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Waiting on Turbo Tax Website

occasionalrain — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:01:07 GMT

I realize it's my fault for procrastinating. Still, it would be nice if they had some mention of how long I'd be waiting, or even that I am waiting and will sometime get something other than a circle of blue dots. Have I been forgotten?

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millieshops — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:07:13 GMT

@occasionalrain Or in line behind millions of other procrastinators!

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Lipstickdiva — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:27:12 GMT

I feel for you. I had filed my federal but then when the deadline was extended, never did my state or local. Yep. I was doing my local yesterday and had to do my state today. I did my state using Ohio's form, not a program and I mailed it in. But the site was very slow.

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tansy — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:29:49 GMT

Have you tried calling TurboTax?

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occasionalrain — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:31:21 GMT

Thanks but, somehow, that doesn't make me feel better. I do have an excuse, not a good one, but a true one. My printer stopped printing so I bought it ink but it didn't care and still wouldn't print. I went to Amazon meaning to buy a printer that used inexpensive cartridges and got overwhelmed. I want to print my return so waited for a new printer which I put off getting. So here I am waiting.

I've decided to get a cheap printer and just replace it instead of paying $60 every time cartridges need replaced.

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ALRATIBA — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:42:12 GMT

I had all my info and docs ready by end of March ... so I filed before the normal April deadline ... figuring there would be mad dash in July.

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proudlyfromNJ — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:44:47 GMT

@ALRATIBA wrote:
I had all my info and docs ready by end of March ... so I filed before the normal April deadline ... figuring there would be mad dash in July.

@ALRATIBA We wanted to hold on to our money for as long as possible. So we filed in July.

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Mj12 — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:55:18 GMT

@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
@ALRATIBA wrote:
I had all my info and docs ready by end of March ... so I filed before the normal April deadline ... figuring there would be mad dash in July.
@ALRATIBA We wanted to hold on to our money for as long as possible. So we filed in July.

Same.

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patbz — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:45:25 GMT

@occasionalrain : Just file an extension (free); should be easier to get through after tomorrow. No penalty as long as you file by October 15.

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millieshops — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:46:06 GMT

For the first time in many years, I had overestimated my 2019 income by a bit, so I was owed a small refund. The accountant filed by the usual April deadline, applying that money to the estimated tax for 2020.

For those of us who file estimated taxes, our deadline for the first half of 2020 is tomorrow, too. That could be backing up even more filers. I know that if I had owed money for 2019, I wouldn't have paid in anything until tomorrow!

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queendiva — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 23:03:07 GMT

Someone did my estimated taxes for me just before lockdown.

Sent vouchers 1, 2 & 3 out today so now I am done until January. I went to the post office today thinking tomorrow might be busy, even in my sleepy town. I needed to see if my envelope required extra postage ( it did not). I was the only one there just before 3 p.m.

There goes my nice, fat savings account . Spent over $1100.00 on tires and an oil change for my car this week in addition to the estimated taxes. Oh well- nice while it lasted!

All but $100.00 of my "stimulus lite" check went right back to Uncle Sam. (I did not qualify for the full amount).

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occasionalrain — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 23:48:54 GMT

I gave up on Turbo, it's still spinning, and went to another online site. I just finished my Federal and State.

I've always used Turbo but now that it's let me down, kept me waiting, it's time to move on, so I'm going to break up with them. It was good while it lasted but I'm not wasting anymore of my life on them. There are other choices out there.

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Love my grandkids — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:46:51 GMT

@occasionalrain I love Turbo Tax. I used TaxAct a couple of times and they got to be such a pain I switched and have been very pleased.

Unfortunately when you wait until the last minute some things will be overwhelmed but you got it done so that's good.

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Tadaki — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:40:03 GMT

I finished and e-filed with Turbotax last night. I just didn't feel comfortable waiting until the last day, but I never expected that the website would be overwhelmed. I was thinking more along the lines that I would forget or there would be power outage, etc.