Click on Download; Once the download completes, follow the on screen options to finalize installation. NOTE: If you are running anti-virus software or a firewall in the background, be sure that you select 'Allow', or 'Permit' or 'Unblock' if prompted to do so to allow the TaxSlayer Pro program files to download and install. We offer you the option to deduct your TaxSlayer filing fees directly from your federal tax refund. 100% accuracy guaranteed We stand behind our always up-to-date calculations and guarantee 100% accuracy, or we will reimburse you any federal or state penalties and interest charges.
TaxSlayer Pro has begun accepting electronically filed Individual 2017 tax returns (Form 1040/Form 1040NR) starting today, January 9, 2018.
In order to electronically file you must first download and install Federal Update 17.2. Once this Federal Individual Update is installed in your program you must apply the update to each tax return that was prepared prior to release of the update.
To apply the update, enter into each tax return. If the return contains a state return, the state return must be updated as well. You will need to go back into the state return before exiting the tax return. You will need to perform these steps on ALL tax returns you have prepared prior to installing the update.
TaxSlayer Pro will again participate in the IRS HUB testing program. The dates for HUB testing are January 17 through January 19 and again January 22 through January 26. During HUB testing, we will be sending random batches of tax returns to the IRS based on the allotment that we are given by the IRS and the returns that are sent are predicated on the criteria set by the IRS. No specific return or preparers returns can be singled out or selected to be sent during this HUB testing period. During the HUB testing period, you may begin receiving acknowledgements for some of your returns once HUB testing commences.
TaxSlayer Pro anticipates that it will begin accepting 2016 Individual tax returns commencing January 29, 2018, when e-file officially opens. It is anticipated that 2015 Individual tax returns will be accepted about a week after the official start of e-file. When 2015 Individual tax returns can be e-filed it will be posted on this blog.
The IRS no longer supports e-filing for 2014 and prior years. As a result, returns for 2014 and older must be mailed.
As if citizens didn’t have enough to worry about during the tax filing season, yet another data breach has claimed the identities of nearly 9,000 people. TaxSlayer announced a January 13th data breach, discovered during a routine security check, that released the personal identifiable information of many of its customers to an “unauthorized third party.”
Tax information is highly sought after, so much that even notoriously violent street gangs in the US have given up dealing drugs or robbery in favor of organized identity theft rings that steal tax refunds by filing fraudulent returns. The very image of tattooed, hardened criminals sitting around with their laptops and a ream of stolen identifying information would be laughable if it weren’t such a rampant crime. How large is this crime? Current estimates state that the IRS pays out billions of dollars a year in stolen tax refunds; in 2015 alone that number was $5.8 billion.
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In a filed letter about the breach, which occurred between October and December of 2015, the company stated, “The unauthorized third party may have obtained access to any information you included in a tax return or draft tax return saved on TaxSlayer, including your name and address, your Social Security number, the Social Security numbers of your dependents, and other data contained on your 2014 tax return.”
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TaxSlayer believes the hackers accessed their customers’ user names and passwords through another online service, but didn’t specify what that meant. They did point out that the TaxSlayer system was not compromised and had no discovered security flaws. In the letter that went out to affected customers, the company offered instructions for resetting the passwords, monitoring their credit reports for any unauthorized activity, and enrolling in free credit monitoring. It would also be wise for the victims to get their tax returns filed as quickly as possible in order to attempt to beat the hackers to it.