Catherine

E-file manager, go to Support - Customer Service Utilities - Synchronize E-File Info with EFC Be warned -- this resets EVERY notification you've received and "un-marks" everything you've noted as complete. So if you like to get all those notifications hidden once you're done, get more reluctant to do this as the season wears on. I don't mind now when there's only a dozen or so returns in the e-file manager -- but long around the end of March, when the list goes on and on, I really do NOT like to synch.

Thanks, Deb. I also checked online and the claim is that two of my submissions were rejected BUT they don't update and synch doesn't fix it either. And I can't find the error and re-create the e-file while the status is "Transmitted to EFC". I emailed support and have only received an auto-response so far. But I'm up the creek with those two until they do -something-. Catherine

I sent in a bunch of 1099's in mid-January and got Acks in about a half-week (three or four days). Sent in another batch a week ago and they're still in "Transmitted to EFC" status. Synching to EFC didn't change that. Anyone else noticed this? Catherine

Hope you had a VERY

Son of long-time clients (he is their dependent) did some work-study at college in Indiana. He's not a resident, but he lives there during the school year. They withheld $16 state and $3 local on earnings of less than $1,000 total. I've never done Indiana returns -- what do I need to know? From what ATX is trying to tell me, there's one main form with five schedules to attach. And I don't see any low-income limit or deductions or anything that he qualifies for. And is IN one of the states that taxes income no matter where earned (like MA is), or do I exclude his summer job in MA income? And are there any local forms to look for? Any guidance appreciated!! Catherine

And those in charge of the monastery's European Meals night are the French Friars!

When Mozart passed away, he was buried in a churchyard. A couple days later, the town drunk was walking through the cemetery and heard some strange noises coming from the area where Mozart was buried. Terrified, the drunk ran and got the priest to come and listen to it. The priest bent close to the grave and heard some faint, unrecognizable music coming from the grave. Frightened, the priest ran and got the town magistrate. When the magistrate arrived, he bent his ear to the grave, listened for a moment, and said, "Ah, yes, that's Mozart's Ninth Symphony, being played backwards." He listened a while longer, and said, "There's the Eighth Symphony, And it's backwards, too. Most puzzling." So the magistrate kept listening; "There's the Seventh... the Sixth...the Fifth..." Suddenly the realization of what was happening dawned on the magistrate; he stood up and announced to the crowd that had gathered in the cemetery. "My fellow citizens, there's nothing to worry about. It's just Mozart decomposing."

Thanks, Pacun!

Saint Thomas Aquinas stated that wine could lawfully be drunk "usque ad hilaritatem" -- to the point of cheerfulness. I'll drink (cheerfully!) to that!

Have the daughter of a client who is now my client. Hasn't filed since 2005 (and it's always a long story, isn't it?). I -finally- have the documentation to fill out her forms -- but need an address for the return! She is due a small refund on her 1040 for 2006 (so we want to get it in quickly). ATX software for 2006 says to send to Andover MA and I know that's no longer correct. Checked one of my 2009 returns that is due a small refund (so far, at least), and the address given is Kansas City MO. MyATX is of course down for maintenance and I can -never- get the search engine at irs.gov to give me anything but irrelevant gobbledygook. Does anyone here know if that Kansas City MO address is correct for a refund-due 2006 return? TIA, Catherine

Thanks for the laugh!

You guys are going to make me pull out my entire file of jokes collected over the years, aren't you? Just remember that you asked!

Sitting by the window of her convent, Sister Barbara opened a letter from home one evening. Inside the letter was a $100 bill her parents had sent. Sister Barbara smiled at the gesture. As she read the letter by the window, she noticed a shabbily dressed stranger leaning against the lamp post below. Quickly, she wrote, "Don't despair. Sister Barbara," on a piece of paper, wrapped the $100 bill in it, got the man's attention and tossed it out the window to him. The stranger picked it up, and with a puzzled expression and a tip of his hat, went off down the street. The next day, Sister Barbara was told that a man was at her door, insisting on seeing her. She went down, and found the stranger waiting. Without a word, he handed her a huge wad of $100 bills. "What's this?" she asked. "That's the $8,000 you have coming Sister," he replied. "Don't Despair paid 80-to-1."

I love this one!!!! Thanks!

Great one, KC. Here's a little one for those of us (most of us!) who remember Hollywood Squares and the great answers by Paul Lynde. Q. Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather? A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.

This one is for the mathematicians in the group: What do you get if you cross a mountain climber with a mosquito? Nothing -- you can't cross a scalar with a vector!

Hope you have a VERY

Thanks for the warning. Instead of trying to register for Fee Collect, I'll instead tell that stupid pop-up to go away and not come back. When I signed up last year no one used it anyway.

Don't know, but one of my brothers-in-law is, and it fits -him- perfectly!!

Two physicists were riding in a hot air balloon and were blown off course sailing over a mountain trail, and were completely lost. They spotted a jogger running on the trail and they shouted, "Can you tell us where we are?" After a few minutes, the jogger yelled back, "You're up in a balloon." One physicist says to the other, "Just our luck to run into a mathematician!" "How do you know he was a mathematician?" asked the other. "First, he took a long time to answer. Second, his answer was 100% correct. And third, it was totally useless!"

So here's one for you: What do you get if you cross an atheist with a Jehovah's Witness? Someone who knocks on your door for no reason at all.

Tom -- CONGRATULATIONS!!!! And welcome to the club.

Hope you had a VERY :bday:

Great reply! But this guy sure sounds too dumb to pour sand out of a boot with the directions written on the heel.

Now I want pie, too. Specifically, banana cream. And there's no where I know of that makes/serves it. Looks like a trip to the grocery for ingredients is in my near future.