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The U S Treasury announced that 56 % of IRS employees have been furloughed. So the chance of an IRS employee answering the phone is about zero.

I got so annoyed on Facebook at a tax pro who thought a SS card and birth certificate proved something worthwhile. Uh. Yeah. A child was born back there somewhere and was issued a SSN. The end. I started to point that out but she got four likes before I could type it so I just banged my head on my desk and came back here.

Yes, you can efile the quarterlys as long as your have an efin and you pay ATX $1.50 per quarterly.

We ALL get that way, at times. We beat our heads around one problem and get tunnel vision, and cannot see the actual problem. That comprises two of the excellent attributes of this forum: first that we (sometimes, not always!) get to take a step back as we are describing our issues, and second that our colleagues can see the stumbling blocks that we are too close to notice. I have also noticed a strange but persistent tendency for answers to stay hidden until I hit "submit" on a query, and then suddenly they jump out from under whatever they were hiding in!

The sky will NOT fall!!

Part 2, line 16 is for reporting the monthly liability, not the deposits. That is your problem. The total show in part 2 must agree with line 12 on page one. In your client's case, it will not agree with line 13. Line 13 is where the deposits are reported. IRS knows when the deposits were made and will match those up with the liability reported in part 2.

It's not a bother and you are welcome to stay. I don't use ATX any more, but the system should allow e-filing even if the return shows an overpayment. Are you sure that the error doesn't relate to something else that doesn't tie together? I'd start by looking at the 3 month's liability amounts on page 2 of the 941 and make sure that the total of those in part 2, line 16 is in agreement with line 12 on page 1.

Just delete this post now.....nevermind......

I agree - that makes a very awkward situation when I have to give my DOB and SS#. I don't use my SS# on the 2848, so that really bothered me that they asked me for that. Between all the due diligence crap and the IRS phone drill, I'm beginning to wonder if my license means anything at all.

Thank you Black Bart, I'm not so sure about either one.