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How can a person be dead according to the IRS but everything is fine with SSA and was billed for a paper return the TP submitted? And they were able to open a id.me account too. Potential client wanted for me to resolve the issue but didn't like my price.

"Ernst & Young employees in the U.S. were upset Tuesday to discover their paycheck deposits from last Friday had been reversed after a glitch at its payroll processing company ADP. In some cases, the problems may have led to overdrafts on some EY U.S. employees’ bank accounts. “Our payroll vendor erroneously reversed EY’s July 15 payroll impacting our US employees and we are urgently working with them to correct the error,” said a spokesperson for the firm in an email to Accounting Today. “Late fees, penalties or other charges they may have incurred as a result of this error will be covered.” ADP confirmed the problem originated in its system. “We can confirm that we experienced an error that caused a payment reversal for a group of U.S. employees of one of our clients,” said a statement from ADP. “We understand the urgency of this issue and our team is working swiftly to resolve this to ensure employees receive their pay as quickly as possible. Later in the day, on Tuesday afternoon, an ADP spokesperson said the problem has been resolved: “As an update, we have resolved the error and have completed processing with our banking partners. All transactions are expected to process by end of business day today. Availability of funds is dependent on each employee's personal banking provider.” The problems affected approximately 55,000 EY employees in the U.S., according to the Financial Times. Late in the day, after the fix was announced, some employees said they were still experiencing problems, while some reported they had been paid double." Well that will remove some of the glitter from ADP's image.

I have all my tax returns from when I first got married. I was always going to put the AGIs and tax liab on a spreadsheet -oops -the accounting nerd in me is showing.

I cannot speak with IRS personal knowledge, but many who I have come across over the last few decades, will share generalities on actions which are done to protect self/department/office interests versus "real world" needs. In the "old days", many thought this was because some who even made it to decision power were biding time / building resume, towards personal practice. Complication/Byzantine means profits in PP, and life time employment whether in PP or not. An example is 94x electronic filing "ease". Over complication and lack of accepting and using de facto standards is a real issue. IRS is not alone, see examples in CA such as their payroll process, EDD process, etc. Contracts for custom software which, after many years, is not completed/functional. SSA, on the other hand, has easy efiling, and their MMREF file structure has been adopted (albeit sometimes oddly altered) by many other tax agencies.

The IRS has so many systems that don't talk to each other that I am not surprised. There could have been a data entry error when the paper filed return was entered.

I agree, rather than taking the time to develop an approach that effectively addresses the problem. the IRS is moving ahead with ID.me to be able to say, "Look we are doing doing something."

Another free efiling tax system that I have never heard about: "MilTax online software is also available for members of the military and certain veterans, regardless of income. This software is offered through the Department of Defense. Eligible taxpayers can use MilTax to prepare and electronically file their federal tax returns and up to three state returns for free."

Yes, there are taxpayers out there trying to game the system. Years ago I fired a Hairdresser filing HOH, once I realized that the income she was reporting every year hit the exact sweet spot to maximize her EITC. Personally I am far more irritated by the large international tech companies that report billions of profits and pay very little tax. For example, for years Apple's effective tax rate runs about 8%.

Funny, my client finally went up in their attic and found the W 2 they needed

Those that properly reported all earnings were better off getting Covid relief, compared to those who are/were skimming. Same for those who want to show full income for things such as a home loan. Also, I usually mention things like not having artificially low earning years with SSA in case they or theirs need disability, survivors, or retirement payments. Written as I get ready to take our DD to her hair person this afternoon.

Not much you can do I think and they'll probably leave eventually. They like you for your past good, solid work when they were "just folks". Your CPA title helps, but they want to believe their buddies who say go with the big firms. It's a pattern; not confined to realtors/landlords. Once many SE types hit six-digits they develop (as John said) a "sense of entitlement"- a sort of "look at me" smugness; i.e. "My house and cars are paid off, I own rental property, have stocks, money in the bank, plus a fantastic job and all benefits." Or, as one once told me: "I've pretty much got everything else nailed down and I just don't see why we can't crack this nut." Oddly, he seemed to believe that his success could kill off taxes (the nut).

You can always amend. I amended after not being able to settle an IRS notice, that we disagreed with, and the IRS sent a refund.

Senator Warren should try doing her own tax returns this way and see what results she gets. She wants the IRS to provide a government version of Turbotax without considering all the problems people have had with TT. It is so bad that that TT has had to hire EA's and CPA's to help taxpayers prepare their returns. Will the IRS be providig help as well with IRS employees that have had only a rudimentary course in taxes?

Nah, not really intentional, just an old file cabinet that got moved around and never emptied out. I have an old desk with stuff from my youth too. I found a very funny short story that I wrote at about age 8 entitled "The Story of My Life" and also some things and writings from my father too. Now those things are very precious and glad I still have them.

1120S filed for full year. 2 K-1’s issued, one to deceased for the period 1/1-DOD, 2nd to estate for the rest of the year.