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Ok if you say so. I would still think a "finance" guy might want to do his own taxes, but whatever.
..jeez get over it. The guy doesn't want to do his own taxes
Ok if you say so. I would still think a "finance" guy might want to do his own taxes, but whatever.
I'm never in a hurry, I wait until April even if I have a refund coming. I don't want any surprises in the way of "corrected forms"
My broker stuff doesn't even arrive until March and even then they say "don't file early, corrected forms may be issued"
With interest rates less than 1%, a couple of months worth don't even pay for a nice supper.
Do I need to wait for a 1095 before I file?
As I've mentioned previously, I file in early February because I don't want any surprises in the way of "identity theft." The longer you wait to file the more opportunity some slimeball will fake a return for a big refund. Filing an occasional amended return is a minor inconvenience compared to dealing with stolen identity.
I'm never in a hurry, I wait until April even if I have a refund coming. I don't want any surprises in the way of "corrected forms"
My broker stuff doesn't even arrive until March and even then they say "don't file early, corrected forms may be issued"
With interest rates less than 1%, a couple of months worth don't even pay for a nice supper.
The IRS and its partners saw a marked improvement in the battle against identity theft in 2016. This is highlighted by the number of new people reporting stolen identities on federal tax returns falling by more than 50 percent, with nearly 275,000 fewer victims compared to a year ago.
"These increased security screenings are invisible to most taxpayers," Koskinen said. "But we want people to be aware we are taking additional steps to protect taxpayers from identity theft, and that sometimes means the real taxpayers face a slight delay in their refunds.”
New this year at least for the federal return was TT asked for driver's license numbers and issue and expiration dates for each driver's license. I don't remember having to do that last year. I suppose it's a check for forged returns, or at least will be next year.
Status change. The graphic is back, and it's hit step 2 of 3 (approved).
By the way, I wouldn't even be checking so often on this if it weren't for starting this thread. But I figured I'd continue to document the 'extreme' example of e-filing on the first possible day.
By the way, I'm going to need to do a 1040-X because the SLCSP came in different enough to generate an IRS bill if I don't fix the problem first. I knew that value was the one with the most possibility for being wrong, since I got it from the KFF calculator. I spent some time trying to get the exact number, but wasn't able to get it. This year, while shopping on the ACA site, I took a screen shot of the prices of the silver plans.
I checked that out just now and I see that it works. But, if I'm recalling correctly, I tried to use that late last year but the option for 2016 wasn't available at that time.I also recorded our SLCSP from last year and when I got the 2016 1095-A the amount is just a little lower than my notes say it should be. So I checked on the healthcare.gov website. They have a tool for finding your SLCSP - https://www.healthcare.gov/tax-tool/
I checked that out just now and I see that it works. But, if I'm recalling correctly, I tried to use that late last year but the option for 2016 wasn't available at that time.
With respect to the SLCSP you saw when shopping for a plan versus what they say it is now, yeah, not worth fighting that battle.
Same with Creditkarma. How should I know when I was issued my driver license? There's an expiration date; my birthday plus some years, but not an issue date. I just backed up the expiration date 4 years and called it close enough.
Fidelity 1099s won't be available until the middle of February
My 1099s are available now.