Efile for Form 4868 for Taxpayers who are out of the country-extension to October 15, 2021

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April 20, 2022
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Proseries rep informed me today that 2021 extensions cannot be electronically filed after April 18th even if you check the resident overseas box. They will have to be mailed in. I filed two successfully yesterday (April 19th) but had one fail today (April 20th).
This is likely the last straw for me with Proseries, after the Form 1116-Sched B chaos.

ProSeries Professional

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Best answer by IntuitRebecca

(55) You are past the deadline for new filings. Please contact customer support.

Not transmitted, the first extension(s) failed the tax submission first extension validation step. Please make necessary corrections.

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. Could you please try to e-file the extension now, and let me know if you're successful?

Just-Lisa-Now-

Intuit Community Champion

yea, the day after you can usually sneak a few more extensions in, 2 days, youre out of luck....I dont think it has anything to do with the overseas box.

♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥Lisa♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪

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ScollierAuthor

Level 3

It absolutely does, used to be able to file these extensions up until June 15.

IntuitRebecca

Level 6

Hi there,

For the client whose filing failed, did you have a US address entered on their Info Worksheet? I believe their foreign address must be listed there in order to e-file successfully after the deadline for other taxpayers.

- Rebecca

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ScollierAuthor

Level 3

Yes, foreign address, though it used to work both ways before. It is actully in the online help now:

Would have been nice if they sent this out so they could have been filed electronically before April 18th.

Filing an individual Form 4868 electronically

by Intuit•70•Updated 1 month ago

Before you start:

The Intuit Electronic Filing Center will not allow electronic submission of Form 4868 after April 15th, unless the taxpayer's SSN previously requested an extenion and was rejected.
If it is necessary to change the taxpayer's SSN in order to correct an electronic filing rejection, the Form 4868 will need to be submitted by US Mail if the deadline has passed.
Form 4868, filed for U.S.Citizens or resident aliens living abroad, filed after the April 1th deadline must be submitted by US Mail.

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TaxGuyBill

Level 15

I'm curious to know if this is just a glitch in the software (I would NOT rely on that online help article), or if this is just more evidence that the Intuit developers are clueless.

Filing an individual Form 4868 electronically

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