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It might not surprise you to hear that I p much had my taxes ready to file before the new year even happened. Had all the variables loaded in and ready to go, just waiting on verifying documents from brokerage, mortgage lender, and W-2 (no inaccuracies so far).
However, the IRS can take a little while to have forms ready. My tax software (H&R Block Premium, free for military btw) tells me that the IRS does not yet have a Form 8606, and a quick irs.gov search verifies this. H&R Block doesn't seem to think form 8606 will be ready until February 16th.
Kind of a bummer that I have to wait so long, but oh well. The forms that apparently won't be available (according to H&R Block) until 2/16/2018 are:
Oh well. Weaksauce. And this doesn't even take government shutdown into account (idk how much it affects IRS tbh).
However, the IRS can take a little while to have forms ready. My tax software (H&R Block Premium, free for military btw) tells me that the IRS does not yet have a Form 8606, and a quick irs.gov search verifies this. H&R Block doesn't seem to think form 8606 will be ready until February 16th.
Kind of a bummer that I have to wait so long, but oh well. The forms that apparently won't be available (according to H&R Block) until 2/16/2018 are:
- Form 1099-C Cancellation of Debt
- Form 1099-S Proceeds from Real Estate Transactions
- Form 982 Reduction of Tax Attributes Due to Discharge of Indebtedness
- Form 1099-Q Payments from Qualified Education Programs
- Form 2210 Underpayment Penalty
- Form 4684 Casualties and Thefts
- Form 8606 Non-deductible IRA Contribution
- 1040X and extension paperwork (obv)
Oh well. Weaksauce. And this doesn't even take government shutdown into account (idk how much it affects IRS tbh).
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