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Snitched from another group: Remember in January when we thought this was going to be a crazy tax year because they made more changes to Form 1040 and W4? If we only knew.......

I am so frustrated with technology right now. I had to get a new phone in the last week. Just getting my email set up and my 5 apps that I use was a total pain. Then I had a problem with my email and I had to uninstall and re-install my email on both my main computer and my laptop, and they say it was because when I hooked up my phone to my email I did something to the settings that screwed up my account. Then I go to my internet browser and I don't see anything the same. So I start putting all my favorites on Chrome since MS does not even give you a warning that they are F'ing everything up. Then I get to work today, and our VPN is down, as well as my office 365 subscription saying it was deactivated and needs to be reactivated. I have 87 passwords that I need to remember, 14 codes that need to be sent to me to verify who I am so I can get on a website, and over 200 security questions that I need to remember the answers to. I am so sick and tired of these technology companies that I am ready to chuck it all, move to Alaska, and get completely off the grid. Let the government try to find me up there. Tom Modesto, CA

I have decided to go with Firefox with my next computer later this year.

I think like you Bulldogtom a lot of times. Sheesh. Armies of programmers sitting around thinking up new silly gimmicks. I go backpacking some just to get away from it all. I carry my cell phone but seldom use it. I like printed maps. But others have all the maps on their phones. I have those map apps too but usually can't figure them out. You can't get away from it. There's probably an app in Alaska to warn you when a grizzly is coming.

NAEA posted earlier today that IRS will be ready for 2019 1040X 8/17/2020 . How long it takes the software to make it available to their subscribers is another question altogether.

Supposedly, there are still truckloads of mail just sitting there. If it was my client, I would strongly lean toward waiting.

I have heard of the brave browser, it seem people who are “youtuber” use this browser to get back at YouTube for censoring their content. Supposedly it blocks ads, YouTube and YouTubers don’t make money if the ads are not shown or something like that.

If you have wash sales + multiple transactions, the code is 'MW'. You can have more than two codes. I believe my record is 5. And they have to be entered alphabetically (BOMW).

Never heard of the Dissenter browser. Downloaded - will give it a look.

My experience exactly.

Your take on the solar is correct. Most solar sellers are misrepresenting the refund and using it to make their offer sound better. Depending on your clients income they may get 100% of the credit used the first year, but in my client's cases it has been spread out over two. Each time, the client is told and the contract written stating that the refund will go to principle, lowering the finance costs. Not a big fan!

That is correct if there is no adjustments needed. I had some washed sales on the one I was working on. It is reported on the 8949 but you do not put in any dates, enter all the rest of the info and under adjustment #1 select m. I did attach a copy of the statements. The more I work with Drake the more I like it. You just have to keep looking and eventually you can find how to do it.

I use the Dissenter browser; it's based on Brave, but with even more security and privacy features built in. Including built in ad-blocking, VPN, and (if you're interested) Tor browser. The only issues I've had has been TOO much security on rare occasion; I've had to lighten up the security features on a couple of sites for them to work properly.

AFAIK mid July or thereabouts

I've taken it for granted that I've got something worth selling, especially after the spouse of a colleague of my wife's asked me, in hope of luring his son into partnership with him. That fell through but inspired me to contact a local broker of practices and exchange visits with a CPA to whom I felt I could entrust my favorite clients. Ill health in his family and my attorney's over-scheduling delayed things into this January . . . . I haven't given up but only accept that it'll be months before we could resume the courtship. E.g., how could a prospective buyer meet any of my clients yet? Just really quitting would leave most of my clients in the lurch when only a few deserve that. If I spent the time necessary to find a trustworthy successor it seems only fitting that I'm paid for that effort. We're "trusted advisors" in other ways already.

I too have been considering retiring. The business is slowly downsizing due to clients passing on and the fact I rarely take morning calls anymore. Basically I have shifted all appointments to the afternoon and this is well accepted. I likely will try to go on for five more years unless bad health intervenes. To that end I am getting back into exercising more. Around here taxpreparers just quit. I don't recall anyone selling out although I probably could.

I'm ready to retire. But not to work for HRB. Or anyone else. Ha. My general plan was 5 more years but I don't know if I can last that long.