Online Tax Extensions: The Green Way to File |
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Most people don't think of it this way, but paying taxes is actually a good thing (it's what they call your civic duty). How can you do it even better? File for your tax extension online this year. You'll not only save some potential money (in the form of extra deductions or tax code changes you might become eligible for), but you'll save a tree. TaxExtension.org recommends FileLater.com for e-filing your tax extensions. As a 100% online service, FileLater saves quite a bit of paper every year. Save a Tree: E-File Each IRS tax extension form (that's Form 4868 for personal tax extensions and Form 7004 for business extensions) is four pages long. If you count the envelope, each form uses up five sheets of paper. So every 100 tax extensions that get e-filed save one ream of paper, or 6% of a tree, according to www.conservatree.com. Think six percent doesn't sound like a lot? Think again. American taxpayers file more than three million individual tax extensions every year. If every single one of those extensions were filed online, it would save 30,000 reams of paper--nearly 1,800 trees. Save Water: E-File It's not just trees you're saving when you file your tax extension online. According to a BP study, it can take up to 13 ounces of water to produce a single sheet of paper--that's more water than you'll find in a can of soda! Let's do the math again. If every one of those three million tax extensions is filed online this year, that saves 304,687 gallons of water. And with communities all over the US starting to run low on water, we need to save every drop. And if all that doesn't convince you, don't forget about the greenhouse gases emitted by the trucks and planes that carry your paper extension to the IRS office. Do your part to keep the planet hospitable to human life! File your tax extension online this year. |