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I just attach the second page of the 1040Xwith explanation to the CO104X. My practice is in Colorado

My wife and I are having a disagreement over which of us should get up at 2:00 am and set all the clocks back an hour. Any suggestions on how to resolve this dilemma?

USEFUL CHARTS OF THE 2015 CHANGES TO EXPLAIN TO THOSE CLIENTS WHO ASK. We all have a few of those, don't we? Link is to a Forbes article. I promise it's safe. http://dailysignal.com/2015/10/30/5-charts-to-explain-the-2016-irs-tax-brackets-and-other-changes/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=thffacebook

KC. Just for the record, I did notice that the poster was not a tax pro. Ordinarily I would have just clicked off and not commented. But since the OP was trying to help someone else (not asking for personal tax advice) and the solution was obvious, I decided to make an exception in this rare situation. I do agree it's generally a bad idea to encourage non-preparers on this forum.

The correct fee should be zero.

Do the right thing. You set the alarm and put it on her side of the bed. That way you have done your part. OR -------- as you are well aware by now, marriage is all about compromise and sharing. Both of you get up and split the chore equally. Here is a perfect example of that. Today my wife went out and picked up all of the limbs that have fallen on our property due to the recent heavy winds. And I watched football.

These links might be useful, https://www.irs.gov/uac/About-Form-1095-A https://www.irs.gov/uac/About-Form-1095-B https://www.irs.gov/uac/About-Form-1095-C

Link is safe but isn't to Forbes. It goes to The Daily Signal, a news page of The Heritage Foundation. In case anyone notices the facebook reference at the end of the link, one does not need to be signed up or signed in to Facebook for the link to work.

Thanks to all for your help and suggested solution. We'll go that route and see if that solves the problem. By the way, Jack from Ohio, this lady is the only tax return, other than our own, that I prepare and i don't do it for compensation. Just to help her out. Something I hope and plan not to change! I am happily retired and have no plans to start preparing returns for compensation. That is an important and valuable job, just not for me at this time. I'll leave it to you experts! Thanks again to all.

Anyone here from the Phoenix area - or know someone there? My brother in law has decided to give up on TurboTax (at long last and about time) and wants a pro. But he also wants someone close enough to sit down with. Being at the other end of the country, that's not me.

Yep, that memorandum jmdavis linked to is excellent. In addition to that but nothing official, here's a blurb from a group called Transportation Intermediaries Association where the third paragraph says that the type of freight might also make a difference in deciding whether reporting is required, where household goods are not classified as freight. This one from the IRS procedural manual for 1099 reporting, it is credit card payment reporting, but the table at .03 on page 5-6 shows that MCC 4214 motor freight carriers falls under 1.6041-3( c), which you probably already found. This has a broken link but gives food for thought about using 1099s as evidence that the payments are to independent haulers and not employees.

This looks helpful.