The Vig

Jack Bog has been all over this issue surrounding Turbo Tax mistakenly donating kicker checks to the state education fund. As he continued to dig yesterday, he brought up a fascinating observation. The state seems to be very forgiving of folks who filed electronically, but people who physically signed and filed paper forms are S.O.L.

Is an electronic signature on a tax return somehow less valid and binding than a manual signature?

That’s a heckuva question, but that’s exactly what the state seems to believe.  Yet the entire electronic tax filing cabal is based on the fact your electronic signature is the same as a physical one.  I suspect this will get resolved shortly after the bosses come back to the office next week.  I can’t believe the Feds, the state, or the electronic filing companies want this issue to fester for too long.