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kcjenkins could not have stated it better!! ATX customer support was 5 gold star all the time!! CCH, 1.5 bronze stars. William and his crew were irreplacable, and when CCH bought ATX, many of them were shafted big time!!

Let me clear up a couple of things. Depreciation does carry over, its just that after CCH bought ATX, they decided to offer a Fixed Asset Manager as a separate product, and they removed a couple of features from Max, like the asset history and now provide that only in the FA module. ATX still provides more forms than ANY other software. It's diagnostics are not as detailed as the 3K and up software, but still OK for any experienced professional, IMHO. As for the support, I think you need to know two things. Many of us on here go way back to early days of ATX. I was a user of a 3K+ software myself until it was bought by Intuit and killed off. When I was determined not to use an Intuit product, I found ATX. What I found was a program without a few of the conveniences, but still a great program. But what was truly amazing about ATX at that time was their people. Support was FANTASTIC. They were not only very good, they were dedicated to providing their users exceptional service. I remember one night, that first year, when I called them at 8 pm my time over a problem that I had caused. That's 9 pm their time. Tech support worked with me for 4 hours straight to help me fix the problem. A problem I'd caused, not their program's fault. Not a word about the fact that they were past closing time for support. Once it was fixed, I was ecstatic. But totally amazed that the next day I got a followup call just to make sure the problem was fixed. They also had a process that allowed us to connect to the specific programmer for a specific form, giving direct feedback. They were extremely responsive to what we asked for. If we asked them to add a state form, for example, that they did not have, they almost always were able to provide it for us. And their Community Forum was monitored by a guy named William, that we still miss!!!! He was always there to help us, either setting us toward the right answer when we had a question or sending us to the tech person who could. It was the best support of any software for anything, that I had [make that have ever, to this day] ever known So when we sometimes gripe about the current support, it's probably less that CCH support is not good, rather that we miss the extremely superior level it had when Steve and Glynn Willett still owned it. Some of the support team had been there when they worked on the original program in the Willet's home. We compare today's adequate support to those days, and just have to gripe a bit now and then.

If the statement about the provenance of the eagle are correct, then it would have been legal to sell the artwork. Legislation making it a felony to sell a bald eagle dates from 1940. However, "The statute explicitly excepts from its scope possession of any bald or golden eagle taken prior to enactment." According to Rauschenberg, the eagle came from the early 1900's. Certainly, with the scientific dating methods available today, the bird's age could have been determined within an acceptable margin of error. Apparently, there are no scientists working at the IRS.

If there is Wifi in the seminar room, I will log in here and relay information and questions in real time. Anyone wanting to pop in, seminar runs from 8-5 EST with an hour for lunch.

Glad to hear it all went well. I was worried about you. I could not go an entire year without being ripped by you (usually for good reason) for some stupid comment or question that I post on the board. Just like the crazy aunt that doesn't show up for Thanksgiving dinner, you would be very missed on this board Jainen. I am trully glad that it all worked out for you. I really do appreciate your presence on this board. Tom Hollister, CA

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