WITAXLADY

ditto - -I feel that way sometimes!

however in my defense! I have been saving and sometimes that just doesn't help some clients!! they are locking up and losing days worth!! and it is a new staff person who had the issue last - they will learn to remember - on my nickel, dime, dollar! hhmm

thx - looking at what? you recorded your numbers? and then remembered where you wrote them down? or write them in and counted - I could do that... after tax season!

ha ha ha happens all the time! but thank you - sometimes it is nice to have someone - other than my husband and then he tosses it back at the most inconvenient time - like when I need that staff person and he says "didn't you just say they did something wrong? " but wrong sometimes is still better than -0- all the time - not wanting to go back to 100 returns and doing all myself ... yet! thought about it!

thank you - actually asking Black Bart - he was the one saying he was slowwww.

ya I know - you have told me so before

7 and you have to be kidding - I have over the years spent hours with ATX... and they have not ever discussed that???

that is an interesting idea - but what is High performance power option? thx

thank you!!

so want to do some remote work? I pay well for good work - looking for accuracy and would love tax knowledge!! Scan to dropbox... Serious!

not true! happened again today - long return - lost again all inputted in last 15 minutes - nothing else running and not because there are too many assets - I am always asked that! happens at least 2-3x a month roulette if you can click out and stuff is saved or like today it was all lost back to yesterday's info!! not as bad as prior years but it is still there and ATX - this year we put 2016 on it's own dedicated server so too much was not on it... you have a nasty glitch. I wonder when I am going to switch - altho' this year the price paid for the concierge service has paid off - I just wish it was not necessary at all!!

getting used to it - but it is a pain! especially if you miss a step! Many places - hard to find where you mistepped - yuk that smells

and this year I am warning many of mine as well as again - keep really good records as that is one of the defining circumstances of business vs hobby I tell them IRS seems to audit less but "nastier" -stricter.... and they do not want to be in that situation

wow - good luck - maybe 2 glasses!

really - we have talked about putting that on the answering machine.. but hubby says real person! My staff have 27 returns to input for Feb yet , making only 100 plus for me to check... numbers just are not coming together this year and the March ones want to know where there's are as usually extensions are March 10th... I try to explain my services do take time to do a thorough job - voted best 3rd year in a row - little brag -so most like me yet - but like a Dr if you cannot wait be here Jan or be patient and open your envelopes have all your info return my calls or better yet - give me an email I can send questions to at 2 am.. and we do this why? someone asked me this last week? As I was saving her $$$$ and her hubby wanted to not pay tax on the $15,000 of income he does auto body work for fun -I should have told her do it for free and you won't have to file! I might yet. back to work - finish 1 or 2 yet tonight and only a couple as it is Sunday. Do love the numbers/puzzle/work - just not the hassle - gotta write my letter to Trump - priority!! Sunday

only 16 hours?

So sorry to hear also Terry - and the latest - cannot access Fafsa site on IRS - that is why I am so irritated with all this EIC, CTC, ACTC, AOTC verification - I am and all EA.s, CPA.s already have to follow ethics, etc - why do we have to verify our clients - don't we already?? We should not have to deal with the 8867 form as such - so time consuming! Put the resources into finding the hackers - not jumping through hoops for this! go after those who offend - the preparers who consistently file fraudulent returns - not us honest ones! - both IRS and other areas!!

actually - there is a place to check on the form to let it know if single and get full credit

thank you I think I get too picky sometimes.. but then I look back at 2012 and let them claim boyfriend on a family where he went to college and had "no" parents... would not do that anymore - tell them law change - and it did - just not sure when exactly and what - but today I know better

and then qualify for EIC in one of the instances as well - and not related - am I too letter of the law?

so two "families" he is supporting her children ALL year and lived with all year pub 17 says can claim as other - no dependent credit but now the real dad didn't get the $1,000 credit either course he didn't support them so he shouldn't as far as I am concerned - no divorce decree, never married, no court order - first situation - not filed yet - but only "other" is correct... second one - the mom says 1- her boyfriend should have received the $1,000 AND the other credit - just claimed as dependent and since I didn't give the $1,000 credit and it went to waste I should not have filed like she told me too and 2 - $1,000 should have gone back to the real dad - who in this situation the divorce papers says it is her year to claim the kids, not his I hate taxes, and kids... D

I personally think it will only create an issue if there is an outstanding 1095-A out there.. my -0- cents for what it is worth this late in the season

picture this big - very big, really big, black Angus cows cattle trailer pulls into yard, wife says here is Rita (the cow) - who was right there in the fenced in yard a minute ago. client turns around to show her off and what - where is she?? No where to be seen - looking around pasture.. and here's the picture - big black cow - really big cow is peeking out from behind the pine tree - no way is that trailer coming for her! It is not summer and time for moving to greener pastures or fall and moving back to the barn - stranger danger - Can you imagine?! Cows must be smart. smarter than sheep that is for sure. Bible says be like sheep - All I know is they follow the shepherd cuz they are really dumb otherwise! I digress, good night! D

a client sent a bouquet of flowers to the ladies in the office! he hangs out here too often but they are nice and I do owe him a call to straighten out his 1099 - or not! billed his brother $11,000 for the money ha gave him for land so his books would show the payments in - however, $5,000 was for actual payment - the other $6,000 was legit as stumpage. So the bro screamed - rightly so and when I finally figured out what was going on, the second bro said - no I'll take the $11,000 as capital gains - stumpage as my income - I am saying no - we are going to correct this - so I am not returning wither call - second bro is hubby of old friend out of state - so treading a little carefully but hey - I don't do their taxes and he is trying to cheat!!! now. Write a book - right but no one but tax people would understand it!

I thought we did this for sh and giggles?