Javabear Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I was able to get the electronic form submitted using Firefox. It still would not work using IE and I have no idea why. There were no problems using Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxout Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Another oddity is that after you've filed your FBAR you can't view it again on the FINCEN system. That is, you have to take care to be certain that you've saved a copy as filed, and backed it up somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 (edited) I sure hope they reconsider their plan to not allow filing by mail in the near future! As it stands now, I'm not confident I would have been technically able to e-file and I'm not exactly a novice to computing. Edited June 23, 2012 by Jingthing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meand Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 ^I agree with you 100%. I mean we are all on an internet forum, so it can be assumed we are at least somewhat computer/net savvy. Yet there are many many people that simply don't have these skills. I think this is preposterous and also very presumptuous in a way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagabond48 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I also I agree the site is not geared to the general internet public. Another oddity is that after you've filed your FBAR you can't view it again on the FINCEN system. That is, you have to take care to be certain that you've saved a copy as filed, and backed it up somewhere. I didn't read all the fine print but I saved my form before I submitted it. It is just my habit from my IT days but from what I saw, you can only amend your form if you have saved it since it asks for the location of the file on your system. I had an additional problem when I try amend my form, I was able to bring up the form but it wouldn't let me remove my signature so the form could be changed. One other thing, I called them up and the woman who was very friendly told me they don't keep the website updated with the latest software version reqirements. The website is definitely not ready for prime time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxout Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 (edited) A year on and nothing at all has changed. You'll still keep getting error messages on IE unless (a) you've added FINCEN to your trusted sites and (b ) checked "Display PDF in Browser" in Adobe Reader Preferences. Not a word about this on the FINCEN website. However, if you're lucky you may be asked to complete a Customer Survey and given an opportunity to vent about the disaster which is the Fincen website. Edited June 6, 2013 by taxout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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