NECPA in NEBRASKA

I have always received acks for 1099's. It may take a long time, but I always got them. I think that I saw someone say on one of the boards that they had received at least one 1099 ack this year.

At least this time the IRS is to blame, not the tax software. It still annoys the heck out of me.

Just got my first ack back- rejected! It was my return and apparently somewhere in the e-file it says that I'm over 70 and can't make an IRA contribution. I don't know where it is, because I checked the dates that I havefor us and they are correct. How depressing! I'm twenty years older and haven't even made it through the first month of the season. I recreated it and hopefully, it will not kick back.

Thanks, KC. Maybe the new guy should declare an amnesty period so that everybody in the country that screwed up could pay their taxes. They could just say that it was a mistake. It would probably bring in a lot of money. Bonnie

Kerry, I don't think the facial hair goes with your jewelry. Thanks for the laugh. We all need it this time of year. Bonnie

Thanks, Jack. I informed them of the correct way to do it and the penalties for incorrect filing. Bonnie

I don't have the engagement letter yet. I did read her the rules and told her that there would be probably be penalties when she amended them.

I received a call from a bookkeeper for a small oil producer. She is new and discovered that the old bookkeeper had been reporting working interest payments in the royalty box. She says that there are around 10 investors that receive 1099's. This has been going on for many years. I don't see how she can go back a long time and change the 1099's. Should I tell her to go back three years and amend them? Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks!

No thanks! I still haven't heard anything back. I've left three messages and a fax. I don't know how much more they expect when their own employees don't answer their calls. Their organization is pretty messed up. I started a state audit in August and didn't hear anything back from the auditor until the last week of December. She had all of the information, but just didn't get around to it. Hopefully, we can get it finished this month.

Thanks. I did that when I faxed over the POA. I still haven't heard anything yet.

I would call their technical support first, unless they were a pain to deal with.

Thanks, Doug. I wondered if they would be gone. Then I read this morning that they are moving the offices now. Hopefully, I will hear soon. Bonnie

I have been calling an auditor since December 19, 2008 to try to set up an audit for a client. I finally went ahead and faxed over the POA on 12/29/08 and left another message. I called again today and no answer. Her voice mail just says that she is away from her desk. We were supposed to have responded by December 25. My client is worried that they will be in trouble, because this hasn't been scheduled. The only telephone numbers that we have are the ones on the letter dated December 15. Should I just wait until I hear from her or try to contact someone else over there? I don't want to aggravate her by going around her. This is in the Omaha office. Thanks! Bonnie

I was glad that it was Spike that saved the world from the Uber-vamps though. It was hysterical that Anya was terrified of bunnies.

I haven't received any books yet.

Joel, I am locked out, also. I called ATX yesterday and he told me what to do and that he had unlocked it, but it didn't work. I gave up because I don't have time to screw around with it right now. I'll call them later. Bonnie

Thankfully, he didn't marry his crazy ex-fiance last year, so I don't have to worry about spousal income.

Thanks, KC. I was pretty sure that I was handling it right, at least until he gets a house. I have no idea as much as these guys are making, how any of them are making out ahead of the 2%.

Here is a link that I found for Iowa. http://www.state.ia.us/tax/forms/cgprop.html Here is a different link. http://www.state.ia.us/tax/1040EI/Line/07Line23.html Bonnie

I'm hoping that someone knows more about railroad employee compensation than I do. I've spent a lot of time trying to find an answer dealing with this, but I'm not sure that I'm doing this right. My stepson works on a railroad track crew. He is paid per diem and some travel on certain jobs that bid for. It says that it is non taxable on his pay stub and there is nothing on his W-2 showing it. He doesn't have to report expenses to the railroad. Other guys on his crew keep track of their miles and meals and deduct from their tax returns what is not covered by their per diems. They are not even out overnight. He commutes every day from his home and so do they. I haven't been using 2106 on his return. If he were gone overnight, I could understand taking meals. He doesn't have a house, so his deductions would have to be pretty high in order to itemize. Am I missing out on deductions for him? He has only worked there a few years and was in Iraq for more than a year so he probably didn't miss out on a lot of tax refund. If he worked for anyone else, I would think that he would have taxable income for anything not reported to his employer. Thanks for any ideas. Bonnie

We got out current one at the pound, also. He loves us to death and follows us around like a dog. The only person that can give him medicine is my husband. I don't stand a chance of surviving. We've got a chance to go to Florida for a week next June and the only thing holding us back is whether he will be OK wihout us for six nights. We really need to find a house sitter. He is so spoiled! We just came back from a four day trip and he was furious with my husband, even though we had someone with him every day for at least an hour or two. Our son misses him every night and has to call and leave him messages on the answering machine. The cat is 14, so it's pretty late to get him a buddy, but next time I'm getting two cats so that they can play with each other.

David, I've never found a way to do it. Maybe someone else has figured out a way. Bonnie

I will definitely try to charge extra. I just hope that this whole thing ends.

My attorney told me to go ahead and produce all of the copies, because all of the issues had been resolved. At least I will get paid for these. He requested a copy of the lawsuit, so that we have some idea what it is about and if it looks like I might be deposed. I hope that I'm finished with the whole thing, but I'm pretty unlucky, so it'll probably happen in the middle of tax season. Bonnie

The reboot fixed it. I don't know what was wrong.