Category: Taxes for Prior Years

Filing past year tax returns aren’t fun — and it isn’t supposed to be! The IRS has designed the process so that the average taxpayer will strongly prefer filing on the due date. While that’s fine as a way to encourage people to file early, it’s not such a great way to get people to […]

It’s the start of a new year, which means it’s a good time to start thinking about filing your taxes. But what if you still have past taxes to file? Is it a good idea to file last year’s taxes if you still owe taxes from a few years ago? Of course it is! Back taxes can […]

Those of us who have missed tax deadlines have a lot to do. Sometimes, we don’t even know that we have missed them. Too often people don’t realize they owe back taxes until the IRS comes calling and sends them threatening letters. So what can you do to avoid that? How do you know when […]

Filing past year taxes is much easier than you think – and you might even get a refund! Doing taxes every year can be a heavy burden for a lot of taxpayers. Even if they are eligible for a refund, the time and energy it takes to do them can create great difficulties. Perhaps that […]

Filing past state taxes can get complicated with all those different rules and regulations – let PriorTax take care of them for you There are plenty of guides to filing federal taxes late, but not nearly as many for filing past state tax returns. Why? Because each state does it a little differently. The key […]

You can prepare a past tax return online, you just have to mail it to the IRS You may have heard that the IRS doesn’t allow taxpayers to e-file past year tax return information. And that’s 100% true — but that doesn’t mean you can’t do your past year taxes online! How? Simple: you can […]

Don’t bother with printable forms. Prepare your 2010 return online and still get a refund On PriorTax you can still file a 2010 tax return and get a refund – no tax forms necessary. Many late filers are under the mistaken impression that just because some of the major tax companies don’t let you prepare […]