{"id":18323,"date":"2011-01-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/making-tax-return-mobile-phone\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:01:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:01:50","slug":"making-tax-return-mobile-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/making-tax-return-mobile-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Your Tax Return through Mobile Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"

IRS problems aren't as complicated as they look once you see the structure. I'm attorney Darrin Mish. I've represented taxpayers before the IRS for three decades \u2014 in Florida, Colorado, Texas, and internationally. Here's the plain-English breakdown.<\/p>\n

Making your Tax Return through Mobile Phone<\/div>\n
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Nowadays, more and more tasks are being done through your handy mobile phone. \u00a0Shopping, browsing websites, emailing, online chatting, playing games, watching movies, downloading music and banking are just some of the everyday tasks we can now do through our mobile phones. \u00a0Now a tax software company is introducing income tax submission through your mobile phone. \u00a0Click here to read or watch more IRS Help resources.<\/a><\/div>\n
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Intuit, the company that produces the TurboTax software, has developed a mobile phone application called SnapTax app that allows you to fill up Form 1040EZ<\/a>, which is the most basic of the personal tax forms to fill. \u00a0All you need to do is take a photo of your W-2 and the app will do the work. \u00a0Answer a few questions and then review your return to make sure you have entered everything correctly before sending it electronically by tapping a \u2018file now\u2019 button.<\/div>\n
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The SnapTax app is available for the iPhones and Android phones and uses modern image recognition technology to read the information such as salary and withholding amounts from your W-2 form. \u00a0This same technology is also used in other areas like price recording at checkout counters, online language translation software and so on. \u00a0According to Intuit, it takes only about 15 minutes to fill up your tax return. \u00a0To make your filing using the SnapTax app, you pay a charge of $15.<\/div>\n
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Since this is a new technology, some people might take time to get used to filing their tax returns this way instead of the old method of pen, paper and calculator or even through your personal computer at home. \u00a0Although SnapTax allows greater flexibility in filing tax returns just about anywhere, it is still improbable to have people using it at places like crowded subway trains.<\/div>\n
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Nevertheless, there are some caveats when using SnapTax. \u00a0The app cannot be used by people who should be maximizing their savings by itemizing deductions. \u00a0Itemized deductions are not allowed on the 1040EZ. \u00a0Furthermore, individuals filing using SnapTax must earn less than $80,000 and couples must not earn more than $100,000. \u00a0The $80,000 limit with SnapTax is less than the $100,000 set by the IRS for individual filers who file their returns the conventional way. \u00a0In addition, SnapTax filers must not have any dependents or be older than 65 years old.<\/div>\n
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Other forms of tax preparation mobile phone apps are also available. \u00a0H&R Block\u2019s app allows users to talk to a customer representative. \u00a0Shoeboxed helps users organize their spending by photographing receipts.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IRS problems aren't as complicated as they look once you see the structure. I'm attorney Darrin Mish. I've represented taxpayers before the IRS for three decades \u2014 in Florida, Colorado, Texas, and internationally. Here's the plain-English breakdown. Making your Tax Return through Mobile Phone Nowadays, more and more tasks are being done through your handy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[594],"class_list":["post-18323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irs-help","tag-irs-forms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21891,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18323\/revisions\/21891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}