The Internal Revenue Service today unveiled IRS2Go, its first smartphone
application that lets taxpayers check on their status of their tax
refund and obtain helpful tax information.
"This new smart phone app reflects our commitment to modernizing the
agency and engaging taxpayers where they want when they want it," said
IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. "As technology evolves and younger
taxpayers get their information in new ways, we will keep innovating to
make it easy for all taxpayers to access helpful information."
The IRS2Go phone app gives people a convenient way of checking on their
federal refund. It also gives people a quick way of obtaining
easy-to-understand tax tips.
Apple users can download the free IRS2Go application by visiting the
Apple App Store. Android users can visit the Android Marketplace to
download the free IRS2Go app.
"This phone app is a first step for us," Shulman said. "We will look for
additional ways to expand and refine our use of smartphones and other
new technologies to help meet the needs of taxpayers."
The mobile app, among a handful in the federal government, offers a
number of safe and secure ways to help taxpayers. Features of the first
release of the IRS2Go app include:
Get Your Refund Status
Taxpayers can check the status of their federal refund through the new
phone app with a few basic pieces of information. First, taxpayers enter
a Social Security number, which is masked and encrypted for security
purposes. Next, taxpayers pick the filing status they used on their tax
return. Finally, taxpayers enter the amount of the refund they expect
from their 2010 tax return.
For people who e-file, the refund function of the phone app will work
within about 72 hours after taxpayers receive an e-mail acknowledgement
saying the IRS received their tax return.
For people filing paper tax returns, longer processing times mean they
will need to wait three to four weeks before they can check their refund
status.
About 70 percent of the 142 million individual tax returns were filed electronically last year.
More details can be found here. Have you downloaded it?
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