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Unable to file your taxes for free in NY? While some online tax preparers have free options, you may be charged over $100 depending on your situation.
New Yorkers have the option to file both federal and state taxes for free starting this year.
The Preparer Tax Identification Number was created in 1999 to protect the privacy of tax return preparers. Preparers were required to sign the tax forms they prepared and provide their Social Security Numbers. Starting with the 2000 tax season, the IRS gave preparers the option of using either their SSNs or PTINs. [1]
As of 2008, eighty percent of taxpayers were seeking third party assistance, either from tax preparers or tax software, to prepare and file their federal tax returns. The report found that the number of paid tax return preparers was difficult to determine, ranging anywhere from 900,000 to 1.2 million people.
The tax department was formally created on January 1, 1927, but the first signs of the department date to 1859. The original intent was to find a way (a mathematical formula) to distribute tax revenue to individual counties in New York State.
Enter tax preparers, professionals who've made careers in preparing others' tax returns. These individuals provide an alternative to both filing on your own and using tax preparation software.