Marge

Well I bit the bullet and joined Tax Refund Express which uses Orrtax software. It cost me $ 299.00 + 29.95 for shipping. For that fee I get the following: All income tax prep software, 1040, all business returns, estates, gift tax etc All States Free unlimited efiling Bank products W2 and 1099 program which includes all 941's etc for all states etc Free conversion from ATX to Orrtax They do it for you I just could not beat that price. I have used the demo disc and they are sending me the complete set for 2006 so I can finish up with my extensions and get some practise on it. I am hoping I did not error in my decision. My bottom line the last few years has been going down hill each year and I just had to cut costs somewhere. Marge

I just had a call from Tax Refund Express. It is an alliance of tax professionals. With your membership you get software for anything and everything you would need to do. Unlimited returns for 1040, all business, payroll, free e-filing. The regular renewal price is $ 499.00 + 29.95 shipping. Chad offered it to me a first time user for $ 299.00 + 29.95 shipping. The software is Orrtax. He is sending me a fully operational CD of the 2006 program. Will be doing my extensions on it. I will report how it goes when I get it. Marge Powell PS the web site is: http://www.trxalliance.com

Eli, with tears in my eyes I want to thank you for that movie. What a wonderful story. You must be a wonderful person yourself or you wouldn't have cared enough to share it with the rest of us. Best wishes and God's blessing to you and yours. Marge

It is now Fri the 20th where are these people coming from. I have gotten new ones everyday since I declared myself on vacation. Lady showed up at my house this morning. She hands me two big manilla envelopes. One is marked 2005 and the other 2006. She said take your time I know we are late. Then she is going to leave. I said hey lady, who are you??? Got the pertinent info and told her I would call her sometime between now and October.. lol she didnt seem to care. I am sick of tax returns right now... Marge

I would use the old method and just move the asset to the Sch E. Marge

Thank You very much.... Marge

I have decided that Marge's Bookkeeping will be my part time job. I will cut way back and kick all my pita clients to the curb. Pick and choose my clients and go with TAXACT for software. I have a already gotten two job offers for really good accounting positions and will probably end up with more money at year end then I do doing this full time. I figure I can do 100 tax returns nites and weekends and keep a few good bookkeeping clients. I just cannot see giving ATX over a $1000 per year for Max when it is overkill for my needs. I would like to continue with this board though if that is alright with the rest of you. Marge

I am done now. all extensions are accepted and all returns accepted, picked up etc. I did have one phone call today and told them they must have the wrong #. They called me at home and woke me up... lol I too love this board and all of you... Marge

I agree with all of the above. I will not beg ATX for nothing. I actually like this forum better then theirs anyway. We can be ourselves here. I feel at home here.. I will be sending erc some money to keep this one up and running I figure if we all sent just $10.00 it would take care of at least 12 months if not more. I would also be willing to send more if need be. Marge

# 8 is why you need GoToMyPC I enjoyed your 10 items and laughed like heck at the one about Chaz Have a good summer. Marge Powell

All I can say to that is I am darn glad I don't live there. I don't think I could take dealing with people for another 2 days. Marge

I am finally done too except for 6 extensions. Can't do those cause they are not ready yet. Going to go to office til noon tommorrow for some late straglers to pickup. Told them all that if they were later then noon I would NOT be there. Thanks to ERC the season ended on a happy note because of this board. Hope all of you have a good summer and will probably chat with ya in a few days when I start to work again. Thanks to everyone that helped me with my questions this year. Marge Powell :D

I use homestead.com It is very easy to work with. Maybe now that tax season is almost over I can do some badly needed work on my website. Have been neglecting that lately. Homestead is reasonable too. Marge

Thank you Marilyn. Thats what I thought was right but I really need a nap right now. Marge

Oh my then you might as well spend the $ 1027.50 for Max. Doing 60 returns would make that $17.13 each. Marge

When inputing a 19 year old non student as a dependent on the parents return do I call them anything else but Child? Income is $ 426.00 lived with parent for 12 months other then a vacation with relatives that lasted about 29 days. Anyone see any problems claiming this child as a qualifying relative? Sorry I am brain dead today. Marge Powell

It is good to have you back.. Marge

I have a pita that always brings me flowers and chocolate when he drops off his return on the 13th or 14th. He also takes off his cap and throws that in my office before coming in. lol He has done this for years and years. I just have learned to accept it. File his extension and get to it when I can.. Ya gotta love some of them.. Marge

This guys bottom line is a loss of 119000.00 and I know he didn't sell the farm. But I will take your advice and file the extension. Thank you very much Marge

I agree with Dennis. You get 100 free e-files, unlimited 1040's and all the states. You would have to however buy the W2-1099 program if you do acctg for the 941 reports etc. Marge

I am working on a return that I know will have refunds both federal and state. Because of fine tuning etc such things as NOL loss etc the Client has agreed not to push me. It was his fault that I am running late on this one. The question: Do I really need to file an extension when there is a refund due? Thanks for the help I am so shot today. Worked all weekend. Marge

Just think everyone of all we would have missed had this board not been started... This thread is a hoot and it is so good to have junk like this to read again. It makes me feel good even on really bad days. Sure wish the IRS would have called it quits today. (16th) cause I want to sleep all day and I won't need a little blue pill either... Have a GR8 summer all and hope to see you all from time to time on hear chatting away. Marge

You get a day off. I have had 4 full days off since the season started. Three because I was sick and Easter Sunday... Will be taking the 18th thru the 22nd off and then it is payroll and sales taxes until the end of april. Then I am disappearing for a week... Marge

Grits is putting it nicely... I have a client that brought me what I thought was a whole years reciepts and canceled checks on the 5th of April. I had my girls post the stuff and then when I went to do the return I realized from past experience with this client that he was missing a whole lot of stuff especially from the first 6 months of the year. So I called him on the 11th, told him I was missing the majority of the first 6 months. His reply was that I had picked that up a long time ago. BS I never picked up anything of the sort. The only thing I had was his sales reciepts so I could do his sales tax reports. But like the good little girl I am I tore my office, my house apart looking for the crap that I was supposed to have picked up. Now I am pretty organized and there are only so many places to look!! I called him back and he said he would look. Called him back today he was watching TV. Hadn't taken the time to look cause he just knew that I had them.. So if you see my name in the Denison Newspaper under Accountant goes Mad and kills Client it will probably be true.. I told him that if he didnt get off his lead you know what and look for his records he was going to owe big buckets of taxes.. Darn people anyway... I can smell a fireing coming on. By the way Janitor Bob your avatars are a hoot... Marge Powell

A grant is usually money that does not have to be paid back and I always thought of them as gifts. What type of income does it say it is on the 1099-G? It probably is NOT sch C income because he did not work to get the grant. Find out from the client what it was for and then go from there. Marge