Michigan Department of Treasury Issues E-File requirements
The Michigan Department of Treasury has announced a number of developments regarding Michigan Business Tax e-file for tax year 2009. (
IRS MeF system availability. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Modernized e-File (MeF) system will be unavailable from Monday, December 28, 2009, through Wednesday, January 6, 2010, for end of year maintenance. The IRS MeF system will begin accepting business e-file returns on January 7, 2010.
When Michigan accepts MBT e-file returns. Although the IRS will begin accepting business e-file returns on January 7, Michigan will not begin retrieving and accepting MBT e-file returns until January 25, 2010, and therefore, will begin issuing acknowledgments for MBT e-file returns on January 26, 2010.
E-file mandate for 2009 tax year. Effective for the 2009 tax year, software developers producing MBT tax preparation software must support e-file for all eligible MBT forms that are included in their tax preparation software. All eligible MBT returns prepared using software must be e-filed.
Will the State be issuing CSN numbers like they did for the former SBT? I did not efile any MBT's last year due the fact the I do not have a scanner to import my client signature and attach to the 2008 MBT.
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very informative blog
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Elliott,
Here is a link to Treasury "FAQ" E2. Paste to your browser and it will take you directly to the FAQ.
http://www.michigan.gov/taxes/0,1607,7-238-47449-208457--F,00.html
What the FAQ says is, Treasury is not issuing Customer Service Numbers (CSN) for MBT e-file. The CSN issued for Single Business Tax e-file cannot be used for MBT e-file return submissions.
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What is the penalty for electing to manually file the returns instead of electronically filing the returns?
Thanks.
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Greg,
I could not find a penalty for filing a manual return instead of electronically filing the return. The problem may be one of processing.
Ed
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Thanks for looking. I couldn't find one either, and wasn't sure if I was missing it.
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