State Tax Return
It is a good thing that many companies offer online state tax return preparation and e-filing services either for free or for some charges. And therefore, doing state tax return online has become easy and fast than before. But you have to be careful when it comes to choosing state tax preparation services because not all the companies offer tax preparation and e-filing services for all states. Some may offer you doing federal tax return but they may not support your state income tax return.
If you have confusion regarding choosing the company, you can visit the IRS website to use a tool “Guide Me to a Company” that can help you right away to select the company which offers state tax preparation and e-filing for your state.
You should check out whether the company you’re choosing for your federal tax return also supports state tax return. Visit the company’s website to learn about which states support non-resident state tax forms and part-year state tax forms. You may also come across information about state tax forms for your state available.
You can visit the IRS website to learn about which participating Free File Alliance companies offer state tax return preparation for free and e-filing services. It’s better to check out the company's Free File home page to know whether your state offers services regarding preparing and e-filing free state tax return.
Please note that there are seven states that do not have a tax on wages such as Florida, Alaska, South Dakota, Texas, Nevada, Washington, and Wyoming. So, filings of state returns are not supported for these seven states through the Free File program.