Anyone else E-File their taxes?

[MK3Brent]

I decided to try it this year, and I'm a little confused. I was under the impression it would be free, but I ended up paying $19.95 to file both State and Federal.

Is that normal?

I followed the directions, and left a lot of boxes blank since they didn't apply to me. Seemed easy enough just like the EZ form, they even told you where on your W2 you can find the information needed to complete it online.


So have any of you E-Filed?
I did mine through this company, as suggested on the home page or IRS.gov.
http://www.efiletaxreturns.com/index.htm

:aigo:

Residents of AZ, CA, CO, DE, GA, MI, NC, OH & WI can electronically file their Resident State Tax Return for $19.95 when processed with their Federal return.

I'm in NC.

 

[7M-GTE]

just go to h&r block... man it's simple they give you options and they get you all you can get back... I've gone there the past 3 yrs... and will continue to go...

 

[MK3Brent]

I already filed... didn't think much of it.
I would have paid that, and then some if I went to H&R.

 

[Justin]

federal is free, state costs some money, is my understanding.

we don't have a state tax here so I just do federal.


but efiling rules, I had my refund in about a week after I hit submit.

 

[MK3Brent]

Yeah, I considered it this time since my return was going to be rather large.
Switching states of residency and claiming 0 on my taxes pre work year of 2005.

 

[americanjebus]

i e-filed and got my money in a week

go to h&r block and digaround and they have free e-filing on their site, its a bit hard to find it cus it's, well, free and they lose money but its there. Dont pay to have it filed just do it online.

 

[tte]

The funny thing is H&R block fucked up on their company's filings too.

Cheers,
Roy

 

[Satan]

There are a bunch of FREE online services available, using the IRS's site for references.

From the IRS site, I used www.taxactonline.com a few years back... paid the 1st couple of times ($9.95) for the works, but their free filing is the same (without all the extra tips/evaluation). It's pretty straightforward to enter what you have and do it free.... I'd do the deluxe ($9.95) if there was alot of changes in that tax year... marriage, home, business, etc

 

[MK3Brent]

Yeah... I just saw what my 19.99 paid for...

I need to mail in some forms, and when they send you a link to the PDF file, they're 100% filled out for you.

I just printed out a 8453-OL for to send in, and it was completely filled out with my information already. (Very convenient.)

 

[Satan]

Yeah... that's the 1st time. Once you've e-filed and saved a copy of your return, you can e-file next year, by just creating a PIN. No need to mail anything in. I keep the PDF copies of our returns and have intended to scan in our supporting docs (W2s, etc).