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dusty wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 4:29 pm

jsburger wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:02 pm

dusty wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 1:11 pm That socks. I am still waiting for 2020 tax return to be processed. They have processed my payment though.

I guess I am very naive about this. It has been a while since we have owed federal tax. I always owe state. I send a check and it clears the bank and I am done. I have no idea if any data base shows they have or have not "processed" my return. I don't care. They accepted my check so the taxes are paid.

How do you check if your return has been "processed"? As I said above our CPA files the return electronically and sends me an email that it was filed and the IRS has accepted it. That is all I care about.

They accepted my check too but the IRS.GOV website still has my return "in process". It has not yet been accepted. In fact, I received a letter about two months ago from the IRS office saying that my return had not been received but if I had already filed please send them a copy of all supporting documents. That was done the very same day; returned via registered mail. No green card back on that either.

Now I am ready to file my 2021 taxes but I am holding it for awhile.

JPG wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 6:59 pm So the moral to all this is file late and hope they get overwhelmed with late returns?

A side note, my state dept of revenue just sent me a notice that my 2017 state return did not match my 2017 federal return (caused by an inadvertent error)Apparently the IRS is making historical info available to the states. So KY dept of revenue has some folks with not enough to do!

dusty wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 8:23 pm They said that if I had already filed to send them a copy. I did that the very s a me day. I see nothing unusual about that except that I know they received the filing because the enclosed check had cleared the bank
. What happened to the 1040 and support documents

jsburger wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 8:52 pm

dusty wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 8:23 pm They said that if I had already filed to send them a copy. I did that the very s a me day. I see nothing unusual about that except that I know they received the filing because the enclosed check had cleared the bank
. What happened to the 1040 and support documents

OK,, sending them a copy of your TAX RETURN is different than just sending them supporting documents.

A simple solution to preclude this in the future, pay a reputable tax person to do your taxes. Yes it will cost a few dollars but they will file electronically and will guarantee their work. If you have a simple return it should not cost that much and the fee is tax deductible the next year. If the IRS has a question, your tax preparer will sort it out.

We had a problem with our California tax return a few years ago. We have to file in California because we have rental properties there. Don't owe but still have to file. We got a letter a few years back that we had not filed our tax form. Took it to our CPA and he took care of it. Actually all I did was call him and tell him about the letter. Case closed.

A little money and piece of mind.

dusty wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 8:30 pm

JPG wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 6:59 pm So the moral to all this is file late and hope they get overwhelmed with late returns?

A side note, my state dept of revenue just sent me a notice that my 2017 state return did not match my 2017 federal return (caused by an inadvertent error)Apparently the IRS is making historical info available to the states. So KY dept of revenue has some folks with not enough to do!

Why do you conclude that. Do you not include a copy of. Your federal 1040 A supporting documentation to your state return. The question I would ask is why four years later.