Catherine

I resolve to do all I do for the glory of God. I resolve

I pretty much manage that one.

The neighbor's generator tests itself for fifteen minutes every Sunday morning at 9AM. We only really notice in the summer when windows are open; it's not disruptive or annoying at all.

Happy New Year! to EVERYONE here. I could NOT run my business without y'all.

No, dear. Your soul is safe. You may find at some time in the future that you have an uncontrollable sarcasm explosion, however! Holuhraun Volcano Iceland

I have that, too, on my home machine. It's pretty good, but won't take the Tic, Tie, and Calculate plug-in for Adobe that I use extensively at the office.

I agree. I rolled over all my settings and included an across-the-board price increase of 4%. Done.

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Over the years, and for various reasons, I have had to send in several 941X's. To date, NOT ONE OF THEM has EVER been processed and acted upon. In each and every instance, the IRS eventually got ants in their pants over something else, tried to throw a hissy fit over something related to the 941-series, and ONLY after a Revenue Officer gets involved is anything ever settled. To a one, each and every RO to date has said that they do NOT know why the 941X's don't get processed, and that my clients' experiences are NOT rare.

Wonderful!! Beats the pants off the nanny payroll snafu I was battling much of today. Hysterical client calls in tears...and it got worse from there. I *think* we have it under control; Merry bleeping Christmas, though. Sheesh! This is what happens when clients do NOT listen to me.

...paid in advance!

I just got the last tidbits of info to finish a 1041 for an estate's income. 2015 calendar year. Is this e-filable now, or do we have to either file on paper or wait until the 1/19 e-file 2016 opening? Just spent ten minutes searching on line and have not been able to find a definitive answer.

He's throwing a tantrum. He missed the 10/17 date for 2015 taxes and has given me nothing - but now is upset that he has to find someone else with "no notice" claiming it's like he walked out of a job halfway through a kitchen renovation (contractor). No, it's more like he walked away from a job that was discussed but never had a plan approved, a contract signed, or a deposit paid.

Oh, man, I had one royal PITA client bugging me by email yesterday. I sent him a polite "you're fired" letter a couple weeks ago. He still has NOT provided me with 1099-MISC for his 2015 vendors (yes, the ones due 1/31/2016), and NO information for 2015. He had that requested monthly all year long. Finally got fed up and fired him. Now the jackass is mad at ME for firing him "without warning or 2 weeks' notice" and what is he going to do now? Nor did he even sign & return the engagement letter sent in Jan 2016 Do I even bother responding a second time? (First response was reiteration that this is "not up for negotiation.") Or just let him stew, and refuse any/all phone calls?

But we still love you, Rita!

I bought a timeshare week in the early 80's -- but with a smart group that is owner-owned and operated (phew; lucked out and didn't know it at the time!). We love our annual vacation there, know just what to bring with us and to expect from the unit. Annual maintenance is about 1/3 what it would cost to rent anywhere in the area, and it's drivable distance from home. Lots of them are not good places - but I lucked out and know some others who are happy with theirs, as well.

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Responsible, need to documents AND save copies of client documents, and WE get fined if clients' data is wrong. At various conferences the IRS reps keep saying "we know you're the good guys!" but the crap coming out of DC puts the lie to that.

Merry Christmas and a VERY Happy New Year to all my friends here!

I tell clients that the piece of paper I regret is the one that I do NOT have. Sometimes today, though, those papers are saved in PDF format rather than on actual paper.

I have all my dated certificates (some just as pdf's) so if there is any question later I can prove CPE credits. So I'm not going to worry about the IRS systems. We were warned at some seminar or other that it was going to be a case of playing catch-up for them.

(Snipped quote actually from Pacun) I don't audit but I *always* look over new clients' prior-year returns. How else do you find state tax owed and paid for the current Sch a, capital loss carryforward amounts, sometimes charity carryforward amounts, and other items? If I see something egregious - or even if the return I do looks vastly different from the prior year's results, I look more deeply. If only to reassure myself that I have not done a stupid!

Using a throwaway tablet as as screening tool is potentially a good idea - but. (Always a "but"!) If it gets a virus *and* is wifi'd onto your network - it can get on your network. A seminar I just attended said if you suspect anything, first thing to do is pull the ethernet cord off that machine! Then you can change passwords, delete, etc. without viruses getting to your network or going out.

I know why you did it. Your mind was on three different things at once, the name was familiar, you have received similar items before that were legit, and your attention missed the tell-tales for just a half-minute too long. It can happen to ANY of us - which is why you telling us about this incident helps us to stay vigilant. (That it also garners you some sympathy for your aggravation and problem is a nice side effect.) Thank you for the warning! And I hope your IT guy gets everything all set and restored quickly.

I have one family that owns a hotel out of the country. FACTA and FinCen and 5471 and more. However, the hotel's books are taken care of by a high-end firm in that country, and they have a currency pegged to the US Dollar so no conversion issues. I get audited financials for the 5471 (that I double-check but do not prepare), I warn all members to file their FBAR/FinCen forms. The one member who has most responsibility has his own tax guy but I do provide the 5471. Other than the 5471 the whole set of returns is pretty straightforward. That's as far as I go. Another client had some joint ventures out of the country and I told him flat-out to get someone else. Foreign operations, foreign employees, currency conversions, foreign taxes, foreign assets (including possibly buildings and land as well as equipment), treaties with multiple nations -- nope. There isn't enough hair dye in the world for me to get involved.