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She will also need to be on the lookout for electrical problems in the future. Oftentimes they don't show up right after the flooding, but then contacts & connections begin to corrode and odd things begin to happen. Seat belt retractors can also rust, which would be a definite safety hazard. Mold & mildew can also form in places & panels which are inaccessible. A car that had been flooded by fresh water is less of a concern than one which had been flooded by salt water, but in either case problems can surface long after the car appears to have dried out.

I have never been that excited about E Services for all of the above reasons. And, logging in is sometimes more difficult than logging into My ATX.

I must say that I have been far less than satisfied with e-services. I frequently cannot get POAs accepted online -- and even when I can they are frequently nOT available on the computer system of whatever office I need to call to get something fixed. Even when that POA was filed online, properly, even weeks earlier, "not in this system; do you have a valid POA to fax me?" Very frustrating. Can't recall if I have ever tried the EAR successfully, either. Last time I tried again whatever it was was not eligible or something; don't recall the details. If they made the system WORK I'm sure it would get lots of use!

I have had a CAF # for many years. Only became a RTRP last May.

Nope, we finally got it resolved sort of. Actually the person who actually owned the account cashed it out that 5th year. Don't know if they switched broker or what, but it ended the problem. This was no small overlooked account, the amount of dividends was over 20K each year. That last year I actually got to talk to an IRS employee with a heart, who looked at the record, saw the repetitions, and looked up the details and told me that, while she could not tell me any details, she could see that the account was closed that year, so we should not have any more of that problem. And she was right.

Your solution is the proper one. It's a pain, but it's really they only way. At that point an actual human will look at the return, and usually that is all it takes to clear things up.

Joel, I paid $315 to renew the license in 2012, and the year before was $305. I can't say what the price would be for a new user, but it might be the same. I used it at the firm I worked for and decided to stick with it. I've had it since 1996 and have never had any troubles with it. It is a great program.

We had 45 mph winds, but not many branches down. Roads that were flooded are opening back up again. My garage is flooded (it always does, so we don't store things on that floor) but basement is dry. And, we did NOT lose power! Hope everyone else fared well and can enjoy a beautiful day today.

This makes a good point: The parasites are not the fat-cats, but the "entitlement" do-nothings. That is not to say that everyone who receives tax-paid benefits is a parasite, since there are some who are mentally or physically incapable of doing anything productive. the Tea Party movement can be accurately defined as a workers’ revolution. Karl Marx, were he alive today, would approve. At least he would if he was able to follow his own theories to their logical conclusion. Unfortunately, the arc of history has exposed an untenable logical paradox at the heart of Marxist theory: What if the “workers” — the actually productive people in society whom Marx assumed were motivated by resentment — instead were motivated by a desire for self-determination? What if the “parasitical class” was not merely (as Marx posited) the do-nothings at the top but the do-nothings at the top and the bottom?