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I was in a seminar where we went over all the new schedules. What the redesign has done is cram the totals onto two "postcard" size pages where the font on page 2 is so small it's difficult to read (should be illegal) and there is not enough room to write legibly--IRS will have a hard time deciphering those mail in returns and I don't know how small the font in our tax programs will go to cram all the digits into the 1/2 inch spaces allotted. Notice that all the pages on the new schedules have line numbers that correspond to the old 1040. Maybe even the IRS doesn't believe the new format will work and is keeping those line numbers so they don't have to re-re-write all the instructions? There are two schedules devoted to "tax," one of which has two whole lines and another to total them. A whole sheet of paper for three lines??? Oh, and if you want your tax preparer to be able to converse with the IRS, that's a whole schedule too (coupled with foreign address for some reason)--it used to be just a check box. As for increasing traffic, in our office we've already decided we don't want this traffic. People are going to DIY and be unhappy with their refund, not realizing that their withholding was lowered so they had much less taken out to get refunded, and even though tax rates went down they may have lost enough in exemptions and itemized deductions no longer allowed that it doesn't make up the shortfall. We will do what we always do--accept no cold calls from potential clients going through the phone listings and maybe take some referred by trusted existing clients. We are not inclined to meet new clients who really just want us to double check their Turbo Tax results!

In looking over the new form and attached schedules I can see how it may be more simple for some but more confusing for many. Subtracting figures in a line item arrangement wasn't all that bad was it ? Who knows maybe it will increase our traffic.

I'm going to see if I can get some advertisers to pay for ads in all of that blank space.

I test printed a return yesterday. Half pages, third pages 6 schedules. What a waste of paper. My cohort said same amount of toner just more paper. Add in QBI worksheets and forms more pages. I agree no new ones this year. Just my 2 cents

In some ways, it always *does* - this is just going to suck in new and different ways.

Page 1 does have the check box for Preparer as 3rd Party Designee in the bottom right corner of the Paid Preparer Use Only section at the bottom of page 1, right above the Self-employed check box. Schedule 6 has Third Party Designee info for a non-preparer, such as an adult child for an aging parent. All the schedules are designed to print 8.5 X 11. Of course, the two "postcards" will have to print 8.5 X 11 also!

In my test print 1040 page 1 half page,1040 page 2 half page, schedule 1, 3/4 page, schedule 4 almost 1/2 page, schedule 6, 1/4 page. I was hoping ATX would combine a bunch of this into 1 page. This is assuming that you are not duplexing. It would seem to me the keep pricing up where it needs to be the more pages a client sees the happier he is.

Well, Abby, you may enjoy playing with fire - and you may be experienced enough to handle it. I've done it myself, on occasion. But I would NEVER advise someone who hasn't been down in the trenches to attempt it without a full registry backup plus restore point. A couple extra minutes before diving in, so that you can edit away without fear of permanently mucking up your machine, is very cheap insurance; doubly so for a registry-edit newbie.

ATX isn't putting multiple schedules on one page?! I was hoping they'd give an option to print both 1040 pages on one page. This is really going to suck, isn't it?

Great question. I think that might be covered by the FMLA or ADA. If the company provided a health insurance plan prior to the disability, I think it is required to allow the employee to purchase the coverage under the same terms and rate. Don't quote me on that, but maybe someone else here has run into this themselves or researched this for a client.

Jack, that's just not true. In general, HSA funds can be used to directly pay, or to later reimburse, for: COBRA premiums of the (former) employee, spouse, and dependents, Health coverage while receiving unemployment under federal or state law, Medicare premiums parts B, C, D, if former employee is 65 or older (if former employee isn't 65 but spouse or depdendent is, HSA can NOT be used for those person(s) premiums Medicare expenses of copays and deductibles, and Long-term care insurance HSA can NOT be used for Medigap premiums.

Ha ha! I've been editing my registry for a long time without making a backup, with no problems, but it's hard to argue against a backup and a system restore point... just in case.

Agree with both responses. I loaded 18 just fine and loaded 2016 when this machine was new without a hitch. I am also running Win 10 Pro. Did you install any other virus software or are you using Windows Defender. Defender is the default Windows virus program that comes with Win 10. Re-start the machine before calling support.