Where is my Federal Income Tax Form Booklet?

[Tractor Seabee]

On some forms; the form and instructions are two separate documents, so check for that. All the forms I use for personal and business are fillable PDF forms if you down load them first as a pdf document, fill form in that format, then print it for hard copy.

Ron

 

[rtimgray]

And on some of them, there is the Form, the Instructions for the Form, and then the Publication that actually explains (sort of) what each box means and how you go about figuring out what you have to put in.

For years and years, I filed via paper and dismissed the idea of using an electronic form or automated tax preparation program. I'm on my third year of using online filing (the first two with Tubrotax and this year with Taxslayer), and I have become a fan. With both programs, you can either answer the questions step by step, or more or less just fill out the form. I like Turbotax, but it changed it's levels of what is included in which package last year, and it got a little pricey for me. I tried both Taxslayer and Taxact this year, and liked Taxslayer better, and for what I needed, it was cheap and easy.


I think it was just a few years ago that I noticed that I didn't get my tax packets in the mail. I think I downloaded all the forms I needed, but I can't remember for sure.

Whatever you choose and however you get your forms, good luck and take care.

 

[radioman]

perhaps it will be time to jump on the electronic form bandwagon soon. I am willing to bet that the feds will require you to do things electronically before making the obits. jumping now will give you time to acclimate the electronic forms. Just ask your freinds or relatives if they have turbotax and see if they have done 5 returns yet. If they havent , you can compare your paper version and turbo. you dont need to send it electronically, but you can still print everything and snail mail it. I would say its a good double check of your hand calculations.

 

[JDgreen227]

perhaps it will be time to jump on the electronic form bandwagon soon. I am willing to bet that the feds will require you to do things electronically before making the obits. jumping now will give you time to acclimate the electronic forms. Just ask your freinds or relatives if they have turbotax and see if they have done 5 returns yet. If they havent , you can compare your paper version and turbo. you dont need to send it electronically, but you can still print everything and snail mail it. I would say its a good double check of your hand calculations.

Yeah....you are nice about me showing my age, compared to the rest of the members here...:laughing: It's the electronically sending part of taxes I don't like the concept of so I will check out your ideas. Thanks.

 

[JDgreen227]

perhaps it will be time to jump on the electronic form bandwagon soon. I am willing to bet that the feds will require you to do things electronically before making the obits. jumping now will give you time to acclimate the electronic forms. Just ask your freinds or relatives if they have turbotax and see if they have done 5 returns yet. If they havent , you can compare your paper version and turbo. you dont need to send it electronically, but you can still print everything and snail mail it. I would say its a good double check of your hand calculations.

Yeah....you are nice about me showing my age, compared to the rest of the members here...:laughing: It's the electronically sending part of taxes I don't like the concept of so I will check out your ideas. Thanks.

 

[rtimgray]

I'm a little surprised that it isn't required to be electronically submitted. Then again, I think the vast majority of people file electronically anyway, and I think that has a lot to do with most people don't file their own taxes, but take them to a tax preparer of some sort, and I'm sure they all file electronically. I found an article on IRS.gov that indicated that 73% of returns were filed electronically in 2012, and I'm sure that number has only gone up.

I share the OP's trepidation about filing electronically, and it was a big jump for me, but I have to admit that I like it, and even prefer it now.

But I will never, ever, ever like a hydrostatic transmission tractor. I'm so sure of it, I'm never going to try one....


...Good luck and take care.

 

[JDgreen227]

I'm a little surprised that it isn't required to be electronically submitted. Then again, I think the vast majority of people file electronically anyway, and I think that has a lot to do with most people don't file their own taxes, but take them to a tax preparer of some sort, and I'm sure they all file electronically. I found an article on IRS.gov that indicated that 73% of returns were filed electronically in 2012, and I'm sure that number has only gone up.

I share the OP's trepidation about filing electronically, and it was a big jump for me, but I have to admit that I like it, and even prefer it now.

But I will never, ever, ever like a hydrostatic transmission tractor. I'm so sure of it, I'm never going to try one....


...Good luck and take care.

I agree to trying to file electronically if you agree to trying to like a hydro equipped tractor, deal or no deal....????

 

[txdon]

Yeah....you are nice about me showing my age, compared to the rest of the members here...:laughing: It's the electronically sending part of taxes I don't like the concept of so I will check out your ideas. Thanks.

"The easiest way to get old is to be technologically behind".
Quote from The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry.

 

[rekees4300]

It's the electronically sending part of taxes I don't like the concept of so I will check out your ideas.

The concept I don't like is paying $20 to file electronically when $.50 cents for a stamp works just as well.

 

[RickB]

The concept I don't like is paying $20 to file electronically when $.50 cents for a stamp works just as well.

I pay waaaay less for the software (which includes filing fees) than I would for a professional to do my return, so filing fees are a non issue for me. My return is too complex for me to attempt it without some form of guidance, and I've been happy with the program I've used for several years.