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My first TRS-80 floppy was an 8inch and held 500K of data which was built in. There was an external drive that cost $2,350 for three disk drives. When the floppy drive was turned on...all the light in the neighborhood went dim... http://oldcomputers.net/trs80ii.html

IR-2008-44, March 17, 2008 That's Payment...not Paymenr

Try Proposed Treasury Regulations Prop. Regs. Sec. 1.529-4. Time, form, and manner of reporting distributions from QSTPs and backup withholding. EDIT: Also see http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1099q.pdf

It's interesting how, and why, these stories usually occur during tax time. Could there be a conspiracy to "scare" other tax preparers into compliance? Former IRS Official Accused Of Tax Scam Officials Say Company Filed 185 Fake Returns From ’99-‘03 POSTED: 3:06 pm PST February 10, 2008 INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- A former Internal Revenue Service officer working as a tax preparer in Inglewood has been arrested in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud the government by filing false tax returns, City News Service reported Sunday. Anthony Pendleton was arrested Thursday after an undercover probe by IRS investigators who posed as clients at the 58-year-old's Payless Tax Services. A federal court criminal complaint said that Pendleton and two employees -- who are still being sought by authorities -- prepared and submitted false documents and made fake claims on clients' tax forms to inflate refunds. IRS officials said the fake information included jobs, children and education credits that did not exist. It's also believed Pendleton, a former IRS officer, crafted fake W-2s to report income from nonexistent jobs. Payless is accused of filing 185 false returns for four tax years beginning in 1999, claiming more than $609,000 in refunds. Staff at Payless could not be reached for comment, as the service's phone had been disconnected. If convicted, related punishments carry a maximum of 10 years in federal prison. Copyright 2008 by KNBC.com and KNBC (NBC4 Los Angeles).

A Doctor told an middle aged gentleman that if he gave up wine - women - and song...he'd live 30 years longer, the man replied that he'd give up singing and settle for 10.

They're still available, see: http://www.shoplet.com/office/db/DIX13856.html

Once you have the system open to "customize" the form...you should see the form as an excel spreadsheet. At the top of the spreadsheet there is a toolbar...one of the items on that tool bar is to "Insert" rows...another would be to "Insert" columns. Highlight the row below the "from" address...which is row 22 in my form. Then click the appropriate "insert" row button as many times as you want to add rows. Be sure to "save" the form when exiting.

[ I will setup a private board here shortly, but that brings me back to how to keep it really private? How many of you are connected to CCH? All of you I would assume since you were customers, but at least it will cut down on the rest of the competition knowing what is going on.

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=175259,00.html IR-2007-178, Oct. 29, 2007 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service is extending tax return filing and payment deadlines for victims of the severe Southern California wildfires. Taxpayers in the Presidential Disaster Area –– consisting of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties –– will have until Jan. 31, 2008, to file returns, pay taxes and perform other time-sensitive acts. The extended deadline applies to items due on or after Oct. 21, 2007, when the fires began, and on or before Jan. 31, 2008. This includes the federal withholding tax return, Form 941, normally due Oct. 31, and the estimated tax payment for the fourth quarter, normally due Jan. 15. In addition, the IRS is waiving the failure to deposit penalty for employment and excise deposits due on or after Oct. 21, 2007, and on or before Nov. 5, 2007, as long as the deposits are made by Nov. 5, 2007. If any affected taxpayer receives a penalty notice from the IRS, the taxpayer should call the number on the notice to have the IRS abate any interest and any late filing or late payment penalties that would otherwise apply during the period from Oct. 21, 2007, to Jan. 31, 2008, or Oct. 21, 2007, through Nov. 5, 2007, for failure to deposit penalties. No penalty or interest will be abated for taxpayers that do not have a filing, payment or deposit due date, including an extended filing or payment due date, during this period. “As California taxpayers start the recovery process, the last thing they should worry about is meeting a tax deadline,” said IRS Acting Commissioner Linda Stiff. “The IRS offers many resources for disaster victims online at IRS.gov, over the phone and in person.” IRS computer systems automatically identify taxpayers located in the covered disaster area and apply automatic filing and payment relief. Taxpayers within the covered disaster area do not need to identify themselves as affected by the wildfires by writing on their returns or using the disaster designation in their tax software. Affected taxpayers who reside or have a business located outside the covered disaster area are required to call the IRS disaster hotline at 1-866-562-5227 to identify themselves as eligible for disaster relief. Casualty Losses Affected taxpayers in a presidentially declared disaster area also have the option of claiming disaster-related casualty losses on their federal income tax return for either this year or last year. For details on figuring a casualty loss deduction, see IRS Publication 547, “Casualties, Disasters and Thefts.” Affected taxpayers claiming the disaster loss on last year’s return should put the Disaster Designation “California Wildfires” at the top of the form so that the IRS can expedite the processing of the refund.

