While some companies, such as H&R Block, are starting to efile taxes as early as January 4th…most of us are going to have to wait until at least January 11th before the IRS will start accepting independent efiling (those of us who aren’t a tax company that is). This doesn’t effect most of us since you do need to have all of your paperwork (W2’s and the like) in order before you can file. And seeing as companies usually won't dispense these records until the end of January, most of us will just have to wait patiently for a couple of weeks before we can begin.

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