Comments on: How to File a Tax Extension

By: fredct

fredct — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:39:38 +0000

Crystal, I might suggest you talk to your local taxpayer advocate. I don’t know they can help you specifically, but they should at least to be able to help you with who to go to, if not more:
http://www.irs.gov/advocate/

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:26:22 +0000

Crystal, You did the right thing by contacting the IRS, but I’m not sure where to go from here. I would contact a tax professional with this question.

By: Crystal Loomis

Crystal Loomis — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:10:54 +0000

My question is my husband owes back taxes and we have contacted the irs on three different occasions and they were to be sending us paperwork to put in an offer to settle out and we havent received anything in the mail yet, and they said that they could take up to 60 days to give us a response if they accepted our offer. What do we do since it would be maybe into May 2010 before they would give us and answer?

By: fredct

fredct — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:26:28 +0000

I very much doubt that you’ll get it for free, but I could be wrong. Looking around at the major providers, they all seem to offer 2008 returns still (although you have to dig sometimes), but none of them do it for free probably because they figure there aren’t enough people to upsell and make it worth their while.

But, since you’re a year late, I think you should be less concerned with saving $20-$30, and more concerned with just getting it done. It’ll be worth your while. If you’re not a major do-it-yourself type person, then Ryan’s idea to just hand them both to a local tax preparer may be well worth it.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:42:26 +0000

I don’t know if there are any sites that will let you file past year’s taxes for free. You may want to check with all the major sites. If that doesn’t work, you may consider contacting a local tax preparer to do last year’s taxes and this year’s at the same time. You may be able to get a better deal that way.

By: LeAnna

LeAnna — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:01:30 +0000

Are there any websites that will help you file 2008 taxes for free once the deadline has passed? I sent in an extension request and paid fully the taxes that I thought I would owe but I would like to file my 2008 taxes before filing my 2009 taxes to make sure everything is in order.

By: fredct

fredct — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:32:18 +0000

The first thing you do is contact the IRS ASAP. If you go to them, they will work with you, if they have to come after you, you will see a much less friendly side.

If it makes you feel better, you can go to your local taxpayer advocate:
http://www.irs.gov/advocate/article/0,,id=97402,00.html

By: duke

duke — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:41:32 +0000

My ex was supposed to do and file my taxes last year. She told me she filed and extension and would get done asap. Well she just now informed me she did not file the taxes and gave me all the paperwork back and said good luck.. What do i do now. Self employed DJ.