(2010 earnings)

* The IRS does not guarantee a specific date that a refund will be deposited into a taxpayer’s financial institution account or when it will be mailed.

* The IRS does not guarantee a specific date that a refund will be deposited into a taxpayer’s financial institution account or when it will be mailed.

Refund Inquiries

You can check the status of your refund 72 hours after IRS acknowledges receipt of your e-filed return. For the fastest information call 1-800-829-1954 or 1-800-829-4477.

Based on the date your return was accepted by the IRS, the earliest your refund will be direct deposited or mailed is shown on the chart above. This is a projected date based on normal processing. On the Wednesday prior to the projected date, you can go to www.irs.gov and click on Where’s my refund? to get any changes to the projected date.

Try us for Free!

Be sure to check out the 2011 e-File Refund Cycle Chart for when you will receive your tax refunds!

Try us for Free!

(2009 earnings)

* The IRS does not guarantee a specific date that a refund will be deposited into a taxpayer’s financial institution account or when it will be mailed.

Refund Inquiries

Taxpayers who e-filed their 2010 Taxes can get refund information 72 hours after the electronic return data is acknowledged as accepted by the IRS. To check the status of a refund click on Where’s my refund? Taxpayers without internet access can get refund information by calling 1-800-829-1954 or 1-800-829-4477.

The IRS will start accepting tax returns by e-file on that date. If there are any changes or delays we will keep you informed.

Check out the 2010 e-File Refund Cycle Chart for when you can expect your tax refunds.

Subscribe to keep up with any changes or delays.

“People across the country are missing tax refunds and stimulus checks. We want to get this money into the hands of taxpayers where it belongs,” said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. “We are committed to making the process as easy as possible for taxpayers to update their addresses with the IRS and get their checks.”

All a taxpayer has to do is update his or her address once. The IRS will then send out all checks due.

Stimulus Checks

It is crucial that taxpayers who may be due a stimulus check update their addresses with the IRS by Nov. 28, 2008. By law, economic stimulus checks must be sent out by Dec. 31 of this year. The undeliverable economic stimulus checks average $583.

The “Where’s My Stimulus Payment?” tool on this Web site is the quickest and easiest way for a taxpayer to check the status of a stimulus check and receive instructions on how to update his or her address. Taxpayers without internet access should call 1-866-234-2942.

Regular Refunds

The regular refund checks that were returned to the IRS average $988. These checks are resent as soon as taxpayers update their address.

Taxpayers can update their addresses with the “Where’s My Refund?” tool on this Web site. It enables taxpayers to check the status of their refunds. A taxpayer must submit his or her social security number, filing status and amount of refund shown on their 2007 return. The tool will provide the status of their refund and in some cases provide instructions on how to resolve delivery problems.

Taxpayers checking on a refund over the phone will be given instructions on how to update their addresses. Taxpayers can access a telephone version of “Where’s My Refund?” by calling 1-800-829-1954.

Unsure?

Taxpayers not sure of which type of check they may be due should check on a potential economic stimulus check first because of the looming deadline. See instructions above.

For Most People

The vast majority of checks mailed out by the IRS reach their rightful owner every year. Only a very small percent are returned by the U.S. Postal Service as undeliverable.

Through September 2008, the government distributed 116 million economic stimulus payments with only about 279,000 checks being undeliverable. Meanwhile, the IRS has distributed more than 105 million regular refunds this year with only about 104,000 being undeliverable. In both cases, well under one percent of refunds or stimulus checks were undeliverable.

Avoiding Future Problems

The IRS encourages taxpayers to choose direct deposit when they file their return because it puts an end to lost, stolen or undeliverable checks. Taxpayers can receive refunds directly into personal checking or savings accounts. Direct deposit is available for filers of both paper and electronic returns.

The IRS also encourages taxpayers to file their tax returns electronically because e-file eliminates the risk of lost paper returns. E-file also reduces errors and speeds up refunds.

