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Here's a new scam targeting professional licensees. It is being done by telephone, and the scammer is able spoof caller i.d. to project the actual state agency to make them appear to be legitimate. In an abundance of caution, the State of DE Division of Professional Regulation sent out a mass email to all its licensees describing the scam in more detail. So far here in my state, the reported cases have all involved those licensed in the field of health care. I doubt anyone here would fall for such a call, but I'm sharing to make you all aware in case any of your clients falls victim to this and because I'm sure this isn't limited to only my small state. Here's an excerpt from the email that describes this in more detail:

Yes, as QB ProAdvisor you get the new software available every year as part of the subscription. You also get access to ALL version of the desktop that you can use yourself (including Enterprise, I believe), discounts on desktop or QBO subscriptions to offer to clients (at cost, keeping the extra for yourself, or at your cost, to make sure those clients don't revert to bad spreadsheets), "priority" support (that used to be better than it is now) and more. There are free online courses on aspects of QB you are not as familiar with, and after taking specified sets of them you can be a certified QB advisor at different levels and listed as such on their own resources area. That never brought me in any clients, so I only bother to take units of specific interest to me.

If the son had insurance through the marketplace, even though the policy was in his dad's name, then when he filed and claimed himself he needed to report that 1095A on his tax return. The insurance can be allocated anyway that is agreeable to both the son and the father, so you can complete the son's return showing an allocation of 0% since the father's return already shows 100%. At least that is how it worked for me on the one of these I had a few years ago.