IRS and Tax Filing Issues

Two clerks actually tried to corner me on the forum just to keep me in the dark...
I just shot them an email with the full list of attachments I sent—basically told them to go check it out with their IT department...
They haven't said a word since then...🐔

Sandra Wells5 said:I've been using the e-filing system for four years now. Every single year, I meticulously attach all my documents and include a clear list of everything I've uploaded so they know exactly what's there. Yet, despite all that work, I still have to physically drive down to the local IRS office every year to hand-deliver those same papers because they claim they can't see them online. Honestly, I've thought about just stopping the scanning altogether; it feels like a total waste of effort if nobody sees it.

I find myself struggling to grasp the logic here as well; they seem to possess eyes, yet they remain utterly blind to the reality before them, and they have ears, yet they remain fundamentally deaf to the truth being spoken. 🤦
On several occasions, I have made the trek down to the local IRS office in San Francisco. On one particular visit, I walked into an office of about ten employees, only to find that three were actually seated at their desks working. The other seven? They were simply loitering by the entrance, staring blankly at their smartphones. Is this truly how our tax institutions function? 🤣
If they dare to call me again, I shall be sending an email directly to the CEO. Let them sit there and learn together how one actually opens a PDF file; after all, if they cannot even enforce the very regulations they impose upon their users, what hope is there for anything else? 🙏

Patrick Peterson49 said:Two clerks actually tried to corner me on the forum just to keep me in the dark...
I just shot them an email with the full list of attachments I sent—basically told them to go check it out with their IT department...
They haven't said a word since then...🐔

This represents the next logical stride toward an outright victory—a triumph over the bureaucrats and the career opportunists who populate our institutions. These people wouldn't know how to execute such a maneuver if their lives depended on it; in fact, they lack the fundamental capacity to even recognize its existence, likely because they showed up to work in a complete stupor.

I was wondering, when you're submitting the tax return, do you typically include the balance sheet and the income statement along with the PD form?

I haven't actually submitted anything for this year or even last year... we're just a small-scale startup, so I guess I wasn't entirely sure if we were even supposed to participate or not. To be honest, they didn't ask us for any documentation last year either, so maybe it isn't strictly necessary for businesses our size.

We’re a smaller operation, so we end up handing over pretty much everything they ask for: balance sheets, income statements, gross balances, schedules of carried-forward losses, corporate tax returns, and even various reconciliation statements. I actually had to file a specific statement once just to adjust our corporate tax base because of some personal fuel expenses being mixed in.
Whenever they reach out, I just calmly tell them that everything was submitted through the IRS e-file system, and if they start demanding physical paperwork, my boss immediately asks who’s going to foot the bill for all those extra costs. I remember one time they asked us who would cover the fees for printing out all the transaction cards back before everything went digital, and another time they requested hard copies of documents simply because they didn't keep any paper on hand and had to buy it themselves. My boss just looked at them and pointed out that if they used less paper, they wouldn't have such a problem in the first place.🙂)

Larry Edwards3 said:I was wondering, when you're submitting the tax return, do you typically include the balance sheet and the income statement along with the PD form?

No. You just take the printed report straight from NASA.

David Parker44 said:No. You just take the printed report straight from NASA.

We send all our documentation electronically to the IRS. We don't carry anything in person.👍

What has everyone’s experience been like regarding the SNU forms? I’ve been diving into the instructions lately, and honestly, there is quite a bit to wrap one's head around here. 🤔

Hey, anyone here know how to deal with this Java issue and the IRS website?

Everything was working perfectly fine until today, but now whenever I try to file my sales tax forms, I get this error:

JAVA (TM) was blocked because it is out of date and needs to be update

and then it shows

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it won't let me do anything before just kicking me off the IRS site entirely.
My IT guy is on vacation right now, but I have to get these payroll tax filings submitted and I'm stuck.

I guess I'm not sure if it's an issue on my end—like my computer—or if it's something with the IRS site itself.
I haven't even touched any settings or installed any new Java updates lately...

Brian Campbell36 said:What has everyone’s experience been like regarding the SNU forms? I’ve been diving into the instructions lately, and honestly, there is quite a bit to wrap one's head around here. 🤔

There are guides and videos out there, but honestly, they only cover the easy stuff. There are plenty of scenarios they completely ignore that actually matter. Usually, I just end up firing off inquiries to the IRS and praying for a response before my deadline hits.

