Janitor Bob

Per state labor laws, I think the employer has to pay the number of hours employee actually works....but if they have previous agreement, I believe employer can pay all 50 hours at normal rate (not over-time rate). It is illegal to not pay for hours worked....employee could file grievance with labor board...If time card supported the employee, employer would be in trouble. Now....If employee "worked" without employers knowledge and permission...then they may have grounds for not paying...but everything better be substantiated in writing.

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Talking / debating with others about this type of thing makes me smarter....How else am I supposed to get an understanding of all sides of an issue? It is difficult in today's world...with its tendancy to lean left or right...to get a true grasp of a topic. If you do not discuss issues (and yes, sometimes listen to things you may not agree with) you will never learn about other very valid viewpoints and ideas.

Don't be silly....you cannot swim in a logoon....you put those in chili...sometimes lagoons give you gas, though...so be carreful how much you eat wnd when you eat them!

Ahhhh...So the reduction in Fed withholding rates (recently implemented) and the $400.00 "Make Work Pay" Credit are two seperate items? ...So al long as your decrease in withholdings is not more than the $400 credit, you should not be hurt

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In this scenerio, there would have to be a seperate line for a $400.00 credit on the 1040/1040A/EZ in 2010....Is this what we expect? I was under the impression that the "Make Work Pay" credit of up to $400.00 actually was implemented in the form of payroll withholding rate reductions...ONLY (not a line on next years 1040). ...I'm confused

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I have a client that got married 6 years ago. Every year she tells me that she had her name changed with social security...every year, the e-file is rejected because name does not match....go back and change to maiden name, and it goes through. All of her W-2s and other paperwork (mortgage, 1099's, etc) all have her married name, but not social security. I'm guessing that she calls social security every year, but gets tired of being on hold and hangs up?

Seems to me that for this year (2008) it would be handled like a normal two-person LLC...with K-1 going to each partner. This is the only way that both partners can claim their associated gain/loss for the year. Next year, it would just be a Sch C for the remaining taxpayer.

What was changed was the Federal withholding tables.....I do not think they are changing tax rates. Example...Let's say a taxpayer in 15% bracket has $9.00 less fed tax withheld from their pay each week because of the recently revised withholding rates. He/She has $9.00 more to spend on pizza and beer each week...adding up to approx. $396 for the year. When taxpayer does their taxes this time next year, they will still be in the same 15% tax bracket...and will still owe the same amount in taxes....but now, they will have paid in $390 less.....reducing their expected refund or increasing their balance due. This may not be a huge issue for taxpayers that get large refunds...but for those who had no refund or very small amount due...this will be an unpleasant surprise next year....unless they submit a new W-4 to increase Fed withholding back to amount it was prior to the withholding rate reduction. Am I looking at this right or am I missing something?

I understand that part of the recently enacted stimulus plan was a decrease in the federal withholding rates....and people will see this in a small increase in their net pay each pay period. If federal withholding rates are lowereed and tax rates are not changed....won't this result in my clients seeing lower refunds/higher amounts due next year at this time? If so, I want to advise some of them to fill out new W-4s to increase their Federal withholding.

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I, for one, would like to discuss things like this in person with you one day, KC....I get the feeling I could learn a thing or two.

This is not my full time job....full time job is doing taxes, government reporting, and international shipping for a machinery Manufacturer. I just prepare taxes for individuals (approx 180 returns) out of my home office for some extra income...and because once I started....It's almost impossible to stop. very little overhead....The company I work for uses ATX MAX....so I just use one of the three installs for myself...my costs are only office supplies, insurance, and the occasional new piece of equipment. A price war between bottom-dwellers in my little town about 4 years ago drove the average tax prep fee way down....three years ago, there were some small companies advertising 1040 prep for $25.00 and EZ prep for $10...because they made their money on RAL fees. That hurt preparers like myself who could not (and still can't) charge what I could in other areas.

I use that site often...problem is that neither client nor Goodwill specify what type of clothing was in the bags/boxes. I am wondering if my "estimate" (if I choose to use one) would hold up under IRS scrutiny if audited.

Despite my warnings, I have several clients who bring me a receipt from Goodwill with no dollar values and no description of the donated items....just a generic description such as "3 Boxes of women's clothing" clients then expect some type of charitable contribution for their Sch A. What do all of you do in this situation? Does't IRS now require more detail in this area?

I estimated and informed him that I would charge $200.00 (as opposed to the $60.00 last year)....He didn't mind at all and said that he figured it would be more this year.

I just took another 10% pay-cut at my full-time job.....this after a 10% pay-cut in January....Now I am also on 4 days a week instead of 5...which amounts to another 10% pay reduction. So I have taken a 30% pay-cut so the nation's CEO's can continue their extravagant lifestyles. These wealthy elite need a good dose of back-woods retribution. Crazy Mary has the car battery all hooked up and Chaz (The guy on the corner by Woody's Market who can no longer afford warm Coronas) has the maple syrup and biting ants all set!

Thanks...Taxpayer is single and age 60 at end of 2008....not sure about this...is it possible that Social securtiy has incorrect date of birth and thus age data? If this does not go away, I will have client contact SSA.

Does anybody know where I can get the IRS description of this error? My 1345A still states "Reserved" for this error!

I have a few California clients....Had them when they lived in Ohio...retained them when the moved to CA...because I still charge them my lower rate compared to what they found in CA

Client's return was rejected with error code 1040FD448. This error states as follows: If taxpayer is age 70-1/2 at end of tax year and IRS deduction of Form 1040 or Form 1040A is significant, taxpayer cannot deduct any contribution to traditional IRA or treat them as nondeductible contributions for they are ineligible for IRA deduction. Taxpayer is age 60 at end of year!

I have a client who is a resident of Ohio, but needs to file both PA and VA state returns as a non-resident...Can these returns (PA-40 and VA-763) be filed electronically by non-resident?