ID_Theft_NPF_Invitation_.doc

Where's Monkeyman when you need him? That is why he's here isn't it? Wasn't that his stated purpose for becoming a member here ie "so he could help with program problems." Maybe he simply doesn't have enough time to help with program problems because he's too busy posting advetisements for the company as in http://www.atxcommunity.com/index.php?showtopic=537

Try http://www.softlookup.com/download.asp?ID=535

try http://www.atxinc.com/atxers/myatx/index.aspx

I thought Monkeyman, you know, the ATX employee, said he was here to help with program problems, well here is a program problem and where is he? Oh, I found him...he's on another thread being proud of the staff again.

Did Mujibah lose his job?

From: http://www.tax.virginia.gov/site.cfm?alias=residencystatus Domiciliary Residents: -- Individuals whose state of legal residence in the technical sense is Virginia are domiciliary residents. Most domiciliary residents actually live in Virginia. Examples of individuals who are domiciliary residents but who do not live in Virginia are shown below: An individual who enters the military from Virginia (i.e., claims Virginia as his/her home of record) will remain a domiciliary resident of Virginia, unless appropriate steps are taken to abandon Virginia as the state of domicile. A student who attends school in another state, but maintains Virginia as his/her legal state of residence, is a domiciliary resident. A resident of Virginia who accepts employment in another country is a domiciliary resident, unless appropriate steps are taken to abandon Virginia as the state of domicile. So it appears as though your client needs to take positive steps to NOT be a resident of VA. However, on the link I posted notice that if a client who receives income from VA is still a resident...no matter where they live. That, of course, might apply to a retirement account....I guess.

YES!

This rule applies to: • All Authorized IRS e-file Providers (Providers), including Online Providers, • Intermediate Service Providers, and • Electronic Return Originators (EROs) that obtain taxpayer information via the Internet directly or through third parties in order to e-file federal returns. This includes practitioners who store taxpayer data on a website for the purpose of e-filing federal returns. Therefore if you use a third party web site to store your returns that you are going to e-file you need to register(if you have already efiled the return it is unclear if this registration applies)... Also, you can ask questions at [email protected].

If you haven't already, read the Q&As at http://www.irs.gov/efile/article/0,,id=172650,00.html I think that'll clear up the confusion. My sense it applies to those who have a web site upon which they store taxpayer information before or during efiling. In most cases we do not fit the criteria. ATX does, or any other web site that stores the taxpayer information ON THEIR WEB SITE...generally we don't do that. We only store the data in our personal or business computer. However, if you fell for one of those traps where you can backup your computer on some web site...then this will apply to you.

My experience has been that most inexpensive surge "protectors" simply SLOW down the cremation of the devices connected to them. No one should ever operate a computer that contains sensitive information without a UPS. If your simply gaming or doing some other non-critical thing with your computer then it probably makes no difference if it crashes due to a power outage, however it would not be a thing to make your day wonderful if your gaming computer got fried due to power surges, no matter what the source. Most UPS' have surge protection as well as battery backup. Some UPS manufacturers offer free insurance for the equipment plugged into the UPS, up to $25,000 in some cases. APC is one such company.

Star Hotel 246 Silver St, Elko, NV Tel: (775) 753-8696 Review Jul 4, 2006 by Stephen from Carlisle Overall Rating: 9 Food:[9] • Service:[9] • Atmosphere:[8] “The Star is classic Basque food. Place is busy and usually a wait but worth the wait. Try a Pican cocktail at the bar. I had the lamb it was perfect. My friend had rib eye the best I have had. Even a friend's shrimp was good. All food is home made except for canned green beans. This is a place to visit again and again. ” http://www.mytravelguide.com/restaurants/p...Star_Hotel.html

Why don't you post his address too! That'll make it even easier for the "company" to ID him.

It sure sounds like it Mike.

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