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The OnLine Taxes Mission:
As an IRS authorized e-file provider and partner, OnLine Taxes shares in the IRS mission to increase e-file income tax filing. OnLine Taxes' purpose is to provide individuals simple, secure, fast and accurate income tax preparation and get their refunds back fast... at a low price.
OnLine Taxes at olt.com provides federal and state online tax preparation and electronic filing for individual taxpayers. The Web site is an authorized IRS e-file partner, secured by Verisign®, powered by IBM® and certified by the Better Business Bureau’s OnLine Privacy Program®.
OnLine Taxes at olt.com serves hundreds of thousands of customers each year and has e-filed almost one million returns to date. Our sole focus is individual online tax preparation. We have grown over the years in order to provide you more comprehensive tax services to meet your individual, business and efile needs. We will continue to strive to not only meet, but also exceed your expectations in every way!
Online-Taxes.com was founded in 1999 by William White, an entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience in both computer programming and public accounting. The company’s technology now is managed by partner Premkumar John, who joined Online-Taxes.com in 2002 and whose experience includes eight years at Cerner Corp.®, the world’s leading supplier of health care information technology. Based in St. Joseph, Mo., OnLine Taxes has nearly 50 employees, including programmers and customer service representatives.
Proud Member of the Free File Alliance
In 2002, OnLine Taxes became a member of the Free File Alliance; a consortium of tax software companies that partner with the IRS to offer free federal online tax preparation and electronic filing to qualified consumers.
Each participating company has its own eligibility requirements: At OnLine Taxes, any taxpayer who comes to the site from the IRS Free File Page may prepare and file a federal return at no cost.
OLT Individual, Business and Efile Tax Products
OnLine Taxes has grown over the years in order to provide you more comprehensive tax services to meet your individual, business and efile needs. We will continue to strive to not only meet, but also exceed your expectations in every way! You now have several convenient choices to complete and efile your taxes. Choose the way that you feel most comfortable with and get started! Taxes have never been simpler!
OnLine Taxes Pricing Schedule
| OLT Web - Federal | $7.95 | You can electronically file your 1040-EZ, 1040A, 1040 and all supported forms and schedules. Just One Low Price! No Games! No Gimmicks!
OnLine Taxes proudly supports all 41 states plus DC that require tax returns. You can file with your federal or file your one or more state returns alone.
| OLT-Desktop Tax Software | $7.95 |
OLT-Desktop gives you the option of downloading the program or ordering a CD. OLT-Desktop completes and files straight forward 1040EZ returns.
| OLT Professional Tax Software and Efile | $299 - $449 |
Now a great option for tax preparers! File your client's federal and state tax returns online. Two great packages to choose from!
| Amended Return Tax Software | $0.00 - $49.95 |
Do you need to make a correction to your tax return? Let OnLine Taxes Help! A simple online interview and we complete all forms for you to mail in! If you filed your originally accepted return with us, it is FREE to amend!
| 2005 Prior Year Tax Software | |
| Federal or State Tax Return | $12.95 each |
| 2005 Amended Return | $49.95 |
Just realized that you forgot to file your taxes last year and need help? New for 2006, OnLine Taxes will offer prior year returns to be prepared for tax year 2004 and 2005. | Printing Service | $1.95 - $3.95 |
Let us print all your forms and send them to you in the mail. Save yourself the hassle!OnLine Taxes Free Services
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OnLine Taxes proudly offers Free Extensions and Free Customer Service!
Federal Tax Returns
OLT Web is the easiest way to file both your federal and state tax returns. Following a simple interview process online, your forms are calculated and filled out. Nothing to download! You can file a federal return by itself or with one or more state returns. It is that easy! You can access your forms at anytime for viewing and printing and if you need to finish your return in more than one sitting, OnLine Taxes will save your information for you!
State Tax Returns
Want to file your federal and state return together? Already filed your federal tax return? No problem! You can file your state tax return with OnLine Taxes!*You can complete one or multiple states with OnLine Taxes! We offer nonresident and part-year resident state tax returns.** *Not all states allow state only tax returns. Oklahoma, Hawaii, and Arkansas require the state return to be electronically filed at the same time as the federal return.
**Not all states allow part-year or nonresident returns to be electronically filed. Bank Products
OnLine Taxes at olt.com has partnered with SBBT Bank (Santa Barbara Bank and Trust) to offer you Refund Loans, Cashiers Checks, and Pay To File From Your Refund!
OLT-Desktop Tax Software by OnLine Taxes
- Would you rather have your own software on a CD that you install on your computer and complete your taxes without having to be hooked to the Internet?
