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Gee I thought a mud room was at expensive spa's where you can have mud baths and mud facials. If it is in the house then I have a mud house.

Client had lawyer create LLC with 2 DBA's. Does client need 1 or 3 FEINs? I am thinking just 1 for the main LLC. In NJ would he need 1 or 3 sales tax numbers? Again I am thinking 1, but part of my brain is saying 3 (1 for each business). All business will be done on SCH C (3 SCH C). He has no employees now. Any thoughts would be helpful.

So now she will wait another few months until they refund her the $151. she'll have a few bucks in interest added to make up for the int & pen she paid earlier. *sob!* (Not!) The IRS will send a 1099 for the interest they sent her. Can't get a break at all. The IRS giveth and taketh away.

Use NJ 1040 p 2 under name there is a place for residency for part year residents. The interest if it is saving account, cd, checking account I would go back to see when the interest was posted and use that state residency. If there is a lot of different accounts, I would prorate based on the period of residency in each state.

Welcome and come and join us for discussions and sometimes just plain old fun and jokes.

Good luck on your move and new office. Success will follow.

I must be lucky, I don't have clients calling about their free money. I told them when I did their return that the government would send them the money, how much depends on their return (somewhere between $300-$1200 if they have children). "You know the government, they can change their mind and do whatever they want", seemed like an answer to their question at the time I prepared their return. I also told them to be thankful for whatever they get because some of my clients are getting anything based on their income. So far no calls and I am happy.

I am staying here, not much discussion over there. I really like the discussions, questions, and answers that I find here. I feel this is my cyberspace family.

The only person I did the actual method was myself with 3 landlines and 2 cell phones. Thankfully the cell phones were the same amount each month and I do have every bill for my land lines. I guess I a keeper (of junk or odd things) but it will be to my advantage if I am audited. I have my spread sheet for each by month and the bills. I guess I would send copies of the bills because it took me a loooong time to make the spread sheet and IRS can do the same.

Count me in also and let me know where and when to send the check.

Sch C mileage will probably be more that $100, plus the cost of the room. Definitely a Sch C. I've done this for fireman conventions.

JohnH, Coincidence. I wonder. Still annoyed. Words are words, why don't they put it in writing. I can promise you anything if you want to believe it. I am just not in the believing mode today. Maybe tomorrow.

I noticed on the "official" atx board that you can go to www.taxwise.com and log on using you atx logons. I did this and found my account info, my credit card info, and all of my e-files with client names and ssn. PRIVACY LAWS??? I am pissed at this. Sorry about my words. Why should taxwise have this info? I am not dealing with them. Where else is this info? I am not going to write any more in this message because I am tooooo mad and angry.

I am having trouble trying to find out the difference in the 2 programs. The 1 for $299 and the 1 for $699. (I know it is $400 lol). Can both do business returns? I have some 1099 misc, 1041, 1065. I don't know if the 299 does this or I need the 699. I also would like to e-file them. Anybody know. I e-mailed the company and they gave me a web site to go to but I am still confused. Still checking my options for 2008.

Need to copy and paste the link. It didn't work for me either until I copied and pasted it. I guess who ever sent the e-mail doesn't understand how to send links.

I can also be spiteful but all I want is what is right. Charge me for all extensions if that is your policy (did not see it in any of their info) or if I go over 100 e-files. I believe it is a computer glich and they don't know how to solve it.

Filled out the survey answering 0 to a lot of the questions (# of returns, # of employees, # of locations, AGI of clients, $$$ income maybe I should have said over 1 million $$) with those kind of questions I really was expecting to see dress size, suit size, shoe size and maybe bra size. That information might be helpful to them.

If the notice is for 2006, then the primary is the primary taxpayer, deceased or not. If the notice is for 2007 then the deceased should not be on the return unless qualified widow. I have filed a couple of these returns in the past 2 years where one taxpayer (primary) died and never received a letter from the IRS. Without a tax year I would wonder. I had one where the estimated went under the deceased taxpayer ssn and did not get to the return. I called the IRS and they corrected it. But they always gave the ssn and a date. YES I would wonder if it is a scam. I not really trusting people or companies today.

