mcb39

I agree with all of you and, thanks Lydia, for starting this thread. My Seniors are already calling for appointments. They paid me for years.....I owe them all.

Subject: FW: Ponderisms 1 > > > > > > > > Can you cry under water? > > > > > > > > > > > > How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? > > > > > > > > Why do you have to 'put your two cents in'.. But it's only a 'penny for your thoughts'? Where's that extra penny going ? > > > > > > > > Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for all eternity? > > > > > > > > Why does a round pizza come in a square box? > > > > > > > > What disease did cured ham actually have? > > > > > > > > > > > > How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage? > > > > > > > > Why is it that people say they 'slept like a baby' when babies wake up like every two hours? > > > > > > > > If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing? > > > > > > > > Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV? > > > > > > > > Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground? > > > > > > > > Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway. > > > > > > > > Why is 'bra' singular and 'panties' plural? > > > > > > > > Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat? > > > > > > > > If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him? > > > > > > > > Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane? > > > > > > > > If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat? > > > > Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs! > > > > > > > > If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME crap, why didn't he just buy dinner? > > > > > > > > If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from? > > > > > > > > If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? > > > > > > > > Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune? > > > > > > > > Why did you just try singing the two songs above? > > > > > > > > Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your butt? > > > > > > > > Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window? > > > > > > > > Do you ever wonder why you gave me your e-mail address in the first place? > > > > > > > > You don't stop laughing because you grow old. > >

I have ALWAYS missed that Roar on startup.......

Just went to file a return and along with the acks, came acks for all of those old 1099 e-files that have been sitting there forever. My entire e-file manager slate is clean except for the one that I just sent. I had given up looking for that to happen.

Hi Alpha....nice to hear from you and about your busy family......

It's working now. That happened to me also; but usually that just means that there is trouble with the server, too many people are trying to transmit at once or some such. If you try again about a half hour later it will probably work unless they announce that they are having issues...

We have one in Wausau and according to the letter that I got they are looking to open another one in my end of town (suburban rural)......

Did you check the "yes" box on line one.?

Just got my first one back Accepted. Now, holding my breath on the Education Credit.... :unsure:

I updated at least six times today. Then, had a rejection on a 4562. What? Had to go all the way out of the Program and come back in to make the update "take" in that return. I am not messing with the Energy or Tuition Credits any more tonight......lots of time til Thursday at 11 AM..and I am VERY tired.

Did you update your forms today..?

Eli....it has to have been ACCEPTED by 11:00 am on the 31st or else it will push up from the 8th to the 15th. Check your acceptance date and time in the EFile Manager.

It's working now....

YES!!!!!!!!!!!! I just created and successfully e-filed one that has been sitting on the shelf. Still waiting for the energy credit. Have several returns that contain both education and energy.

Nope...still waiting...

[ Was just curious about being able to file electronically. There is a worksheet in the program, but in the past I could not get it to work. I was hoping it was different this year. Deb!

Are you using the 8917 for line 34 or the 8863 for line 49? It makes a difference. I would not try it until the date and time that the IRS says they will be accepting it.

As I have stated many times before, nothing else is available to me at the present time. I live in a small rural pocket that has DSL and Cable all around us; but not available here. We are working on it, but actually, most of the time I am fine with my accelerated dialup. And, Satellite is NOT an option..... :)

Often, if the itemized deductions are not much more than the standard deduction, you do not have to claim the entire state tax refund in the following year. Someone above was correct when they told you to "jump to" the worksheet for line 10. It is definitely NOT the difference between the state tax and the sales tax.

Everyone here knows how you feel. There were years when WI e-file was not ready until nearly Mar 1. I had to do the Fed and file it through the program and go to the WI DOR website and file the state on WI Free File. There were many years when I worked for another Accountant who used ProSeries and there were always problems and holdups. I also have MN returns waiting to file as I have MN clients as well as WI clients who have to file MN because their employers did not follow the reciprocity rules. Many times we have to work around things. We have a long season ahead of us and this is the place to find the fixes and workarounds. Vent if you must and, of course, we all understand.

When I e-filed my last 4 returns for today, a message came back from ATX saying that the IRS will begin accepting returns containing the five forms in question, on the evening drain (6 PM local) of Feb 11, 2008. The software will begin allowing the creation of e-files with these forms the morning of the 11th. We ask that you withhold transmitting affected returns until after the morning drain (11 AM) at your respective service center where your return will be filed. Returns transmitted before the evening drain will be rejected by IRS. Additionally, due to projected volume, IRS is anticipating acks will be delayed by 11 to 12 hours during the first week of AMT-allowed return filing.

This may be ill-timed and unnecessary, but with 9 ATX icons on my desktop, going back to 1999; I have to say to all the complainers that my program has never run smoother or more correctly than this year. Every day I find little tweaks that make things easier. The client letter is much more user friendly; the downloads are fast and flawless; even with my slow dialup and forms are opening automatically that you used to have to go after (ie 8880 for instance). After the first time, I have no trouble getting into My ATX, which doesn't mean that I like or condone the new login, but some things you just have to deal with. Did you know that you can still click on the "refund" box in the upper right hand corner to bring up the Tax Summary sheet for new clients. It is automatically rolling over for the the old clients. I cannot address the support issue because I have never had to call support more than once in a single year. I had my call early on this year in regard to login and was assisted quickly and politely. Other than that, my "support" has always been this Community board and the KB in that order. Kudos to ERC for bringing us all back together and keeping us here. We cannot thank you enough. If this is ATX's last year, it is a good one. If they go down, I probably will too as I cannot afford more expensive software with my one person in home office. This would, indeed, be unfortunate for my growing client base. I just want to add to KC's request that the bickering stop, the slurs stop and some of the borderline language should maybe stop also. Let's try to get along, let's try to help each other and let's hope for better days to come; while at the same time appreciating what we have NOW>...... :rolleyes:

KC...your request is well timed and acceptable. Thank you.

Thanks JB....saves me a trip........