Reason #92 to File a Tax Extension: You Were Using Tax Software and it Crashed and Lost Your Data

efile tax extensionThis post continues Tax Extension Center’s daily series of The Top 100 Reasons to File a Tax Extension. In this series of posts, we’re doing our part to educate taxpayers how filing a tax extension can be a valuable tax season option for you or your business because it saves time, stress, and even money.

Here’s reason #92: you were using tax software and it crashed and lost your data.

Tax season is stressful for a lot of us. Most of us procrastinate, which doesn’t make things any easier. When we finally sit down to tackle our tax filing we just want things to be over. When things go wrong like when tax software fails, then that’s enough to drive you crazy.

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Reason #58 to File a Tax Extension: You Haven’t Reconciled Quickbooks Yet

7004 formTax Extension Center continues its daily series dedicated to The Top 100 Reasons to File a Tax Extension. Our aim is to inform taxpayers that a tax extension can be a valuable tax season option because it saves time, stress, and even money.

Here’s reason #58: you haven’t reconciled Quickbooks yet.

Life gets really busy sometimes. And the busier it gets, the less time there is to do things like bookkeeping (unless you have a simple bookkeeping partner). This is especially true if you’re a business owner. Most of your time is spent trying to grow the business.

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Reason #38 to File a Tax Extension: Your Tax Software Company Provides Terrible Support

irs 4868Tax Extension Center continues its series of The Top 100 Reasons to File a Tax Extension. This series is intended to show taxpayers that a tax extension is valuable because it saves individuals and/or their businesses time, stress, and even money.

Here’s reason #38: you tried getting support from your tax software company, but they were worthless.

The inevitable tax season perfect storm is the source for reason #38. Here are the ingredients:

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