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I use the windows built in scanning software for my scanner at home. It works fine. But at work, I agree with Margaret. Get a ScanSnap and use their software/

I found it: http://www.ringcentral.com/fax/ Thanks!

How did the assets get into an Excel spreadsheet? I've always had to enter all the fixed assets from new clients by hand.

Ctrl+S early and often. Also, after working for 20 minutes or so, close the client to create a backup. It only takes a second and can save a lot of time and aggravation.

Even if you close the box with the x, instead of clicking on the ok button? I don't use autosave. I don't like autosave in most programs. I prefer to have control over when I save, which is early and often.

Click on the small x in the top right corner of the error message box. This closes the message box without closing ATX and allows you to save your return before restarting ATX. I've actually just kept working after closing the message and not had any problems

I've filed 4137 for years for a hair stylist. You would think telling the IRS that you have tips you failed to report tips to your employer would have some repercussions, but I guess the IRS has bigger fish to fry.

Sorry, Joan! Hugz! I still have pictures of my dogs in my office, even though they are long gone. They were very special to me, as I can tell yours are.

I just emailed a pdf to myself using Virtru and it was fine until I opened the attachment. There was no obvious way to print or save, so until my clients got used to it, we'd be getting a ton of calls. And if they were only getting Virtru emails from me, it could take them many years to remember what to do. Why do programmers make it like this‽

Customize the Master Form to check the box you want. I don't check the box for the spouse because half of my clients are not married. From return manager, open the Forms menu. Edit: And it's not 8879, it's the EF Info form. I customize several things on several tabs in that form. Edit 2: Although it looks like you could customize the 8879, if you wanted to.

It's none of the other partner's business.

Looks like it only works with webmail or Outlook. I don't use either of those.

When you're in a return, there's a big green round icon that says Tax Research that takes you to Intelliconnect. You should also have a browser plugin, but if you upgrade to Firefox 44, it will no longer work. It actually is disabled in earlier versions of Firefox, but you cam go to about:config and search for signatures.required and set it to false.

We don't give out our actual fax #. I we don't answer either line, the call gets forwarded to MaxEmail and you can leave a message or send a fax. If both lines are busy you can still send us a fax.

They should have just issued new stock for the new shareholder. Then the existing shareholders wouldn't have a taxable event, plus it's cleaner and easier to do it that way. If indeed the shareholders sold the stock they held, their basis is whatever it is on their stock basis worksheets. That has to be tracked every year. If it hasn't been tracked, you need to reconstruct it from the beginning. The new shareholder has outside basis only, because they did not pay any money into the S corp.

That looks really good, if you just need a fax service. It's more money if you need both fax and voice message service.

The thing about electronic faxes is you learn to hate clients who fax things so they show up on your screen upside down! Fortunately, my new pdf software (Nuance Power PDF Standard) allows me to rotate all the pages of the pdf at once.

We've never had a local number. Calls are forwarded to our assigned fax number, so it does cost me a few cents of long distance for each fax, but I only pay $70/yr for the Lite Non-local service. But I think I'm grandfathered in because, the new lowest cost plan is $7/mo, if you pay annually. I get 500 pages per mo, that rollover and I've accumulated over 35,000 pages. We get our voice messages thru them too, but they don't mention that on their site. We also get 1 year storage on our faxes and messages.

Their sites says $25/mo/user. That would cost me at least $1,500/yr! It looks nice though.

We never rarely print our faxes.

Yeah, we're finally starting to not get raped on our cellphone bills. Personally, I credit the providers offering more sane plans now, including Google Fi. Verizon revamped their plans several months after Google Fi went live.

This is why I use a fax service and get my faxes as PDFs. I can delete, rotate, rearrange and save just what I need. We use MaxEmail, in case you're interested.

Saw that yesterday. Seems like they're still down. Not getting any Acks.

I didn't know you could create your own variables. I'm guessing that is not a feature yet.

Ha ha! Just trying to help ordinary folks understand taxes better, and calming their IRS fears. All of the mods are EAs or CPAs. One guy is a tax lawyer. One helpful fellow who answers questions is an IRS agent. I've learned a lot moderating that site. Sometimes, really good questions are asked.