How to Get a Speedy Tax Refund

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Get a Speedy Tax Refund

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Tax time can be unnecessarily stressful. Avoid this strain, file with ease, and get a speedy refund.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Computer with a modem or Internet access
A copy of last year's tax return
Personal identification (driver's license, Social Security card) for you and your spouse, if applicable, showing the SSN(s)
The Social Security cards of your dependents, if applicable
W-2s from all of your employers
Forms 1099-INT showing interest paid to you throughout the year.
Form 1099-G showing any refund, credit or offset of state and local taxes.
All receipts pertaining to your small business
Forms 1099-DIV, 1099-R
Income receipts from rental real estate, royalties, partnerships, S corporation, trusts
Unemployment Compensation
Social Security benefits
Other Income Itemized Deductions (Schedule A)
Medical and Dental expenses
Receipts from taxes you paid such as state and local taxes, real estate taxes, personal property taxes.
Form 1098
for home mortgage interest and points
Receipts for charitable contributions and gifts
Casualty and theft losses
Job expenses

Step1

File Early. Even if it is no longer "early"--- get started by collecting your records and set aside the time to file without further delay.

Step2

Go to the U.S. Internal Revenue Site
http://www.irs.gov/

Step3

Look to the left of the site, under Resources, choose efile.

Step4

Proceed through the program following the prompts.

Step5

The very fastest way to receive your refund is through DIRECT DEPOSIT. Choose that option. You can even designated that it go to more than one account.

Step6

You have successfully filed your income tax to the IRS. Congratulations! complete steps and when you have finished. File. Wait for confirmation that your return has been sent.