Don’t Forget to Sign Your Tax Return!

Written by nickel - 8 Comments

This is just a quick reminder to all of you who are filing a hard copy of your taxes…

Don’t forget forget to sign your tax return!

According to the IRS, your return is not considered to be a valid tax return unless you sign it. And if you’re filing jointly, your spouse will need to sign it, as well.

Published on April 14th, 2008 - 8 Comments
Filed under: Taxes
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I failed to sign my NYS tax return. They sent me a form to sign and send back. It took about 2 months to receive my refund as opposed to a few weeks if I had done it properly.
Comment by dreamy1 — Apr 14th 2008 @ 11:06 am
I discovered this the hard way one year. Oops.
Comment by Kyle — Apr 14th 2008 @ 11:29 am
One more reason to do it online
Comment by Jesse — Apr 14th 2008 @ 4:43 pm
Oops.

I just mailed my AZ state taxes in a few days ago, and I don’t remember if I signed the return.
Comment by Eric — Apr 14th 2008 @ 11:39 pm
Very timely reminder. I make a habit of checking our returns a few times. I’m guessing the IRS doesn’t have a well developed sense of humor. Now, how long until Tax Freedom Day ?
Comment by Todd — Apr 15th 2008 @ 12:06 am
Uh oh.

My accountant flavored missus filed my tax return. I got this post in my RSS reader this morning and realized, quite to my horror, that I didn’t sign my return.

Upon emailing her at work, she doesn’t remember signing hers either.

We mailed out our returns a week ago. I had to pay this year because I’m an independent contractor. We’re both getting refund adjustments and she’s getting an epic return.

Anyone know what’ll happen? I’m assuming they’ll send it back with a form as dreamy1 commented, but do you think we’ll still get our adjustments? Will I have to pay a penalty since I had to send a check?

I’m a freaking moron, man.
Comment by ed — Apr 15th 2008 @ 10:10 am
I filed my federal and state taxes with the wrong SSN for my wife (transposed 2 digits) and I finally got a reply from IRS. However, the reply said nothing about the wrong SSN, just that I forgot to sign the return. Duh. So I have to write real big on the papers I’m returning to please correct the SSN problem too (and I’ve called them numerous times.)

Since I’m not getting a refund from federal, I’m not antsy to get this done quickly, unless it severely impacts my rebate (not that I’m counting on that for anything either). The state, however, is a refund and I’m still waiting on them to refile my amended return.
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Comment by Martin — Jul 29th 2008 @ 6:08 pm