Federal Taxes Made Easy: The IRS’s Free File Program Makes Paying Taxes As Cool As It Can Be!
Tax season is officially upon us! Sure, you could procrastinate and wait until April 15 to get your taxes in at the last minute or you could make a change this year for the better! Maybe you are waiting a few weeks to earn enough money to pay a tax service to prepare and file your taxes for you. Whatever your excuse for not filing your taxes the same day you get your last W-2 in the mail, you are out of excuses! For those who make less than $58,000 in adjusted gross income, the IRS now has a surprisingly cool product that makes procrastination seem utterly passé. The program is called Free File and it is part of the federal government’s attempt to make paying taxes easier and more hip.
Free File allows you to use your computer to pay your taxes and it boasts the fastest speed for a return for any free service, which makes sense as the program is directly through the IRS! Free File may get you your tax refund within ten days when you select direct deposit as your refund option. Fear not! If you use the Free File software and determine you actually owe the federal government money, you still have until April 15 to pay your taxes!
Off your computer, you need your W-2, 1099 and other tax forms ready and organized. It helps if you have your prior year’s tax return as well. On your prior year’s tax return, you will be able to see what your adjusted gross income was. If you have not gotten a significant raise or taken on more jobs, your adjusted gross income is likely to be in the ballpark for this year. If your adjusted gross income is less than $58,000, you may use the Internal Revenue Service’s Free File.
If you qualify for the income threshold, you must establish an account for Free File directly through the IRS website. While the usual concerns about Internet security persist, Free File is more secure than most tax filing systems as the IRS is cutting out the middleman. Because you are transmitting your data directly to the IRS, there are fewer opportunities for data thieves to access your personal financial information.
More than just a means for filling out tax forms, Free File brings the power of reputable tax calculation software to bear. The IRS teamed with twenty tax computing companies to offer tax calculation software free to citizens using Free File. As a result, you no longer have to pay to use software that helps you calculate your tax debt and refund. Free File calculates your taxes and files your taxes, ensuring accuracy, speed and efficiency.
It is a weird system of government that expects citizens to pay taxes but then makes paying taxes such a complicated process that only a paid professional would understand it. The IRS makes the process simple again with powerful, free software through Free File.
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