How To File A Tax Extension, No Matter How Disorganized You Are.
Kelly Phillips Erb
Its inevitable: Youre fairly sure youre going to have all your tax documentation together, and then something goes awry. You dont receive all your tax forms, youve misplaced a receipt, or youre otherwise unable to file your return by the due date.
If you need more time to prepare your federal tax return, youll need to file an extension.
To get started, you need the following information:
- Your personal details, including your Social Security number, address, and the name and taxpayer ID number of your spouse.
- A copy of your 2008 tax return.
- A list of tax payments made in 2008.
If your tax situation hasnt changed since last year, you can use your 2008 tax return to estimate your tax liability. Youll find your total tax liability from 2008 on line 60 for the form 1040, line 37 for form 1040A, and line 11 for form 1040EZ. Subtract any payments youve made throughout the year and report your balance due on line 6 of the extension form. Ideally, if you owe a balance, youll pay at least that much along with your extension to avoid a potential penalty.
To prepare and file the extension for your federal income tax return, youll need to select a method:
File a paper extension. Most taxpayers are eligible for an automatic 6-month extension of time to file. To get the extension, you must file Form 4868, Application for Automatic Extension of Time To File U.S. Income Tax Return (downloadable here), by April 15. Assuming you file on time, youll be extended through Oct. 15. A longer extension may be granted if youre living out of the country.
File online. You can apply for an extension by filing form 4868 online through a software preparation service like TurboTax or by hiring a tax professional who uses e-file. If you want to make a payment with your online filing, you can pay by electronic funds withdrawal or send a check to the IRS. As with a paper return, the extension must be filed before the end of day on April 15.
Pay by credit card. You can also apply for an extension by paying part or all of your estimate of income tax due by using a credit or debit card. To pay by credit or debit card, call toll-free or visit the Web site of one of the following service providers approved by the IRS:
Link2Gov Corporation
1-888-PAY-1040 (1-888-729-1040)
1-888-658-5465 (Customer Service)
www.PAY1040.com
Official Payments Corporation
1-888-UPAY-TAX (1-888-872-9829)
1-877-754-4413 (Customer Service)
www.officialpayments.com
RBS WorldPay, Inc.
1-888-9-PAY-TAX (1-888-972-9829)
1-877-517-4881 (Customer Service)
www.payUSAtax.com
No matter which option you choose, remember that an extension must be filed in a timely manner. More important, filing an extension extends the time to file but not the time to pay. As with the form, payments should be made by April 15.
If you run into difficulty or need more information, the IRS can help. You can call 1-800-829-1040 for assistance, Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m.10 p.m. your local time (Alaska & Hawaii follow Pacific Time).
Note: This article was originally published on January 20, 2010.
Infotrition Online Blog Archive Ohio State Income Tax Form For.
The Ohio Department of Taxation does require you to file an annual state income tax return form. The most common form needed for individual taxpayers is Form IT-1040.
The taxation department recommends e-filing your state return to avoid any errors or delay in receiving your refund. Also if you owe then you can easily pay online as well. More than 60% of Ohio taxpayers already use the e-filing option.
Whats New?
The Ohio Department of Taxation has recently lowered tax rates by 4.2%. This is part of a plan to lower Ohio state tax rates over a five year span. It will ultimately lower taxes by almost 21%.
There is a new deduction for retired military. They will receive a credit that reflects a portion of their pension.
There are also larger personal exemptions and medical savings account deductions.
File an Extension
If you need to file an extension on your return then you will need to fill out Form933NT. This form must be filed by April 15th of the tax year. The extension will allow you an additional 3-6 months to file your return but will not extend the payment date. The payment will only be deferred and will still accrue interest on your taxes due.
TurboTax Online offers all of the necessary Ohio State tax forms at no charge unless you decide to file using their services. If you have any questions regarding your return, they also offer free online tax advice and will guarantee you the biggest refund possible.
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Jason Winters: Elizabeth Taylor’s Fiance Right Celebrity
Meet Jason Winters. He is Elizabeth Taylors fiance! Apparently the couple have gotten engaged and her manager will be husband number nine. Find out more revealing details and see photos and a video here.
This may be surprising, however, this is not Elizabeth Taylors first engagement! Congratulations?
