Get My Payment Input

[Gretel]

Yes, refund and zero worked for me today, finally. Tried the same several times through last weekend and it did not work. I am glad they fixed it before time is running out.

[Bucky]

If they applied refund to estimated tax i found you mark refund and zero for amount. Took me a couple days to try different scenarios .

[Uncle Sam]

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[Rapid Robert]

if you would have done better if still in the same IT career. It was a simple question requiring a yes or no answer.

I don't think anyone in an IT career had any say over what ultimately got rushed into production at the IRS public web site. But yes, I would have done better if up to me, because I would not have released a known buggy application to production. But as I also know, people not in IT often over-rule the recommendations of their own IT experts.

[TAXNJ]

Other than a personal attack on me, is there any actual tax-related info in your post?

I notice you did not actually contradict my point, that the IRS software rollout had a lot of bugs and still does even now.

Maybe you took the question wrong. It was a question directed about your former IT career that you mentioned in a number of posts.

The same question you asked, “is there any actual tax-related info in your reply post?”, also applies in your reply post here.

Also, your reply post to LION could be considered rough so you don’t get a pass by incorrectly using the word “personal” about you in your reply post.

You mentioned your IT experience and the question is if you would have done better if still in the same IT career. It was a simple question requiring a yes or no answer.

[Rapid Robert]

Yes, as you have told numerous times in posts about your former IT professional career, maybe you should have worked for and shown the IRS and Treasury what should have been done correctly..

Do you think it might have been more beneficial if you stayed with that career than what you are posting about after the fact of what is happening as many reply posters have posted they are already aware of and experienced?

Other than a personal attack on me, is there any actual tax-related info in your post?

I notice you did not actually contradict my point, that the IRS software rollout had a lot of bugs and still does even now. It wouldn't help even if they had the best IT personnel in the world, because unfortunately those folks are not calling the shots.

[TAXNJ]

As a former IT professional, what this tells us is that buggy software code was rushed into production without adequate testing, and now that the bugs are coming to light, obstacles are in place that make fixing it even harder and more time consuming.

This should make those members of our voting population who choose to believe politicians over experts happy, I suppose.

Yes, as you have told numerous times in posts about your former IT professional career, maybe you should have worked for and shown the IRS and Treasury what should have been done correctly..

Do you think it might have been more beneficial if you stayed with that career than what you are posting about after the fact of what is happening as many reply posters have posted they are already aware of and experienced?

Refer to LION's and AZUKHiker's replies for suggestions.

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[TAXNJ]

As of this morning your second situation is working for me. I applied my 2018 refund to 2019. Went in to Get My Payment this morning. Clicked balance due (NOT refund) and entered $0. It then went through to asking for bank details. So try clicking balance due and entering $0.

Thanks. Client had to wait 24 hours and tried and it worked. As LION suggested, updates to the system are starting to take place.

[Rapid Robert]

The system was updated the other day --- as of this a.m. it is not updated yet [for another problem] Maybe an update for that issue might happen

As a former IT professional, what this tells us is that buggy software code was rushed into production without adequate testing, and now that the bugs are coming to light, obstacles are in place that make fixing it even harder and more time consuming.

This should make those members of our voting population who choose to believe politicians over experts happy, I suppose.

[AZUKHiker]

TAXNJ
Correct suggestion. The system was updated the other day to allow those who filed 2018 with an amount DUE to enter bank information.

However, as of this a.m. it is not updated yet to allow those returns showing the REFUND was applied to the following year estimated tax. Maybe an update for that issue might happen.

As of this morning your second situation is working for me. I applied my 2018 refund to 2019. Went in to Get My Payment this morning. Clicked balance due (NOT refund) and entered $0. It then went through to asking for bank details. So try clicking balance due and entering $0.

[TAXNJ]

Yes, and I STILL suggest going to Get My Payment. However, people have been reporting some successes, but not all successes, after the first of three nights of updates and maintenance on the system. So, I suggested waiting for the next two nights of IRS work on the system and then trying again.

I don't know if it is working yet for a specific situation your client might have, or not. That's why I suggest waiting until the IRS finishes this round of maintenance and updates. If he/you have the time, try it each day if you prefer.

I want my clients to wait, not to call me every day, all day, that it didn't work for them and now they're locked out for the day. I want them to have the best chance of success with Get My Payment. In the meantime, I'll have prepared a couple more 2019 returns.

Correct suggestion. The system was updated the other day to allow those who filed 2018 with an amount DUE to enter bank information.

However, as of this a.m. it is not updated yet to allow those returns showing the REFUND was applied to the following year estimated tax. Maybe an update for that issue might happen.

[Lion]

wait, didn't you just say in the other thread that instead of trying a workaround, people should just use the get my payment site? Make up your mind, is it working or not?

Yes, and I STILL suggest going to Get My Payment. However, people have been reporting some successes, but not all successes, after the first of three nights of updates and maintenance on the system. So, I suggested waiting for the next two nights of IRS work on the system and then trying again.

I don't know if it is working yet for a specific situation your client might have, or not. That's why I suggest waiting until the IRS finishes this round of maintenance and updates. If he/you have the time, try it each day if you prefer.

I want my clients to wait, not to call me every day, all day, that it didn't work for them and now they're locked out for the day. I want them to have the best chance of success with Get My Payment. In the meantime, I'll have prepared a couple more 2019 returns.

[dtlee]

As I mentioned in the other thread, it worked today for taxpayer with neither refund nor balance due. Client clicked on "Refund" and entered "0" as the amount. Not sure if it would have worked if they had checked "Balance Due" but that had not worked either.

[Rapid Robert]

Wait two more nights and then try again!

wait, didn't you just say in the other thread that instead of trying a workaround, people should just use the get my payment site? Make up your mind, is it working or not?

[Lion]

Wait two more nights and then try again!