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PoindexterOglethorpe

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6. There are lots of good reasons to file for an extension,

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Thu Jul 16, 2020, 01:18 PM

Jul 2020

but then not getting it done until October strikes me as incompetence on the accountant's part.

I'd have dumped him long ago.

I am very happy with my guy. Yeah, I could probably do it myself and save his fee, but he takes about thirty minutes, tops, with me there in the office with him. So that's well worth it to me.

Oh, and he also runs all of the numbers through his calculator, which spews out a paper record, to make sure the computer is doing the math correctly.

Back in March, when I filed (on the 23rd to be precise) apparently everyone was still working at the IRS and I got my refunds, both state and federal, in less than a week.

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I broke a record this tax year [View all] Steelrolled Jul 2020 OP

Good for you! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #1

Honestly, I don't understand the people that are just now filing. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #2

Chronic procrastination is powerful. Steelrolled Jul 2020 #5

I have always filed in February or so as soon as I get my forms captain queeg Jul 2020 #3

I had a tax pro do my taxes for 35 years, but was beginning to wonder if he was saving me any progree Jul 2020 #4

There are lots of good reasons to file for an extension, PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #6

Yup. We had this discussion offline about 2 or 3 years ago, and I went into the complexity of the progree Jul 2020 #7

Filing electronically these days it the only way to go question everything Jul 2020 #8

Well, I hope this isn't the situation in Minnesota - TurboTax told me I couldn't file my MN return progree Jul 2020 #9

I really don't like giving anyone electronic banking information. Steelrolled Jul 2020 #10

If you are using the IRS own program - if it has one, I think it does question everything Jul 2020 #11

One can file tax returns electronically, and pay by whatever way one wants - they are 2 separate progree Jul 2020 #12

Good to know Steelrolled Jul 2020 #13