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...should be taken out back and whipped. Then they have the gall to go online and complain about long times on hold.

I just got a 1098-T with the amount paid box filled out.

That at the Planck limit of 10^-35cm, X loses all locality and is everywhere at once.

Whipped still gets of WAY easier than one of RitaB's hugs!

How can you be sure it matches what was sent to the government? I like to capture it in a PDF just to be sure. Also, much easier and faster to access and view.

Wow...Whipped?? Geez...you're no nonsense. Well done!

Congrats! I was so looking forward to having them all filled out this year but the IRS relented and let the colleges off the hook. Still, I worry that the colleges will get the number right. One 1098-T I received a few years ago, had an account transcript on the back! I thought to myself, this college gets it!

Yes, because the child no longer meets the age test. Has to be under 24 by the end of the year. So my take on it is age disqualified him as a qualifying child and therefore he or she could not have earned more than his or her exemption credit to qualify which is 4000 and some change (can't remember this years limit off the top of my head).

I asked Siri your question and she had nothing good to say.

The camera is spanning down the street trying to capture the feel for the area, the young men hanging around doing nothing, the run down buildings, while the reporter is talking of the huge problem they are having in this particular area with drugs. I thought it was kinda funny when the Jackson-Hewitt office was right there in the mist of it all. "come here and we'll send your refund right to your supplier". No - of course it didn't really say that, but jeepers creepers don't the politicians ever catch on to the the whole EIC scam? Remarkably the drug problem increases in the spring. Gee-golly. Federally subsidized drug use.

For the exact definition of "surviving spouse" contained in the tax code, please review IRC sec 2(a), and look specifically at the wording of 2(a)(1)(B) here: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/2 You can review IRC 152(a), 152(b) and 152(d) here: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/152 and review IRC 151, if you want to, here: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/151 OR, if Reg 1.2-2(a), sub items (i), (ii) and (iii) might be easier and look at the specific way it is worded, you can look at that and note that it refers back to IRC 151, and keep in mind that, in general, IRC sec 152 defines a "dependent" a either a qualifying child or a qualifying relative.

I've changed my mind. Whipping is too good for this person. They're dumb as a box of rocks.

You are correct. Dependent is gone. Age and income. If there are any education credits, the student can claim them.

I don't know if it is offered, but I would suggest getting the biggest fastest internet connection available. I did that reluctantly a few years ago. Reluctant because I was not convinced it would make much of a difference. I was wrong and haven't looked back. When bigger and faster becomes available now, I am on the list to automatically upgrade. I do not know anything about Windows 10. I hope things work out for you - sooner than later! Good luck!

Wow....this is deep thought. The philosophical aspect of this thread is invaluable. And I thought taxes could be complex.

But time was invented to keep everything from happening all at once, so everything can be where it is at any given moment.

If it is for the primary residence, you don't have to prove insolvency. You just enter that amount and select primary residence. I think you will have to go down on the page and mention that you will reduce the basis. Yes, you just send 982 with the amount entered.

Probably. What's a checkbook? Oh, wait I remember those!

Carbonless copy paper (CCP), non-carbon copy paper, or NCR paper (No Carbon Required, taken from the initials of its creator, National Cash Register) is a type of coated paper designed to transfer information written on the front onto sheets beneath. It was developed by chemists Lowell Schleicher and Barry Green,[1] as an alternative to carbon paper and is sometimes misidentified as such. Instead of inserting a special sheet in between the original and the intended copy, carbonless copy paper has micro-encapsulated dye or ink on the back side of the top sheet, and a clay coating on the front side of the bottom sheet. When pressure is applied (from writing or impact printing), the dye capsules rupture and react with the clay to form a permanent mark duplicating the markings made to the top sheet. Intermediary sheets, with clay on the front and dye capsules on the back, can be used to create multiple copies; this may be referred to as multipart stationery. Who Knew? I had to look it up. Is this what is in checkbooks when they create carbons?

LOL had to look up NCR paper.

