Not mad, just not a good typist and it doesn't help when several letters on the keyboard are obliterated. I never get mad at ignorance, only stupidity.
Ha-ha! Kudos to you, Max - you're a gentleman and a scholar.
As a card-carrying codger I appreciate your spirited defense of "old folks" while still offering a clear analysis of the problem as you (in the words of you-know-who) refuse to take advantage of the original poster's youth and inexperience.
1040X with corrected SE form and an adequate description in the explanation box should do it.
Not sure what you want to stamp 'Do not file' on.
Taxpayer's should check their SS earnings in about a year, because I doubt the 1040X will be updated over to SSA.
Didn't the (non-residnetial) business energy tax credits expire at end of 2017? I don't see it included in the extenders bill.
Replacing the roof was never a part of the solar credit. However, if structual reinforcments were needed in order to install the panels, that would be part of the amount used for the credit.
Not sure is this is the best solution, but it would work. You could set up a simple macro to open and prefill the Form 8948. Since you know at the outset which clients wish to paper file, you'd just run that macro (along with any other standard macros you have set up), when you first open the return. Then it will already be there the first time you go to print the return.
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