099-R literals"... whatever that means.

That may explain why numbers do not change... I've hit some kind of limit and it's making the software gag and simply ignore anything put in after the choke point. NICE that they tell you this AFTER you spend all that time transcribing info from the paper forms.



My luddite-ism is overwhelming!!!

 

[tiburonfirst]

morning, atty and ng!

 

[CES]

Good morning y'all

(after i fed them at the usual time, the beasties let me go back to bed for awhile)

 

[tiburonfirst]

It appears I am unable to e-file federal ANYWAY because I have "too many 1099-R literals"... whatever that means.

That may explain why numbers do not change... I've hit some kind of limit and it's making the software gag and simply ignore anything put in after the choke point. NICE that they tell you this AFTER you spend all that time transcribing info from the paper forms.



My luddite-ism is overwhelming!!!

maybe try another software provider? not all offer the same forms

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Free-File---Most-Commonly-Filed-Federal-Forms-are-Available

 

[tiburonfirst]

and here's ces!

 

[Stoneface]

Good morning Fran, Tibs, CES, Classy, Atty, Bear, and Snails Happy Sunday

I still haven't received any forms yet for taxes....

 

[tiburonfirst]

morning, stone!

maybe make your own? that's been rather popular for years now!

 

[Stoneface]

morning, stone!

maybe make your own? that's been rather popular for years now!

No, sorry....I meant the forms that businesses are required to send to me. Luckily, I have an accountant who takes care of the pesky government forms (my accountant is super-duper-awesome )

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

No, sorry....I meant the forms that businesses are required to send to me. Luckily, I have an accountant who takes care of the pesky government forms (my accountant is super-duper-awesome :thumbs

That's what Ken Lay at Enron said... and see where that got him.

morning.

 

[CES]

I think i have most of the required documents...i organize them, fill out a questionnaire that my accountant sends out annually, and drop everything at the accountant's office. My taxes aren't all that difficult, but it's worth it to avoid the time and stress of trying to do it myself.

 

[Stoneface]

God morning Pepper

That's what Ken Lay at Enron said... and see where that got him.

morning.

She's not that kind of accountant!! I don't have Ken Lay's level of money...

 

[SilverBear]

maybe try another software provider? not all offer the same forms

Husbear has e-filed for years and I believe it's licensed as "multi-person use" (up to 3, I think). But I'd hate to run into the same limit, regardless. 2013 WAS/IS a "special case" what with pension and severance EACH generating 2 1099-Rs... plus another 4 or 5 due to financial guy's consolidation effort. I'll probably just use pen and paper again and try next year. God only knows what THAT will be like with ACA and subsidies and stuff.

 

[tiburonfirst]

No, sorry....I meant the forms that businesses are required to send to me. Luckily, I have an accountant who takes care of the pesky government forms (my accountant is super-duper-awesome )

those are the forms i was talking about!


morning, pepper!

 

[SilverBear]

those are the forms i was talking about!

There is NO REASON at all why "those forms" are not ready to be mailed out by end of FIRST business day of the year. Once the clock ticks over to 00h00m01s on 01jan14, those computers SHOULD just kick in and do all the needed calcs. This "we have until February 15th" crap is inexcusable. AND, I thought 31jan was the "legal limit" on the time anyway.

 

[tiburonfirst]

and do i see a frown on pepper's face?

pepper must be poorer this morning