WASHINGTON — Taxpayers and tax preparers affected in coming days by Hurricane Ike will have an extra seven days to file corporate tax returns and third-quarter estimated taxes otherwise due on Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, the Internal Revenue Service announced today.

Hurricane Ike is expected to make landfall on the Gulf Coast of Texas, not far from Houston, by early Saturday morning.

Because the storm is falling within one business day of the Sept. 15 due dates, taxpayers directly impacted by the storm will have until midnight Sept. 22 to meet their tax filing obligations without incurring late filing and payment penalties.

The IRS is likely to further postpone that deadline and make further tax relief available following damage assessments by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Affected taxpayers can mark paper tax returns with the words “Hurricane Ike.” Taxpayers who e-file their returns can use their software’s “disaster” feature, if available.

Taxpayers can keep up to date by visiting the IRS.gov Web site.

For tax year 2007, the mailing changes affect returns, with or without payments, from these seven states:
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Taxpayers from these seven states should send:

• Returns from Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma and Wisconsin to the IRS center in Fresno, California.
• Returns from Kentucky to the IRS center in Austin, Texas.
• Returns from Pennsylvania and West Virginia to the IRS center in Kansas City, Missouri.

For taxpayers who file paper returns, the correct center addresses are on labels inside the tax packages they receive in the mail. Taxpayers who do not receive a package should refer to the back cover of the instructions on Forms 1040, 1040A or 1040EZ.

Taxpayers who e-file will not be affected by these changes. Last year, 57 percent of all individual income tax filers chose to e-file their tax returns.

For Tax Year 2008 the e-file start date is January 16, 2009

We will be opening also on January 11th so you can file your taxes and efile your return to the IRS.

Keep in mind that in some cases it may take the IRS a couple of days to process and accept your tax return so the date you efile your taxes and the date your tax return is accepted can be two different dates. If you look at the 2008 Refund Cycle Chart use the date your return was accepted and not your efile date.

See you on the 11th!

Step 1 – Get all your tax information together! – You’ll save time and won’t have to stop in the middle of preparing your current year tax return to find a missing document.

Here is what you will need :

• Social Security numbers for yourself, your spouse, and any dependents.
• Forms W-2 from all employers are required for yourself and your spouse.
• Forms 1099 for Dividends, Retirement, or other income, or any Forms 1099 with Income Tax Withholding.
• Receipts for expenses for Itemized Deductions (Schedule A).
• Receipts and records for other income or expenses.
• Bank Account numbers (for a fast refund, or to pay electronically).
• Prior year Adjusted Gross Income amount or prior year PIN if using a Self-Select PIN as your signature.
• Complete information on what records you need, and how long to keep your records.

Step 2 – Choose the method of e-filing that works for you:

• Tax Professional
• Personal Computer

Step 3 – e-file it!

Paid Preparer – If using a Tax Preparer, be sure to take all your information with you, and don’t forget to ask for IRS e-file!
Personal Computer – Those filing taxes online, just answer the simple questions in our tax preparation software here at Da Kine Taxes, and the software will do the rest for you. For faster refunds, or to pay when YOU want to, have your bank account number handy.

Relax. You’re done. Now SHARE – tell a family member or friend IRS e-file is the smart way to electronically file their federal and state income tax returns!

*The IRS does not guarantee a specific date that a refund will be deposited into a taxpayer’s financial institution account or mailed. Taxpayers should wait at least three weeks from the time the electronic return data is acknowledged as accepted by the IRS before checking the status of a refund.

To check the status of a refund, call TeleTax at 1-800-829-4477 (toll free) or go to www.irs.gov and click on “Where’s My Refund.”

The IRS should issue your refund check within six to eight weeks of filing a paper return. If you use e-file and you chose to receive your refund through direct deposit, you should receive it within a week. If you use e-file and a check, your refund should be issued between two and three weeks.

Track your Refund here. ]]> http://www.dakinetaxes.com/2007/track-your-refund/feed/ 0