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I agree. Since the living arrangement is not for the benefit of the employer, it's taxable.

I think the IRS would have to agree to link their site to the various tax softwares, and I do not see that happening. The pop-up however, is great.

YW, Terry.

Love that, Lion.

An Irish Priest was transferred to Texas. . You gotta love the Irish. Father O'Malley rose from his bed one morning. It was a fine spring day in his new west Texas mission parish. He walked to the window of his bedroom to get a deep breath of the beautiful day outside. Then noticed there was a jackass lying dead in the middle of his front lawn. He promptly called the local police station. The conversation went like this: "Good morning. This is Sergeant Jones. How might I help you?" "And the best of the day te yerself. This is Father O'Malley at St. Ann's Catholic Church. There's a jackass lying dead in me front lawn and would ye be so kind as to send a couple o' yer lads to take care of the matter?" Sergeant Jones, considering himself to be quite a wit and recognizing the Irish accent, thought he would have a little fun with the good father, replied, "Well now Father, it was always my impression that you people took care of the last rites!" There was dead silence on the line for a moment. . . Father O'Malley then replied: "Aye, me lad; 'tis certainly true; but we are also obliged to notify the next of kin first, which is the reason for me call."

Yes, commercial property is 39 yrs. Don't understand the 2nd question?

In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dorothy. Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com. And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel so far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever leaving thy tent?" And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?" And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply telling you who hath the best price. The sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)." Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. And the drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever having to move from his tent. To prevent neighbouring countries from overhearing what the drums were saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew. It was known as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew To The People (HTTP). And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy camel fly take to the camel. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites, or NERDS. And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going to that enterprising drum dealer, Brother William of Gates, who bought off every drum maker in the land. Indeed he did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother Gates' drumheads and drumsticks. And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others." And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or eBay as it came to be known. He said, "We need a name that reflects what we are." And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators." "YAHOO," said Abraham. And because it was Dot's idea, they named it YAHOO Dot Com. Abraham's cousin, Joshua, being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid (GEEK) that he was, soon started using Dot's drums to locate things around the countryside. It soon became known as God's Own Official Guide to Locating Everything (GOOGLE). That is how it all began. And that's the truth...

http://www.ijreview.com/2013/02/38987-reason-tv-5-sequester-facts-to-know-before-committing-suicide/

Congrats You deserve to feel proud.

http://www.ijreview.com/2013/03/39183-cartoon-how-obama-lays-blame/

It's my personal opinion that IRS pubs are getting steadily worse written, probably because the code itself is getting so much worse as they constantly try to achieve political goals through tweaking the code.

It's not a feeling, it's a fact. Only hope is that the majority of the public is smart enough to see the contradiction. At least this time their dishonesty is quite clear, just as the comparison you make is so clear . And listening to things like Nancy Pelosi saying that our country doesn't have a spending problem…TWICE! http://www.ijreview.com/2013/01/28791-us-debt-visualized-in-100-bills/

Yes, it qualifies.

Small laugh is OK, big one still hurts. I was in real pain when told this one: Cleaning a home with kids in it is like brushing your teeth while eating an Oreo.

Had my Post-Op yesterday, and it was all good. No need for any chemo or radiation, next appointment will be 8 MONTHS away, I'm feeling good, practically back to normal. It's incredible what they can do these days!

Walmart always adds their contribution to the employee's W-2, so it is always part of the basis.

The hex is working!

"Cheap means buying something obviously crappy, and only stupid people do that since they usually cost themselves more in the long run. For instance, a cheap person hires the wrong person to do a job, and winds up paying more to have a competent person have to fix the damage done by the first workman. Cheap means giving your girlfriend flowers picked out of a funeral home dumpster, and leaving the wrong sympathy card attached to them, That's going to cost you a lot more than you just saved! Frugality is entirely different. Being frugal means using your money well and not wasting. Being frugal often involves spending large sums on the right things, like hiring competent professionals to do a job, or buying a more durable, quality product that lasts far longer than a regular one." That is a great point. I'm going to save that, and use it often when I try to help a friend, grandchild, etc. The link is well worth your time, IMHO. Thanks, Marco.

There was a 1940′s and 1950″s shibboleth that paraphrased went like this, “no ticket, no laundry” which meant if you lost your ticket for the items dry cleaned, you would not get your laundry back. It was a short-hand phrase that reminded you to take care of the claim check if you expected to get your items returned. It is considered very politically incorrect today [as it should] especially when it uses the 'dialect' version 'tickie', since it was associated with Asian laundry businesses. The laundry business was in those days in large cities, dominated by Chinese operators, hence the dialect.

I can only 'guess' that some box is not checked that should be, or some box checked that should not be, or some question not answered. Save the return, close it, reboot, and if it does not work, 'duplicate' the return, and in the new copy, remove the dispositions, save it, then close. Reopen the return, do the disposals from scratch, and see if this one works. If it does you can delete the old one, and rename the new one. If it does not, send it to tech support for their input. Hang on to the original until you have the dup working, so you can always go back if necessary.

Check with any professional groups you belong to, some of them have packages that may offer a better price to members than you can buy on your own. Shop for the best deal FOR YOUR PRACTICE, it does vary based on both your type of business and your professional qualifications.

No, JB, no deduction for it, no tax or penalty on it, it's just a "rollover' for tax purposes.

I want some, please.

I don't go over there so can't say any specifics. But we do, here, expect our members to keep it clean and reasonably polite, and I believe that makes for a board we can all be comfortable on. A post that uses HUMOR to illustrate problems is fine, especially if you avoid making it too personal. It also has the benefit of being more effective. We've had some good posts here that have used humor to get their point across,

thanks for the 'heads up', Lisa.