4. Get your refund
If you’re expecting a refund, you can receive it right in your bank account, listed on the form. On Form 1040 just write your account number, the type of account, and your bank’s routing number on lines 35b, 35c, and 35d.
In at least 21 days you should get the refund in your bank account. However, if you decide to file early, you can also get it early.
5. The payment has never been easier
It’s quite normal for taxpayers to be reluctant when it comes to sending a big check through the mail. The IRS has your back and offers plenty of options for you to complete the payment step.
You can directly pay from your bank account on the Direct Pay website. Or you can go to the IRS’ website which has a dedicated page for the payment. The third and final option consists in choosing a payment processor if you want to pay with a credit card, but they will ask for a fee in exchange for their services.
Takeaway
Take these tips into consideration before starting the whole tax filing process. Knowing and applying these can help you save a lot of time and energy. Keep in mind the fact that every online action’s purpose is to save more precious time for everyone.
We know how difficult tax season can be, but it’s important to get ahead of things and do everything in advance in order to avoid any possible unpleasantries.
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1 thought on “5 Tips to File Your Taxes In Under 1 Hour”
I like to read many informative things about many items. I do our taxes with turbo tax the long form for several years now and I am quite creative within the law, we have not paid taxes for a long time.
Your article was ok, but told me little I did not already know.
I would REALLY like to know why the IRS will not give me back as much money as my tax form says they should. They have claimed missing SS #s, not true, claimed dependants, not true, claimed incorrect figuring-hello-turbo tax? not true. They only ever want to give back what we gave them as the 10% we had held for them with withdrawals from hubby’s IRA required as he is now 78.
How might I ever be able to get what they OWE me according how my taxes work out? I do spend some time on them, they used to pay us, now they just will n ot. Have some rules changed I do not know about and I could just do the short form?
Many thanks for any info you might give me to better understand this!!