The federal tax collection agency announced plans Wednesday to allow taxpayers to submit correspondence and non-tax forms online starting next tax season and to file all returns digitally by the 2025 filing season in a paperless initiative it says will ramp up efficiency, accuracy, and enable Americans to receive their tax refunds sooner.
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Fuck 'em, don't make anything easier for them. File everything via the US mail.
I'm with you on that... Why make anything easier for *any* Federal agency? Make the bastards earn their money. You can at least feel better about knowing where a portion of your money is being spent.
ReplyDelete--Bob T.
And remember folks! No paper trail, no proof taxes were paid!
ReplyDeleteirontomflint
If the fuckin' government is doing it, It's all about the Control, Lebowski
ReplyDeleteFiling electronically not only makes it easier for the IRS to process your returns, it also makes it easier for hackers to steal your returns. Everybody I know who has been notified that a fraudulent return had been filed under their name and SSN has filed previous returns electronically.
ReplyDeleteI try to always have to send a check on tax day….
ReplyDeleteand to always pay on the last day.
Ed357
I would sit at my accountants desk and make arrangements with the IRS to pay last years taxes, with penalties, thruough out the coming year.
DeleteDaryl
Paperless and arming up for war.
ReplyDeleteSo this is why they weaponized the IRS and hired 80k+ new people, so they can go after you faster if you didn’t give the Big Guy his cut.
ReplyDeleteMadMarlin
They've been pushing the online thing pretty hard, to the point that mailed in returns were "lost" even though sent receipt mail.
ReplyDeleteI once knew a tax accountant that recommended always filing for an extension, even if you didn't really need the extra time. His experience was that you were less likely to be auditted if you filed your return as late as legally possible. He said it was likely because the IRS had already tagged their quota of returns for auditting that year by the time the late returns were filed.
ReplyDelete"...and enable Americans to receive their tax refunds sooner."
ReplyDeleteBwa-haw-haw-....
help me: I can't stop laughing...
Excellent strategy Wirecutter.
ReplyDeleteBONUS: they get your IP address!
ReplyDeleteI got nailed for some infraction or another based on my e-return. The only way out was to show them the USPO registered mail receipt from when I snail-mailed my return rather than e-filed. I'm in the electronics business. Trust that electronic crap only if you want to ...
ReplyDeleteI had to submit a return by snail-mail last year. It help up my check for my 'refund'. If you do have to use e-correspondence, take screenshots of every submission, as well as getting hard copy printouts AT THE TIME OF THE ENTRY. Also, print out any letters you upload.
ReplyDeleteBetter still, mail them using A4 sized paper so it doesn't fit in their files.
ReplyDeleteHave sent my return to them via electronic e-mail, so they can drag ass around and send me the refund way past a reasonable date. They are worse than the flat worms slithering around DC.
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