IRS and Tax Filing Issues

Just got off the phone with support,
The Srusen server is acting up again,
And the lady on the line suggested I just try again in thirty minutes if I can't get everything settled and paid for through the portal $77.
They didn't extend the deadline—or at least, that's what she claims.

The lady from support informed me this morning that I shouldn't bother uploading to the fine or paying yet, as they're going to grant a 100% extension for a few days
If you've reached the "sending data" stage, just wait until their server load lightens up before trying again

Honestly, I’m at a total loss here. I really don't know what my next move should be...

Man, I can't even get the login page to work properly 😵

I sent an email to my contact over at Deloitte, and the director has already taken care of the reference.

By the way, just so you guys know, Deloitte's applications don't actually support older versions of Windows like Windows XP; you need at least Windows 7 or later to run them.

FYI:

Washington, D.C., March 31, 2016 - Just a heads-up that the deadline for filing annual financial reports for statistics is March 31, 2016. Between January 1st and March 31st at 1:00 PM, about 65,003 filers have already turned in their paperwork, which means roughly 45,000 people still haven't checked this legal requirement off their to-do list. Because of that, the Treasury Department expects to be drowning in filings through the end of this week, and if things get crazy, they might even be taking them in on April 4th or 5th, 2016, either at their local branches during normal business hours or via the web app whenever you need it, 24/7.

It’s like they don't even have a clue themselves....
I was actually at the Deloitte office at 2:55 PM to get this submitted,
and Sefica personally took the report from me, making it very clear that the deadline hasn't been extended.
The truth is, I should have just turned this in ten days ago while the systems were actually working!
Instead, I’ve wasted three whole days on this nonsense, and now all I can see when I close my eyes is endless loops of Java code and loading icons....!

🤣 Look, I already told you guys back at 1:00 PM that they were going to extend the deadline... They were slow to announce it, but it was obvious—that whole mess with Java made it pretty clear. Plus, their servers crashed four times today, so it was physically impossible for everyone to get their filings in anyway...

I’m currently wrestling with the deadline for filing annual financial reports for statistics, just like everyone else seems to be, but I’ve hit a massive brick wall. Every time I reach the SIGNING AND PROCESSING stage, the whole system just spins its wheels and tells me it can't access the certificates on my device, suggesting I check my Java console instead. I’ve poked around the settings—and believe me, I’m about as tech-savvy as a sundial—and everything looks perfectly fine on my end, yet nothing works. Looking back through previous threads, it seems like this is a universal headache because I went ahead and installed a fresh version of Java (I think it was version 8.77?) only to be met with the exact same failure. After a bit of a meltdown, I finally sent off a formal email asking for some guidance, but in this bureaucracy, who knows when they'll actually get back to me? So, if there's anyone here with a shred of technical expertise who might know how to fix this, I am humbly asking for your help. I'm just a lady in distress here, trying to figure this out on my own with zero formal training. 🤦 Come on, tech wizards, save me.... PLEASE...

Just wipe that Java version off your machine and roll back to the previous one.
You can find the instructions on the fine.com page regarding how to tweak the Explorer menu and adjust your Java settings in the Control Panel.
Once you're done, run a signature test; it’ll give you a definitive answer on whether the system is actually configured correctly or if you're just spinning your wheels.
I went through this entire setup yesterday—everything was perfectly tuned, and even customer support confirmed it was good to go—only to be blocked because their entire server crashed right when I tried to hit send.
Good luck.

placidlynx92 said:Back during my first year, I paid the IRS $83 including tax, and then there's the annual fee for renewing the certificate every single year $75.

Thanks for the heads up. That’s exactly how I handled my payments too.

I've got this weird situation with sales tax and I was hoping you guys could weigh in on it:

So, we’ve been sitting on an accumulated sales tax refund since October, and I want to file a request to offset it against our payroll taxes instead. I already know my pay schedule and the specific tax ID numbers, so everything seems straightforward enough. I called the IRS just to double-check if there’s anything else I need to worry about, and they told me that since the credit dates back to October, I need to submit the books for the IRA for those months along with the request and the completed transfer forms.

Anyway, I go to file the form for February 2016, marking it as a refund request. On that specific form, the math shows a refund of 31k, but we’re actually looking for 52k total, so I fill out the section where you declare how you want to handle the credit. The problem is, the form won't validate mathematically unless I manually plug the difference—that gap between 31 and 52—into box V. Only then does the system finally let the form pass through.

A few days later, I get a call from the agent at the IRS saying he can't process a form like that. He asks where that number in box V is coming from and tells me to just enter the refund amount from the previous form. I tried doing exactly what he said, but I just kept getting the same error message. I sent him a screenshot, and he said he'd get back to me.

Then, a couple of days after that, he calls back and tells me to completely remove the section where I explain what we want to do with the refund amount. But if I do that, the form fails validation again. His last bit of advice was to just enter the 31k plus whatever was on the last form—about 6k—making it 37k total. The thing is, we're officially requesting 52k via the application. So, yeah... I guess I'm wondering what you all think about this mess.

