Catherine

After getting all of Pope Benedict's luggage loaded into the limo, (and he doesn't travel light), the driver notices the Pope is still standing on the curb. 'Excuse me, Your Holiness,' says the driver, 'Would you please take your seat so we can leave?' 'Well, to tell you the truth,' says the Pope, 'they never let me drive at the Vatican when I was a cardinal, and I'd really like to drive today.' 'I'm sorry, Your Holiness, but I cannot let you do that. I'd lose my job! What if something should happen?' protests the driver, wishing he'd never gone to work that morning... 'Who's going to tell?' says the Pope with a smile. Reluctantly, the driver gets in the back as the Pope climbs in behind the wheel. The driver quickly regrets his decision when, after exiting the airport, the Pontiff floors it, accelerating the limo to 205 kHz.. (Remember, the Pope is German..) 'Please slow down, Your Holiness!' pleads the worried driver, but the Pope keeps the pedal to the metal until they hear sirens. 'Oh, dear God, I'm going to lose my license -- and my job!' moans the driver. The Pope pulls over and rolls down the window as the cop approaches, but the cop takes one look at him, goes back to his motorcycle, and gets on the radio.. 'I need to talk to the Chief,' he says to the dispatcher. The Chief gets on the radio and the cop tells him that he's stopped a limo going 155 kph. 'So bust him,' says the Chief. 'I don't think we want to do that, he's really important,' said the cop. The Chief exclaimed,' All the more reason!' 'No, I mean really important,' said the cop with a bit of persistence. The Chief then asked, 'Who do you have there, the mayor?' Cop: 'Bigger.' Chief: ' A senator?' Cop: 'Bigger.' Chief: 'The Prime Minister?' Cop: 'Bigger.' 'Well,' said the Chief, 'who is it?' Cop: 'I think it's God!' The Chief is even more puzzled and curious, 'What makes you think it's God?' Cop: 'His chauffeur is the Pope!'

By the hour, including time on the phone and with email to get the info straight beforehand, and to send e-files or paper files after. And if the client is a PITA for any reason, round your time -up- to your next break-point (quarter-hour, ten minutes, half-hour). If client wants you to mail out the individual 1099's, don't forget to add your postage costs.

That sounds so pretty! After 4/15, please upload a picture or two! Catherine

That'll keep you smiling, jainen.

My older girl sent me this one; it's terrific. I especially like the line about Facebook pages. Movie Trailer - generic Oscar Winner

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Have you looked at the e-filed forms listed on the 1040 EF "E-Filed Forms" tab and confirmed that the form in question was itself transmitted, at least?

Take a break; you'll be glad. Start with the first - the second is even MORE amazing. the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NINJQ5LRh-0 the later: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w #1 - Treadmill dance #2 - Rube Goldberg

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It worked, all right. VERY funny.

Yes, it is completely and utterly ridiculous when the info is -right there- already. There is an old joke that if IBM ran the Kentucky Fried Chicken advertising campaign, they would be touting the fact that they serve "Hot Dead Bird". I think IBM would do a better job than the IRS, though. ^_^

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Love it!! Here's one back for you: A sloth was walking through the jungle one day when he was set upon by a gang of vicious snails. The snails left him bleeding and confused at the bottom of a tree where several hours later he summoned the strength to go to the police station and report the assault. He was asked by the desk sergeant to describe his attackers. He replied, "I don't know what they looked like, it all happened so fast".

I just entered a feature suggestion at MyATX. We can now import Sch. D transactions BUT we still need to individually enter filer/spouse/joint, and type of transaction -- individually, by clicking in each box. I asked if that could either be added to the import -- just two more columns; shouldn't be a big deal. OR, if we could at least use the up/down arrows to go up and down those columns. Clicking in each box in each column is madness when you have someone with a lot of trades. Already this year I've had two clients with 200+ trades -- and my big-trading client hasn't shown up yet. It's enough to make you go totally loopy. As if I wasn't close enough already!

Don't think so -- closed out the account. Sigh. It's what I feared. They also closed a small IRA (~$800), so I'll use that amount. Shoulda let the kid take a loan, and then paid the loan off like the nice parents they are. But did they ask me first? Yeah, right. Thanks for confirming.

Some folks took money from a 401k to make up a shortfall in funding kid's college expense. 1099-R says code 1, early no exception. Form 5329 has exemption for money taken out of an IRA for school -- does this apply also to 401k? Can't find the info -- maybe because my brain has turned to oatmeal after a very convoluted day. Thanks!

Same as the ERO pin on the 1040 Efile info? YES. Why now!!???????? Because the IRS hates us and wants us to jump off cliffs?

But if you don't you get an out-of-date form error. Grrr.

I had a e-machines computer a number of years ago and it worked just fine until it just got so old that I couldn't update it any more (wouldn't take more RAM). And I wish I had kept the keyboard -- it was good, and I hate the one this machine came with. In fact, the little speakers that came with the e-machine we still have and still use -- turns out they work great with a couple of little mp3 players we own, and a digital recorder my daughter uses for her violin lessons that only has a headphone jack and no internal speaker. An extended warranty plan is a good idea with any business machine, though.

My re-submission (and a new return, as well) was just rejected. Guess I'll put in my name etc and try yet again. This is NOT the kind of aggravation we need this time of year. Even if the IRS made the change, CCH should have a fix for us. Catherine

My first guess would be to back it out on Line 21.

House stepped up in basis as of DOD. Hard to believe that after selling costs there was any gain considering the real estate market this past year.