Catherine

Or possibly the only one who will admit to being in DC??

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Think of how much you'll make in a year or two, when he comes back with his book completely mucked up and a few IRS notices on badly done taxes..... Even if you show him the door at that point, the satisfaction may be worth it. Catherine

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Not at all, and I was interested to see what folks would come up with. But I was in the middle of getting my tax letters to clients out and having my older girl home from college and chose not to try it myself. But I really liked the concept.

Regulating all aspects of our lives "for our own good" started with Prohibition. They've just been getting sneakier and less above-board in their methodology since Prohibition had to be repealed.

We aren't allowed to do any of that in Massachusetts. All client folders must now be kept in LOCKED cabinets at all times unless they are actively in use. It's really, really, REALLY annoying.

I put all my 8879's in one hanging folder at the front of my cabinet separated by year, keeping three years. Each year I take out the rearmost pile and shred it, making room for this year's papers.

The 9325 doesn't include state e-file information, though. And the Massachusetts M-9325 is just boilerplate; it also does not update with e-file status. What I do is print out the e-file acknowledgment history, Federal and state, for the client, and mail that instead.

I have a separate WIP Excel spreadsheet where I list every return with boxes to either check or enter dates of various stages. Using Excel also allows me to color-code an entire return -- I can open the spreadsheet and see at a glance how many returns are in the works, how many waiting for 8879's, how many need printing, or pickup, or whatever. I've refined it over several years and it's really helpful to me. It's attached; perhaps it will help you. or someone else Tax WIP blank.xls

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Eric --I have the exact same Demotivator on my bookcase here in my office!

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Another great place for older books is AbeBooks. They seem to specialize in old editions, out of print, collectible, etc. I'm not sure what their rules are for selling there, but I sure have bought my share of older books from them. Catherine

Happy New Year to all! Thank you for all the help and support during 2009. I look forward to more in 2010. May 2010 bring you all nothing but the best. Catherine

Bad. Very, very, very bad. I like it. :lol:

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They could just charge by total weight. Or total volume. And UPS would rake in a bundle getting our luggage to our destinations. Maybe Boeing picked the wrong time to bring out that new plane. (Remember the movie "Airplane"? -- I sure picked the wrong week to quit a ) drinking, b ) smoking, c ) doing cocaine, d ) sniffing glue, etc.)

The only solution, of course, is for all of us to fly naked (after body cavity searches). I wonder if the airlines will then start charging for use of blankets, seat sanitizers, and blindfolds! (There are certain things I really do NOT want to see in this world. High on that list would be jowly, overweight businessmen and great-grandmothers, sitting naked in an airliner. A blindfold would be worth a lot of money then.) I get the feeling that both Amtrak and the highways will be seeing more business, effective immediately. Perhaps even the resurgence of the ocean liner. In the meantime, El Al has an exemplary security record -- because they take security seriously, and do not water down safety requirements for fear of being called names by idiots. Profiling -works- and I don't care if it's PC or not. Don't want to offend? Well, being so PC that innocents are endangered offends ME. Reconcile that. :mad:

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Marilyn -- I am so glad your surgery went well!! May you heal very quickly ( you and your husband both) and may the second eye go as well. Margaret -- I can certainly understand your fear of surgery in your remaining sighted eye; the thought is very scary. If/when you decide to do it, I hope it all goes -at least- as well as Marilyn's has.

Yes, BUT. The "but" is that you pretty much have to fill out the paper form to have with you when you go online. It's just not possible to have everything they want, in the forms they want it, without having the all-filled-out paper form right there beside your keyboard. Ask me how I know this.....

Thanks for TWO pieces of info -- one on the import of csv files, and the other that CCH is actually responding (at least for now) to emailed support requests!