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Wonderful! That's a very nice gesture. Much appreciated. Eric does a great job as attested to by how well this website works. Oh, yes! 89 is coming up in three months.

yes.....duh.....I knew my brain wasn't working....And it wasn't even that late in the day, or even that far into tax season. Can I throw in the towel already?

Drake rep is partially correct, as far as it went, but there is more to it and another choice to consider. Concerning the repayment of the sick pay: if the taxpayer believed he had the right to the funds when paid and it exceeds $3,000, then in the year of repayment, then he can take the better of these 2 choices: either take the repayment as a deduction on Sch A line 16 "Other itemized deductions (not the medical section) OR calculate a credit The credit is calc'd by going back to the year(s) he received the sick pay and recalculating the tax liability on that return without the portion that was ultimately repaid for that year, using the rates that were in effect at that time. Compare the original tax liability (with the sick pay) to the tax you are now calculating that excludes the portion repaid for that year. The difference between the two amounts is the credit. This is covered in Pub 525 on page 37. It is in the section about repayments over $3K of income under a claim of right. IRC Sec 1341.

Judy is spot on with the PA wages. Drake always populates the state wages from box 1 of the W-2. I almost got caught one year for not looking at the PA wages so be careful. While the software is designed to make our lives easier, it can definitely make it miserable if you don't double check yourself.

Or with your firewall or antivirus program

Great that you figured it out. Hopefully the W-2 reports the local wage amount to be taxed, because often the PA wages on the W-2 will be different than federal wages. The largest difference usually comes from the fact that PA doesn't allow a reduction for pre-tax retirement plan contributions, but there can be other adjustments as well.

That must be inconvenient to do that each time you log in to ATX. Have you tried entering the appropriate ATX files as exclusions in Avast? I can't help with what those are, but I did a simple internet search for "ATX and Avast" and found what looks to be the appropriate exclusions to enter in Avast. The KB also appears to be current with a 2025 copyright date. https://support.cch.com/oss/ml/kb/solution/000207659/avast-antivirus-blocking-atx

It resolved after an hour or so. It's possible I signed on when their techs were making adjustments or something.

Always good to eliminate those when having problems.

Did you recently install windows updates? There have been many reports of the ATX server not working after windows updates. And if you're referring to the internet server, that could be a problem with your internet.

No issues here with either the server or Efile. Sorry to hear that.

Yes, that is correct. VA Code § 58.1-499, see section D

I did it. Half from you and half from me. What would we all do without Eric?

Sire! That's a good idea.

How about if I make a donation to the Board? Thoughts????

You lost! I'm 88.

Signed on this morning and having ATX server problem. Anyone else having this and can advise a solution? My pc will not connect to the WK server.