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ROTFLMAO!!! I just KNEW this board would take my aggravation and make me laugh instead.

Square is the only way to go. PERIOD.

I use square . When a remote client wants to pay via credit card I have square send an invoice directly to the client. I think the fee for that is the same as a swiped charge.

If you are not particular, I could use a trip right about now.

Agree with Jack that something doesn't make sense with this and that you're probably going to need proof of all the payments made.

I haven't seen anything like that. I think you have a typo in that balance due. Didn't the return show a balance due of $1,593 that was paid in April? It sounds like that April payment of the balance due wasn't applied properly. If you e-filed the return and sent the client off with the 1040-V, are you absolutely sure that the client paid it? Have him get a copy of the cancelled check as proof of payment when you or he answers the letter.

What's happening is the employer is submitting the direct deposit on Friday which usually takes 2 to 3 business days, the ideal thing to do is to process the payroll for direct deposit by Tuesday or Wednesday prior to Friday pay date. Since we are on the subject of direct deposit, a client of mine employee told him, if he didn't pay him via direct deposit, the bank was going to freeze his account, my client called me all scared and asked me what can we do, I told him more then likely this is a lie and have your employees' bank call me. This was about 5 months ago and I am still waiting for them to call me.

Margaret, yes 2014 and 2015 may still be efiled via ATX. Lynn

I'm with Jack on this one. Square is great! I have never had a problem and they are very generous with their hardware. I have several swipers including the one that is used for the chip cards. Money is usually in my account the next day. Never ever had an issue. Paypal on the otherhand, well I don't want to go into it right now, but if they were the only ones out there I would never use them. We did not part on good terms! I won in the end, but they lost in the long run!

I like that $100,000 limit. Keeps most of us out of the game... Rich

In Massachusetts, you are required to pay employees within seven days of the end of the pay period. Earlier is fine; later is not. The odd thing to me is that direct deposit pay is usually available earlier than paper checks; it is one perk to tempt people away from paper.

The answer depends on the area the wages are being paid and the type of pay the employee receives. For example, you may be able to pay salaried workers biweekly or bimonthly, but hourly employees might require weekly payments. Union bargaining agreements may spell out different requirements for payments to workers. Some government contracts require weekly payment of wages. Sales commissions might be paid quarterly or monthly or biweekly or weekly (or weakly). The answer is not just that simple, especially with the limited information provided. Tom Newark, CA (soon to be Modesto, CA)

A client with LOTS of transactions (inn & restaurant) shopped around. The lower the price, the worse the customer service. She went with lower price. Her daughter (bakery) compromised to include better service for reports for sales tax and phone help. Not sure about either one, but they have small local PA banks, so not much good comparing them. My point is that you need to shop around. Contact everyone and give them your typical pattern and have the salespeople work for your business by pricing out what they have to offer you. Start with your bank for help and recommendations. I don't have a lot of transactions, so I use Intuit (ProAdvisor saves me monthly fees, so just the transaction costs) and have PayPal on my website also.

I had the IRS hangup this summer. Drove me freakin nuts. You know what really drove me nuts? Client had died (IRS knew this) and they mailed a CP notice to the client for a final return adjustment. Well, the IRS basically refused to talk to anyone about the account. Me, the client's POA, the client's family members and the client's attorney. The IRS agents on the phone said the only person they could talk with was a court appointed executor but 100% of the assets were in a trust and already distributed by the time the CP arrived. All that was remaining was this refund check. Very frustrating.

When you are doing a lot of credit cards, and a lot of volume, it pays to compare prices. If I hadn't gotten slammed with itransact, which CCH endorsed by incorporating it with the program, I would have stayed with them. The price was very competitive and the software was easy to use. The operative word in this statement is "WAS."

Ultimately, the only way to keep the shareholders happy is to keep the customers happy. That said, a small product line (like ATX) may be down in the noise for that purpose. Sigh.

full coverage, zero clouds at my office. Very cool.

Thanks for all that research, FDNY. I still think more should have been put into program improvements we've been requesting forever. Maybe next year - nah, not likely.

NOT intended to be political. I think it is the IRS' duty to prove they have taken steps *not* to be used as a political tool, by ANYONE. They have enough legitimate work to do, and not enough people to do it, as it is! Judge orders IRS to respond by October 16

I never saw that page before. How is it that Eric is so far down the board that I am ahead of him? If I can get 2 more likes I can get past Elrod. Not like I am begging or anything...... Tom Newark, CA (Soon to be Modesto CA)