As a biography, Jason Winters is from the Los Angeles, California area. He is 49 years of age. He is affiliated with the Sterling Winters Management Company and is Elizabeth Taylors manager.
Surprise or not, a source has said, Its no secret that theyve been together forever and are in love, so it wouldnt be a surprise if they were engaged. Right now, they are keeping it between them. Even though the Oscar-winning actress has been down the aisle before, eight times mind you, Elizabeth Taylors fiance seems to be profoundly in love with her.
About three years ago, Elizabeth lovingly shared this of her dear companion:
Jason Winters is one of the most wonderful men Ive ever known and thats why I love him. He bought us the most beautiful house in Hawaii and we visit it as often as possible.
Elizabeths nuptials have nearly all ended in divorce except husband number three, Mike Todd, tragically left her widowed due to a horrific plane crash. She also successfully married Richard Burton twice! Husbands are as follows: Conrad Hilton (1950-51), Michael Wilding (1952-57), Mike Todd (1957-58), Eddie Fisher (1959-64), Richard Burton (1964-74/1975-76), Senator John Warner (1976-82) and Larry Fortensky (1991-96). Taylor has two children with Michael Wilding, one child with Todd, as well as one with Burton.
So happily-ever-after may not seem too far-fetched right? Well I wish you all the best, especially Jason Winters, Elizabeth Taylors fiance. Best wishes! You may leave your congrats in the comment box and also see pictures and a film below.
Photos: www.wenn.comFayesVision/Faye Sadou
Give Us Liberty: Gul Endorses Angela Mcglowan For Congress.
Congress and the Media Have Placed America at Risk of Being Attacked from Within
A Place to Ask Questions To Get the Right Answers published
An election for President and Commander in Chief of the Military must strive to be above reproach. Our public institutions must give the public confidence that a presidential candidate has complied with the election process that is prescribed by our Constitution and laws. It is only after a presidential candidate satisfies the rules of such a process that he/she can expect members of the public, regardless of their party affiliations, to give him/her the respect that the Office of President so much deserves.
All those who have been following the Obama eligibility issue well know that Article II, Section 1, clause 5 provides that No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President. . . At this blog, I have already explained the importance of the natural born Citizen clause. See my essay entitled, Why the Natural Born Citizen Clause of Our Constitution Is Important and Worth Preserving, located at http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2009/08/why-natural-born-citizen-clause-is.html. In order for Obama to prove that he is an Article II natural born Citizen, he must conclusively demonstrate that he was born in the United States to a United States citizen mother and father. For legal support for this definition of what an Article II natural born Citizen is, see, among others, my articles at this blog entitled, The Natural Born Citizen Clause of Our U.S. Constitution Requires that Both of the Childs Parents Be U.S. Citizens At the Time of Birth, located at
http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2009/09/natural-born-citizen-clause-requires.html;
Article II Natural Born Citizen Means Unity of Citizenship At Birth, located at
http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2009/04/article-ii-natural-born-citizen-means.html;
and The Law of Nations or Principles of Natural Law as U.S. Federal Common Law Not English Common Law Define What an Article II Natural Born Citizen Is, located at http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2009/08/law-of-nations-and-not-english-common.html.
At present, there is much controversy regarding where Obama was born. We have seen much contradictory information regarding this issue. Obama maintains he was born in Hawaii at Kapiolani Medical Center and as his best evidence he has posted on the internet a computer-imaged Certification of Live Birth (COLB, which is a summary of his alleged long-from hospital-generated birth certificate) to prove that fact. According to the laws of Hawaii, this summary document, which does not contain information as to which hospital he was born in or what doctor delivered him, is only prima facie evidence of a birth in Hawaii. On the other hand, there exists evidence that Obama was born in Kenya. For a presentation of this evidence, see my essay on this blog entitled,
Obama Has Not Met His Burden Of Proving He Was Born In Hawaii, located at http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2008/12/obama-has-not-met-his-burden-of-proving.html. Additionally, just over the last few days, we have seen surface on the internet old newspaper articles that were written in African newspapers in 2004 stating that Obama was born in Kenya. http://thepostnemail.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/video-documents-discovery-of-ap-story-declaring-obama-kenyan-born/; http://thepostnemail.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/2-more-african-news-agencies-declare-obama-kenyan-born/; http://thepmnews.com/2008/11/25/two-nigerians-tipped-as-potential-%E2%80%98british-obama%E2%80%99. Because of this conflicting information, the prima facie validity of the COLB must fail. Hence, Obama should present evidence that corroborates his and the State of Hawaiis position that he was born in Hawaii and that he is a natural born Citizen. He has without good reason refused to provide this evidence.
