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E-filing is best.
The federal government has a goal to have all businesses e-file 100% of their taxes within the next five years. Thirteen states now mandate some form of e-filing, and the trend is growing. Electronic filing has many advantages. If you take into account the cost of time and materials, e-filing is much cheaper than using paper tax forms. It’s more efficient and better for the environment too!
While our best practice recommendation is to use the e-filing options integrated into your Blackbaud software, we continue to support paper tax forms as well. Our tax forms have received IRS approval and are tested by Blackbaud programmers to ensure compatibility.
Important New Tax Form Changes This Year
E-filing is best.
The federal government has a goal to have all businesses e-file 100% of their taxes within the next five years. Thirteen states now mandate some form of e-filing, and the trend is growing. Electronic filing has many advantages. If you take into account the cost of time and materials, e-filing is much cheaper than using paper tax forms. It’s more efficient and better for the environment too!
While our best practice recommendation is to use the e-filing options integrated into your Blackbaud software, we continue to support paper tax forms as well. Our tax forms have received IRS approval and are tested by Blackbaud programmers to ensure compatibility.
Important New Tax Form Changes This Year
- In Financial Edge™, the bulk of the 1099-MISC and W-2 forms will now print to blank tax forms paper, a specialty paper constructed with specific perforations required by the IRS. The W-3 transmittal form and the W-2 federal copy A can be printed to plain copy paper.
- Some forms must use red preprinted forms: These are the 1096 transmittal forms and the IRS/federal copy A for the 1099-MISC. Note, only the preprinted form must be red. Load these into a normal laser printer with regular black toner.
- The layout of the employee copies has changed from 4-up horizontal strips to a 4-up (two over two) box alignment with one form in each corner. This means that the 1099s, the ACA health care reporting forms, and the W-2s can all be mailed in the same envelope.
- FundWare® tax forms and the 1098-T tuition statements printed through Blackbaud Student Information System™ will use the same formats as last year.
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