Catherine

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.

Hope you have a VERY :bday:

Well, yes, that's what I meant. Prep in ATX, check them for errors with AccuWage, then log in at the SSA and file there. But that process puts a "Created" efile in the ATX efile manager, which then just sits there doing nothing. That's all I meant. But perhaps you actually fill the W-2's out online at the SSA. I like going through the error check first to make sure I haven't messed anything up or missed anything.

Twelve pages (but nice colors!). I am reminded of bits from the MacNelly tax cartoon I've posted here before: Requested by the Department of Agriculture: How many talking chickens do you own? Names? Do any of them play the oboe? and Number of Parakeets subtracted from Gross Rotated Income (Plus Line 27 - unless greater than 12 miles) They forgot to address the issue of claiming pets as dependents, and the differing treatments of cats, dogs, and tree frogs. Yikes.

What fabulous news!!! Congratulations to your daughter -- you must be so proud!

I've been waiting for responses too, Pat. But I did recall from last year that they do take a while. W-2's never change from "Created" status, though, since they go through AccuWage and then are filed with the SSA and don't go through the EFC at CCH. (Is that enough acronyms for one sentence? Sheesh!)

Mass de-coupled from the Feds years ago but maintained those old forms for base calculations. So the statutes read "the base for calculating XYZ is the result from the 1993 Form 1040 Line blah-blah calculation". I think it's 1993. Circa then, anyway. And not only is Mass. not exempting the first $2400 of UI the way the feds are, they are recapturing the COBRA subsidy as income as well. It's going to be fun getting those amounts from clients! Catherine

One thing to keep in mind is that some states (MA for one) is NOT exempting that first $2400 from taxable income. I'm going to have to check flow-through numbers carefully, as I've seen plenty of instances with ATX over the years where numbers do NOT go where they're supposed to go. Catherine

What I do is put the pdf's in the computer folder for the client. I open the pdf on one monitor and have ATX open on the other monitor. There is a company (Copanion, I believe) that makes a product called GruntWorx (someone here recommended them last year; possibly KC but don't quote me). You upload your bare scan to them, and they organize and tag it all by document type. All 1099-INT's together, all K-1's, etc. Catherine

Hope you have a VERY :bday:

If you can pass the practice tests with margin, you can pass the SEE. Remember, the Gleim books use prior tests as their source material. Catherine

It must be your charming smile!

I used the Gleim books and CD and thought they were GREAT preparation. Work on them enough, and you'll start to find the mistakes in the prep materials (they use former exam questions, complete with the original mistakes). That's when you'll know you're getting the hang of it. I also really liked finding out that it was when I went back and re-visited a question that I got it wrong. That gave me the confidence to answer - move on; answer - move on, during the real test. I passed all four sections (four back then; three now) first try. And a number of those sections were on types of returns that I had never yet done in "real life" (corporates, fiduciaries, etc). Catherine

Hope you have a VERY :bday:

Finally called them. Same # as for the 4419 -- 877-477-0572 (though it doesn't -say- so anywhere in Pub 1220). In case anyone else needs it.

I have several 6847's to fax in, and for the life of me I can't find the number they get sent to. I've looked in my files, on my desk, online, at irs.gov -- no luck. It's really hiding from me. Anyone have it? Thanks, Catherine

GREAT story!!

They take the cake. Several cakes, in fact. But no one would be eligible for EIC in that bunch. Thanks for pointing out a possible circumstance, though, as it's not one I would have thought up.