Comments on: Filed Your Taxes Electronically? Here’s When You Should Get Your Return http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/wordpress/2008/04/19/filed-your-taxes-electronically-heres-when-you-should-get-your-return/ Helping You Kick the Credit Habit, One Good Idea at a Time Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:56:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Blackneto http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/wordpress/2008/04/19/filed-your-taxes-electronically-heres-when-you-should-get-your-return/comment-page-1/#comment-1693 Blackneto Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:53:51 +0000 http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/2008/04/19/filed-your-taxes-electronically-heres-when-you-should-get-your-return/#comment-1693 In the last 15 years or so the IRS has made an effort to nullify it's image as all thats wrong with the government. They are charged with one mission, collect the taxes that congress proposes. They have this huge list of rules they have to abide by. So it's no surprise that they embraced electronic filing. With this they were able to streamline their process. Instead of waiting for countless data entry personnel to enter paper forms (introducing a point of error), returns can be processed electronically and flagged for review if necessary. If no review a payment (if warranted) is triggered. I received my Federal return in 9 days. Filed on Sunday afternoon, confirmation Sunday evening. Refund in the bank the next Tuesday. My state return, Illinois, took about 5 days. I think that if all government worked this well there would be no national deficit. In the last 15 years or so the IRS has made an effort to nullify it’s image as all thats wrong with the government.

They are charged with one mission, collect the taxes that congress proposes. They have this huge list of rules they have to abide by.

So it’s no surprise that they embraced electronic filing.
With this they were able to streamline their process. Instead of waiting for countless data entry personnel to enter paper forms (introducing a point of error), returns can be processed electronically and flagged for review if necessary. If no review a payment (if warranted) is triggered.

I received my Federal return in 9 days. Filed on Sunday afternoon, confirmation Sunday evening. Refund in the bank the next Tuesday.
My state return, Illinois, took about 5 days.

I think that if all government worked this well there would be no national deficit.

]]> By: Shanti @ Antishay http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/wordpress/2008/04/19/filed-your-taxes-electronically-heres-when-you-should-get-your-return/comment-page-1/#comment-1688 Shanti @ Antishay Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:11:27 +0000 http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/2008/04/19/filed-your-taxes-electronically-heres-when-you-should-get-your-return/#comment-1688 Oh, the EASY life of those getting a tax return! I had to PAY the IRS $4700 this year :/ It's better than loaning money to them, I believe, but still. If I hadn't saved for my taxes, I would be in a hard place this year! <em><strong>Shanti @ Antishay's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/antishay/~3/273373082/' rel="nofollow">My 2008 Resoluions in Review</a></strong></em> Oh, the EASY life of those getting a tax return!

I had to PAY the IRS $4700 this year :/ It’s better than loaning money to them, I believe, but still. If I hadn’t saved for my taxes, I would be in a hard place this year!

Shanti @ Antishay’s last blog post..My 2008 Resoluions in Review

]]> By: Brian http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/wordpress/2008/04/19/filed-your-taxes-electronically-heres-when-you-should-get-your-return/comment-page-1/#comment-1685 Brian Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:50:21 +0000 http://www.creditwithdrawal.com/2008/04/19/filed-your-taxes-electronically-heres-when-you-should-get-your-return/#comment-1685 I filed my taxes back in February and the deposit showed up exactly on the date their form promised. TurboTax provided this information as well. I was pleased with TurboTax this year as well, I even blogged about it: http://debtfreethisyear.blogspot.com/2008/03/cutting-expenses-turbotax.html <em><strong>Brian's last blog post..<a href='http://debtfreethisyear.blogspot.com/2008/04/april-debt-status.html' rel="nofollow">April Debt Status</a></strong></em> I filed my taxes back in February and the deposit showed up exactly on the date their form promised. TurboTax provided this information as well. I was pleased with TurboTax this year as well, I even blogged about it: http://debtfreethisyear.blogspot.com/2008/03/cutting-expenses-turbotax.html

Brian’s last blog post..April Debt Status

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