Taxpayers Due Excise Refund May Now e-File |
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Headliner Volume 236
June 11, 2008
Certain schedules for Form 8849, Claim for Refund of Excise Taxes, may now be filed electronically.
Schedule 3, Certain Fuel Mixtures and the Alternative Fuel Credit, and Schedule 6, Other Claims, further expand the type and number of tax forms the IRS accepts electronically. The IRS expects to add Schedule 5, Section 4081(e) Claims, to the growing list of forms that can be e-filed.
Form 8849 is the third excise form the IRS now accepts electronically, following the release of excise Form 2290, Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax Return, in August 2007 and Form 720, Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return, earlier this year.
There are several advantages for excise taxpayers to use electronic filing to file their Forms 8849:
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E-file offers improved service, reliability and speed (Schedule 3 refund claims will be processed within 20 days of acceptance by the IRS, versus the usual 45-day processing time on all other Form 8849 schedules).
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The process is totally electronic, as no paper is sent to the IRS.
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Filing excise tax returns electronically reduces errors and the cost of tax administration.
To file Form 8849 electronically, taxpayers need to select an approved software provider for Form 8849, available from the IRS Web site.
More information about e-filing excise tax forms is available on IRS.gov:
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