Margaret CPA in OH

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Well, Kerry, I had leftovers for dinner last night. I drive a 2001 Villager. My house is 50 years old in a subdivision with starter homes. And I make less than $50,000 a year as a sole practioner with an MBA in Taxation in a home office in my living room. I did not complain about $20 a month and told Troy that I was going to let others know of the offer which, in business, is only fair, in my opinion. Troy was the representative of a company that did wrong by many of us then tried to rectify the situation in part when they didn't have to. I honestly and genuinely appreciated that and told him so. It did seem a bit arbitrary to not offer the same or similar discount to those who did not go through TRX but it was a business decision on the part of CCH just as our purchasing decisions were our own. Those who did not benefit, in my opinion, could complain but simply lost out. It was wrong, in my opinion, to 'take it out on Troy' but $200-$400 IS a significant expense for many of us. And, yes, I do know what it is like to take complaints from people to make 5 times what I do over $200-$400 on a bill for tax preparation and then lose that client because they want to pay less for what they get. We all should be acting in a business like manner, true. But please don't paint all of us practitioners with the same broad brush. Not all tax preparers make hundreds of thousands of dollars, drive expensive cars and live in McMansions. Many of us also have to watch our $20 per month expenses. After all, that is $20 per month that we do not have to pay personal expenses.

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That is very strange. I updated this form on July 6 quite easily by clicking Updates/Manual. That day I efiled 3, they were accepted same day, too. Gremlins?

My issues are pretty much the same as those mentioned but here is one I forgot about until now. Why is the screen to enter K-1 information so dominated by the input at the top (name, address, etc.) leaving just a couple of lines to scroll through the line numbers? I would much rather scroll through the upper part and have the line or window fixed just under the name of the partnership or entity. I know that I can change to side tabs but really dislike that look and feel. I also am aware that part of the problem with limited real estate for K-1 entry is because of so many form tabs at the top. But my clients with lots of K-1 entries have lots of forms in their returns.

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Thanks, as usual, for chiming in, Jainen, with your keen observations and for setting us straight. I honestly did not (bad!) think through this carefully to determine whether there are such distinctions between home office and rental situations. It's so good that you did and shared that with us. I'll know better should this again arise.

Oooh, yes! I forgot about the changes in the market. That could make a difference, sadly.

Good question! My inclination would be to treat it as I do my home office with the appropriate percentages or one of x number of rooms. Don't forget the current appraisal minus the land.

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I do appreciate the utilization of pencils and paper and problem solving using one's brain. It makes me a bit crazy when a store clerk is befuddled if I hand "too much money" over in order to receive a single dollar or some other easy change. Mentally doing the math seems too often beyond their comprehension with total reliance on the cash register to tell them what to do. Meanwhile, the updated and efilable Form 941 appeared yesterday so I am saved from printing and postage for at least some of these. Thanks for the good discussion here - it helps to not think about the heat!

The forms aren't approved yet for efiling. I guess I will just have to print and mail. I just prefer efiling. Thanks for input!

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Perhaps I'm too anxious, but I wonder how long it will be until we can efile the 941's for second quarter. Yes, I've updated today and it isn't accepted yet. I guess because of the COBRA credit thing, it's a new form although it looks the same as first quarter efiled. I do note that it is a revision as of 4-2010. I couldn't find any mention on MyATX but maybe looked in the wrong place. Anyone know of anything about this or do we have paper file now? BTW - have a safe holiday weekend all!

Check with NYS corporation laws. If they originally incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation, it seems they would still be a not-for-profit. If they have continued filing a 990, I think they/you should contact IRS, explain the situation and get guidance. It would seem to me that they must file a 1023 under their own EIN and get an determination. I had a small not-for-profit which originally was tax-exempt. Over several years, it's focus shifted from being an educational group to a specialty chamber of commerce. I contacted IRS, explained the evolution and the agent guided us to a change in status filing and redetermination. IRS was very helpful with this.

Well, jainen, I've never had any clients with employees with any employment tax or other credits before - just lucky, I guess. Perhaps that's why I had to ask the question on this one, lack of previous exposure to the situation. My inclination matches that of Karen Lee, to offset the insurance premium since the credit is to pay for the insurance premium but others in the group felt fairly strongly that, since it was on the payroll tax form and a reduction in the tax remitted, it should be a reduction in payroll tax. I'm too easily swayed in either direction because of uncertainty and lack of experience in this area. Thanks for the input, folks. I guess very few others on the board have a question about it.

Inputting the tax to book (or book to tax) adjustments by clicking on the appropriate item in the schedule and hopping to the worksheet will, at least should, make the book income match. Does the client have non-deductible T&E? Are there guaranteed payments? Is depreciation different for book and tax purposes? Read the options and input the differences that you know. Good question about not being required to file those schedules. If paper filing, I guess you would just omit. If efiling, I assume it isn't transmitted. I always complete them anyway just to be sure I didn't miss something.

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