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COPIED FROM THE OSEA NEWSLETTER: e-Services phishing scam It has come to our attention that an email is being issued to tax preparers asking them to update their e-services information. This email WAS NOT generated by e-Services. The links provided in the email to access e-Services appear to be a phishing scam to capture e-Services usernames and passwords. If you receive an email like this, do not click on the links or take any other action. There is no need to call us. Just disregard the email YOU CAN ALSO FORWARD THE EMAIL TO : [email protected]

I like the Master Tax Guide for quick references to topics and find it quicker to just pick up the printed book. Anything further, I'll use the electronic research.

COPIED FROM THE ATX BOARD: Yes, it is the CCH 1040 Explanations in IntelliConnect. Access your tax research in IntelliConnect through the Tax Research menu, toolbar and right-click menu when working on a form. If you don't know your login, request your IntelliConnect registration email. Then add your login to Preferences so you will be logged in automatically from ATX. Karen DeGasperis Product Manager, Research and Learning Wolters Kluwer, CCH Small Firm Service

With more people losing jobs every day; there are many who are looking for a way to produce income another way. I know that a lot of them are taking the HRB course with the thought in mind of putting themselves forth as tax preparers. I KNOW this because my assistant is taking that course and it is difficult. They are cramming a lot into their heads in a very short period of time. She came in yesterday to do a couple practice returns on my software. Now, my assistant is a smart cookie and has been studying diligently. She also attended the tax seminar in November with me. However, she is no more ready to prepare a complicated tax return on her own than I was forty years ago. This is one of the things that frightens me. I know my gal will be OK because she will be working with me; but honestly, they are throwing a lot of tough examples at these students. She had never in her life heard of most of them. Of course, they are dwelling on the credits that are available for the clientele that HRB feeds on. Yes, we have to know these things. We also have to know much, much more. I do believe that paid preparers should be tested and licensed to some degree. That is why I took and passed the (now extinct) RTRP test and continue to keep my AFSP credentials current. I want my clients to be able to trust me. More importantly, I want to be able to trust myself. If there is the slightest doubt in our minds that something we did on a return might not be exactly correct; we NEED to look it up. We have to do everything we can to prepare a complete and correct return. In closing, I thank this board for everything that I learn here. And I have learned a LOT! I subscribe to several other reference materials as well. I hope that you all have a profitable and successful tax season and a very Blessed Holiday Season.

its now available for download.

Starting with a bath in a cereal bowl... Baby Owls

It seems as though that they really enjoy having their heads rubbed.....I liked the one watching television... Really cute...Thanks....

I just installed the TaxHelpSoftware and used it for the first time. I think I'm in love. It installed with NO problems. Setup was trivial. It logged me in to e-services and got three years' worth of transcripts and other information on one client in less time than it takes me to log in. Then it generated easy-to-read reports that gave me *just* what I was looking for clearly and plainly; no digging through reams of downloaded crap hoping to find what I wanted. Next to tax software itself, this is one of the best tools I have found to use.

Deb is correct. Filing of individual returns is offline until a date in Jan yet to be announced. Business return shutdown is slated for 12/26. You can always check on the MeF System Status on the IRS site here.

That sounds like an OSHA violation. You need to fit the plexiglass with a sign and flashing warning light, or else run the risk of a huge fine.