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Maybe we have not met personally, but you know me on this board. I am in Rocky Mount, VA which is just south of Roanoke. A bit away from you but in the same state. The Virginia chapter of EA is fairly active, but unfortunately you are not terribly close to any of the local chapters. I am not sure if you would be closer to the Fredericksburg or Northern Virginia chapters of VASEA. But since most of us are meeting via ZOOM or just holding webinars right now, you can be participate with any of the chapters. Blue Ridge (the local chapter I belong to) is having a webinar at noon on Wednesday the 26th, with a short Zoom meeting afterwards if you would like to join us. The information should be on the VASEA website.

I worked in very small firms for 13+ years before going solo starting in 1996. It's hard at times, but this group keeps me fresh with the current discussions and questions. I feel fortunate to have had some great experience and then had to be confident enough to make my own decisions and research. If I make mistakes, I own them. I haven't seen any of my peers in person more than 10 years, ever since my local CPA breakfast club disbanded and around the same time that webinars came about and were accepted as group CPE. Do you have anything like a small practitioners group in your area? We have that as a subgroup of my state's CPA society, but I've never attended. Maybe I should because I know that many of the breakfast club are a part of that.

$95 processing fee for a download always ruffles my feathers.

Gee, I'm up here in CT and have taken multiple VASEA webinars these last two years. They do a great job. I'm a fan of Knox Wimberly. That's been a benefit of this long-lasting pandemic, that there are great instructors, great courses, being offered online. So, we can take a class that might be too far away &/or too expensive (hotel room, meals, travel, etc.) if it were held in person, learn from an instructor who might not travel to our area or be too expensive for my budget. Over the last 15 months, I took courses where I wanted the topic but knew little about the instructor; but I was willing to give it a try for the small price (sometimes free). I've found instructors that way who I really, really like, great teachers with great handouts and great at reading all the pages of new laws and outlining them so I can understand. Knox Wimberly, Kathy Morgan, Tony Nitti, John Sheeley and any panel he gathers.

Gail I was just in Rocky mount on my way to Marine Corp base at Camp Lejune. Nice town. I will be going back down Next Thurs or Friday. Whats a good place to eat? I usually travel by interstate 95. Sara PM me as to where you are. Maybe can stop and touch base one day.

But they don't do that for personal income tax returns you e-file, do they? I don't put payor EINs on Schedules C, B, D, F, etc., just totals or a list, as appropriate.

A little south of Winchester. I would love to connect with more tax pros here. I cannot imagine how you solo practitioners do it. I've always worked for a firm with other tax pros to bounce thing off of and help or get help when needed. I belong to both NAEA and NATP, and over the years in CT I got to know lots of people from attending seminars together. I am working remotely for the tax firm in CT where I've been for 18 years or so and interact with my colleagues there, but here in VA I don't know a single person in this crazy business.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the EIN from the 1099-NEC is actually sent as part of the e-file. The IRS just compares the total amount reported on Schedule C to the total on the Forms 1099-NEC the IRS knows about.

The view of the Sierra from Verdi is what made me want to move! Having fast internet was my only restriction on where I could live. I ended up losing about half my clients & picked up a few more, but since I no longer have a mortgage it doesn't matter. I'm a desert rat so the wide open, bleak landscapes just make my heart sing. A pox on all you that prefer green humidity to the desert!!

Actually, I usually recommend "borrowing" it from the IRS both for lower interest rates and it doesn't show as a debt on his credit report.