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Dear RitaB, Your intuition/memory is correct, to a point. Should you prepare the final 6/30/13 returns using 2012 software, you would have to do a lot of manual tweaking to make it good. Extending the return is not the best option, I believe; your shareholder(s)/client need a current-year K-1 -- under current law -- and, the entity should get this done by September 16, 2013 or, if extended, no later than *early* December, 2013 in order to get a *timely* "all clear" certificate from the state tax authority in which the entity is chartered, in order to include that certificate with its application to that state's Secretary of State for a formal dissolution notice. The SoS's with which I'm familar require such an "all clear" tax certificate -- and you can count on the SoS to take some weeks to finalize its own document. I also don't believe you should wait for ATX to issue 'solid' 2013 forms before New Year's Eve -- not only because ATX blew it, last year. Your client/shareholder(s) really don't have the option of waiting til next year; they really must report the entity's results within this year -- AND the entity must be dissolved by New Year's Eve, accordingly. If I were you, I would duplicate the 2012 return as "2013 [client]," and enter the current-year data. If your client's Fixed Assets are as numerous as I infer, you may need to convert the 2012 "4562 Statement" into an Excel spreadsheet, modify it to project the 2013 "short year" depreciation, and use the spreadsheet to inform a Form 4562 with your own totals -- also, to be attached as a Statement to the returns. Such a spreadsheet also will 'inform' the Form 4797 it sounds like you'll be filing. N.B. A current, short-year return cannot be e-filed. Do you have software capable of changing the tax forms' upper righthand corner "2012" into "2013"? You should do that; it's always helped keep things straight, in my experience. I.e., I just filed a client's final 2013 S-corp as I've described -- and have filed a dozen or so, this way, over the years. NO problems. VTY, TaxCPANY

Do you know what happened 163 years ago this fall... back in 1850? California became a state . . . . The state had no money. Almost everyone spoke Spanish.... There were gunfights in the streets. So basically, nothing has changed except then, the women had real breasts and the men didn't hold hands. That, my friend, is the history lesson for today!

The Last Day of Life � All arrivals in heaven have to go through a bureaucratic examination to determine whether admission will be granted. �... One room has a clerk who inputs computerized records of what each applicant did on his or her last day of life. � The first applicant of the day explains that his last day was not a good one. "I came home early and found my wife lying naked in bed. She claimed she had just gotten out of the shower. Well, her hair was dry and I checked the shower and it was completely dry too. I knew she was into some hanky-panky and I began to look for her lover. I went onto the balcony of our 9th floor apartment and found the SOB clinging to the rail by his finger tips. I was so angry that I began bashing his fingers with a flower pot. He let go and fell, but his fall was broken by some awnings and bushes. On seeing he was still alive I found super human strength to drag our antique cedar chest to the balcony and throw it over. It hit the man and killed him. At this point the stress got to me and I suffered a massive heart attack and died." The clerk thanked him and sent him on to the next office. � The second applicant said that his last day was his worst. "I was on the roof of an apartment building working on the AC equipment. I stumbled over my tools and toppled off the building. I managed to grab onto the balcony rail of a 9th floor apartment but some idiot came rushing out on the balcony and bashed my hands with a flower pot. I fell but hit some awnings and bushes and survived, but as I looked up I saw a huge chest falling toward me. I tried to crawl out of the way but failed and was hit and killed by the chest." The clerk couldn't help but chuckle as he directs the man to the next room. � He is still giggling when his third customer of the day enters. He apologizes and says "I doubt that your last day was as interesting as the fellow in here just before you." � "I don't know" replies the man, "picture this, I'm buck naked hiding in this cedar chest... "

Took this picture this evening

Please read, I think this fits well with whats going on with TV, music etc... http://www.funnymemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Funny-memes-stop-making-stupid-people-famous1.jpg