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Tom, I'm going to say it was a late return. IRS will accept
til the 20th, but to be on time, it would have had to been
sent first by the 15th and corrected by the 20th.

Helen, EA in PA

Director, NAEA; Immediate Past President, PSEA; Tax Expert, AOL
Enrolled Agents - THE Tax Professionals

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Here's a problem I never would wish on myself or anyone
else. I went home Friday night. Saturday AM I checked my
computer from home (a benefit of Timbuktu) and saw that
while the last tax return was ready to be sent to my e-file
provider, I had never pushed the send button because of
getting distracted late in the day. Just on the off chance I
sent the return off, fully expecting to get back a
late-filing reject notice. Lo and behold, the return was
accepted by IRS.

So now I wonder: is the return truly late or does the e-file
acceptance mean from the IRS perspective it was timely?
Since it was accepted, I believe that any changes due to
late filing would have to be done with an 1040X. How would
you present this to the client (who had to get a SEP
contriburtion set up late on the 15th for that to be
timely). I would rather the client hear this first from me
than from the IRS.

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