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Turb tax assistant helped me file for extension to file my 2018 taxes UNNECESSARILY. I found out that I have until July to do so. Can someone help me withdraw the extension request ?

 
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Turb tax assistant helped me file for extension to file my 2018 taxes UNNECESSARILY. I found out that I have until July to do so. Can someone help me withdraw the extension request ?

What?  A 2018 extension had to be done by April 15, 2019.  And was only good until Oct. 15, 2019.  

 

Did you mean a 2020 extension?  You can't cancel it.  Why do you want to?  Just file when you can.  The extension won't affect anything even if it's not needed.

Turb tax assistant helped me file for extension to file my 2018 taxes UNNECESSARILY. I found out that I have until July to do so. Can someone help me withdraw the extension request ?

2018?  There is nothing you can do about a 2018 extension request since it is no longer valid.

Turb tax assistant helped me file for extension to file my 2018 taxes UNNECESSARILY. I found out that I have until July to do so. Can someone help me withdraw the extension request ?

2018?   That does not even make sense.   When did you request that extension?   Did you request it in 2019? You could not get an extension for a 2018 return now.   The filing deadline for a 2018 return was October 15, 2019.   If you owed tax you had to pay the estimated tax by April 15, 2019 and the extension would have given you until 10-15 to file the return.   If you are getting a refund you have up to three years from the filing deadline to get the return filed and receive the refund, and you do not even need an extension for that.

 

There is no reason to try and withdraw an extension you do not even have.   File the 2018 return asap if you owe tax due and expect a bill for the penalties and interest.  Or.....file it by October 15, 2021 in order to get your refund.

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

Turb tax assistant helped me file for extension to file my 2018 taxes UNNECESSARILY. I found out that I have until July to do so. Can someone help me withdraw the extension request ?

From my understanding we have up to 3 yrs to file any taxes, not pay taxes. I have never made enough to owe anything. And I already completed my 2020 taxes with turbo tax. Find info before replying please.

Turb tax assistant helped me file for extension to file my 2018 taxes UNNECESSARILY. I found out that I have until July to do so. Can someone help me withdraw the extension request ?


@ldakota1972- wrote:

From my understanding we have up to 3 yrs to file any taxes, not pay taxes. I have never made enough to owe anything. And I already completed my 2020 taxes with turbo tax. Find info before replying please.


If no taxes are owed or your return has a tax refund, then you have up to three years from the due date of the tax return to file the return.  For tax year 2018 the tax return has to be filed on or before April 15, 2022.  If an extension request for tax year 2018 was filed and accepted before April 15, 2019, then the 2018 tax return has to be filed on or before October 15, 2022.

Turb tax assistant helped me file for extension to file my 2018 taxes UNNECESSARILY. I found out that I have until July to do so. Can someone help me withdraw the extension request ?

Exactly. I know that now. The problem is the assistant didn't know that. My issue is... She assisted me in turning in an extension anyway. I didn't need it for 2020. I already completed my 2020 taxes with them on March 24 2021.

Turb tax assistant helped me file for extension to file my 2018 taxes UNNECESSARILY. I found out that I have until July to do so. Can someone help me withdraw the extension request ?

Okay----so either you or the "assistant" had a misunderstanding about what tax year you were trying to get an extension for.   As you now know,  it would be impossible to get an extension fora past year return in 2021.   The only tax year you could get an extension for in 2021 would have been for a 2020 return.     So get over it.   You do not need an extension if you will be getting a refund for that past year return.   Nothing the "assistant" did is going to affect you or keep you from mailing in your past year return.  Even if an extension was filed for your 2020 by some mistake...you filed your 2020 return.   If you still have not filed your 2018 return, you have plenty of time to file it if you are getting a refund.

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

Turb tax assistant helped me file for extension to file my 2018 taxes UNNECESSARILY. I found out that I have until July to do so. Can someone help me withdraw the extension request ?

First, if a turbotax customer support person helped you file an extension, it could only have been for 2020.  If you already filed a 2020 return, the extension application will not benefit or harm you in any way, the IRS will ignore it.

 

It sounds like a simple miscommunication problem, or the support person was poorly trained.  I could send a request to the moderators to have your case reviewed so the support person could be re-trained, but I think that's a waste of time at this point since most of the phone support people are seasonal and the person who helped you probably won't have a job by next month anyway.

 

You should not have been charged extra for this help.  If you were charged, then you weren't on the phone with Turbotax, but with a scammer of some kind, or at least an unauthorized support person.  Anyone can pay google to be at the top of the search for "turbotax support" -- the best way to get a verified contact number is to use the help request form on the secure web site.

https://support.turbotax.intuit.com/contact/

 

Second, there is no deadline to file a tax return.  There is a 3 year deadline to claim a refund if one is owed to you, but you can file an overdue tax return even after that date, and it would always be recommended to do so.  The IRS has 3 years to audit you from the date you file, so if you never file, the IRS can audit you forever.  And if you owe tax, there are late filing and late payment penalties piling up.  However, even though you can file tax returns older than 3 years, Turbotax discontinues their product support after 3 years, so if you wait too long, you will have to find a professional with older software, or download the forms and instructions from the IRS web site and prepare your return by hand. 

 

Third, if you are ready to file a 2018 tax return and want to use Turbotax, you have to purchase Turbotax for 2018 to install on your own computer.  Turbotax Online can only prepare the current year's return (2020).

https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/

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