Gail in Virginia

Judy, I am feeling not too bright today. How do I use the link to get the $ amount of the insurance? I found my county on the list for Virginia but I am not sure what to do after that. Are both links supposed to be to the same page? TIA.

When I fall flat on the floor, I take that as a sign that I needed a five minute nap anyway and just go with that while I am down there!

CONGRATULATIONS! Way to stick with it!

I used CFS this year, but i did not realize ATX sold the payroll module that cheaply. That might very well be what I use next year.

22. It must be nice to only work from January through April.

15. But all the money in my 401(k) was money I put in - why should I have to pay taxes on it to get it out? 16. Just put down the same mileage as last year. 17. But the guy I work with makes the same thing I do and he gets a big refund.

I thought that for 2014 it was only the 1095A that would be issued. Do I have that wrong? I hate remembering form numbers.

I like Pub 17, probably as a holdover from when I took the HRB course in the '70s. But it is not considered authoritative for a position taken on a tax return, so it probably is time that I learned to rely more on other sources. There are just so many changes this year - did we really have to have this one at the same time?

Very good question. If someone has an answer, I hope they will post it.

Happy New Year, my friends! I hope this next year is the best ever for you!

More soup for you!

According to the classes that I took, Michael is correct - there has to be a filing requirement before income must be counted,

The older I get, the more I am realizing that people will assume my work is worth what I value it at. If I am inexpensive, they will assume that I am not worth much. I tell myself that every time that I am tempted to match a competitor's price. Besides, as someone (might have been the late, great Robert Anson Heinlein) once said, "Free advice is worth what you pay for it."

I guess we were, but it hasn't started yet...

Did you try a PM to Jack in Ohio? He was very helpful to me on a domain server issue I was having that was not related to ATX. He is probably the most knowledgeable person on this board about domain servers. And if asked, I have always found him willing to share his expertise.

I am glad someone is testing the program so that I don't have to (at least not yet!)

If it was such a dumb question, why didn't the presenter know the answer?

My bet would be on multiple dates. Maybe as early as January 29 for really simple returns, then around mid-February for returns affected by extenders, or even late February if they have depreciation. And my bet would be that we might as well get used to it.

Typically, compensatory damages are not reportable because (at least in theory) all they do is restore you to wholeness - there is no profit or income. Now in this particular case, I am not sure what kind of damage was suffered that resulted in compensatory damages...

If they are not a 501( c) (3) they are most likely a 501( c)(4) from the little bit of information you provided., which is a civic league or a social welfare organization. If that is the case, they would still file a 990N if they are under the requirements for a 990EZ. I don't know why they were denied for filing the 990N. When did the IRS say they were like a rotary club if you have not heard from the application for exempt status?

I think the point might be to pay the new taxes before they get any worse, and let the statute run on the oldest. Grandparents might be able to cough up enough to pay the newer years in full, but not have a chance on the oldest year. Is he or she a candidate for OIC?

I thought they had already expanded it by requiring all tax preparers to audit custody and EITC issues.

FL is one of the states with no income tax. I agree that you can use any address without a problem as far as the IRS is concerned. But if the son happened to live in Virginia, and a federal return was filed using his address for the parents, then unless their income is less than the filing requirement for Virginia, Virginia will be in touch looking for that state income tax return. I suspect most other states that have an income tax will also. That being said, I would use the son's address and just be prepared to document where the parents actually maintain their residence when asked by the state where the son lives. I find that if I tell my clients to expect a letter they are not nearly as upset by it as they are when it comes out of the blue.

Lion, I am not sure that I agree with you. Yes, there are 365 days in a year. But if the child spent 182 nights at Mom's house, 182 nights at dad's house and 1 night at a friend's house, then the child spent an equal number of nights at each parent's home without a leap year. And in the first year of separation, if the parents lived together for two or three months, they could have an equal number of nights and yet both of them have more than 1/2 of 365 nights. I do agree that it is very, very rare that they spend exactly the same number of nights per year with each parent. Just saying that it can happen.

I just love an uncluttered kitchen - the bare design of this is great!