IRS forms through the mail

[jeffmb]

Has anyone ordered their individual income tax forms from the IRS and received them yet? I ordered mine in late December but have yet to get them. Looking at their website it appears that the forms are already updated for the year 2018.

 

[Pat-inCO]

Has anyone ordered their individual income tax forms from the IRS and
received them yet? I ordered mine in late December but have yet to get
them. Looking at their website it appears that the forms are already
updated for the year 2018.

Why not just get them online? :shock:
Have them in hand in seconds.

 

[jeffmb]

Has anyone ordered their individual income tax forms from the IRS and
received them yet? I ordered mine in late December but have yet to get
them. Looking at their website it appears that the forms are already
updated for the year 2018.

Why not just get them online? :shock:
Have them in hand in seconds.

Need the instructions as well and don't want to waste my printer ink. I've done this for years but can't recall them being this late.

 

[rimmer]

I ordered them and the person I talked to said as soon as they were printed that I would receive them.

 

[onehandgunner]

In February of 2018 I had requested 1040 form and instructions for 2017 tax year. I still have not received them.

 

[Rick Courtright]

Hi,

With the lingering effects of the gov't shutdown, "customer service" is likely not a term that will apply to a lot of IRS's operations this tax year. So why not just download, and then read the instructions of the .pdf file you receive on your screen? Beats the heck out of fussing around with IRS waiting for forms. Or printing a bazillion pages which have no useful information on them for most taxpayers...

Rick C

 

[Pat-inCO]

if you need the paperwork, you wouldn't be wasting printer ink?

I was thinking much the same, but I grab a PDF copy of the instructions
(been doing this for years) and put the PDF on my laptop to read from for
the information I need. :roll:

 

[Jeepnik]

I thought the post office used to have forms and instructions.

 

[Rick Courtright]

I thought the post office used to have forms and instructions.

Hi,

They haven't had them for years! Local library was our last source for actual paper documents, ready to fill out and send off (no downloading/printing involved.) Even they quit handling most of the stuff a couple of years ago. Local IRS office used to have them in the lobby--I wonder if they still do?

Rick C

 

[jeffmb]

Hi,

With the lingering effects of the gov't shutdown, "customer service" is likely not a term that will apply to a lot of IRS's operations this tax year. So why not just download, and then read the instructions of the .pdf file you receive on your screen? Beats the heck out of fussing around with IRS waiting for forms. Or printing a bazillion pages which have no useful information on them for most taxpayers...

Rick C

I will have no choice but to do it that way if I don't receive the hard copies by mid March. Just easier to have the instructions in hand especially for the worksheets they contain.

 

[Arthr Itis]

I filled them out on line, printed them, attached a check and mailed it.

 

[golferboy426]

My library has them

 

[Mus408]

Used to get them in the mail years ago but have been using Turbo Tax for several years now.
Filed mine last week and it was completely free for the simple filing.