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I am trying to correct my spelling. Wonder if I will ever get the hang of this "edit" business. Now, I have 2 posts instead of one very short one.

Yes, just since I downloaded the latest forms today.

I have ordered my tax supplies from Tax_Aid (Now Tenenz) for years. Fast, reasonable and quality products. In fact, I just placed an order online, which comes with a 5% discount.

Good Luck Granny Coral and Congratulations! I also seem to be addicted to work. I gave up the "other" addiction 6 years ago when the towers went down. So, I know where you are coming from. Maybe we don't know enough to quit, or , possibly, we know something that some others may not. Have a wonderful year, whichever direction you choose.

Hopefully, we can forget about it for a few days. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all here and a wonderful prosperous New Year....

Glad to finally hear from you. Many of us know that your wife was ill for a long time. Merry Christmas, the Happiest of New Years to you and may you continue to move on.......

Yes, there was a time when we were sending them all over the country with the blessing of ATX. I, myself, copied and sent out many years until ATX took the burden off of us and offered replacement disks at a minimal cost. I think I do, however, have every year since 1995....

I think I have repeatedly expressed my appreciation for this board and the creator thereof. A very happy Birthday is truly deserved by our friend; and many, many more.

No binder or Users Guide here, either. I am not sure about anything any more.

KC, we will always be here for you as well as for each other. This year, for Thanksgiving, after the prayer, eveyone around the table said what they were thankful for. None of the things mentioned were material. Even though it's been a tough year financially and healthwise, for many, there are so many things to appreciate and most of them are free. Good friends; even online ones; would be way up there at the top of the list.

Wayne, I like it too; just feel sorry for the folks who think the archive disk is the final wrapup for the year. Believe it or not, I know people out there who are excellent tax preparers and very knowledgeable about tax law; but know next to nothing about computers, downloading, Community forums,; etc. A very good friend of mine who also uses ATX wouldn't have a clue what I was talking about if I tried to tell her. (I would not try to tell her). She was preparing tax returns on Turbo Tax long before I ever knew how to turn on a computer. BUT, that is as far as it ever went for her. Turn it on; access the program and proceed with the knowledge that you have. She has been in the business a good long time and is successful enough to have 2 employees to help her out. Many years ago I was one of her employees. It is unfortunate, but true and one just has to wonder how many others there are out there.

Thanks, I just downloaded it. Worked just fine; but seems strange that we are still getting updates.

Is that updated since the archive disk??????????

Margaret...sounds like my house already. I have a desk in the bedroom office, but cannot find the desk so the overflow lands on the table. Just finished stuffing the turkey after working all day at part-time job. And, just think, it isn't even serious tax season yet. Happy Thanksgiving to all. Never forget to count your blessings.

I export mine to zip drives, which are also Iomega. I have had good success with importing them to another computer as long as the ATX program is installed and current. Incidentally, I also use the Iomega Rev drive and have one of the first ones. That one came with Nortons Ghost, which I use to copy the entire hard drive once a month. I do incremental backups with Automatic backup pro daily or more often during tax season. I won't rely on one backup system so certain files are backed up to certain media such as zip disks, floppy disks (all my print shop labels, Medlin accounts, etc.) For whatever reason, I don't trust CD backups; and that is probably an unreasonable bias, but strictly my own. When I use Backup Pro, I have everything set to "do not compress". This is the same situation when I do the Ghost backup once a month (which I did last night). It asks if I want to compress files and I have always said, "No!" I have had ultimate faith in my ability to "recover" until I started to read this thread; which made me extremely nervous. I have a call in to my fix it friend who, I know, uses Rev on other clients that he has and he learned about it from me. Am hoping he is going to tell me that he has been successful in restoring the data to a new hard drive. He always says that I am the most backed up person that he knows; but he has always considered this to be a good thing. I know that Iomega changed their backup software along the way and was always glad that I had the Ghost version. I thought I had the perfect system at last. Will keep you posted and I am sure this thread has not ended. I know that I have been able to restore programs that had corrupted files to this hard drive from the backup Pro disk.; and was very happy about that. I also agree that it is even possible to open programs and files from that disk. I am also starting to use USB jump drives more often, but have never felt safe with depending on just one backup system. :mellow:

1-800-638-8291 Good Luck..........

