TromboneAl
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- Jun 30, 2006
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Just finished my taxes, and found that simply printing out the return and mailing it was easier and cheaper than eFiling.
1. eFile/ePay
Pay $9.95
Jump through hoops to get PIN
Fill out forms online
Pretend to read long legal fine print
Repeat steps 2-4 for ePay
Repeat steps for California state ePay
Tolerate computers that can't remove dashes from SSN or know that 169
is the same as 169.00
Tolerate computers that have special password requirements
If choose to have California account for easier paying:
Go through above steps
Wait 10 days or a PIN to arrive by mail
Versus
2. Use technology from 352 B.C (when checks were invented)
A few clicks to print return (papyrus first used: 3,000 BC)
Write check
Address Envelope
Apply stamp
Mail
1. eFile/ePay
Pay $9.95
Jump through hoops to get PIN
Fill out forms online
Pretend to read long legal fine print
Repeat steps 2-4 for ePay
Repeat steps for California state ePay
Tolerate computers that can't remove dashes from SSN or know that 169
is the same as 169.00
Tolerate computers that have special password requirements
If choose to have California account for easier paying:
Go through above steps
Wait 10 days or a PIN to arrive by mail
Versus
2. Use technology from 352 B.C (when checks were invented)
A few clicks to print return (papyrus first used: 3,000 BC)
Write check
Address Envelope
Apply stamp