Lee B

Well with your bar code problems and Dave T's pdf problems the printer gremlins are "wild and crazy"

Or try the low tech approach, Have your client check Where"s My Refund? Next step depends on what Where's My Refund says.

I use the free version. I checked and found it's a new feature of CCleaner Pro which you can try for 14 days for free.

I think Pacun & kathyc2 posts are pointing in the right direction. Do you have non Adobe desktop pdf software? Do you have a browser app or extension for editing pdfs ?

Printer drivers do get corrupted from time to time. If you're moderately comfortable with tech stuff, go to the Brothers website and download and install the current printer driver. If not, uninstall your printer then reinstall letting Windows find and install the driver. The second approach will not install any printer management software from Brothers.

Have you tried printed one of your own pdfs as a crosscheck?

Are you saying that you are going to prepare this client's 1040 without the farm land rental?

I looked at my return again and now I have the same message. My client's NOL Carryforward is large enough that there is no Federal Income Tax due but there is state income tax due. My client does have SE tax due to his Schedule C Income. If the amount of the NOL deducted this year changes when the worksheet is updated then my client's state tax will change. Therefore I will put this return on the back burner until the 2021 version of the worksheet is available.

Perhaps, you are referring to a different worksheet, because when I updated Drake this morning, it still wasn't there. So I called Drake Support and they are still waiting for the IRS to release the 2021 version of Pub 536 and the NOL Carryforward Worksheets.

I have read aarticles recommending an LLC as a excellent way to own family vacation property but not for tax reasons. But for legal reasons like making it easier to transfer ownership between family members, sharing expenses erc.

I vaguely remember reading sometime in the past that a SP business ceases at the date of death?

According to Drake Support, there is still no ETA for the 2021 Pub 536 and the required worksheets that calculate the deductible amount of the NOL Operating Loss Carry Forward.

Excellent Ideas

See the discussion in The Tax Advisor on the difference between a "superseded return" and an amended return": https://www.thetaxadviser.com/issues/2021/jul/superseding-returns-statutes-limitation.html

Years ago after I got out of the Army, I worked for the Postal Service for several years, before I decided to go back to college. All tracking means is that the postal service employee at the point of delivery scanned the bar code on the piece of mail being delivered.

Even if you have tracking that doesn't mean the check gets processed, deposited and posted to the correct place.

For my clients, I think using Direct Pay or EFTPS is too far outside of their comfort zone. I am thinking about having them sign a letter that it's their choice to pay with a check by mail ?

"If the payment hasn't been credited and your check hasn't cleared, you may choose to place a stop payment order on the original check and send another payment. If you choose this option, the IRS won't charge a dishonored check penalty. And you may be reimbursed for bank charges related to stopping payment. See the Form 8546, Claim for Reimbursement of Bank Charges PDF for more information on claiming reimbursement of bank charge." I am advising all of my clients to stop mailing checks to the IRS.

No, I have never had to do that.

Like Abby, I use the 8949 and group them by transaction type.

Suggest that you review the very long list of exceptions to the 10 % penalty plus the additional exceptions available under a "Qualified Disaster".

"National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins recently told members of the Senate Finance Committee that the agency needs to get to a "stable and healthy condition so it can perform its core mission." . . . . . . . . She said the IRS reports that "all paper and electronic individual refund returns received prior to April 2021 have been processed if the return had no errors and did not require further review." But she added, "by implication, that means returns filed as far back as April of last year are still awaiting processing."

I believe there are several qualifiers that you have to clear

And what Form is that?

I stand corrected.