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Update from Malwarebytes: A new strain of ransomware, a Petya-esque variant being called Petya/NotPetya, is swiftly spreading across the globe today, impacting tens of thousands of computers as of 2:00 p.m., PST. More powerful, professional, and dangerous than last month's WanaCrypt0r attack, the Petya-esque ransomware uses the same EternalBlue exploit to target vulnerabilities in Microsoft's operating system. However, unlike WanaCrypt0r, this ransomware instructs you to reboot your computer and then locks up your entire system. Long story short: if you get this infection, you're hosed From what I have read, if you have kept up your MS updates current you are not at risk. In a network environment, it only takes one computer that hasn't been updated to put your whole network at risk.

The rest of that email from Malwarebytes after "you're hosed" that cbslee posted said this:

No comment other than I like the way you think and I hope you get to spend all day on the boat working on his return with an umbrella in your drink.

I can see you now Max.....What a fun time tax prep. will be for you... But....It will be hard to concentrate with this on board.....

It depends upon the client but all things equal, the rate goes up a little every year for most. the really high paying clients - I'm actually fine keeping it where it is since they are so high above my normal rate. Some clients as they get older actually get far easier returns so I don't raise. Really poor clients (I have a few) I'm fine charging a small fee. Consider it a karma investment.

OK, boys, remember to take your blood pressure meds...

So update your computers NOW if you have not done that in a while. Just double-checked my machine (all OK) and will check the home machine once I get back there.

Bad Boys ... Watch out....!

And then there are the clients who come in with their check already made out for the same amount they paid last year.

'Bury 'em in paper' usually works for me!

The cowardly bad guys.

I assume you are joking, although your math is correct proving the most basic of economic laws. But our clients are people that we know to be good, bad, and ugly so a blanket across the board large increase would not be appropriate in our business. I do small increases for the good, more for the bad , and large increases for the ugly, hoping they will leave.

Client purchased a 62 foot boat this year to be used exclusively for his office (Sch C). Office and file storage occupy about 35% of boat. The way I am treating it as follows - 35% deprecialbe; 65 %non-depreciable just like if it were land. Any comments. Thanks.

No arguments here. I was just worried I had done it wrong in the past when Medicare wages was mentioned. Now I'm relieved.

And don't forget that only the Medicare wages reported on the W2 are the eligible wages for calculating the SEP amount (S Corp owner).

She is. I'll check in to that, but the income subject to SE tax is less than $3k.

Are you sure the letter isn't a scam?