I somehow managed to run into every single complex issue possible with the IRS site.🤦
It feels like the whole department is on vacation because I haven't heard back from them in over two weeks.

quiettiger85 said:Hey, anyone here know how to deal with this Java issue and the IRS website?

Everything was working perfectly fine until today, but now whenever I try to file my sales tax forms, I get this error:

JAVA (TM) was blocked because it is out of date and needs to be update

and then it shows

(image)

it won't let me do anything before just kicking me off the IRS site entirely.
My IT guy is on vacation right now, but I have to get these payroll tax filings submitted and I'm stuck.

I guess I'm not sure if it's an issue on my end—like my computer—or if it's something with the IRS site itself.
I haven't even touched any settings or installed any new Java updates lately...

Based on what you wrote, your Java version is outdated. You just need to run an update.🤷

java

Hey there.
Since we're already on the topic of software updates, has anyone actually made the jump from Google Chrome to something else yet?
Are you all just going to stick with Firefox, or what?
I'm asking because of that notice saying Chrome won't be supported starting this September...

jadenomad24 said:Hey there.
Since we're already on the topic of software updates, has anyone actually made the jump from Google Chrome to something else yet?
Are you all just going to stick with Firefox, or what?
I'm asking because of that notice saying Chrome won't be supported starting this September...

Not yet—though I'll probably wait until the absolute last second😁—I'm secretly hoping Oracle and Google just find a way to work things out... because I've gotten so used to Google Chrome, 😢

Carol Price4 said:Not yet—though I'll probably wait until the absolute last second😁—I'm secretly hoping Oracle and Google just find a way to work things out... because I've gotten so used to Google Chrome, 😢

I feel the same way. Chrome was a dream after using Internet Explorer, but now we're facing another headache.
Please, let me know which browsers you're switching to and what your new setup looks like.
I couldn't get Mozilla to behave no matter how hard I tried...

Hey everyone, I could really use some help here. I'm trying to file my sales tax forms through the IRS website, and everything goes smoothly right up until the signature step. Then, nothing. It just refuses to apply my digital signature. I feel like I've tried everything—switching from Internet Explorer to Chrome, even trying Firefox—I've reinstalled Java, double-checked all the settings to make sure everything is enabled per the manual, and even hopped onto a different computer entirely. Still no luck. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this? Thanks!

Is anyone else finding the IRS website absolutely agonizing lately? It took me 15 minutes just to file one payroll report, and I’m sitting there staring at a loading screen for two minutes after every single entry I make.
I'm not sure if it's because we're still running on old Windows XP and Internet Explorer 8. We are on the latest version of Java, and honestly, everything was working perfectly fine until now.

I'm trying to get Firefox configured properly. My online banking works just fine, but the IRS site is being completely uncooperative. 😛

I've been digging through the settings and options, but under the certificates section, I can't find the Activision client certificate or that PKCS#11 file... whatever it was called. I tried to import it, but now it's just sitting there demanding a password. I'm at a total loss for what the next step is.
Banking is up and running, but the tax site is totally dead to me.

Everything works perfectly over in Chrome, though.

Whatever you do, stay far away from installing Java 8 U60; the IRS website itself is explicitly warning users that they’re running into major technical glitches 😢
. I mean, seriously, when is our federal government finally going to stop relying on Java? It is completely and utterly obsolete at this point...

I I had a hell of a time with this too, especially when it started demanding some new version of Java be installed... I couldn't get the damn thing to work, so I just set the form permissions to visible for all authorized users until I figure out a real solution.... Honestly, these constant updates drive me absolutely insane.

Are you guys seeing any movement on those SNU forms? Mine have just been sitting there marked as "received" since late July 🙄
I had every intention of cleaning up all these messy, disconnected payments and paperwork while things were slow, but it looks like nothing is moving until September. Meanwhile, employees won't stop asking about their tax refunds because the IRS told them they can't get anything back until all the payments are properly reconciled 🤦

I’ve been sitting on a pile of unread emails since May.
The thing is, they’re still coming in just fine...