It has been reported how past Hawaiian State practices with its birth certificate procedures have presented opportunities for birth certificate fraud. An example of such fraud is that of Chinese native, Sun Yat Sen, one of the founders of the Republic of China, who was born in China but was able to obtain a Certificate of Hawaiian Birth in 1904 based on his fraudulent affidavit and evidence submitted by witnesses to the Hawaiian authorities stating that he was born in Hawaii on November 24, 1870. http://www.scribd.com/doc/9830547/Sun-Yatsen-Certification-of-Live-Birth-in-Hawaii. See also the September 2000 report of the Office of Inspector General, entitled Birth Certificate Fraud, which provides an update on the nature and extent of birth certificate fraud, found at http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-07-99-00570.pdf. Because of critical importance of knowing for sure who the President is, the potential for birth certificate fraud, and since Obamas original long-form birth certificate housed in the offices of the Hawaii Department of Health can be some type of certificate (even a Certificate of Hawaiian Birth) that is based on some family members affidavit of personal knowledge but which includes no documentary evidence of an actual birth in Hawaii, it becomes crucial to confirm whether there exists any corroborating evidence of Obama actually being born in Hawaii. Consequently, various members of the public have tried to obtain information that would adequately confirm Obamas and the State of Hawaiis statements that he was born in Hawaii. These concerned citizens have made requests to the State of Hawaii and to various hospitals there for such information. The State of Hawaii, Kapiolani Medical Center, and Queens Medical Center (originally claimed by Obamas sister to by his birth place) have publicly stated that they cannot release the needed details of Obamas birth, including whether his deceased mother was even a maternity patient in any of those hospitals, because of Obamas state and federal privacy rights. Not being successful, some of these concerned citizens, feeling duty bound to the Constitution and our country, have filed law suits and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) actions against Obama and others to obtain this information.
Given that Obama and/or his agents have already publicly released some information regarding his place of birth, one commentator, William, has asked me on my blog ( http://puzo1.blogspot.com/. ) whether Obama has waived his privacy rights to such birth information. At least two arguments can be advance that Obama has waived any privacy right that he might have in his birth information located in the State of Hawaii and in its hospitals. One is that he has waived his privacy rights to his alleged long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate by posting his COLB on the internet for the world to see. A problem with this argument is that the COLB does not disclose all his private information (name of hospital, doctors, etc.) and he can argue that his waiver is only as to the information contained on the COLB and no more. As a response, it can be argued that Obama waived his privacy right as to the identity of the hospital in which he was born given that he allegedly wrote a letter dated January 24, 2009 to Kapiolani Medical Center in which he acknowledge being born there and which letter the hospital posted on its web page (suspiciously posting not a scan of an actual paper letter but only a computer-generated image created with HTML code) for the world to see. For more details, see the WND story on the letter at http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=104146. I have grave doubts whether this letter is authentic given that both Obama and U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie D-Hawaii, who allegedly gave the letter to the hospital and publicly read the letter during the hospitals centennial celebration, refuse to confirm whether this letter is real.
The second argument is more powerful and convincing. Under Article II, a would-be President must be a natural born Citizen to be eligible for the Presidency. Hence, any candidate knows that such natural born Citizen status is required to hold the public Office of President. No one winning an election and wanting to fill that public office has a reasonable expectation of privacy as to where he/she was born given that jobs eligibility requirement that one must be a natural born Citizen. See my article on this blog entitled, Obamas Personal Right To Privacy Cannot Trump The Right Of The People To Know Who Their President Is, at http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2008/12/obamas-personal-right-to-privacy-cannot.html. Of course, that persons obligation to prove his/her natural born Citizen status includes providing credible, competent, and sufficient documentary and other evidence of, among other things, place of birth. Clearly and without doubt, the public interest in knowing that the President-elect is eligible for the office he/she seeks to fill by far out weighs any privacy interest that the person may have in his/her birth documents. It is also clear that knowing who the person is who will occupy the Office of President and Commander in Chief concerns national security and the safety of the United States and the whole world. It is not reasonable to believe that such a persons privacy interest would out weigh the Peoples need to safeguard national security and for self-preservation. Simply put, it would be beyond absurdity to honestly contend that such a person has a right to shield from the same People that he/she is constitutionally duty bound to serve and protect information that he/she must provide to them to show that he/she is qualified for that singular and all-powerful public position which would vest him/her with great power to affect every aspect of the Peoples lives.
