A few years ago, we featured an article on our blog with 7 benefits of using an online and authorized e-file provider. We wanted to share some more great reasons to use a trusted and IRS-approved service when it comes to storing and filing your information return forms. Safety & Assurance – Your Data Is Well-Protected by a Trusted Provider In order to become an authorized e-file provider for the IRS, businesses like eFile360 must complete an application process. That application process is aimed at authenticating our business and the people who run it, in order to ensure that your tax information is going to be safe with us. Once the application is complete, the final step in the authorization process is to pass a suitability check. The IRS conducts this check themselves. The suitability check often involves a credit check, tax compliance check, criminal background check, and a thorough check for any prior non-compliance with IRS e-file requirements. If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that we need safe and effective ways to do business online (even with sensitive information). And with cybersecurity threats on the rise, it’s important that you trust your tax information to a firm that is dedicated to safeguarding your data year after year. Elevated Expertise As an authorized e-file provider, eFile360 has proven its mastery of the information return filing system and we also bring our own team’s experience to the table for you to benefit from. Sometimes, the self-service option seems like the easiest or cheapest option, and we offer that as well. But more often than not, there are always one or two outliers while you’re working through your information returns. Maybe you’re not sure if an employee’s retirement distribution is with or without exceptions, or you’re still a little unsure about when you should use a Form 1099-NEC versus Form 1099-MISC. You could try to sift through the IRS instructions or hope that their call …
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