Jack from Ohio

"It is S.A.L.Y."

I am certain it is bittersweet news. I would guess she would prefer to have her husband instead of his SS$.

Very wise decisions and correct under tax law.

"My refund is smaller than your fees. Maybe I just won't file?"

Tech support has been telling me since tax year 2008 that a rework was in progress.

If you have a router (routers have a hardware firewall built in them) be sure to turn off ALL windows or anti-virus firewalls.

The rule must apply across the board to be effective.

A waste of paper and/or time to file an extension now. $195/mo should get his attention....

"Why does Joe that I work with get back so much more? We both make the same amount of money?"

Absolutely correct!

Anyone who prices the same services I provide for less money prove that they know what their services are worth. I don't play the "negotiate my fee" game.

Agree. Yes they qualify.

Simple answer - not taxable.

Still faster when on the phone to have the paper copy. I can hold place for 2-3 forms and swap back and forth to answer the questions. pdf you can only see one page at a time and have to scroll. We do keep .pdf copies, but this year, pulling the file is faster. Plus, it has last year's return. They ALWAYS want to know "...why is it different from last year...?" If the program would open in a reasonable amount of time, I put the comparison worksheet in every return. But alas, with all the updated fast technology, the program is defective. "You can't polish a turd." (Grandpaw taught me that!)

At the firm these days, there may be as many as 8 users accessing the database on the server. My network is Gigabit solid and clean of "junk." We had the multi-user slowness and instability for the last 4 years. The "new" software was supposed to deal with that... At this point, it is faster to go to the file cabinet, pull the printed copy, talk to the client about questions, put the file back in the proper place than to open a return on ATX and look at it.

I wish that what you say is true. In fact, it is NOT. The program becomes very unstable above 250 returns. This applies whether standalone or network. Network is WORSE by a factor of 10. Problems are different based on hardware, Operating System, other programs, network, server and at least a dozen other factors. "Does it matter how many I do?" YES!!!! If you have never used the program with 1,000+ returns, you cannot imagine...

ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!!!

Move my anniversary from Feb. 25, to May 25?? When I got married 18 years ago, I was not in the business of tax preparation. 16 years in the tax business now.

I e-filed 175 this week. You will have very few and small problems with the software till you hit 250. We crossed 2,000 returns (just Fed) this afternoon. Our business has lost thousands and will continue to lose for a year or two due to lack of being able to process returns in a timely manner.

How many returns will you process this season?

If his supplier is doing his tax return properly, the 1099 should NOT make a difference. If he is NOT doing it correctly, that is the supplier's problem.

No harm in sending them, if it will let him sleep better. Benefit: You charge for preparing them.

At the firm, we have 3 computers with i7 processors, SSD, 16GB Ram WIN7 64bit. 7 others all have WIN7 32 Bit, i3 processors, 4GB RAM. The Server is i3 processor running Server 2011 Small business server (WIN 7 platform 64 bit) 16GB RAM. The network is GIGABIT compatible. We are having slow speed doing everything, crashing programs, corrupted backups etc.. I have above average computer skills and have been using ATX since tax year 2002. The program, on a domain server network, is a total disaster. I found out that the program base (the database the program is built around) was never designed for networks. Leave it to CCH to ruin a good tax program by attempting to update (which WAS needed) with a base and programmers that are FAR below par for such an undertaking. It ain't all about old hardware, or computer knowledge.

You said the same thing I did, only you were quite verbose!

When you close the loader from task manager, files get corrupted.