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a while back, after much frustration i changed my Oxford insurance password to "thisisb*s*f*koxford" all spelled out. Well one day my secretary had to deal with them on an issue and they asked her for the password verbally. Boy was she embarrassed to say it over the phone.

Haven't been able to print with proseries all season, they post the usual bs response that its our computers. Its a 32bit issue, I have 64 bit, so then its a 64bit issue but with a different fix than the 32bit fix they posted. You all know the drill, its your system, its your anti-virus, its another program causing it. Then they log into mine and say, wow you could run nasa with your equipment. Now finally 3/9 they state that they tracked the issue as a microsoft issue and microsoft will have an update 3/19. Luckily i have been able to print to pdf and then print. Bottom line, all software is having issues this year and customer service is just "cover out butts" service. By the way, even lacerte which i also use isn't calculating the 8990 which is holding up all of our real estate returns. I think we sent out about 50 of our 2000 returns. Biggest issue will be a very busy summer and lack of cash flow now.

Its always failing to pay employment taxes, its hardly ever failing to treat employees as subcontractors.

If the child would be your qualifying dependent for HOH except for a divorce where you/custodial parent give Form 8332 to the noncustodial parent, then you still may qualify for HOH, EIC, etc., while the noncustodial parent gets only the dependency and CTC. Actually, look up which attributes stay with the custodial parent and which go to the noncustodial with 8332, because I'm tired and working on biz returns and don't trust my memory! But, yes, you may have a qualifying child for HOH if you could otherwise claim the child as a dependent except for giving 8332 to your ex.

I was going to say Abby's script is probably ALL curse words! (joke, Abby)

I sure wish one of the professional tax groups would rally and have the IRS pay every preparer for whom they hold 10-cards (fingerprints) for being their gatekeepers.

I know good and well that I am NOT typing in my password incorrectly for ATX. Well, I'll show them. Not only will I slow it down, I will break fingernails pounding out those characters on this keyboard. Take that! Just once, I want them to say, "Close enough," and let me in.

Michaelmars...I'm sorry you're having issues, but it is nice to see confirmation that other programs have hiccups as well, not just ATX. As I've stated previously in this post, ATX is working well for me and has worked well over the past several years. Let's hope our respective programs have the bugs worked out and we have a smooth rest of the season.

"* fu= Send return"

Not sure of your client’s details but I did find this article https://www.thetaxadviser.com/issues/2010/jan/ccorporationsasscorporationsubsidiaries.html

Cases detailed in the IRS report related to payroll and employment taxes included: •The owner of a Mississippi security company was sentenced to two years in prison, three years of supervised release, and restitution for failing to pay withheld taxes. The owner of the company entered into an agreement with the IRS to pay the taxes in installments, but did not make payments and attempted to avoid IRS levies by transferring the company’s assets to new companies. Some of the taxes owed were collected, but the owner was to pay $165,076 in restitution, which was the amount of taxes still owed. •The owner of a Rhode Island staffing agency was sentenced to two years in prison, three years of supervised release, and restitution for failing to report wages paid and tax withheld. The owner of the company withheld federal taxes from employees’ pay, but did not report about $4.3 million in wages paid to the IRS. The company evaded paying about $1.3 million in withheld taxes and employer contributions. •A co-owner of 11 Massachusetts restaurants was sentenced to 30 months in prison for a scheme to avoid paying income and employment taxes, the IRS said. Employees of the restaurants were paid in cash, and federal employment taxes were not withheld or paid to the IRS, the agency said. The employers misrepresented the number of employees working at the restaurants and the wages they were paid, and did not file Forms W-2, the IRS said. Additionally, the restaurants’ income and wages paid were misrepresented to tax preparers, leading to the filing of false tax returns, the IRS said. The restaurants’ payroll was also understated to workers’ compensation providers, reducing premiums owed. The co-owner of the restaurants was to pay $2.3 million in restitution to the IRS. •The owner of an Illinois scrap-iron refining company was sentenced to one year in prison, one year of supervised release, and restitution for concealing from the IRS wages paid to employees. The owner of the company paid at least $11.6 million in cash wages to at least 50 employees and did not withhold taxes under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act and Medicare. The owner was to pay $1.3 million in restitution. •The owner of a Nevada home-care provider was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and restitution for evading payment of withheld employment taxes and penalties. The employees of the provider had employment taxes withheld from their pay, but the taxes were not paid to the IRS. The agency assessed penalties against the provider’s owner, but the owner attempted to avoid paying the penalties or taxes owed, including by changing the name of the business. The owner was to pay $1.2 million in restitution, the IRS said. •The owner of a Missouri school bus provider was sentenced to three years in prison and restitution for failing to pay about $1.7 million in withheld employment taxes to the IRS. The owner of the company did not deposit withheld income, FICA, or Medicare taxes, and did not pay the FICA employer contribution, the Justice Department said in a news release. The company operated under three names, and each of the company’s identities accumulated unpaid employment taxes, the department said. The owner was to pay restitution of $1.7 million. •The chief executive officer of a Virginia software company was sentenced to 21 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and restitution for failing to pay withheld employment taxes to the IRS. The CEO and vice president of finance of the company paid some employees by manually bypassing the company’s payroll and accounting systems. The employees received the correct amount of pay, including taxes deducted, but the taxes were not paid to the IRS. The company in turn reported incorrect amounts of tax owed on Forms 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return. Additionally, the company did not pay all of employees’ voluntary retirement contributions to the company retirement plan. The CEO and vice president were to pay more than $1.8 million in restitution for the unpaid taxes. It warms my heart to see these scoundrels pay for their idiocy!

you all know this is all fine and dandy, but how much did IRS ever collect?

I became an EA about 2005 and an ERO about 2007-8.

I am an EA too. I had to be fingerprinted to become an ERO. You didn't have to be fingerprinted?

Hey, I'm an EA and stuck with all the same stuff, but I didn't have to be fingerprinted. I want my pay, too!

And I bet your script has no broken fingernails and never curses.

Put the fear of the HUG in them and your problems will go away !

One of the best choices I've made recently is scripting several of my main passwords. I don't even know what my password for ATX is but my script always types it correctly!

Yup this is why I am always looking for new business clients. Since I am already preparing their business returns, they almost always just have me prepare their personal returns (and if lucky, any other shareholders'/partners'/members' returns) and then our real bread and butter is the write-up work they provide throughout the year (usually on a monthly or quarterly basis). When I first started out, I found that charging slightly higher than usual fees for small personal 'I need my refund ASAP' returns and lower than usual fees for more difficult personal or business returns helped me to weed out the more unreliable client and build a client base that tended to remain loyal, didn't just shop around looking for lower fees and faster refunds, and understood when I had to impose 'reasonable' fee increases from time to time. They also tend to have much more lucrative associates and clients for referrals. Note: if you are thinking about or already trying to obtain more business clients, look into professional networking groups in your area. Once we found the right group (professionally run, formal and serious but still fun, and allows only one member from each type of business, i.e. one accountant, one lawyer, one investment advisor, one plumbing contractor, etc.), we probably tripled our business clientele within a few years.

Yes, as long as the person that set up the IRA or pension would have qualified by being over 59/12 then the beneficiary can take the subtraction.