Catherine

I got the email as well. Like Don in Upstate NY, I last got a Taxslayer demo 4-5 years ago but get multiple calls/year and loads of emails from them still. The relentless marketing, if nothing else, turned me off their products permanently.

Thanks, KC. I've had a couple of folks already who needed warnings about state estate tax. And the map is -great-.

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Excellent; thank you!

jainen, I cannot believe that you think that I am making Marxist arguments. You -must- be willfully misconstruing my remarks, as I can see NO way to accidentally do so. I believe that ALL income taxes are diametrically opposed to the intent of the Founders, and they instituted the government to very specifically NOT tax income. Part of the reason for this was to "starve" the Federal government to keep it from encroaching on the rights of the states and the people, partly because of the disincentive to strive and achieve it becomes over time. MOST of what the Federal government does today is NOT in their purview; they have taken over the work of the states and the people and usurped powers they were very specifically NOT to have. This encroachment has been going on for over a hundred years now. I have studied the Marxist systems - both in theory and as they exist in the real world - extensively. They do NOT work. They never WILL work. The essence of Marxism is central CONTROL of ALL aspects of the lives of the people. The essence of the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution is individual FREEDOM and individual RESPONSIBILITY. The only people who will willfully choose the former are those who believe that the control and associated power will be theirs to wield. With every post you make, I understand more why you have been banned from other fora.

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Yay, Tom!!

Yay Marilyn!!! :lol:

You're missing the point. The indexing lacking in AMT is the indexing for INFLATION -- it is NOT fair that a tax originally meant to make sure "rich" folks paid -something- ends up hitting middle-income people, for whom it was NEVER intended, hard. But the gutless weasels in Washington don't have the testicular fortitude to fix it, because it brings in cash. So we get the annual "patches" (to stick another temporary finger in a very leaky dike) that are put in only so they keep from getting run out of their home towns on a rail. And I support the FairTax, not a flat tax. I hear railing every year from Massachusetts taxpayers about the unfairness of the state income tax. I always point out that it's a flat tax.

Hope you had a HAUNTEDLY :bday:

Hope you had a HAUNTEDLY :bday:

Hope you all have a ghoulish day!!! :o

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Very simple. They also ask for corrected forms and schedules to be appended. Many if not most folks trying this on their own will miss that bit. And we'll end up with new clients after their self-prepared 1040X is rejected.

Jeeezel louisel and yikes!!! Very impressive, KC, but this picture (and accompanying story) did -not- make me smile. But I may send it all on to friends who live west of Brisbane.... Catherine

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I love this picture SO mcuh and I smile -every- time I look at it!

My daughter swears by Photoshop Elements for adjusting photos -- frequently this comes free with your computer, too. And it has tutorials that are actually useful. Catherine

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Has anyone here used this? If so, what do you think of it, and are there any "gotchas" I should watch out for? Thanks, Catherine