I'm dealing with the exact same headache right now (for about $6.75). Some of our filings kept getting flagged by the IRS online portal, and once we finally got one through, an agent actually called me up to say they couldn't process it that way. When I asked why—and how on earth we’re supposed to get our refund then—I was basically told to wait for a formal response in writing. We were just trying to offset our sales tax against corporate income tax or just get a direct deposit back into our account.
My take? They’ll drag their feet on refunds as long as humanly possible, no matter what. It feels like there's some unspoken rule at the agency: "Don't give the money back."

Personally, my plan is to just show up at the local field office with a physical request for the credit, copies of our tax IDs, our IRA ledger, and whatever else they demand. This whole thing is just straight-up incompetence and disrespect.

And then they get all rude about it, acting like everything is my fault when they’re the ones who sent over the wrong form in the first place, and then some clerk actually had the nerve to call me a walking ATM 🤦, just a total jerk 🙄, honestly, look, if I messed up something, I’ll fix it, fine, but there’s really no need for the insults 🙄 I’m actually thinking about requesting an official ruling from the IRS, just to get them to state on the record how this filing is supposed to work, because at this point, I feel like I don't have a clue what I'm doing 🕺

I get my sales tax refunds processed through monthly offsets. I don't sit around waiting for them to pile up like a massive credit; we just clear them out every single month. Honestly, I’ve never actually run into the mess you're describing.

The only thing I can think of is whether those forms you sent over were marked to be held as a credit 🤔 and if that specific credit—you know, that tax credit—was then carried over to the next form under line item V. 🤔

I was trying to plug in the total accumulated amount under Section V—which is north of 160,000 USD—but the damn form just won't let me. It’s like the math doesn't even work because the requested refund has to be the direct result of Sections IV and V, which then dictates the figure in Section VI. I mean, I guess there's some logic to it if you think about it; basically, whatever you're asking back has to match what you're putting down. But honestly, it feels pretty nonsensical to me that I had to specify we're looking for 37 individual refunds when the actual claim is sitting at 52,000.00 USD 🙄

I wanted to double-check something—was that $21,000 difference reported correctly on those sales tax forms when it first popped up?
Was it marked as a prepayment, and then later rolled into the next filing as a tax credit?

Look, if you’ve got an overpayment you're holding onto, you just flag it as a prepayment. Then, in next month's sales tax return, you slot it under Section V as a credit... and you just keep cycling it through until you finally decide to file for a refund or a straight-up offset.
That’s how it's supposed to work, anyway. Even the IRS instructions seem to back that up.

Section V.
Report any unpaid sales tax owed up to the filing date of the previous return specifically regarding any sales tax overpayments
(tax credits) from a prior filing period.

But hey, I might be totally off base here. Just a hunch.

ruggedmaker2 said:I wanted to double-check something—was that $21,000 difference reported correctly on those sales tax forms when it first popped up?
Was it marked as a prepayment, and then later rolled into the next filing as a tax credit?

Look, if you’ve got an overpayment you're holding onto, you just flag it as a prepayment. Then, in next month's sales tax return, you slot it under Section V as a credit... and you just keep cycling it through until you finally decide to file for a refund or a straight-up offset.
That’s how it's supposed to work, anyway. Even the IRS instructions seem to back that up.

Section V.
Report any unpaid sales tax owed up to the filing date of the previous return specifically regarding any sales tax overpayments
(tax credits) from a prior filing period.

But hey, I might be totally off base here. Just a hunch.

I get what you mean, and yeah, that would probably be why they can't process the form, but honestly, my form would only go through if I listed the full $160,000 as a refund, unless the system actually lets you check two boxes so you can put $52,000 as a refund and leave the rest as a prepayment. That would probably fix it. 🙂 Man, if only they’d bother to explain things clearly for once. 🙄

So, you're saying you wouldn't just claim everything, but instead move a chunk over to your social security contributions and leave the rest sitting there? Is that the plan?
Why on earth would you do that?
Look, go back and audit the whole thing. Move what needs to go toward your taxes/contributions and have them cut you a check for the rest. Send it straight to your checking account.
Once you get that refund, demand it. Get it all sorted so your books are clean.

I mean, I deal with refunds every single month. I’m constantly shifting funds to cover my payroll taxes or just having the cash sent back to my Chase account. It's no big deal.
Let those bureaucrats actually work for a living. Let them earn a paycheck for once. 😁

ruggedmaker2 said:So, you're saying you wouldn't just claim everything, but instead move a chunk over to your social security contributions and leave the rest sitting there? Is that the plan?
Why on earth would you do that?
Look, go back and audit the whole thing. Move what needs to go toward your taxes/contributions and have them cut you a check for the rest. Send it straight to your checking account.
Once you get that refund, demand it. Get it all sorted so your books are clean.

I mean, I deal with refunds every single month. I’m constantly shifting funds to cover my payroll taxes or just having the cash sent back to my Chase account. It's no big deal.
Let those bureaucrats actually work for a living. Let them earn a paycheck for once. 😁

I mean, there are plenty of reasons for it, including needing to cover massive amounts of sales tax during the summer months, so I just let those payments come out of the subscription instead. And honestly, I quit my job six months ago, so I’m really hoping this is finally the last tax form I ever have to deal with and that I won't have to care what they do with the subscription anymore. 🤣