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My time is better spent taking classes than driving all over the state to prove to the IRS who I am. For the few times I need transcripts, I will make the client call and spend their time.

I have started having the client call, wait and request the transcripts. If they complain about the wait, I say: "Blame it on the hackers and the lack of funding for the IRS from Congress. Call your Congressman."

Well this is true, and a good reason for me to get it done. BTW, The Wizard of Oz is one of my favorite movies. I played the Scarecrow in 4th grade, no brains then, working on them now.

Because it makes you the Wizard of Oz in customer's minds. Great and powerful, able to provide excellent customer service!

Every year I go through this and every year I tell myself it is too early. Meaning. here it is January 13 and I am wondering where my returning clients are, calling me, emailing me... Every year I start to get concerned but every year it gets busy and busy fast.. I did about 1040s last year, in addition to my business and payroll accounts.. But every year I wonder what is wrong.. Now for tax year 2018 it may indeed be different

Super funny jklcpa......People are strange.....When you're a stranger.....

No, I called them back in November or December because I knew come 1/1 they would be swamped. I had a wait but it wasn't horrible and I got a very helpful person. Turned out that I didn't need to call at all because I got a Get Transcript account earlier in the year.

Each return should go into a separate envelope, each marked with the year and form (ex. 1040-2015). Then the separate envelopes can be sent together in a larger mailer envelope. Always, mail Certified with return receipt. If all the returns are sent together without separating them, the mail clerks pull everything out and staple it together, so only the return that is on top gets processed. If you wait until the 29th, 2015 and 2016 can be Efiled.

Have you tried calling recently? Either the lines have "High call volume - call back later", or "there are callers ahead of you. The wait is 30 to 60 minutes." Yesterday I waited over 90 minutes and the line disconnected.

"Net Pay increase" not "tax savings". Withholding may not reflect actual liability

I agree he's flipping properties. If I understand, and "owner" and "TP" are one and the same, and he's also a shareholder, the S-Corp has to pay him reasonable wages for what he's doing. If he's the only shareholder, I would think that would be all or most of the profits. I realize that S-Corps are commonly used to avoid SE tax, and many are more aggressive than me about avoiding SE tax, but my Social Security checks will be bigger than theirs.