Recently, an increasing number of services are provided via the Internet. Of particular popularity is the sending of documents, including tax returns, over the Internet to various government services. What features does this procedure have? How to file a tax return online? Can they refuse a service?
The main pros and cons of remote filing
The benefits of remotely filing a tax return are far greater than the disadvantages.
The main disadvantage is periodic failures and errors in accounting programs, as a result of which reports do not reach the Federal Tax Service on time. However, such situations rarely occur when declarations are submitted as soon as possible. A full-fledged transition to electronic document management will not happen soon, because paperwork is required for audits.
The advantages of this method are:
- time saving (no need to visit the Federal Tax Service);
- ease of registration of the service (it is enough to register once on the site to receive the service in the future);
- a small number of errors when processing information in the Federal Tax Service (the data is copied, but not manually entered).
It is important to note that any type of tax return can be submitted online.
What do you need?
For legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, to submit a declaration on the Internet, they will need:
- extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities or the USRIP;
- certificate from Rosstat with activity code;
- certificate of statement of individual entrepreneur or legal entity in the tax service and for state registration;
- TIN;
- passport;
- other papers confirming registration of a legal entity or entrepreneur.
How to file a tax return through the Internet to an individual? To do this, you will need a passport, TIN and SNILS.
What do you need to send documents over the Internet?
Before filing a tax return via the Internet, a preliminary conclusion of a contract with the operator of the Federal Tax Service will be required, which will subsequently send electronic documents. The cost of this service starts from 1.5 thousand rubles per year. In addition, you must have an electronic signature, which is needed to identify the applicant. It is made out in one of the authorized services of the Ministry of Communications at the current place of registration (directly at the tax office or at the MFC).
How to file a declaration online: ways
Individuals and legal entities can submit reports to the tax service via the Internet as follows:
- Through the website of the Federal Tax Service in your account.
- On the portal of public services.
FTS website
According to the current legislative norms of the Russian Federation, all legal entities must be registered on the website of the Federal Tax Service, that is, they must have a personal account where they store information necessary for the supervisory authority. You can enter your personal account in the following ways:
- Using a pre-issued digital signature.
- By entering the name of the taxpayer and the code from the registration card (issued at the tax office).
And individuals can register on the website of the Federal Tax Service. To do this, enter the name, TIN and SNILS.
How to file a tax return online on the website of the tax office? To do this, go to the section on working with declarations and reports. The declaration is filled in according to the template of the established form. After filling in all fields of the document, you can send it. After conducting a desk check of the document in your account, a notification will appear.
Government Services Portal
Submission of declarations of any kind can be carried out through "State services.ru". To use the service, you must register on this site and create a login, password. Next, you need to download and install software called "Taxpayer". This software has a number of significant advantages, such as:
- the possibility of creating various documents in electronic form;
- automated filling out declarations;
- saving previously created and completed documents.
How to send a tax return online through this program? After installing the software, applicants should regularly monitor the release of updates. The algorithm for submitting a declaration is as follows:
- We select the necessary form of declaration, enter all the information. The completed declaration can be saved on the computer.
- Individual entrepreneurs and a legal entity indicate the code of the branch of the FNM where the declaration will be sent.
- We draw up an application, attach a reporting document to it . The taxpayer needs to save or record her number.
- We are sending a report. After that, the applicant needs to monitor the status of the processing of the application in his account at the State Service.ru.
- After receiving confirmation from the FTS on the receipt of the declaration, its paper medium can be certified with the seal of the organization (for legal entities and individual entrepreneurs) and the signature of the authorized person.
After that, applicants must first make an appointment with the Federal Tax Service. Before the visit you should make sure that you have all the necessary seals and signatures. In order to subsequently avoid problems with the tax inspectorate regarding corrections and errors in the declaration, it is recommended that taxpayers submit the document at least one day before the deadline.
Can they refuse to accept the document?
Filing a tax return via the Internet is quite simple, but are there any problems with receiving it? They may refuse to accept accounting documents in the following situations:
- lack of certification by digital signature;
- lack of information about the person responsible for filling out the declaration;
- the presence of errors in the document;
- reporting through non-certified services;
- the impossibility of identifying the taxpayer by electronic signature.
How to file a declaration of income via the Internet or any other reporting document to the tax service? This service is available on the website of the Federal Tax Service and the Gosuslugi.ru portal. Both legal entities and individuals can submit a declaration.