https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/how-do-i-get-my-i-pin-from-its-if-it-s-shutdown-never-received-one-in-the-mail-and-tryed-going-to/01/399808#M165138 Correction i p pin for identity theft victims Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:55:09 GMT automall74 2019-06-04T19:55:09Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/how-do-i-get-my-i-pin-from-its-if-it-s-shutdown-never-received-one-in-the-mail-and-tryed-going-to/01/399808#M165138 Correction i p pin for identity theft victims Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:55:09 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/how-do-i-get-my-i-pin-from-its-if-it-s-shutdown-never-received-one-in-the-mail-and-tryed-going-to/01/399808#M165138 automall74 2019-06-04T19:55:09Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/there-should-be-no-hurry-for-you-to-file-now-when-can/01/399812#M165141 <P>There should be no hurry for you to file now.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P> </P><P> <B>When can I file for 2018?</B> </P> <P> <SPAN>Even though TurboTax will presently allow you to “e-file” your 2018 tax return; be aware that your return is just going to <I>sit on a server </I>waiting until the IRS begins to accept returns.&nbsp; If you discover that you need to change something, you will not be able to do it.&nbsp; You will have to wait out the IRS and amend later after they fully process the return.&nbsp; And amending takes about <B>4 </B>months.&nbsp; Amended returns have to be mailed; you can’t “fix” a mistake and e-file the correction.</SPAN> </P> <P>Just hours after TurboTax started allowing users to e-file, we began to hear from people who were in such a rush to file that they made big mistakes and are now stunned to find out that they cannot do anything to fix their mistakes for weeks, if not months.&nbsp; Do you want to be one of them?</P> <P>The IRS has not yet announced when they will begin to accept 2018 returns.&nbsp; It is unlikely to be sooner than the end of January or even later&nbsp; Many forms are not finalized, and now we have a government shutdown complicating matters. &nbsp;</P> <P>Tax preparation software cannot be finalized and become available to you until the IRS finalizes the forms and then goes through the process of approving the software.&nbsp; Further, many states do not have their forms ready to use yet.</P> <P>Employers have until the end of January to issue W-2’s.&nbsp; You may also need to wait for your various kinds of 1099’s&nbsp; and/or 1098’s to come from banks, Social Security, schools, and other financial institutions that will issue them in late January/early February. &nbsp;</P> <P>Trying to file too early is unwise.&nbsp; With all of the massive tax law changes, new forms, new software, and now the shutdown, it is better to wait for the “bugs”&nbsp; and “glitches” to be worked out before you file.&nbsp; Filing too early because you hope for a quick refund may accomplish just the opposite—your return could end up clogged in a mess that will take weeks or even months to sort out, as many “early” filers have discovered in the past.</P><BR /><P></P> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 19:55:10 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/there-should-be-no-hurry-for-you-to-file-now-when-can/01/399812#M165141 xmasbaby0 2019-06-04T19:55:10Z