According to the linked news story from Yahoo, many taxpayers are still balking at e-filing, listing expense and security reasons.
The IRS claims it costs them less to process e returns versus paper returns.
And they are encouraging people to do so...yet personally we find the idea of e-filing rather frightening.
We will stick to paper, thank you.

http://news.yahoo.com/fc/US/Taxes_and_the_IRS

I know a lady that is as tight as dick's hatband but she won't trust anyone to do her taxes but her $250 accountant.

I do mine online for free, They ask questions,----- w-2, interest, house sale, house bought, capital gains etc. I answer the questions and they print out my taxes with all the forms, it takes about 30 minutes and I never leave my desk. I email it and wait for my money to come back.

I heard today it was in the area of 52% of the US does email their taxes. They would like it to be 80% by 2007 but they do not believe it is going to happen.

I heard today it was in the area of 52% of the US does email their taxes. They would like it to be 80% by 2007 but they do not believe it is going to happen.

It will happen when the older generations die out.

I would do it, but as I understood the IRS's explanation, you can only e-file if you buy that tax software. I don't need bloody tax software! I can do my own bloody taxes, thank you!

Ah the April 15th rush.

Here in New Orleans the primary tax file date is now Aug 28th - so several months before having to be concerned about getting everything to the accountant.

efile makes sense for many - if my taxes weren't so complicated that's what I would do. Instead I end up spending $500 a year to get my taxes prepared by my accountant.

I know a lady that is as tight as dick's hatband but she won't trust anyone to do her taxes but her $250 accountant.

I do mine online for free, They ask questions,----- w-2, interest, house sale, house bought, capital gains etc. I answer the questions and they print out my taxes with all the forms, it takes about 30 minutes and I never leave my desk. I email it and wait for my money to come back.

Did you know that the reason many of the tax services make the software available free online is that they sell the data that you provide. Unless you specifically request that it not be sold, it is perfectly legal to sell it.

I just don't like the idea that they're forcing folks to e-file, almost.
I have concerns about security. Imagine what dishonest people could do with this stuff--they'd have SSN's, everything. We also don't do online banking--maybe we worry too much, I don't know.

I just don't like the idea that they're forcing folks to e-file, almost.


This is a concern of mine also, seems like when the gov starts forcing crap nothing good comes from it.

Ain't that the truth?

Did you know that the reason many of the tax services make the software available free online is that they sell the data that you provide. Unless you specifically request that it not be sold, it is perfectly legal to sell it.

I read something to that effect too. However, I have been doing online banking for 15 years and online taxes for 6 years and have had no problem.

I do online taxes where they have all the software online, all I keep on my computer is a link to the tax site.

I have concerns about security. Imagine what dishonest people could do with this stuff--they'd have SSN's, everything.

I understand your concerns, but the first thing that happens when you send in your paper taxes is that they put all of that info into the same computer my electronically filed info is in, so the level of vulnerability strikes me as pretty similar.

Imagine what dishonest people could do with this stuff

Do you live in a bombshelter or occupy one for elongated periods of time? Curious.

No, no bombshelter.

From CBS News:

AP) Government investigators were able to hack into the Internal Revenue Service computer system last year and access Social Security numbers and other sensitive information from electronically filed tax returns, a congressional report said Thursday.