Didn't somebody write a song with that title? Well anyway, today I received the NCR deposit slips that the bank ordered for me. Only thing, they are not NCR. They're just blank singles. I'll live, but still... Last month I ordered blank singles for the personal account and got NCR which I had not ordered. But, I liked them so well I decided to order the company deposit slips in NCR too and, of course, I got the opposite. Now, it's back to carbon paper (for youths who don't know what that is; never mind -- it would take too long to explain). Sort of reminds me of a Seinfeld episode (also not for youths because, as a spring chicken client recently told me"...that happened way back in the nineties"). But anyhoo you may remember the one in which George, frustrated when he followed his own judgment and everything went haywire; cleverly decided to simply figure out what he thought best, then simply do the opposite, and things would work out every time. Next time I'm ordering blank singles.

schirallicpa... What the cameras caught later....................

Me too. I'm always concerned of going back into the program and doing something that might make a change. I use my pdf copy like the old paper copy in the file.

I have cable internet and it is mixed in with our six land lines and our 888-number and our television (I need that to watch my sports without bogging down my computer) and our static ip address. I have chosen to not even look at the bill - I just write the check. I would rather give up a couple of lunches every week to not be frustrated with slow internet.

Probably not. Unless they and the backup were deleted for some reason. There are several scenarios that come to mind that would cause the returns to disappear. You have two problems: 1 - identifying why this is happening; 2 - fixing the problem. I believe your only recourse is a call to tech support. Good luck!

Yes, I too had one last year, what a time saver.

Combine the federal and state letters and you won't have to rearrange.

If that money was in the Roth for more than 5 years, no explanation needed and nothing is taxable.

For preparer's copy, I have a soft copy on my computer, which I access by opening ATX 2016 and click on the TP name.

I received one too! Had to look at it three times to be sure, and ask two of my co-workers if it really was that way!!!

Is there anyone, anywhere left out there who is not on the cutting edge of technological change? Yeah, yeah, I know - I've still got carbon paper (never mind NCR) and all the cool crew either fly jets or teleport themselves to work. Well anyway, if you are on that edge, then answer me this one: Let XCO3 be a normal quartic surface with divisor class group Cl(X)≅Z[H] generated by the hyperplane section. What can we say about the singularities of X ?

I actually do not think you are in the minority here.

Sorry but I disagree. While I have used that argument (not in the trade or business) successfully in one audit, providing labor to a business for cash from that business is SE all the way in my book. As soon as the business sends the 1099 Misc, you got a trade or profession that a business was willing to pay you to do. I know I am in the minority here. Tom Newark, CA

Look! Young person! One day, all this forum will be yours.

OK, how did you disable the active links and how did you determine one might be questionable ?

I removed all of the links and made a notation in orange of the one that appeared to be malicious. The others did link to a site called eFax but have no idea if the site itself is infected or legit. In future, I'd suggest that you disable the active links that you think may be harmful when posting about them here. I don't think anyone would intentionally click on one, but to be totally safe I went through and modified your post and used underlining and a colored font so that we see where the original links appeared but are now nonfunctional.

I got a very bad sore throat one time from NCR paper. I was preparing for an audit and was licking my thumb while flipping through stacks & stacks of invoice copies printed on NCR paper. I learned never to do that again.

You can beat it by not overwithholding in the first place.

Do they really still make NCR paper. That stuff will get you high... or so I've heard.

Yeah, I changed my opinion about the Employee status when I saw that she came and went as she pleased. Sounds like a subcontractor. But I am Letting. It. Go. Now.

I agree with Catherine 100%. If I do carpentry and electrical work for my brother-in-law to build part of his barn into an office - that is NOT my area of expertise and I do not hold myself out as a member of either of those professions. I'd report the amount he paid me - I would NOT report it as SE. There is entirely too little information to indicate this is anywhere close to being a W2 employee situation.

The site below (National Conference of State Legislatures) has all 50 states that you can scroll through or use the search box to find the one state you are interested in. The fee must be based on value so that it would be classified as personal property tax. Basing the fee on anything else such as weight or a flat fee means it isn't deductible. http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/registration-and-title-fees-by-state.aspx

Correct. The only use for the lodging per diem is employers reimbursing employees. No one else can claim it as an expense. They must use actual.