Back in March I filed my federal taxes on fileyourtaxes.com and was given the empty promise that my state (MA) would become available soon. Now they are saying it may not become available before the 6 month extension deadline. How can I strictly file for my state taxes?

Hello PF.

In March I looked on the official IRS website and decided to use fileyourtaxes.com (FYT) to file. It hadn't yet listed my state (Massachusetts), but encouraged me to file for my federal anyway, and they would send me an email when the state was available. Finished my federal, submitted it, and waited for state. A couple weeks before the due date in April I asked them when it would be up, and they said:

We anticipate on having MA state filings very soon. Please check back periodically for a status update.".

That was April 6th. I started looking for other alternatives, but the other resources suggested on the IRS website would not let me submit my state without also submitting my federal, which had already been done on FYT and could not be revoked. I went back to FYT and asked for a hard-set date of when MA would become available. Their reply:

Thank you for your message. We do not have a specified date of when we may have MA. state filings at this current moment. lease(sic) check back periodically for a status update.

I sent a couple more emails every couple months, same BS. Finally I asked them to give it to me straight: would my state be available before the extension? I just got the following email today:

Thank you for your message. Unfortunelty(sic) we may not have MD (sic) state filings available before the 6 month extension. Please feel free to check back periodically. Thank You for Choosing FileYourTaxes.com.

They meant MA; MD is available on their website so I'm assuming a typo. Either way, I am fed up and pissed off and hoping that you lovely people of PF can help a tax newbie out before the extension deadline on October 15th. I refuse to be a victim in this situation, but I simply do not know where to turn that will allow me to only file for my state without the federal return getting involved, and I need some human advice that isn't coming from a worker drone.

For financial context, I am just about the easiest demographic to work with. No kids, no house, no stock, no military service, etc etc. I am a college student grossing in less than $5.5k a year and that is just about it.

I'd also like to stress that I received my federal return just fine way back in March, so I was not scammed in that area.

Thank you very much for your time, PF.