But underneath the privacy rights question lurks a much more serious concern. We can see the absurdity of Obama sitting on privacy rights to conceal his long-form birth certificate from the public. It is downright despicable for our media and Congress and others to apologize for Obama and let him get away with it. They know full well that he has no such privacy rights. The birth information and documents that Obama refuses to reveal to the public surely are revealing of whether his is eligible to hold the Office of President. Why has the media not filed any legal actions against Obama, the State of Hawaii, and other parties, seeking to legally lift any privacy barriers to Obamas birth information as it has so many times in the past filed actions against others running for public office who sought to prevent the public from learning details of some aspect of their private lives? What is a travesty of justice is that Obama was probably able to win his U.S. Senate seat because the media (Chicago Tribune) filed a legal action against rival Republican Jack Ryan in which it was successful in getting the kinky sex details of his divorce released to the public. Why the media in our country would believe what type of sex two consenting married adults practice is more important than making sure that the national security of our country is protected is beyond comprehension and represents the quintessence of warped priorities. I do not believe that anyone who truly cares about our country and Constitution can express enough in words the outrage that he/she feels about how cowardly our political leaders and media have acted with Obama on the question of his place of birth.
Congress has abdicated its constitutional oath and the media, the so-called fourth branch of our government, has failed to perform its journalistic duty to the People of the United States to assure them that Obamas election to the highest and most powerful office in the land adhered to our Constitution and laws. Congress has been given a chance to correct its failings and still it refuses to perform its constitutional obligation. With the assistance of its media cronies and others, they all ridicule and suppress the efforts of those who are fighting to make sure that our Constitution has been respected in the last Presidential election and that our nation is safe with Obama currently occupying the Presidency and being the Commander in Chief of our military might.
We must then ask ourselves why Congress and the media have not pressed Obama for the necessary and relevant birth information for at least the sake of the integrity of the Presidential election process and the safety of our nation? Moreover, Obama cannot be an Article II natural born Citizen because under the British Nationality Act of 1948 when Obama was born in 1961 his father was a British subject/citizen and Obama himself was born a British subject/citizen. See Obama, the Putative President of the U.S., Is Currently Also a British Citizen, located at http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2009/07/obama-president-of-us-is-currently-also_29.html. Like a naturalized citizen who is not eligible to be President, Obama was born with an allegiance to a foreign power and is therefore not eligible to be President and more so not eligible to be the leader of our military men and women. To allow Obama to hide his birth information and to not challenge him for not being an Article II natural born Citizen is nothing more than at best, politicians and those in their coterie allowing corrupt party politics, self-interest, and/or cowardice to blind their constitutional duty to protect and defend our country and Constitution, at worst, part of someones plot to attack and destroy the United States from within, or both. Given that any attack on the United States will most likely come from within, these latter two scenarios must be given serious consideration and ruled out only after sufficient evidence exists to so rule them out. Hence, the deliberate or reckless failing by those who are supposed to protect and defend our country and Constitution is tantamount to treason.
All members of Congress that have allowed and continue to allow the raping of our Constitution and the placing of our nation at risk to being attacked from within need to be removed from Congress, without any exceptions. As to what to do with those members of the media and others who have failed and continue to fail to do their job to adequately protect and defend our Constitutional Republic, that is a question for another day.
Mario Apuzzo, Esq.
185 Gatzmer Avenue
Jamesburg, New Jersey 08831
October 18, 2009
Non-foolery On April Fools’ Day
On its face, April Fools Day seems like a lighthearted opportunity to play practical jokes and pranks on your friends and coworkers, but its easy to see the problem with having such a wacky day filled with falsities and gags. Namely, what happens when something of real consequence actually takes place on April 1st, but people dont believe it because they automatically think its a prank? Heres a few true tales of actual events that occurred on April 1st that were anything but gags.
