Comments on: Should I E-File My Taxes Or Mail Them? http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/should-i-e-file-my-taxes-or-mail-them/ Investing and Personal Finance Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:43:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mike http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/should-i-e-file-my-taxes-or-mail-them/comment-page-1/#comment-70431 Mike Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:50:18 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/?p=4763#comment-70431 Denise, I've heard that you are more likely to be audited if you e-file. Chances are they will just ask you to send in copies of the receipts. Denise, I’ve heard that you are more likely to be audited if you e-file.

Chances are they will just ask you to send in copies of the receipts.

]]> By: Denise http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/should-i-e-file-my-taxes-or-mail-them/comment-page-1/#comment-70411 Denise Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:48:03 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/?p=4763#comment-70411 Are you more likely to be audited if you e-file or mail in your tax return? Are you more likely to be audited if you e-file or mail in your tax return?

]]> By: Mike Terrazas, EA http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/should-i-e-file-my-taxes-or-mail-them/comment-page-1/#comment-64688 Mike Terrazas, EA Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:26:26 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/?p=4763#comment-64688 There are a couple of inaccuracies with this post: 1) efiling is less expensive, not more. There are free efiling sites for both federal and state income taxes (for most states), as long as you can keep it down to a 1040EZ or a 1040A. No paper to buy, no envelope to buy and no stamps. Just stay away from the TurboTax and H&R Block websites for the free state filings. Which brings up the other inaccuracy: 2) those services might help you find some new deductions, but on average, I save my clients who need to file more complicated forms several hundred dollars over what they have come up with using those programs. There are a couple of inaccuracies with this post: 1) efiling is less expensive, not more. There are free efiling sites for both federal and state income taxes (for most states), as long as you can keep it down to a 1040EZ or a 1040A. No paper to buy, no envelope to buy and no stamps. Just stay away from the TurboTax and H&R Block websites for the free state filings. Which brings up the other inaccuracy: 2) those services might help you find some new deductions, but on average, I save my clients who need to file more complicated forms several hundred dollars over what they have come up with using those programs.

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]]> By: Four Pillars http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/should-i-e-file-my-taxes-or-mail-them/comment-page-1/#comment-58946 Four Pillars Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:04:25 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/?p=4763#comment-58946 Shevy, there will be some Canadian tax posts coming up but since approximately 99.5% of the revenue of this blog comes from Americans, there are going to be some American-based posts as well. :) If you really want to see some more Canadian content on here then feel free to write something and send it in. Shevy, there will be some Canadian tax posts coming up but since approximately 99.5% of the revenue of this blog comes from Americans, there are going to be some American-based posts as well. :)

If you really want to see some more Canadian content on here then feel free to write something and send it in.

]]> By: Shevy http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/should-i-e-file-my-taxes-or-mail-them/comment-page-1/#comment-58940 Shevy Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:31:55 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/?p=4763#comment-58940 Mike, as tax time approaches, I really prefer to see posts about doing Canadian taxes (with Canadian criteria, deadlines, rules, forms, etc.) on Canadian PF blogs. That's not to say that PT's article wasn't good, just that it doesn't apply to us. There aren't that many of us Canuck PF bloggers and there are about 3 zillion American ones. So, IMHO, the US ones should have the posts that apply to them and the Canadian ones should have the posts that apply to us. And, no, I'm not planning a post on taxes myself. I pretend for as long as possible that taxes don't exist. But if I did want to efile this year (that sentence is somehow akin to "if I did want to have smallpox this year") I'd like to be able to find out about how the CRA does it on some nice, handy Canadian blog.... Mike, as tax time approaches, I really prefer to see posts about doing Canadian taxes (with Canadian criteria, deadlines, rules, forms, etc.) on Canadian PF blogs. That’s not to say that PT’s article wasn’t good, just that it doesn’t apply to us. There aren’t that many of us Canuck PF bloggers and there are about 3 zillion American ones. So, IMHO, the US ones should have the posts that apply to them and the Canadian ones should have the posts that apply to us.

And, no, I’m not planning a post on taxes myself. I pretend for as long as possible that taxes don’t exist. But if I did want to efile this year (that sentence is somehow akin to “if I did want to have smallpox this year”) I’d like to be able to find out about how the CRA does it on some nice, handy Canadian blog….

]]> By: Mike http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/should-i-e-file-my-taxes-or-mail-them/comment-page-1/#comment-58927 Mike Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:51:16 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/?p=4763#comment-58927 Lol - Kyle, was it uphill both ways as well? Lol – Kyle, was it uphill both ways as well?

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]]> By: Kyle http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/should-i-e-file-my-taxes-or-mail-them/comment-page-1/#comment-58923 Kyle Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:06:43 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/?p=4763#comment-58923 I had to mail in my taxes once. It was a horrible, nightmarish experience. I had to walk five miles in the snow both ways to buy a stamp. I had to mail in my taxes once. It was a horrible, nightmarish experience. I had to walk five miles in the snow both ways to buy a stamp.

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