Tax 2021

[adaget]

I would like to know if I can file my 2021 tax now? Or do I need to wait until january? I am in ohio. If I am able to apply, does the refund comes this year or after December? Please let me know. 

[Katherine S 63]

Great question!!

You will want to file your 2021 now.  You can use our Turbo Tax Desktop version for 2021 filing.

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

Use this link to buy your software and then you will do your Federal and State return.

Your refund will come as soon as it is processed by the IRS and OH.

If you owe money, you will have to pay some interest and penalties to both.

If you have a refund coming, you need to file your 2021 within 3 years from the date that they were due: April 2022 to get that refund back.

I sure hope this has helped.

If you reply back, I will try to keep an eye open to assist further.

Please give me a thumbs up if this was helpful.

Katie S.

[VolvoGirl]

You have 3 years to file prior year returns.   2021 is now a prior year.

How to prepare a prior year return

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/using-turbotax/help/how-do-i-prepare-a-prior-year-tax-return/00/25...

Did you start it last year?  How to finish a return you started online,

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/prior-year-return/help/how-do-i-finish-a-prior-year-return-that-i-...

Sorry it's too,late to start a 2021 online return or use the mobile app, either on Turbo Tax or the IRS. And too late to efile 2021

If you need to start 2021 you can buy the Desktop download here,

TurboTax 2021 Prior Year Tax Prep - File Past Years' Taxes

You will need a full Windows or Mac to install it on.

If you have a simple return and want to file for free you can fill out the forms by hand.  Here are some basic forms.....

Here is the 2021 1040 return

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040--2021.pdf

or if you want bigger type use 1040SR for Seniors,

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s--2021.pdf

2021 1040 Instructions

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040gi--2021.pdf

2021 EIC and Tax Tables

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040tt--2021.pdf

Schedules 1-3

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s1--2021.pdf

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s2--2021.pdf

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s3--2021.pdf

Don’t forget your state.  And you will have to print and mail your returns.  So be sure to attach copies of your W2s and any 1099s that have withholding on them.  You have to mail federal and state in separate envelopes because they go to different places.  Get a tracking number from the post office when you mail them for proof of filing.

[xmasbaby0]

"If I am able to apply, does the refund comes this year or after December?"

The only way you can file your 2021 return is by mail, so you can expect it to take the IRS about four to  six months to process it.  Sorry.  You will not get a refund by December unless you are extremely lucky.