Catherine

To all, indeed. And remember:

Good advice, jm!

Quicken '98 and QuickBooks 2001 were the best versions of those two programs. After that they added useless feature after useless feature, without adding much of any really new functionality, and without fixing persistent bugs from year to year. "New and Improved!" just means it's new, they took out some good stuff, and the improvement is that it now *must* be updated every few years since support stops. Grrr.

I would show it - especially if he owes more taxes. As long as it was all applied to the correct year, if the total comes out they should be OK. YMMV.

hoorah!

Joan - glad you got the help you needed. We're here if something else comes up - to commiserate if nothing else!

Or tomorrow morning; will be conking out now...

I didn't know we had one!

I haven't done a full 990 but I used to do a 990 for a national group that had non-exempt income from an online store. You can call me at my home office; 781-652-8994.

I had a BLT for lunch.

Cool!

I do know of lorem ipsum - but the bacon was a *serious* distraction.

Eric, how COULD you?!?! Now I want bacon. And steak. And a grilled burger. And lots of other yummies that I should not eat - at least, not all at once! Next time you feel the need to do something like this, use chores like dusting and laundry as your list. Or (if you think people will then feel guilty), something innocuous like plant names.

Welcome to the club, JJ! There are a few quirks but they are minor and the program is WELL worth the time it takes to learn those quirks. And support is SO helpful any time you need them. Except Sundays, of course. Considering that I am still awaiting the return call from tech support from ATX from February 2013 (promised within 48 hours), I can give Drake Sundays off.

The first time I ever saw these it confused the dickens out of me, too. But in and IRA = not reportable by the IRA holder. The plan... well, that's their lookout.

​ Hi JohnH -- I leave my tablet at home. I might use it for this forum: nothing secure here. I don't use it for email. I would use it - using the Ixquick search engine - for research on open sites; nothing that needs a login.

One HUGE problem with tablets is privacy/security. Look at the settings (and some of them are pretty deeply hidden): all the apps want access to EVERYTHING (Denninger at market-ticker dot org has had some*excellent* reports on tablet security; he used to run an ISP so I give his opinions much credence). So I will not use a tablet for anything that needs to be secure. It's great for the handouts for my CPE meetings; instead of big floppy bunches of paper just my tablet. It's great for pdf's of my talks. It's great for games. Won't use it for much else, though.

​You can always change it back and forth when working on Sage50. Possibly less of a pain in the patootie than the wonky screen of illegibility showing up randomly.

Thank you all! I have sent the info to the client and we'll see how much they grumble. I can't change a fundamental feature of the program for them so maybe they will just need to put on their big girl panties and deal.

It's very hard, sometimes, to protect them. Even if this gentleman was living with family -- if you really want to get out, you get out. My sympathies to the driver; that will be a nasty memory to live with. And to the family of the eld himself; they probably feel guilt as well as the loss of a family member.

So Rita -- and anyone else with Peachtree/Sage50 experience: I have some clients who were having all kinds of trouble with Peachtree/Sage50. I got it all squared away. However, one thing that Sage50 does is it closes net income to retained earnings only annually, at the year end close. For balance sheet reports during the year, you get the prior year retained earnings line plus the year to date net income on the next line down. Together they net to current retained earnings. The client wants reports that are GAAP compliant and apparently these are not. (I don't know; I'm an EA not a CPA and am interested in bookkeeping and accounting that present an accurate picture, whether or not GAAP compliant.) Does anyone have a work-around for this?

Always good to have a reminder. Signs of Stroke

KC -- It was he who called the bank. Apparently he put "stop" orders on a slew of checks. The IRS, MassDOR, and I just happened to be on the happy list. I will write and ask them to abate. Once I hear back from the daughter with any additional details she has. Thanks to all.

Elderly client - his daughter has *just* (and I mean, like last week) put him into assisted living for memory issues. Wrote a check to me for tax prep, and to both the feds and state for tax due. Called his bank and put "stop payment" orders on all three. Feds are hitting him for penalties & interest because of this. (I will just charge him the $5 bank fee from my bank.) His daughter has a durable POA and has taken the checkbook away from him - and the address book with the bank number in it, too. *She* will be writing new checks all around. So it won't happen a second time. But my question is: Anyone ever have any luck getting these abated due to senile taxpayer doing something nonsensical?

Eric, are you saying that Rita's computer has a "Brain Cloud"?!?! Joe Vs Volcano - trailer If so, "I have absolutely NO response to that!"