Received this e-mail from ATX in response to my e-mail about being charged $1 for extensions. I have e-filed after this with both returns and extensions and have not been charged. I don't think I can trust this company. Hope Mel gets something to look at. "Your email was passed to me and I’d like to explain the billing situation the best way I can. When I took your order last year I’m sure I told you that your 1040 Office came with 100 free efiles. That is what we were told and some of the details were not completely clear. As I understood it a piggy back efile counts as 1. If you do a Federal only or a State only they each count as 1. If you do an extension for someone that counts as 1. For people doing around 100 efiles that is a good plan. If you have to do many more we recommend getting Unlimited Efile or upgrading to Max. I won’t be able to credit the $2 back to your card, but I would be willing to take it off the price of your renewal if that would help at all. I’m truly sorry for any confusion regarding this matter or any offense I have caused you. That was certainly not my intention. Please feel free to contact me at the number below. Sincerely, Bill William Fox Acct. Management Specialist CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business (O) 800-495-4626 ext. 2352 (F) 800-834-4859 [email protected]" This seems like they don't want me. This was my response. What happens if I don't renew? I will be out the $2. It is the principal of it, not the 2 dollars. I am not the only one that was told it is by ssn. No one said anything about extensions being extra $1. It is not in you website or on my confirmation from ATX last year. This is like changing horse in mid stream. Yes I am upset about this. It is just another thing from CCH that makes me wonder what the future will be and whether I can trust the company or not.

Just got off the phone with ATX about charging a $1 for each extension I e-filed. The amount is under $20 which will not cause me to go bankrupt or make CCH rich. It is the principal. The gentleman I spoke with said I must be over 100 e-files. Uhm these e-files were 4/12 since that time I e-filed 5 more return (not extension) with date 4/14 and 4/15 and was not charged. He told me that only fed and state piggyback was considered 1 e-file. Direct states are individual and count towards the 100, which was inconsistent with what I was told a year ago). I have about 83 e-files (my clients are not big on e-filing). He also told me that there would be a report later after they finish up with returns. Can't wait for that report. I asked if the PRS system (have a few 1041's and 1065's) was the same, would I be charged for extension. "NO" that's all included. He then asked me to renew for next year and get the 10% discount. I told him not at this point and I will wait and IF I renew it would be after the discount date. He told I would save xx dollars (can't remember what the exact amount was). Told him I was not happy with ATX or CCH and I will wait.

Let me know when the seminar is and where. It would help if I could read their minds, instead of having little slips of paper with info on it. "You want what?? The originals". "YES, I want to see them to be sure I got all the info". If I take the your seminar this year, then I can read you mind and know where it will be the following year. Until then have a great summer.

To The Great Carnack 1. Hope all will be back whether they are ATX or not. 2. Hope Mel will have something. 3. What are you drinking??? Service level improved, sure hope so but I doubt it very much. To All Others Have a great summer. I will be checking this board during the off season to see what develops with the software.

Yes, it is confusing. Maybe that's the way to do it. Confuse us. Even if I count my extra states (fed , 2 states) I don't come up to 100. It also annoys me that I could not file extensions for NJ 1041. I had to go to the state site to do it. This is 2 years in a row. My 1041 are PRS and include e-filing.

I have 1040 Office with 100 free e-files. I questioned them before purchase and was told it was by client (Fed and State) was 1 e-file. Fed and as many states as needed was 1 e-file by client. Now they are charging me for e-files and I have not reached 100. They are charging me on extensions. Boy am I MAD. I am going to call them as soon as I settle down and can find nice language to talk to them. Please check you e-files if you have 1040 Office. I hope it is a computer gluch. I will pay if I am over 100 but I am not. I feel like I have been lied to by ATX. It not that much money involved and it sure won't make ATX rich. Thanks for letting me vent. This is not how I would like April 15th to be.

I used the NJ Sch K1 form. I also found if that form is used, the return gets rejected when e-file the NJ return. Oh well, it is almost over, 1 more day. I still would like to know what gives on this form. I have made a suggestion to ATX about it.