Does form 8453-OL need to be mailed by the tax deadline?

Question

I e-filed last night (4/16) and got confirmation from the IRS this AM. Do I need to have the 8453-OL form post-marked by midnight tonight? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I just got off the phone with the IRS. The 8453-OL has to be sent as soon as possible but it does NOT have to be postmarked by 4/17/07. The official date of your filing is when the IRS accepted your transmission! (and as an fyi that is NOT when the TaxCut or Turbotax transmits the filing!)

Also, if you first e-filed and it was rejected your deadline gets extended to April 22, 2007 for refiling. See second to last question here: http://www.irs.gov/efile/article/0,,id=98294,00.html

Answer 2

Actually the answer is NO! Your refund will not be delayed if they do not have that form for several weeks. Your return is considered efiled if you did efile on 4/16. I even read on the IRS website that you have a couple of weeks to send it in.

Just to let you know, a year ago my son never sent his 8433-OL form in and received his refund with no problem. Several months later the IRS contacted him to remind him to send one in and even included another one to fill out! They had to remind him a couple of times before he actually did it too!They just have to have your signature form on file=especially if you want to efile again next year. Just send as soon as you can, but it definitely does not have to be postmarked by April 17!

Answer 3

Yup. Your return isn't considered filed until that's received by the IRS. The postmark date on the envelope determines the filing date for your return.