Taxes

OP, you need to ask if your documents are available online. They will probably be quite happy to switch you from mail to online.

Online is much more convenient although if you have more than just a W-2 that you are looking for, you need to remember to check all appropriate tax documents.

rjxj wrote:
I have a turbo on my truck and a turbo for my taxes

:B

I have a turbo on my truck and a turbo for my taxes

We had 9 apartments in a different state than our domicile for over 9 years of our 11 years fulltiming. Scottiemom would post all income and expenses in Quicken and send printouts along with any required tax forms (1099s, W2s and the like) to our tax preparer of the past 20 years. She in turn would do our taxes and send us back the final documents via email. State and Federal Tax returns were filed electronically by the preparer.

avan wrote:
... Perhaps with my next comment, the mod will move to FT forum. We FT'd for nearly 15 yrs and during that time I was only 'home' during tax season ---- hmmm ---- zero times. ...

This couple is only going to be gone a few months, as I understood it; winter snowbirds not fulltimers. When you fulltime, your home, your belongings and all your mail goes with you. When you're a snowbird & only gone a few months and still have a fixed home, you don't necessarily want everything redirected. Its more like a long vacation trip rather than a permanent change. But yes, taxes are easily dealt with in either case.

avan wrote:
Why post this in the Class C forum.

I asked for it to be moved.

avan wrote:
Why does one have to be 'home' in order to get their mail which would include all one's 1099s, W-2s and everything else..

The ones I know who go home are those who have receipts and paper records at home. At least that's what they say. Who knows the real reason.

Why post this in the Class C forum. Are we the only ones who pay taxes??? Curious why mod/above post didn't move this. Perhaps with my next comment, the mod will move to FT forum. We FT'd for nearly 15 yrs and during that time I was only 'home' during tax season ---- hmmm ---- zero times. Why does one have to be 'home' in order to get their mail which would include all one's 1099s, W-2s and everything else and when you finish your tax return and assuming you don't file electronically, won't the PO on one side of the country deliver a tax form to the other side of the country? Am I missing some critical factor???

Junatuna wrote:
Thanks for the responses. Can you obtain your w-2 via email?. I'm retired from NY State and receive my w-2 in the mail. Tim

It depends on the employer, some do, some don't, you may have to make a special request. Even those that wont email it, some will put the data online at a secure site where you can login and access your data. You'll have to ask the NY state rep. If you're retired & collecting a pension, its a 1099-R not a W2.
If you're filing electronically you just need the data off the form, you don't need the actual form, except for backup in your files. So, someone at home could read it to you over the phone.
But if you're going to be gone all winter, this tax form is probably not the only piece of mail that can't sit at home waiting for your return. Most of us work out some arrangement to get mail forwarded to us. That could be a close friend, neighbor, relative, or one of the professional mail forwarding companies if you plan to do this frequently. Even the USPS has an option to temporarily forward your home mail to your temp Fla address for a fixed number of months.

I use Turbo Tax for our taxes. If I do not have all my paper by April 1. I apply for an extension using Turbo Tax. Only had do that one time in 11 years. All our mail is forwarded to a address that varies depending on where we are wintering.

Regarding the W-2 in the mail....What are you doing with the rest of your mail?