Jack from Ohio

​Call Tech support. Something is not configured properly in your system/network.

I will believe it when the check is in my mailbox. I decided to circumvent all the "male bovine scat" with this and obtained my Enrolled Agent status. Now that Karen Hawkins is gone, there is a mystery about what will be happening in the future. I would say I am sorry to see her go, but I would be lying.

If you currently are assigned to a sales rep, no other sales rep can process your order. This I know from 3 week old first hand experience. I was also told that the "handling" fee included the cost for the "free" Master Tax Guide that comes with the MAX package. I get the impression that the sales department at CCH for ATX products is being run by a bunch of political people who write narratives to fit a particular situation instead of having a solid company policy in place and requiring all sales people to dispense the same information. Rant over!!

I am confused... How does E&O cover theft? Are we talking two different insurance coverage plans?

It is very apparent that fundamental beliefs have become watered down to meet any given situation. Maybe I value my core spiritual beliefs much more than most. Such is the way our society is going. There are no longer any absolutes for anything. However, my spiritual beliefs are filled with absolutes. I am rapidly becoming a tiny minority.

If the bank received the deposit into an account that did not have the taxpayer's name on it, it is a bank issue. Good luck getting the bank to correct their mistake.

​Tax year 2013 I used both Drake and ATX. I will NOT be using Drake ever again. Speed of data entry is not the holy grail of tax preparation.

Nothing to fix. The bank should refuse the deposit. The IRS will then sit on the refund 2-4 weeks and mail the taxpayer a check.

I guess the term "fundamental" has a dynamic definition depending upon circumstances and whomever is using the term. Either you are opposed or you are not. That is expression of fundamental beliefs.

​It is capitalism at its finest. There are other vendors.

​For a minister to use the term "fundamentally opposed to receiving a government benefit..." then to say "I don't want to lose those benefits that I previously earned before I entered the ministry." smacks of hypocrisy to me. Either you are FUNDAMENTALLY OPPOSED or you are not. I guess some ministers have developed a different definition of fundamental than I was taught. At the firm where I work part time, I witness this kind of situation dozens of times each year. This kind of attitude and actions fly directly in the face of scriptural teaching. Example: Matthew 5:37 (NIV) Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. James 5:12 (NIV) Above all, my brothers, do not swear--not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your "Yes" be yes, and your "No," no, or you will be condemned. Rant over.

My 2nd generation...

​Yes. I use no software firewalls at all.

​I got the same feelings about her every time I saw her speak or looked at her actions toward us ethical preparers. She is leaving 3 years too late for my tastes. Good Riddance. Her "compliments" were political male bovine scat to cover her demonic backside as she goes out the door. I am Jack From Ohio and I approved this rant!

I use NO software firewalls at all. Not necessary with a proper hardware firewall in your router. Problem solved.

Issue Number: 2015-06Inside This IssueDirector’s Farewell Message to Tax Professionals After 48 continuous years in various professional capacities, thirty-six in the practice of law, the last six as Director of the Office of Professional Responsibility, I have decided to take a little “holiday”. My retirement resignation has been tendered to, and accepted by, Commissioner Koskinen, and we have agreed that my last day as an IRS employee will be July 11, 2015. When Commissioner Shulman asked me to assume the position of Director, OPR, we shared a vision and multiple goals. The vision was to bring reasonable but firm oversight to the unregulated return preparer industry to ensure tax return preparers were both competent and scrupulous in their dealings with the nation’s taxpayers and with the tax administration system. The goals were to enhance the credibility, visibility and stature of the Office of Professional Responsibility and Circular 230 at all levels of professional tax practice. While the vision has yet to be achieved, I believe the goals have not only been reached, but surpassed. There can be no doubt that recognition of the Office and the Regulations Governing Practice before the IRS has increased exponentially in the past six years. Six years ago when I gave my first speeches (whether to tax professionals or to IRS personnel) few (outside the Enrolled Agent ranks) knew what the OPR was or did. Many tax professionals had no idea what Circular 230 was, or that they were subject to its jurisdiction. Even fewer had any idea how the disciplinary process worked: “black hole”, “star chamber”, “backwater” were the terms that were routinely floated when OPR/Cir 230 were mentioned. For the past six years, I, and other members of the OPR staff, have averaged over 100 speeches/presentations a year to audiences ranging from unlicensed/unenrolled return preparers, to tax professionals in the largest law and accounting firms in the country, to IRS field personnel at all levels. These efforts touched about 60,000 people annually and resulted in tax professionals not only knowing about OPR and Circular 230, but actually considering the standards embodied in the regulations BEFORE giving advice, taking a position, preparing a return, engaging a client, making a submission. I am hopeful that the pylons have been sunk sufficiently to ensure a solid foundation for those who come after me. I have had the pleasure to meet and talk with literally thousands of you at this juncture. I know you are solid ethical and professional people making every effort to serve your clients and tax administration in appropriate ways. It is important as you continue in your profession that you remain mindful of the overriding broad ethical principles contained in Circular 230 and resist the temptations to “get away with” the behavior less scrupulous individuals use to lure and keep clients. The recent litigation setbacks associated with tax return preparer regulation have been discouraging for all of us. Unfortunately, I have no crystal ball on the topic. I do know, however, that it is crucial for those of you who believe an ethical, fair, transparent and credible tax administration system is absolutely essential to this country to continue to practice your trade at the highest level and to press others for the same. If our paths cross in other contexts, I hope you will stop to say “hello”.

Call your sales rep. Their online renewal system is ultra lame on its best day.

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Every one of our clients that had a fraudulent return filed using their SS#, was assigned an Identity Theft PIN for the next filing season. Several states. Once the client's SS# has been compromised, no future returns will be accepted without the PIN being included on the 1040. This has been proven by the number of returns filed for 2014 for these clients where the client did not get the PIN that were rejected until the client called and obtained the PIN. All of this drama will not stop the fraudulent returns. Only stopping the "almost instant" issuing of refunds will make a difference. The Congress will never change it because the American taxpayer is addicted to those large tax refunds and will never re-elect anyone who delays the process. This will be a problem for our clients for the next 20 years.

Seems WAY too soon to me. This is a November issue.

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​And you can verify receipt by SS how? USPS rate of non-delivery/loss of mail is increasing exponentially. When I file them electronically, I get a verification of each one from SS.

This is also what happens when everyone chooses 4-15 as the date for payment. System gets overwhelmed and things get lost. I never actually understood the obsession with paying on 4-15. Paying it two weeks earlier has no effect on the amount whatsoever and would avoid such traffic jams.

I like my desktop and my laptop. No tablets in my world.