Save Time And Energy Filing State Taxes Online



Posted: Saturday, February 12, 2011

by Brett Eaton
www.onepricetaxes.com/

This article describes how and why you should file a state tax return online.

Taxes can be distressing, especially if you have to file both federal and state taxes. In most cases, one would file their state return at the same time as their federal return, but it can also be done individually.

Doing your taxes by hand will cause you to have to mail your federal and state tax return's to separate places and thus double your cost on both envolopes and stampes. By far the easiest way to file your taxes is to do both federal and state at that same time.  This will save you a lot of inconvenience. You can, of course, e-file your state taxes online along with your federal return, but the real question is "How do you know when you need to file a state tax return?" A big portion of the US will have to file a state tax return, but there are some states that don't have income taxes. You can obtain the answer to whether or not you have to file a state tax return on one (or more) of the forms that your employer has mailed to you.

The first step is to take a close look at your W-2. You received this tax form from your employer that tells you how much you paid in and how much you really earned for the year. If you jump to the bottom of the W-2 form you will see a section that contains your state wages and taxes.  If there is a value in that section for a state then you will have to file a state tax return. Its likely that you'll have to file a state tax return even if did not reside in that state.  This usually happens when your employer is located in a state that requires the payment of state taxes.

For example, if you are a boiler maker that lives in Florida (where they don't pay state taxes) but you journey to New Jersey to work, you will have to pay New Jersey state taxes even though you don't live there. Filling out a state tax form online is pretty simple since most of the information from your federal return is automatically transferred over.

Being able to receive a quick notice about tax mistakes is a big advantage of filing your state tax return online. Filing your state return online will allow you to get your refund much faster than you would if you were filing a state tax return by hand.

Save yourself time, money, and inconvenience by filing your state tax return online this tax season. Its better for both you and the IRS if your return is filed online because the IRS has less paperwork to deal with. Try it out and see the difference.

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