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Isn't that the weirdest law ever. We can get small fire crackers and stuff like that in the nearby PA shops, but I figured we'd need to travel a little further to get some good ones. Our friend has traveled to FL for years and probably for 15 years we have set off fireworks at our house on the 4th. Tons of people come down. We have a huge yard and we have built some platforms and safeguards. We have a lot of fun with it and love having half the town down in the front yard. One person lost a taillight once on a wild one that hit their car. But generally a pretty good time.

My PA kids buy in PA. They're in Starlight, PA, and I think they go to Honesdale. Some strange PA law that you can sell fireworks, but only to out-of-staters? So, my son goes with a PA summer-home owner who has out-of-state license plates on his car. They live at The Inn at Starlight Lake and set off fireworks from the dock in the middle of Starlight Lake for their restaurant and Inn guests to enjoy. I'll check with them.

Max W makes a good point. Taxman, whatever filing is done, I hope you will give us a followup post of how this plays out with the returns and if the husband is ever found.

Don't sweat it, just enter info on box 1, people are going to be more upset when they try to use the insurance and find out it doesn't cover that.

I don't buy fireworks, but there are several fireworks vendors on the NC/SC border, not far south of Charlotte. They are all located within a mile of one another at the Interstate 77 exit for the Carowinds theme park. I'm told their selection is vast. Around holidays, there are hordes of cars at these places with people buying hundreds and even thousands of dollars worth of fireworks. Amazing.

If this is helpful, here are the rules that govern non-IRS POAs and what IRS requires in order for them to be acceptable, and how to perfect a non-IRS POA. It comes from Pub 947 but has the code sec cite of when the person with authority may sign a return and those requirements: Processing a non-IRS power of attorney. The IRS has a centralized computer database system called the CAF system. This system contains information on the authority of taxpayer representatives. Generally, when you submit a power of attorney document to the IRS, it is processed for inclusion on the CAF system. Entry of your power of attorney on the CAF system enables IRS personnel, who do not have a copy of your power of attorney, to verify the authority of your representative by accessing the CAF. It also enables the IRS to automatically send copies of notices and other IRS communications to your representative if you specify that your representative should receive those communications. You can have your non-IRS power of attorney entered on the CAF system by attaching it to a completed Form 2848 and submitting it to the IRS. Your signature is not required; however, your attorney-in-fact must sign the Declaration of Representative (see Part II of Form 2848).

How much tax are you costing your client if you tell her to file mfs?

With only 10 days left to file the return, MFJ is a huge risk. Everything could be lost of the IRS rejects the POA. MFS salvages something and it could be amended to MFJ if circumstances change.

I would not use fixed assets to do this. In fixed assets, use the disposal code of removed for personal use. Then go to 8949 and enter like any other sale of residence, just enter the total depreciation claimed and pay tax on only the depreciation.

Delete the pdf and close the return. Rescan the document and name it something different, and make sure to close it. Reattach the pdf with the new name, calculate the return, recreate the e-file and try again. https://support.cch.com/kb/solution.aspx/e-file-Rejection-X0000-029-A-binary-attachment-submitted-in-the-PDF-format-must-begin-with-the-file-header-PDF

My last thought, maybe-because my head isn't working well at the moment, is if an MFJ return is filed and signed by wife on behalf of husband using her authority of the POA, I wouldn't attach any further statement about the husband being missing. In other words, don't give the IRS any more of a reason or anything else to question. Give them nothing more than the required information. If IRS will accept that POA, then no further explanation should be needed. Sorry if I'm rambling.

I put the info in myself. I found on 2 other forums of people having same problem. One of the responses was from an "IRS employee" that IRS is aware of the problem. I think it was the Intuit forum. That's good enough for me to tell clients to have patience, I have too much going on now to deal with this further. I hardly ever check WMR for clients and tell them to do it themselves, but clients saying there's an error just added more stress to an already stressful year.