puma1552
Apr 9, 2009, 04:13 AM
State is Minnesota.
As I live abroad, I am required to file an extension for federal taxes because I cannot file until I've been in this country (Japan) for 330 days.
I have been working out all of my forms to send in my extension request, Form 4868, as accurately as possible as it asks for data from the 1040. I need one more piece of information and I can finish all of it. However if I do not get this piece of information in the next day or two, I can estimate and send it off, and figure out the exact amount of taxes later during the extension period. Therefore my federal taxes are not an issue.
However, Minnesota does not grant an automatic extension with a federal extension. In fact, it does not grant an extension at all.
Unfortunately to finish my state taxes, I need that piece of information that I don't yet have (a house FMV from 2006). If I don't file by next week I am looking at a tax lien and destroyed credit.
Options??
As I live abroad, I am required to file an extension for federal taxes because I cannot file until I've been in this country (Japan) for 330 days.
I have been working out all of my forms to send in my extension request, Form 4868, as accurately as possible as it asks for data from the 1040. I need one more piece of information and I can finish all of it. However if I do not get this piece of information in the next day or two, I can estimate and send it off, and figure out the exact amount of taxes later during the extension period. Therefore my federal taxes are not an issue.
However, Minnesota does not grant an automatic extension with a federal extension. In fact, it does not grant an extension at all.
Unfortunately to finish my state taxes, I need that piece of information that I don't yet have (a house FMV from 2006). If I don't file by next week I am looking at a tax lien and destroyed credit.
Options??