What is the cutoff time to e-file today?

elf222 · ‎October 15, 2021

xmasbaby0 · ‎October 15, 2021

Midnight in your own time zone. After that, if your e-file is rejected, you have a few more days to fix it and re-file. But you cannot do a "first" e-file after midnight. An unfinished 2020 return will have to be finished using downloaded desktop software and then it has to be printed, signed and mailed if you miss the filing deadline.

Caution---do not wait til the last minute--something will almost inevitably go wrong and then you will be very upset.

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pe2aw · ‎February 1, 2022

I submitted 1099-NEC & 1096 online on Quick Employer Forms website around 11:30PM on January 31 and received email next day from Intuit Quick Employer Forms Team confirming my forms were submitted February 1 instead of Jan. 31. Am I considered filing on time or late?

ThomasM125 · ‎February 1, 2022

@pe2aw

You will be considered to have filed it on January 31 since that is when you submitted it.

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What is the cutoff time to e-file today?