- Are you used to Turbo Tax® box product but would like to try something new?
- New or unsure about the Internet?
OnLine Taxes is proud to offer a desktop box product new for the 2006 year! You have the option to purchase the boxed product and have the actual CD in your possession or to download the program and save it to your desktop!
OLT Professional Tax Software and Efile by OnLine Taxes
Are you a professional CPA looking for an easy, reliable way to e-file your customer's tax returns? OLT Professional Software and E-file by OnLine Taxes is the answer! Nothing to download or update! You simply log in online into your professional OLT account and you have access to your personal database! Pay one low fee for blocks of returns to be e-filed.
Amended Return Tax Software by OnLine Taxes
You have filed your return and already received your refund. Then you get a W-2 you forgot about in the mail and remember you forgot to claim your student loan interest. What do you do now?
OnLine Taxes at olt.com is proud to announce that the amended returns offered as a pilot program last year was a huge success. We have made the program simpler to use and have included state amended returns at no additional charge. Simply answer the questions in the easy to follow online interview and we will complete all of the necessary forms for you to print out and mail in! There is no need to pay the high prices for a CPA to complete your 1040X!
Prior Year Tax Software by OnLine Taxes
It's tax time again! You have your W-2 in hand and are ready to file. Suddenly, you realize that you forgot to file last year! OnLine Taxes at olt.com can help! New for the 2006 year, we are offering tax computation for prior year returns. Simply click on the year for which you need to file a return and enter the information offered. We will do all the calculations for you! Just print off your completed forms and mail them in to the address provided. It is that easy!
Don't have a printer? You still need to have a copy of your filed return for your records.
We will print both your federal tax forms and state tax forms and mail them to you via the US Postal Service for a handling fee of $1.95 for returning customers and only $3.95 for new customers. This is an optional service for customers without access to printing.
OnLine Taxes Free Services
Free Extensions
Need more time to file? OnLine Taxes at olt.com will file an extension for you FREE of charge! There is no catch. Simply create an account and enter some basic information such as your name, address and filing status and select to file an extension. We will electronically file Form 4868 for you. This gives you until October 17 to file without paying a late penalty. (Please note that you will still need to pay any balance owed to the IRS on or before April 17 to avoid penalty).
Free Customer Service
OnLine Taxes would like to take some of the sting and confusion out of filing your taxes. We want to help make this as pain free as possible ~ even if you did not use us to file!
You do not need to be a paying customer in order to benefit from our excellent FREE customer service! Choose the mode of communication that is most convenient for you~
- Comprehensive online knowledge base with easy to understand answers to most of your questions.
- Still have a question? You will then be able to chose to:
- Submit a question and receive the answer via e-mail
- Chat with a LIVE customer service associate to get immediate assistance
- Contact a LIVE customer service associate via our toll free contact number
- Review our Customer Service FAQs
- Find an answer about an error code your recieved from the IRS
How Does OnLine Taxes Compare to the Compitition?
OnLine Taxes was founded in 1999. OnLine Taxes serves hundreds of thousands of customers each year and has enjoyed substantial growth every year. We think we have the best online tax prep software available.
The OnLine Taxes mission is to provide individuals fast, secure and accurate income tax returns at a competitive price. To this end, the Web site outperforms the three industry leaders in three key measures: Customer Service, Speed, & Cost.
We support an extensive list of IRS forms and back our product with our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee.
OnLine Taxes offers quality tax preparation, including free personal customer service.
- Free Customer Service 7am to 11 pm CST
- Only one to offer federal and state return for free. Print your state tax return and your federal tax return and mail it in at no charge!
- Only one to offer telephone number!
- Complete list of forms & schedules!
The streamlined format of OnLine Taxes makes it considerably faster than its competitors: At the start, OnLine Taxes asks its users what forms they have, then only asks for information from those forms. There’s no need to trudge through screens about gambling winnings, farm income or foreign tax payments if those situations don’t apply.
In an income tax preparation test drive, the same sample W-2 form was entered at OnLine Taxes and the sites of the three industry leaders. The time is calculated from the “Getting Started” screen to payment.
OnLine Taxes was the only site to prepare a return in less than 10 minutes:
OnLine Taxes offers quality tax preparation, including free personal customer service, for $4 to $44 less than other sites:
OnLine Taxes at olt.com offers customers to view, print and mail in their completed federal and state tax returns at no charge, as well as prior year and amended returns.
TaxAct.com offers customer to view, print and mail in their federal return at no charge.
H&R Block® is a registered trademark of H&R Block.
Intuit® and TurboTax® are registered trademarks of Intuit, Inc.
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