On 3/12/2013 11:07 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:15:42 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 3/12/2013 7:55 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>>> "Polly Esther" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Today I had to sign a form at our accountants that I did NOT want to file
>>>> electronically. We are not receiving a refund. Why would filing
>>>> electronically benefit me?
>>>
>>> In NY you would avoid the fee for *not* filing electronically.
>>>
>>> I don't see it on their site now- so maybe it was just last year? I
>>> use TurboTax and was going to mail mine last year and the software
>>> warned me of the fee for filing by mail.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>> Kind of ironic. Two agencies of the same government. The Post Office
>> was founded on snail mail; the IRS wants to penalize you for using it. LOL
>
> Yabbut--
> 1. The post office is less US gov't than it used to be, though I've
> never seen it explained so I can understand it.
> 2. NY State has nothing to do with the post office- and their argument
> last year was that they saved a bundle by not having to open envelopes
> and key everything into their computers.
>
> Jim
>
Ohhhh... are you talking about NY *State* income taxes or Federal taxes?
If the former, I misunderstood. Sowwy!

Jill