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It's still "Other" on the K1 inputs, and I hope they never change that, because when you get to the 1116, the DIV inputs and K1 inputs are listed separately, and I find that easier to review.

I was just being a smart a$$.

He's only 27?! Rockin' that cradle!

There are many good scanning apps. The I tried was Genius Scan. Worked very well.

Oh I need a picture of that!

If you know what the font is, delete if from your computer and you should see a default font instead. Your computer can't display a font you don't have (as far as I know).

This is one more reason why working from scans is superior. I often zoom to 200% or even 400% to see these tiny numbers. Is that a 6 or an 8? Oh, it's a 9! (I feel like Jimi Hendrix, except I do care if it's a 6 or a 9. And making tiny number bold faced is just cruel and inhumane, not to mention a waste of toner.

I don't even know what that means.

You can also have the client date the efile signature forms for whichever date they would like them transmitted, no?

I had a client who's been trying to get their bookkeeper to get an EIN for the estate for 5 months. I think she was planning on mailing in the form but was too intimidated by the SS4. They called me last night and I told them to call today and we'd have it in 5 minutes. At first I used Firefox and got an error, so I switched to Internet Explorer and it sailed right through. They were looking forward to telling their 'amazing accountant' got the EIN in 2 minutes. They're in a remote rural area and they're not impressed by any of the 'professionals' they have to deal with there.

I have to get one filed (that I know of) that had high income in 19 but will be very low income in 20.

Sounds like almost everything is a temporary change. Monthly checks for the child tax credit is interesting as is paying tax on any excess advanced, which is of course still a good deal.

Code M is your friend! You don't even have to enter dates.

I've only done totals for over 10 years and I never attach anything and no one's yelled at me yet. I don't care what form instructions say. They are not the law.

Correct!

I efiled a MD only because fed had to be paper filed (due to being filed late with a deceased dependent). There's a box at the top of the MD EF Info form to 'disconnect' from the fed MeFile.

Facebook post by MD yesterday: https://www.facebook.com/ComptrollerofMaryland/posts/5238802726161232 TO THOSE WITH UNEMPLOYMENT FILING THEIR TAXES: There are a few things to know due to the changes resulting from the RELIEF Act: (1) We are urging those taxpayers to PLEASE WAIT to file until we can update our forms and system to match the details of the legislation allowing for unemployment to be nontaxed/subtracted. This is a process that typically takes months given the number of vendors and regulations we must follow, but we are hoping to have them completed within the next few weeks. We appreciate your patience on this. We will alert you when those updated forms are available. (2) It applies only to individuals earning less than $75,000 or couples who file jointly and earn less than a total of $100,000. (3) If you have already filed and are eligible for the unemployment tax subtraction, PLEASE WAIT to amend your taxes until our systems & forms are updated.

Never experienced that. I would suggest restarting ATX immediately before importing K1's and also only import 2 at a time. Then save the return before importing more.

You don't have these icons down the right side? Maybe you've hidden them in a view setting. The purple one I circled is called Fill & Sign and that allows typing. This is in the free version.

As long as you increased basis for this capital contribution, it will work, but I think I prefer the M1 method to leave a clearer trail.

K is for kilobytes and I've never had an efile rejected as being too big. The best thing to do is try it and if it won't transmit, find some software to reduce PDF size. There are many to choose from, but some will degrade the readability. But, to be honest, there's no way I believe anyone is reading attachments to efiles. Not even if the return is given extra scrutiny. I may test this by attaching PDF's of a picture of Mickey Mouse to see if anyone notices.

For S corps, you don't choose a business. You scroll down and find the box that asks for medicare wages from the S corp (or something like that).

If I'm not deducting it on the 1120S, I would just add it to distributions, but M1 does keep it separate and more clear.

The regular version of Acrobat has the typing function. I don't use Acrobat much, but I recall it's on the right side menu. Kind of hidden if you ask me. Just search for how to do it.

Just print the mailing slips and use window envelopes. Less likely to send the wrong K1 to someone with window envelopes. Or, you know, email them.