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New Member
posted Oct 15, 2021 11:41:47 AM

What is the cutoff time to e-file today?

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Level 15
Oct 15, 2021 11:47:34 AM

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.

New Member
Feb 1, 2022 4:08:44 PM

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?

Expert Alumni
Feb 1, 2022 4:38:00 PM

@pe2aw

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