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Ooooo. Double returns for married couples. Works for me!

I received two of these, I think, in the last several weeks. I viewed them as spam though I did respond suggesting his clients contact me directly. Never heard any more ..... Lynn

Personally, I wouldn't respond. He is supposedly giving you a referral, but yet in the same letter is asking you for referrals! We don't need to feed fourth party organizations.

The text is generic and could apply to any one of the thousands of emails that were sent out. It doesn't address Catherine by name. It says 'my clients are new in town", which would imply his town. It also says "in your state" instead of MA. I would hit the Spam button on this one.

Will be interesting to see the legal arguments for/against polygamy and polyandry, but I don't think most people have any interest in it. One wife is more than enough for me!

Maybe we could get congress to do away with filing status - everyone files their own return based on their own income with no dependent exemptions or special tax rates according to filing status. If you own assets such as rental property or stocks/bank accounts jointly, you must each report 1/2 of the income. Then it won't matter whether you are married or to whom. Never happen.

I have been looking for the form that my client needs to sign in order to efile their taxes with WI. I checked everywhere in ATX and added and removed forms to no avail. Out of 40+ states, it had to be Wisconsin. I am glad I found this info on line before going bananas. Which states still require a signature form besides the Federal Form 8879 when efiling an Individual Tax Return?The following states require a separate signature form for electronically filing an Individual Tax return: States Signature forms AL Alabama AL Form 8453 AZ Arizona AZ Form 8879 AR Arkansas AR Form 8453 CA California CA Form 8453 CA Form 8879 CO Colorado CO Form DR 8453 CO Form DR 1778 - eFiler Attachment DE Delaware DE Form 8453 GA Georgia GA Form 8453 HI Hawaii HI Form EF AUTH - HI eFile authorization form IL Illinois IL Form 8453 IN Indiana IN Form IT-8879 IA Iowa IA Form 8453 KY Kentucky KY Form 8879-K LA Louisiana LA Form 8453 MD Maryland MD Form EL101 MA Massachusetts MA Form M-8453 MI Michigan MI Form 8453 - Used if state-only submission MS Mississippi MS Form 8453 MO Missouri MO Form 8453 - Required only if PIN method is not used NJ New Jersey NJ Form 8879 - Not required, prints if requested NM New Mexico NM Form PIT 8453 NY New York NY Form TR-579-IT (Return) NY Form TR-579.1 (Extension) NY Form TR-579-PT (204-LL) OK Oklahoma OK Form 511EF OR Oregon OR Form OR-EF - If not using PINs, State-Only PA Pennsylvania PA Form 8453 PA Form 8879 SC South Carolina SC Form 8453 VT Vermont VT Form 8879 VA Virginia VA Form 8453 - If not using PINs VA Form 8879 - If using PINs WV West Virginia WV Form 8453 - If State-Only submission WI Wisconsin No signature form, WI Form WRA for mail in attachments NYC New York City UBT NYC Form 579 (Return) NYC Form 579 EXT (Extension) Which states/cities do not require their own signature form when efiling an Individual Tax Return?The following states/cities have automatic acceptance into state program if accepted by the IRS and do not require a separate signature form: State Code State CT Connecticut FL Florida KS Kansas ME Maine MN Minnesota MT Montana NH New Hampshire NC North Carolina OH Ohio TN Tennessee TX Texas KC Kansas City KYC Kentucky Cities MIC Michigan Cities MBT Michigan Business Tax Mul/Trimet (OR) Multnomah/Portland, Tri-County, Lane Transit District OHC Ohio Cities PAC Pennsylvania Cities PHI Philadelphia PGH Pittsburgh STL (MO) St. Louis

rec'd correspondence from ATX, software issue, not my fault, but supposedly they have contacted MO, told them of the problem, and I will have to send a copy of the marked box for anyone I need to check on. I can't believe that the rep I talk to (different one many times) will believe me or be able to receive a fax from while on the phone. Guess I will have to try.

I agree we just take their word for it. Had a client this year slip up and tell me he was married after hiding his illegal wife for several years. Does this put me in an unfavorable position? I have a document that each of my client(s) sign that includes a jurat statement which is my due diligence. So, I feel I am covered. I did tell this client he has to amend to include his wife back at least three years when she became legal and for the other years she needed an ITIN. Haven't heard from him since, go figure. Again, always believe them???? I think it is senseless for us to have to scrutinize every client with every piece of their information. Pacun good theories but can't verify everything and as you say marriages and divorces can take place any where.

The plot thickens. A man in Montana who practices polygamy applied for a marriage license to enable him to legally marry one of his "sister wives". So if that additional bit of idiocy flies, then why not get a license for the 3rd, 4th, and so on? Eventually the "spouse" line could just say "see attached statement", with a listing of everyone who legally qualifies as a spouse. The possiblities are endless.

Makes me think about a situation I ran into, that might be a warning for someone else. I was married many years ago, at age 18, we eloped and got married secretly. Had my marriage certificate in a lock box at home when the house burned down. I got new copies of our birth certificates, but did not even think about the marriage certificate. Well, when I moved out to CA, I had to get a CA driver's lic, and they wanted to see proof of who I was, birth certificate AND marriage lic. Because of how we got married, I was not even sure in which county we got married, and AR records are not on-line for most counties, so I had a terrible time getting proof of my legal name, even after 50 yrs of marriage. I ended up with a driver's lic in my maiden name for 5 months! I can just imagine the problems that could have caused me. So, a word of advice, if you don't already have certified copies of ALL your legal identity documents, get them now, before you need them.

I volunteered as well. They will probably not ask me to help. I told them I wanted the full working version BEFORE it was released so I could beat it up. Did that for TY 2013, and I think I irritated too many people in the hierarchy of ATX such that my name is "poison" in their ranks. I suppose being a very vocal person to them about the many areas that have been promised to be fixed for four tax years now, that are still a problem, is not the kind of people they want participating.

You're welcome! We're not lawyers, so our opinions on SCOTUS rulings are more based on our beliefs than any knowledge of the legal system. I've always said lawyers job security is writing unclear documents then spending the rest of their lives arguing what they really meant.