Tax Return Filing question

[PGA 240]

10 hours ago, Chancy said:

 

Were you able to e-file with TaxAct?  We used it for our 2020 taxes, but it didn't let us e-file.  Felt like we paid $$ just to be able to type in "NRA", instead of hand-writing it 😒

 

I used it just fine...it automatically did the NRA for my spouse... I wasn't charged anything.

[devusr 41]

On 3/18/2022 at 6:54 PM, PGA said:

I used TaxAct ...and everything was done automatically. 

Are you sure you filed Married Filing Separately with NRA for SSN?

[PGA 240]

3 hours ago, devusr said:

Are you sure you filed Married Filing Separately with NRA for SSN?

I haven't filed this year yet, but last year I believe there was a question that asked if spouse was a NRA and when the tax return was completed it added NRA where spouse SSN is supposed to be.

[Chancy 6,241]

16 hours ago, PGA said:

I used it just fine...it automatically did the NRA for my spouse... I wasn't charged anything.

 

It automatically filled in NRA for us as well.  The problem was that it didn't let us e-file, which is what we thought we paid for.  If we knew we would have to mail in our return anyway, we would have just hand-written "NRA" on the form, instead of paying TaxAct to fill out our 1040.

 

[xyz_123 6]

On 3/18/2022 at 8:32 AM, devusr said:

1) I used TurboTax to prepare and print my taxes. Can I strikethrough the "placeholder ssn" and write "NRA" or does it have to be whiteout first?

I'm getting to this a bit late but just in case it helps someone else:

 

I was able to edit the PDF generated by TurboTax using a program like Adobe Acrobat Pro. I just erased the fields where I input a dummy SSN, and if needed I input new text there. I am also filing by mail so I did this before printing everything off. My returns haven't been accepted yet but just putting this out there.