New Law Will Impact Practitioners
UPDATE – To help tax practitioners more easily comply with the new electronic filing mandate that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2008, the Department of Revenue has decided to accept Part-Year Non-Resident and Reciprocal-State Non-Resident income-tax returns via 2D barcode or paper format for the 2008 filing season ONLY. However, beginning with the 2009 filing season, all PNR and RNR returns must also be filed electronically.
New Law Will Require Electronic Filing Beginning Jan. 1, 2008
Please be aware that a new Indiana law will go into effect Jan. 1, 2008, that will affect paid tax preparers. This law requires all preparers who file 100 or more individual income-tax returns to file those returns electronically.
Most preparers – 7 out of 10 – already file electronically, so the transition for most preparers will be seamless.
Electronically filed returns can be processed more quickly and efficiently than paper returns, resulting in fewer errors and quicker refunds to taxpayers.
The Indiana Department of Revenue of has compiled a list of frequently asked questions about the new e-file mandate, and other relevant information:
- What does the state require to start a business?
- How can I check on my State income tax refund?
- How do I obtain a state tax number to collect sales tax?
- Where is my state tax refund?
- Who can I contact about Indiana income tax?
- Where do I go for tax forms?
- I filed my Indiana tax return. I owe, but am unable to pay at this time. What sh...
- I worked in Indiana six months. Then I worked six months in another state. How s...
- Know when I will receive my tax refund.
- File a part-year Indiana tax return.
- File my taxes as an Indiana resident while I am in the military, but my spouse is not an Indiana resident.
- Take the renter's deduction.
- Pay my tax bill in installments.
- Claim a gambling loss on my Indiana return.
- Have more time to file my taxes and I think I will owe the Department.
