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I am going to take the exams during the summer. I will do it the way I did with my drivers license writen test. I didn't study and I passed the first time in DC. Then, I went to VA and I passed it and I got my license. I went back to take it in DC and I failed. I was shocked because I knew all the driving rules in my country since it was part of my daily job. Does anyone know how long does it take to register with IRS? Let me say that I pass the tests in June 2010 and I submit the form to the IRS, when will I be an EA officially?

As I said before, she doesn't qualify for the 8K First time home buyer credit or any portion of it, period. If her husband used the old house as his main home for 5 years out of the last 8 years, then maybe she qualifies for the $6,500 credit if they file jointly. Depending on the state where they live in, the husband (even though he is not the owner of the house per se) might qualify for half of the credit if they file MFS.

I am not sure if I understand the question. If you buy items for resale, you don't issue 1099misc to providers. In any event, these suppliers don't have FEIN and they might not be interested in getting one. As I said before, maybe I do not understand the issue at hand.

She doesn't qualify for the 8K first time home buyer.

Two different animals. One is to efile 1099s that your client is going to issue to his contractors and the other is to file his taxes. When you create an efile, you cannot print or resave the file. If you do, then ATX will mark the efile file as rejected.

This is what I do. I select manual and then it tells me everything that it is available. I glance at my 3 states and 1040 (for curiosity). Then I hightlight them all and click on download. I have always done it this way and works for me.

What happens when you open the program with no clients opened and you pull down the menu and select update program?

How many rejected efiles are we talking about? If more than one, you are doing something wrong. Nothing wrong with the program. We all have efiled with no problems.

The lady who opened the daycare center on May 1, 2009 will get a refund of $4,423.00 for tax year 2009. If you have a different answer, please post all the entries on lines 47 though 67 and I will tell you what I have and we can start a nice exchange.

Exactly. That's why I didn't elaborate on my answer, but I tried to answer his direct question. At the end he might have a passive business loss after he recaptures.

It means that if you didn't have a second mortgage, the "sale" back to the bank didn't produce any gain or loss according to the bank. You still have to see your basis and use the FMV on the 1099a as the selling price.

Problem solved. Since the dependent has to younger that TP or disabled, YOU NEED the date of birth of the taxpayer. This is new this year. Since you didn't check that the child was permanent disabled, the program didn't give you EIC because it needed the date to calculate if the child was younger.

Did any of the TPs collect social security or pension?

"Not intending to be insulting, just trying to think of any reason." "You are not, far from it." Don't let the frustration with your computer influence you mood towards people who are trying to be helpful. Do you have google desktop on your computer, any tool bars or any cool screen savers? I would start by removing those programs. Also, please click on start, run and type msconfig and click OK. Click on startup and uncheck everything except for your antivirus. Reboot and you will get a message stating that you are being selective, click "don't show me this message again" and OK. After you do that, go back to your preferences and uncheck automatically updates on ATX, (don't forget to click apply,lol).

I had the same problem today but after opening and closing the EIC sheet it worked. I knew everything was entered correctly and I could see how old the child was (no typo on DOB as suggested by KC), but no EIC. Finally it appeared by itself. Maybe it worked after I entered the mother's DOB, I don't remember exactly.

They are "happily" married and he is just waiting for his green card abroad. They will file jointly or separate if I suggest one or the other. If they file jointly, will he have to pay ss taxes on the money he made in his country? Where will you include his income, line 21 or sch C? How about next year, all his income will come from the foreign country? For people that file 1040NR, there is no personal exemption, so, would that be legal to claim a personal exemption for him if he is not in the US?

Yes, she can file as HH because she lived apart from her husband during the last 6 months of 2009 and she had a child living with her and she provided more than 50% of the child's support.

Man was here on a H1B visa and got his social security number. While working here, he got married to a US citizen and filed jointly taxes for 2008. In April 2009, went back to his county and will return to the US to work in 2 years. Wife has a child from previous marriage and she qualifies for HH. How would you file this couple? Let's say that husband made $10K in US and 5K in his country from a local firm. No US treaty between US and country. What forms?

No problems with efiling.

Click on Return Manager and move the cursor to the mistake and correct it. No, it will not mess up efile.

Remember that the EIC was invented for people who make little money (like your client) and have children. Just take notes and keep records of the interview.

One person already got nailed with a big 1099misc. No matter what you guys do, you have to deal with it since the IRS will do its income matching down the road. I would issue a 1099misc for the other person and file scheduce C for both. For the future, they should open an LLC or form a partnership and ask the issuer of the 1099misc to issue it to the partnership or company for 2010.

"Does the aide she received from the State get credited as money that the children used for their own support?" I don't think so. That's why I said: Are these children actors? If yes, maybe they provided more than half towards their support. Do the children have a lot of money, which makes money for them? If yes, maybe they provided more than half towards their support. To me, when the IRS says, the child didn't provide more that 1/2 of his/her own support, they are referring to 16-19 year old children who have jobs. Clearly she doesn't qualify for head of household. I am surprise not many ATXers are replying to this post. Maybe you should start a new post.

Are these children actors? If yes, maybe they provided more than half towards their support. Do the children have a lot of money, which makes money for them? If yes, maybe they provided more than half towards their support. Mother qualifies for EIC and maybe for everything else. This also will help you (I am sure you have visited but it doesn't hurt to include it. http://www.eitc.irs.gov/central/childbenefit/ Also, check the amount of refund the lady got last year from IRS and state and add it to her $7,000.00 when calculating support. So in reality, maybe, this lady had more than $7,000 to support her family.

File woman, single with 3 dependents and man single with no dependents. If this is not the right answer, other atxer will jump in.