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I have not used back up restore for years. Per good advice from ATX I Have used import, export without any problem

Most older people like myself will fail the test inspite of years of experince and ethical conduct. I have taken many CPE couses and probably could not pass most with open book. If the test is practical and resonable you should pass but I have no faith in the bureaucrats. One must do what one has to do for whatever survival you need. My outlok is buyer beware and anybody with minimal controls should practice what profession they choose- taxation, law, and even medicine to an extent. No I do not live in a redneck state but one of the bastions of so called liberalism.

since you have done your best to locate SS #,just ignore it. what will happen probably nothing

Criteria:1>Plausuble possible story, not necessarily probable 2> Is his check good and adequate compensation 3) what is

the potential for a problem.

One of my CT clients moved to CO during 2010, so a PY CO return. One question I have:

She paid $538.23 for what she labeled CO car registration & tax (combined) and $22 for CO driver's license. Is any part of the $538.23 a property tax and deductible on her federal 1040 Schedule A?

She expects to stay retired and have no earned income in CO, so moving expenses won't be deductible.

Any CO tips are appreciated, as I haven't done a CO return in years and years.

The portion of the $ 538 that is based on usually the value of the car, not the actual registration, similar to CT, AZ

Grow up!

Like the real old days when Corp where hard to dissolve in NYS. If your clients have any bal-s,do nothing and theoretically their is an auto dissolution by the state legislaure in two years of non filing.If they are wimpy

forget this legal procedure as they will be bombarded by all kindds of inhtimidating letters and have to ignore them.

If she is a freebie what is the difference, you do not have to sign it. You have warned her she being your sister. i have a dear friend like this,a freebie, he got audited for these outrageous deductions. He never showed uu for the audited, sent them 13K they requested. Cried a bit, but figured it was still worth it for all the years he got away with it, but now he is somewhat more conservative in his deductions, but still a gambler.

That surprises me - I thought for sure you were going to say he lost his job!

He is currently working for another tax preparer who knows nothing about his low life activitiy.

Wasting your time! Know a TP who worked for somebody else and turned in his employer as well as clients. He wanted the supposed reward. Know what happened - NOTHING.

Yeah, she will talk to her friends, and someone will tell her how to get it by telling the preparer that she had 'babysitting money earned' or cleaned houses for cash, etc, and then the preparer, who may be as innocent as the driven snow, will file her a Sch C and an EIC, and she's got a nice check coming. Assuming, of course, that she has a child or two. The cheaters tend to hang out together and they share these things, so she will find out just how much to claim as income to max out the EIC.

Most of my clients that get the EIC are would be artists of sorts, but end up giving all back SS tax if

single. Most often single people wish to earn SS credits if they are approaching retirement and are missing credits

to get SS.

Client sold gold bars, 10 oz, with a long term gain. These bars had no numismatic value, strictly a metal investmet.

How are they taxed and at what maximum rate?

Nothing sacred about E Filing. Paper file non payments, hold until deposit received.

Tax Preparers are not auditors of tax returns prepared; that is the job of the IRS. Only when there is GOOD reason to believe the figures are incorrect might further documention be asked for. In this case, most gamblers are big losers over the year (yearly session summary) so you figure it out CPA !

Client has documentation for wood stove insert qualifying (per instructions and form from company) for the energy tax credit. However, there isn't a place on Form 5695 for wood stoves, only natural gas, propane or oil furnace. Thats's where I put the cost but not comfortably so. Other ideas?

There is another Form for alternative energy such as solar etc, possible there, I do not know until I have a client with this situation.

the absolute answer is common sense, intelligence, and knowledge of your work!

https://support.atxinc.com/download/formdevelopmentstatus.aspx

It says the final version is still pending from the IRS.

Thanks

Not on IRS Web site for 2010, nor in ATX Library. Is there an issuance delay?

Maybe a grayish area-do your research? Do not take the deduction you lose it whether entitled or not!

Nothing better to do?

Do not waste your time with the IRS.

I am trying to efile NY state individual tax return along with Form 1040 for my stepdaughter and I do not charge her for doing so. But my problem is, how do I obtain a NY PTIN. The instuctions say that as long as I (we) have an IRS PTIN we can efile the NY income tax return. The ATX program for the form for efiling the NY return where I enter the PTIN requires eight (8) digits only but cannot start with the digit "ZERO" (0), but it will not accept it with the letter "P" which is what the PTIN starts with. Can someone please tell me how to efile the NY return along with the Federal return in this situation? This is a simple return for my child with only one W-2 and no additional schedules and the NY tax return. I lives in TEXAS and she lives in NY. Thank Y'ALL.

A CPA etc is Not required to register, point blank!

Have had some experience in this. Probably they just sold an exclusive "mailing list", maybe some goodwill. Capital gain, Sch D. There is a complex form for the sale of a business should this not be the case!

I was unable to register for a ptin on IRS web site although I have had the same # for years- unable to correct errors. I filed by paper W12 on 11/18/2010 with payment. Called their #, canned useless message and nobody to speak to. Must file returns now. What to do? (although I know what I am going to do !)