River City Bank Tax Division -- Direct & Indirect E-Filing Information

NEW! for the 2007/2008 Tax Season River City is now offering an indirect banking solution to our customers. With our new indirect system you can e-file and forget it. Once your returns are acknowledged your tax software company will automatically send your bank application files to River City. The bank will in turn send the checks back to your tax software company. It could not get any easier, once you e-file you don't have to anything but print the checks! This new program is offered to user's with Taxwise, ATX, Tax Slayer, and E-File Interchange. Contact the bank or your tax software provider for more information. Traditional direct banking is still available. Direct Filing – 5 easy steps to the IRS
1.	The tax preparer files electronically with the IRS.
2.	The tax preparer picks up the acknowledgment file (ACK) from the IRS.
3.	The tax preparer sends the ERC/RAL information to River City Bank.
4.	River City Bank processes the ERC/RAL file and creates a tax check file for the tax preparer to retrieve
5.	After retrieving the tax check file, the tax preparer may print checks for his/her client.

Indirect Filing to the IRS – Using third party
1.	The tax preparer files electronically with the third party.
2.	The third party files with the IRS.
3.	The third party receives the acknowledgment (ACK) from the IRS.
4.	The third party transmits taxpayer files to River City Bank for processing.
5.	River City Bank processes the ERC/RAL file and creates a tax check file for the tax preparer to retrieve via third party.
6.	After retrieving the tax check file, the tax preparer may print checks for the client.