Privacy Policy of 1040 Online Tax, Ltd. for Online Tax Filing..

Thank you for visiting 1040 Online Tax, Ltd. (the "Web Site") and reviewing our Privacy Policy. Your privacy is important to us, and our policy is simple: we will collect no personally identifiable information about you when you visit the Web Site unless you choose to provide that information. This Privacy Policy does not describe information collection practices on other sites, including those linked to or from the Web Site.

1040 Online Tax, Ltd. Privacy Statement
A new law requires that CPAs and all other personal financial service providers disclose their privacy policies to clients in a written notice. These policies pertain to non-public personal information about current and former clients. Of course, 1040 Online Tax, Ltd. has always protected your right to privacy with professional standards that are even more stringent than those required by law.

In order to assist you with your professional needs and, in some cases, to comply with professional guidelines, we retain records relating to the professional services we provide you. We have rigorous physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in place to protect these records, and they are accessed internally only on an 'as-needed' basis, and only by authorized personnel.

Non-public personal information is never collected without your authorization, and we do not disclose such information except as required by law. Permitted disclosures include third parties who assist us in providing services to you, such as CCH Incorporated, the vendor providing us with our tax compliance software, Complete Tax.

The tax return information that we collect is used strictly for lawful purposes and is never shared with federal, state or other taxing authorities without your consent. The foregoing notwithstanding, we reserve the right to disclose your information without your consent in response to a court order, subpoena, search warrant or other inquiry or request from governmental or regulatory authorities, or to protect against fraud or other criminal activities. If you choose to electronically file your return, we will transmit your tax return to the appropriate federal and state taxing authorities.

The IRS requires us to provide the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer from which the return originated, as well as the e-mail address of the person who electronically filed the return. This information is sent to the IRS at the time you choose to submit your return to the IRS for electronic filing.

We are not responsible for information gathered by third party web sites. You should review any third party site's Privacy Policy for details regarding their policies concerning information they gather. Any time you are preparing to navigate to a site that is not covered by this Privacy Policy, we will indicate at the bottom of the page that you are leaving our site.