Joan, you are going to have to call them. Apparently the system isn't recognizing any of our e-mail addresses even though they continue to send us e-mail. I bit the bullet and called and was led through it very quickly and easily. Just remember to write down the info they give you. Sometimes we just have to concede to "big brother" so that we can end the frustration and go about our business...

Karen, I agree with the others who feel that your business will increase. I think that we are more of a threat to HRB than they are to us. I have been approached by both HRB and Liberty Tax this year to consider consolidating or selling out to them. I see NOTHING in either option for me and considered neither for a second. I could never do that to my faithful clients. Over the years, I have had many clients come to me FROM the franchises and know of none who left me for them. Keep up the good work and your clients will stay with you.

I have used taxaid-inc for many years for my return covers and other things. I have never been disappointed in any of their products. I was not aware, however, that they sold the uni-form paper. Thanks for the heads up. I guess I need to review the catalog. They do give nice early order discounts.

I did NOT, this year or any prior year have a "transfer fee". Have no idea to what you are referring, Tom.

Karen, I use the uni-forms from ATX which can be used for W-2; can use the same ones year after year. They are pretty inexpensive as I recall. Also, can print 1099s from the payroll module of the program. (If you are using ATX, that is.)

Dear ATXer, Now there’s a fast and easy way to deduct your professional fees from your clients’ refunds and have the money deposited directly to your bank account. It’s called FeeCollect, and it lets you avoid time-consuming and costly efforts to collect your fees. All you do is get the client's permission and then e-file the return. We do the rest. FeeCollect is NOT a refund loan. In fact, it is only available to tax professionals who do not offer bank products or refund loans. And FeeCollect is free to the taxpayer. You pay the modest $15 service charge…not your client. Here's how you enroll to offer FeeCollect: Sign up for FeeCollect at the MyATX web site by clicking on FeeCollect under the Enrollment Center links on the left side of the page. Complete the brief application form, then read and accept the agreement with Santa Barbara Bank & Trust (the bank administering FeeCollect). When you receive and load your ATX software, click the Preferences toolbar button, then click the “1040 E-file” tab, and select the FeeCollect option. In the Bank Manager, on the Enroll menu, select “Enroll for FeeCollect”. Click the Receive Acks button in that dialog to download your online enrollment status. When your status is “Enrolled”, you're done. That's it. When you select FeeCollect for any client getting a refund, your ATX software will print the authorization form for your client(s) to sign. You can then e-file that return. When the bank receives the refund (usually in 10-14 days), the bank will deduct your designated professional fees and then immediately deposit the rest of the refund directly to your client's bank account. The bank will then deposit your professional fees directly to your bank account after deducting the $15 service fee. If there's a state tax refund or refunds, those funds will be deposited to your client's bank account as soon as the bank receives them. Collecting your fees has never been easier. FeeCollect makes the process fast and automatic for you…and for your client. If you have questions about FeeCollect, please call us at 800-638-8291. Sincerely, Your Total Satisfaction Team © 2007 CCH Small Firm Services. All rights reserved.

Thanks for that info. I also received my update last week. Nov 1.

Schedule E, page 1....all of the loss would be deductible against his W2 Income.

We've been around this block a number of times on the old board. I am with the "leave it alone" voters. I don't have an issue with doing some thinking for myself and also understand that enhancements come with a price tag. Those of us who remember preparing tax returns with carbon paper and a pencil are so very grateful for what we have today. I can recall the "joy" of purchasing my first copy machine. I don't consider computereze to be a license to stop studying, learning and figuring things out. I don't expect ANY tax program to do my job for me; but do so very much appreciate the help that it gives me.