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These problems have been ongoing for 5 or 6 weeks now. I wonder where it ranks on their "to do" list ? "We are still working to resolve the issues with the Community Board. At this time, we do not know how long it will take to correct them. If you need further assistance, please contact our customer support department at 1-800-638-8291. Thank you for using our products!! " Sean M. Lewis Wolters Kluwer ATX, CCH Small Firms Services 225 Chastain Meadows Court, NW Suite 200 Kennesaw, Georgia. 30144

SAN FRANCISCO — Equifax says its systems were not breached and blamed a third party vendor for running malicious code. On Thursday a security analyst reported a link on the Equifax website redirected him to a third-party site that encouraged him to download malware. "The issue involves a third-party vendor that Equifax uses to collect website performance data, and that vendor’s code running on an Equifax website was serving malicious content," Equifax said in a statement. "Since we learned of the issue, the vendor’s code was removed from the web page and we have taken the web page offline to conduct further analysis." Security analyst Randy Abrams said he encountered the malicious link when downloading his credit report. A link on the Equifax site directs users to an announcement that the credit report assistance page is down for maintenance. Shares dropped as much as 3.5% Thursday. "This incident should serve as a warning for any website operator to know and control vendor risk in the digital world – all website code, both first and third party, should be continuously monitored to avoid these scenarios," Chris Olson, CEO of cybersecurity firm The Media Trust said in an emailed statement. Be careful everywhere !

Interesting, there aren't any new updates listed in the download center ?

It's probably the setup for the tax organizer.

If ATX suppoort will even return your call !

When the IRS announced their new "no bid contract" with Equifax, they said it was because Equifax had a "unique set of capabilities." LOL

Well said, Tom !

"The Internal Revenue Service issued a new warning Tuesday to users of its online e-Services cautioning them to beware of a new phishing scam that attempts to trick tax professionals into “signing” a new e-Services user agreement. The phishing scam is actually trying to steal passwords and data, the IRS warned in an email to tax professionals. The IRS has been trying to migrate to new e- Services technology with improved authentication and security abilities, but has faced repeated delays. The IRS said that all tax professionals should be aware that as e-Services begins its move later this month to Secure Access authentication and its two-factor protections, cybercriminals are likely to make last-ditch efforts to steal passwords and data prior to the transition. The scam email claims to come from “e-Services Registration” and says “Important Update about Your e-Services Account” in the subject line. In part, the scam email states, “We are rolling out a new user agreement and all registered users must accept its revised terms to have access to e-Services and its products.” The email asks users to review and accept the agreement but takes them instead to a fake site !" Be careful out there !

Based on a client I had some years ago , the first priority is to deal with the trust fund taxes i.e. employee withholdings. The second priority is the 941 employer taxes. Only then can you possibly work out something on the personal taxes. In the meantime, you have to stay current on all the 941 taxes and the 1040 estimates, it's a tall task. In my clients case , he had to sell the business in order to pay the trust fund taxes. Never paid the 941 employer taxes.

Years ago, I used to buy paper at Costco. It's just not worth it due to jams etc. Especially, since Staples and Office Depot have name brand high quality paper on sale constantly. No more jams or feeding problems

I agree , I have a ScanSnap that is 10 years old and still going strong !

I can see the board with Firefox at work or with my Chromebook at home. Either the board works very sloooowly or if you try to post more than one line your post disappears.

So what, if their POS system with poor security is hacked ?

Oregon's personal income tax law starts with Federal AGI and then makes additions and subtractions to reach Oregon AGI. Doesn't CA go thru the same calculations ?

It's a phishing expedition.

In the last 6 months or so, the POS systems of Whole Foods, Sonic, Wendy's and Chipotle have been hacked. POS systems generally do not have good security. Shopping with cash is looking like the prudent way to go.

Did you see that yahoo just announced that several years ago when their email database was hacked that every customers information was exposed which is 3 times the number that they had previously admitted to ! IT security experts are now saying that with hackers getting more aggressive and sophisticated that this situation is only going to continue to get worse !

"The Issues with the Community Boards are being worked to be resolved. We will post as soon as the issue is resolved. " . Thank you for using our products, Joel Ingebrigtsen Associate Product Support Wolterskluwer, CCH Small Firm Services I know that most posters on this board do not go to or use the official ATX discussion board. For the last 3 or 4 weeks the ability to post on the board has significantly degraded almost to the point of being unusable. During that time multiple posters have asked or inquired about the problems. Today was the first indication ATX was paying any attention to the issue. IMHO, the ATX website including the board has had very few changes for years to the point where it's not keeping up with current IP Standards. As a result, if significant updates aren't made, the functionality of the ATX website will continue to go downhill ! Click here to Reply or Forward 0.01 GB (0%) of 15 GB used Manage Terms - Privacy Last account activity: 2 hours ago Details

I am not a non-profit expert, but your logic makes sense to me !

Take a c;lose detailed look at the original circumstances of the election and look for something that disqualifies the original election.

I am so happy that Oregon has no sales tax. It's extended my career by years.

Oregon has a one page form where the projected taxable income and resulting state income tax must be calculated either by the taxpayer or his accountant. The taxpayer has to take the signed form to the escrow agency who withholds the tax from the proceeds and forwards it to the Oregon Dept of Revenue. The escrow will not close without the form.

Yes, Oregon has a very similar law and withholding rules.

It is very unlikely that we will ever know those details ! Equifax doesn't appear to be the kind of stand up organization with a high level of integrity that would provide those details. I predict that they will stall and try to run out the clock with assumption that this will all blow over. Anyone who thinks that they will receive some measure of accountability out of this mess will likely be very disappointed ! Don't forget that this industry is basically unregulated !!!

The international accounting firm Deloitte announced today that they discovered back in March that their email system had been hacked back in the fall of 2016. They reassured everyone that no client's confidential information had been affected. My question is, how would they know ?