Giggling at Google
Google is known for announcing ridiculous news stories, such as telepathic search engines and job openings on the moon, on April Fools Day. The thing is, when you are known for this sort of tom foolery, it makes it difficult to be taken seriously when you have real news on April 1st.
Humorously enough, the company has decided to take advantage of the viral marketing people give to the news they announce that day, so they have actually made announcements for real products and services at the same time. In 2004 (the same year they created job listings for the moon), they announced the release of Gmail. While this may not seem all that funny, many people still thought it was a prank because the idea of a mail service with one full gigabyte of storage seemed preposterous at the time, Hotmail only offered 2 megabytes. They followed the success of this announcement by announcing the increase of the mail services storage to two gigabytes the next year, also on April Fools Day.
In a company that plays such major pranks on the nation every year, it seems likely that the employees must play some really great jokes on each other come April 1st. As such, when an employees pet ball python escaped its enclosure on the holiday, the news was met with some disbelief. Unfortunately, this time the news was real. An email was sent out to the entire staff that started out, The timing of this email could not be more awkward. It then moved on to say:
Tempting as it might be, this is not an April Fools joke! We are sending this message to alert you to the situation and to let you know what to do in the event you see the snake.
At least the sender recognized the humor of the situation. In case you were worried about the critter, he was eventually found and returned to his owners house a few days later.
Image via Char1iej [Flickr]
Dimming the Guiding Light
Whereas Google has mastered the art of cleverly announcing real news on April Fools Day in order to play with the minds of the public, CBS obviously has a lot to learn about making serious announcements on April 1st. Last year, they infuriated a number of loyal viewers by announcing the cancellation of the seventy-two year old daytime soap Guiding Light on April Fools Day. As one angry commenter wrote on TV Squad:
If its true, youre jerks for announcing it today. And if its not true, then everyone who believes you was a jerk for believing such a story on April Fools Day.
A Depressing Day For Death
Unfortunately, not all real news on April Fools Day is as minor as a lost python or canceled TV show. There are many situations where people do not believe a person has died, simply because of the date. Unfortunately, the three best examples of this are all so strange that its not surprising that people believed the news to be a hoax.
In 1984, one day before his 45th birthday, Marvin Gaye was murdered by his own father after intervening in an argument between his parents. Many fans refused to believe the news because it seemed so odd that his dad would have been the murderer. It wasnt until the news was confirmed officially that many people stopped believing the murder was more than a cruel April Fools Day joke.
Surprisingly, Marvin Senior was only found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to five years imprisonment because his son beat him before the shooting.
Not A Set Up For A Tasteless Joke
If you heard a NASCAR champion nicknamed The Polish Prince died in a Hooters corporate plane on April Fools Day, would you believe it? A lot of fans thought they were hearing a bad joke in 1993 when racing star Alan Kulwicki was announced to be dead in exactly those circumstances.
Image via jbspec7 [Flickr]
A Funny Day To Announce An Unfunny Death
Is there a more fitting day for a comedian to die than April Fools Day? While Mitch Hedberg actually died on March 30, 2005, the news wasnt spread to the media until very late on March 31st. Not surprisingly, many people thought the death was merely a prank or a bad publicity stunt put on by Mitch himself.
Dont Doubt The Danger Warnings
Perhaps the only situation that is worse than one person dying on April Fools Day is the so-called April Fools Tsunami of 1946, when over 100 people died, largely because they believed storm warnings were a joke. The incident occurred after an massive earthquake on the Aleutian Islands near Alaska, which caused a series of massive tidal waves that spread all the way to South America. Most of the damage hit Hawaii though, where the tsunami reached up to 45 feet tall. Unfortunately, because so many people doubted the news of the impending tidal wave and refused to evacuate, over 165 people died -159 of them in Hawaii.
Interestingly, perhaps this was a bit of a sick prank on the part of Mother Nature, because scientists are still unable to find any reason the 7.8 magnitude earthquake was able to launch such a massive tsunami. It was originally thought that the waves were intensified by a major underwater landslide in the area, but scientists have still found no evidence of this hypothetical landslide. One of the researchers who recently mapped the ocean floor looking for a landslide in the area summed up the matter by noting, almost 60 years after the event, the 1946 tsunami is still making fools of all of us.
What about you, readers? Have you ever thought something that happened on April 1st was actually a joke, only to find out later that it was actually 100% true?