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One of the *nastiest* tax seasons in recent memory, and we lived through it. Congratulations, all. Now we can start working on amended returns, non-filers, and get ready for the non-filers who outed themselves to the IRS with the EIP payment returns. Whimper.

And, payroll reports. I need to read about CT's new myconneCT and set up an account and make it work with QBDT for my tiny payroll. Except for the tax types not yet open under myconneCT that still must be paid via Taxpayer Service Center. And, PPP forgiveness applications. And, laundry. And, my NY/CT-ATP on-demand courses for September and October. And, a few other on-demand courses I haven't completed. And, sleep. And, visit my grandkids before they forget who I am! And,...

And as long as she actually gets paid, and claims the income.

grumble...mumble..... I guess I figured it would be easy to go online and set up and be done. We'll wait. My client was great about it. He filed and paid in March last year - 2019 for the 2018 return, and IRS sent him a notice that he didn't pay. So he figures even if he pays on time it gets screwed up anyways.

Yes, that works.

Received this email from my client: "I have an important tax question; I over donated to my pre tax dependent care account at work. I have had almost $3,900 deducted from my paycheck since 1/1/20. When Covid began, I removed my daughter from daycare but did not cancel or change my paycheck deduction at work until 10/1/20. I only spent approximately $2,500 at daycare and can provide receipt for that. I haven’t done the exact math, but I have over donated by about $1500. My question is this; my mother has provided daycare for my daughter regularly since 6/4/20. Is there a way that I can legally and ethically pay her for daycare so that I don’t “lose” the money that was pretax?" I believe if we show the mother as the provider and list her social security number on the 2441, it would qualify. Am I correct? Can anyone share their thoughts please. Thanks!

At this point, if it's not a lot of money, I'd just wait two weeks for the PIN.

but we have to wait for the super secret PIN to come via snail mail. Why they can't just email it to you or give you a pop up screen to print when you get it - like when you get your EIN.

Tuesday 20 October: CCH Software News - October 15, 2020, Extension Filing Deadline Dear CCH Customer: The extended due date for 2019 Individual (1040) and Corporation (1120) returns is Thursday, October 15, 2020. Information for electronically filing returns through the deadline is as follows. Timely Filed To be timely filed, CCH must receive your returns before 11:59 PM CDT on Thursday, October 15, 2020. Note: To avoid processing issues with the taxing authorities, we validate all returns before submission to the taxing authorities. If we stop returns for schema validation errors (Status 490), you must review and resubmit these returns in a timely fashion. Important: Linked state returns are not transmitted until the IRS acknowledgement is returned for the federal return. Because certain states such as Illinois, Oregon, and Wisconsin no longer honor the vendor timestamp as the state transmission time, we further recommend you release your state returns for transmission separately from the federal return, particularly if you cannot get the full return filed by 9:00 PM CDT. This allows the state return to transmit without the return of the federal acknowledgment. The easiest way to submit the state return separately from the federal return is to uncheck the federal return on the export window. Individual Timely Filing of Rejected Returns If the IRS rejects any of your returns, they will be considered timely filed if you resubmit them electronically and obtain approval from the IRS by Tuesday, October 20, 2020. If your returns continue to get rejected after this date, you will have five days to paper file the return to be considered timely filed. Please monitor the e-File Status System using the filter Not Accepted/All to verify that all returns have been transmitted and are accepted prior to 8:00 AM CDT on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. E-filed Returns Allowed After Tuesday, October 20, 2020 In addition to federal returns, the following state/city returns can be filed using our software year-round (current year plus two years), except for when the IRS shuts down their systems for 6-8 weeks in the middle of November to prepare for the new filing season: Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Michigan-Detroit Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Missouri-Kansas City Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York New York City North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Ohio City Form 37 (RITA) Oklahoma Oregon Oregon-Multnomah, Tri-County, Lane Transit Pennsylvania Philadelphia South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Michigan Cities filed on the Common Form, Ohio Cities not filed on Form 37, and Rhode Island returns will be transmitted through the IRS' annual maintenance shut-down sometime late-November. Additional communication will be sent once that information is provided by the taxing authorities. Corporation Timely Filing of Rejected Returns If the IRS rejects any of your Corporation returns, you have 10 calendar days to resubmit the return and obtain approval from the IRS. Based on information received for Corporation returns, the following states do not conform to the IRS 10-day perfection period for submitting rejected returns: Connecticut and Mississippi rejected returns. These states allow five business days to resubmit rejected returns and obtain approval. New York rejected returns. New York allows seven calendar days to resubmit rejected returns and obtain approval. Utah rejected returns. Utah allows 20 calendar days to resubmit rejected returns and obtain approval. New York City, Pennsylvania Form PA-RCT-101, Virginia, and West Virginia rejected returns. These states have no defined perfection period. Returns must be filed and approved by the due date to be considered timely. S Corporation and Partnership State Returns Based on information received for S Corporation returns that have an October 15 filing deadline, the following states do not conform to the IRS 10-day perfection period for submitting rejected returns: Vermont rejected returns. Vermont allows five calendar days to resubmit rejected returns and obtain approval. Utah rejected returns. Utah allows twenty calendar days to resubmit rejected returns and obtain approval. Virginia rejected returns. The state has no defined perfection period. Returns must be filed and approved by the due date to be considered timely. Based on information received for Partnership returns that have an October 15 filing deadline, the following states do not conform to the IRS 10-day perfection period for submitting rejected returns: Vermont rejected returns. Vermont allows five calendar days to resubmit rejected returns and obtain approval. Virginia rejected returns. Virginia has no defined perfection period. Returns must be filed and approved by the due date to be considered timely. Paper Returns If the IRS rejects any of your returns, the return does not fall into an e-file mandate, and you choose to file a paper return, the deadline is as follows. The paper return must be postmarked by the latter of the following: The due date of the return (including extensions) or 10 calendar days after the date the IRS last gave notification that the return was rejected Sincerely, Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting, North America

I've heard some tax preparers guessing that the e-file shutdown date will be about 21 November, because that's the last day for online non-filers' filing for an EIP.

If you just need 5 more days, change one letter of the first four letters of the last name and transmit it tomorrow. It will reject and you'll have 5 days to correct and not be considered late. I've done this at least 3 times in the past and I think one of my coworkers is doing it this year.

Yes, the returns will just be filed late. IRS MeF will accept the current and prior 2 years (2019, 2018, 2017) up through the date of shutdown that occurs sometime in mid- to late-November. When e-file reopens in Jan 2021, you will be able to file returns for 2020, 2019, and 2018 at that point.

so rebooting for the last 4 hours!! cannot efile - not respondng.. will not get done in time. grrr