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Jerry W

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  1. J B,

    I assume you are talking about making an OIC on the basis of doubt as to collectibilty. From my experience, the best time to make an OIC on this basis is when the taxpayer has little or no assets or income and their future prospects are not very good. If you get a Collection Information Statement from the client, then read and follow the 656 instructions you can make an informed judgement about whether the OIC is viable and has a chance of being accepted. IRS recently came out with some guidance on "pre-qualifying" for OICs. Here's a link.

    http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Offer-in-Compromise-1

    OICs can be time consuming. If after an analysis of the client's situation, they can tell you if they want to pursue the OIC.

    If they do, make sure you get a retainer up front.

    If the client has little or nothing, see if they can borrow from relatives to pay you and fund the OIC too.

    Good Luck,

    JerryW

  2. I just saw on the other forum that 12.10 would not be ready until 2/27/2013.

    JerryW

    Question: When is the 12.10 update scheduled to be released?

    Answer: Our target delivery date is Tuesday, February 26, 2013

    Updated 2-22-13 We will be building a new release candidate today for 12.10 to go through our testing cycle. Our original target date of Tuesday, February 26th has been moved to Wednesday, February 27th. It will be placed on the Solution Center first.

  3. JerryW

    I've been using Paperport 11 4th year now and been hesitant to upgrade because it works so well with all my programs. I did lose pdf printing with ATX, not sure with what installation, and only way I could get it back was to uninstall/reinstall both Paperport 11 program and Image printer. This did not lose any of my data folders which I had a external backup of anyway.

    JerryW-would you post Paperport version you are currently using and which version you started with? I think current version available now is 14 and I am thinking of updating but can't tell from their ad if features are worth changing. Thanks and look forward to your response.

    I have used most every version of PapePort since PP6. I bought and installed PP Pro 14 but found it to be one of the most unstable of all versions I've used. The system hangs constantly with PP Pro 14. I followed every suggestion, like using CheckPPFolders and changing all .max files to .pdf etc but PP14 Pro still was not usable. I went back to PP 11.2 Pro and the difference is like night and day. I have virtually no hangs or crashes with PP 11.2 Pro.

    Based on my experience, I can not recommend PP 14 Pro. By the way, I use Windows 7 64-bit, 3.4 dual core with 8 GB of RAM.

    I have yet to find a work around so that my PaperPort Image Printer will show as a print option.

    JerryW

  4. My default printer is PaperPort Image Printer which I use to print Pdf files. When I initially installed ATX 2012, PaperPort no longer showed as a printer choice in ATX. I am up to date in ATX through 12.6 but still no PaperPort choice. The PaperPort printer is available on my system for all other applications but not ATX.

    I look forward to a fix on this. In the meantime, if I find a workaround I'll post it.

    JerryW

  5. The Federal Tax Lien attaches to ALL property and rights to property. Your may apply for a Certificate of Discharge of the lien. The process does take some time. On the other hand, if the PURCHASER has no knowledge of the lien and has not been provided actual notice of the lien, the purchaser can receive the vehicle free of the lien. Your client can then pay the proceeds of the sale to IRS. Absent the knowledge and notice of the lien by the purchaser, this would be a better and more efficient way to handle the matter IMHO.

    Jerry W

  6. could have been anything, maybe he had an assessmetn for $1000.96 +$200 for i&p and paid $1000.92, then the 4 cents could be the subsequent notice along with i&p from the previous notice.

    I believe you have described the situation perfectly. This is not all that uncommon. He paid the assessed balance down to 4 cents but still owed the statutory accruals.

    Jerry

  7. I agree with your standard response. The purpose of a signature is simply to identify the person signing, not to precisely conform to the name set out on the tax return.

    I found this on ehow.com: "Generally, a legal signature is a handwritten marking meant to identify an individual and affirm that she agrees with the terms of the document she is signing. Legal signatures are most commonly handwritten and may be printed, written in cursive or just a symbol. To be legal, a signature must be able to be attributed to an individual."

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