Since early August, businesses in Idaho can report and pay sales and use taxes as well as file income tax withholding via the Internet. Both interactive services are available at www.accessidaho.org, the state of Idaho's official Web portal. The only equipment needed to file electronically is a computer with Internet access. Both services allow users to access past e-filings for up to one year, print receipts containing filing information, file zero returns, make adjustments, and file on behalf of multiple companies. Since most businesses usually file their sales and use tax and income tax withholding at the same time, each online service is linked to the other for convenience.
These new online taxation services replace the phone-based Telefile system, which ended Aug. 21.
Terry Carr, controller at Boise-based Baird Oil Company, tested the new services for the Idaho State Tax Commission and is pleased with the results. "It will definitely speed up the filing process," said Carr. "The online service will eliminate the manual filing of the paper coupons, and I see the new e-file system as a very positive step forward for my company."
The new e-filing services also offer online payment options for returns with taxes due. "Tax payments can be made electronically using Visa, MasterCard, or ACH debit through Access Idaho's secure payment server," said Gordon Alleman, Tax Automated Systems Manager for the Tax Commission. "As an added convenience, businesses that prefer paying with a paper check can still do so by printing a voucher from the Web application to send with their payment."
Idaho Information Consortium, a subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC (Nasdaq:EGOV) that manages Access Idaho on behalf of the state, built Idaho's new online tax filing services.
About Access Idaho
Access Idaho is the state of Idaho's official Web portal (www.accessidaho.org) and provider of electronic government solutions for the state. The network manager for the portal is Idaho Information Consortium, a subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC.
Quelle: Business Wire
