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Improvements to the state's electronic income tax filing system now make it possible for owners of small businesses to join the millions of Pennsylvanians who enjoy the advantages of electronic tax filing. This year more small business owners can file income tax returns electronically because the department added the Schedule C for reporting business profits or losses to its Internet-based filing system, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue.
 
Taxpayers have until midnight, Tuesday, April 15, to file tax returns for 2007.
 
The three primary state tax forms are the 2007 PA-40 Personal Income Tax Booklet, the Fast File Booklet and the Payment Voucher Letter. The type of form each taxpayer receives in the mail is based on how taxpayers filed 2006 tax returns. 

The department offers two, free electronic tax filing options: TeleFile (by telephone) and PA Direct File which is available online. If a taxpayer filed a return last year, his or her Social Security number and five-digit ZIP code are all that is needed to file by telephone with TeleFile. To file using pa.direct.file, each taxpayer will need his or her SSN and one of the following: last year's tax liability; PA driver's license or identification number; or a registered e-signature account with the department.  Also available is the PA/IRS e-file service (available through tax preparers and authorized computer software) that allows taxpayers to file state and federal tax returns together or separately.

Refunds from electronically filed returns are processed in about half the time required for a paper tax return. Also, through e-filing, refunds can be directly deposited into a checking or savings account, which cannot be done with a paper return. 

If you have efile-related questions, please contact Senior Accountant Kevin Eisenhart, CPA or Staff Accountant Laura Brock at 717-757-6999 or 800-745-8233, or send either one of them an email by using the form below.


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