IRS and Tax Filing Issues

"We are currently working on resolving several bugs identified during the submission process for DI forms. A new version of the IRS application, which includes all necessary patches and fixes, is scheduled to go live tomorrow, February 23, 2017.

We appreciate your patience while we finalize these updates."

All those IBM transactions with the zeros finally cleared for me late yesterday afternoon—even the ones that were stuck before.
I was thinking about trying to push the rest through today, but I think I'll just hang tight until tomorrow. 😁

Carol Price4 said:It means you basically have to physically go see an agent so they can type it in themselves—since their system clearly can't handle these forms correctly without tripping errors.😁

silverbadger said:I remember getting an answer from the IRS once—just a verbal one, mind you—stating that once you start using their electronic services, you aren't supposed to switch back to filing paper forms. However, at the beginning of last year, we ran into some major technical glitches with the online system, so we ended up hand-delivering a massive stack of paper filings, and they just went ahead and manually entered everything into the system for us.
At the end of the day, my take is that it really just comes down to the individual agent you're dealing with. Honestly, it all depends on the person sitting behind the desk at the local field office.

Last year, I had this massive headache with a specific tax form; it kept throwing these ridiculous error messages at me. So, I called them up, and they told me to just bring it in person. That's exactly what I did, only for them to call me back six months later claiming they’d wasted three whole days trying to process my filing! Then they tell me, "Oh, fine, just fill it out through the online portal now and send it that way." And I’m sitting there thinking, seriously?!?!?!?!? If you already processed it, why on earth are you calling me back after half a year? 🤔 It wasn't even a question of whether I should go in and file it digitally; I never truly grasped why they'd bother telling me they'd finished the job if they were just going to make me do it all over again...

The data has been received and is currently undergoing processing 🙂

Anthony Gonzalez17 said:The data has been received and is currently undergoing processing 🙂

I'm in the same boat as 👋

Everything seems to be in order 👋

Oh man, I tell you!

I usually just ignore those automated notification messages, but as long as everyone else made the cut, I’m clearing this whole mess off my desk. 👏

Since this new app for disability claims is out—and most of my forms are basically identical to last year's—is there any way to just upload my old paperwork? (Or am I stuck spending two whole days clicking through everything again?)

To qualify for the free supplemental health insurance, assuming my household income falls below the threshold... which document from the IRS am I actually going to need? Is it the statement of last year's total earnings? Does it need to cover just me, or everyone? And can I even pull that kind of paperwork through the official IRS online portal?

Jamie Garcia7 said:To qualify for the free supplemental health insurance, assuming my household income falls below the threshold... which document from the IRS am I actually going to need? Is it the statement of last year's total earnings? Does it need to cover just me, or everyone? And can I even pull that kind of paperwork through the official IRS online portal?

Look, that IRS portal is really built for business owners and professionals.
Check it out here if you want to see what I mean: http://www.irs.gov/filing/e-file-options

You aren't going to find that specific certificate on there.
Honestly, your best bet is to just walk into a local IRS office. They'll know exactly which piece of paper you need to prove you're eligible for that benefit.

Does anyone happen to know if there’s a slightly less painful way to transfer files from a card reader over to a USB stick? I was also wondering if it might be possible to use that stick to install some of those tax software programs or filing tools directly onto a tablet or maybe even a smartphone? You know, just for those times when you're out and about and need to quickly check on a business account balance or shoot over an IRS form on the fly... since I run my own business, it would definitely come in handy.
Thanks

The Democratic Party announcement is live on the Police Department website.
Still, we won't have to deal with manually typing it out and attaching it to the PD forms. I guess. 🙂

Honestly, if you aren't running some kind of software that exports directly to the IRS... doing it all in Excel is way easier than grinding through the IRS site manually

Richard Howard55 said:The Democratic Party announcement is live on the Police Department website.
Still, we won't have to deal with manually typing it out and attaching it to the PD forms. I guess. 🙂

I’m really hoping the Pupil gets this uploaded right away... maybe if we all start flooding their inbox with questions, they'll move faster! 😁

Carol Price4 said:I’m really hoping the Pupil gets this uploaded right away... maybe if we all start flooding their inbox with questions, they'll move faster! 😁

Well, I actually reached out to them just the other day, and they basically told me straight to my face that they aren't planning on doing a single thing about it 😢

ruggedlynx63 said:Well, I actually reached out to them just the other day, and they basically told me straight to my face that they aren't planning on doing a single thing about it 😢

Just saw this pop up on Facebook...😠

I’m looking for some guidance if anyone here has more experience with this specific headache—Back on February 28, 2017, our accounting firm had power of attorney for the IRS, but that authorization was officially revoked on that date. Since then, the owner and director of our LLC went ahead and obtained a digital certificate in his own name to handle everything for the company. In my mind, there shouldn't be any need to grant anyone else power of attorney if he’s the primary user, yet every time we try to log in, we get an error message. It says the certificate was issued in his name under that specific EIN, but then claims he lacks the authority to file because someone else is listed as the authorized representative in the registry...

Does anyone have an idea of what the exact next step should be to fix this?

Samuel Sanders8 said:I’m looking for some guidance if anyone here has more experience with this specific headache—Back on February 28, 2017, our accounting firm had power of attorney for the IRS, but that authorization was officially revoked on that date. Since then, the owner and director of our LLC went ahead and obtained a digital certificate in his own name to handle everything for the company. In my mind, there shouldn't be any need to grant anyone else power of attorney if he’s the primary user, yet every time we try to log in, we get an error message. It says the certificate was issued in his name under that specific EIN, but then claims he lacks the authority to file because someone else is listed as the authorized representative in the registry...

Does anyone have an idea of what the exact next step should be to fix this?

Just shoot them an email.

Zachary White19 said:Just shoot them an email.

And I'm supposed to just sit around waiting a few days for a reply when my sales tax filing is due tomorrow.😠

Samuel Sanders8 said:And I'm supposed to just sit around waiting a few days for a reply when my sales tax filing is due tomorrow.😠

Subject: URGENT: Massive headache with my digital certificate and sales tax forms! Please help! 😉
They got back to me lightning fast. Honestly, I was almost suspicious—usually, you're waiting forever for anyone to even acknowledge you exist.

ruggedmaker2 said:Subject: URGENT: Massive headache with my digital certificate and sales tax forms! Please help! 😉
They got back to me lightning fast. Honestly, I was almost suspicious—usually, you're waiting forever for anyone to even acknowledge you exist.

I ended up writing that it was an emergency and they needed to check what was going on, because honestly, it makes zero sense that the owner and CEO—the very person the certificate was issued to—would need some kind of power of attorney. Anyway, I'm just hoping they move quickly, though I'm feeling a bit uneasy because every time I hit send on an inquiry, there isn't any confirmation saying it actually went through; it just kicks me right back to the homepage, so I can't even be certain if my message actually sent.😠