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Conference nyoss1::market_investing

Title:Market Investing
Moderator:2155::michaud
Created:Thu Jan 23 1992
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1060
Total number of notes:10477

374.0. "can a normal person fax a tax return?" by LEDS::SIMARD (There's no traffic jam on the extra mile!) Thu Feb 04 1993 17:12

    If this has been answered elsewhere I would appreciate a pointer.
    
    Can a regular person fax their tax return to the IRS?  I can't believe
    places are charging $35.00 for the privilege of doing so.  
    
    How legal are the faxed copies?  Do I have to mail the originals too?
    
    If so where can I get the number to fax it too?
    
    Thnaks
    
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374.1KOALA::DIMSUM::grinnellThu Feb 04 1993 22:033
I don't know about faxing, but I thought those services were submitting 
electronically, which I took to mean sending the data over the wire, so no data 
entry clerk at the IRS has to type the numbers into their computer.
374.2Electronic filing is *not* a FAXTOHOPE::WSA118::SOVEREIGN_S...once a knight is enough(?)Fri Feb 05 1993 13:3719
Electronic filing with the IRS is rather rigidly controlled.

For all the gruesome details, get:

Pub 1345, Handbook for Electronic Filers of Individual Income Tax
Returns (Tax Year 1992)
                               and

Pub 1346, Electronic Return File Specifications and Record Layouts
for Individual Income Tax Returns (Tax Year 1992)

Also, you have to apply ahead of time to actaully be one of these
"filers of returns" on form 8633 "Application to Participate..."

...and so forth.

Not for folks with weak stomachs...

SteveSov