Why would you want to do that, when TurboTax offers a simple e-file version of filing for an extension? As the original author asks, why would we use a 20 year-old method of postal service and paper for something that is as simple as clicking a button on the online version.
I'm not sure why people are playing apologist to Intuit on this topic. It is hard to give a good reason that we shouldn't have the same easy experience filing an extension on the app/program as we have using the online web version.
It is something that Intuit should provide. You should be able to - at any point while preparing your taxes - decide that you want to file an extension while using the program/app and do so. Right now, if you are doing your taxes and decide you need an extension, you either print a paper form and mail it, or you go online, and enter ALL of your personal info AGAIN while dodging repeated attempts to get you to pay for something you already own in order to do something that should be a simple click of a button in the app/program version.
That's not an unreasonable expectation, nor is it an odd or unusual situation for a taxpayer to find themself in.
