Catherine

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Hope you have a VERY :bday:

Thanks, gailtaxed!

Devious and brilliant! I wonder if that will also work for April 14th? Hmmmm..... :P

Hope you have a VERY :bday:

Hope you have a VERY :bday:

Many thanks to all! I had a very good day, and we had snow with big, fluffy flakes, all day long that amounted to about an inch on non-paved surfaces only. Catherine

jainen is exactly correct here -- and specifically includes the point he either missed or ignored in a similar post. "Up to the amount of assets", with the additional line of "He got the money -- he owes the tax".

Congratulations, JohnH!!! That must have really felt good -- handing him back his papers and showing him the door. Tee hee.

One from my husband: "Don't get even. Get ODD!"

I think I'll be happy -if- I manage to get my office re-organized and all those "I'll get to them later" papers filed away. Sigh.

Got this from a colleague this morning; thought folks would want to know: IMPORTANT: We just received this through our emails that PayChoice had yet another security breach this month… Please, if any of your clients use PayChoice, let them know what is happening…. The hackers are adding and paying employees…. Also social security numbers, employee info, and employer bank account numbers are being compromised. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityf...rss=securityfix

Absolutely!! Once that sanity is gone, you no longer worry about losing it. And you find you don't miss it at all, either!

The hardest thing that I keep having to re-learn is that I cannot allow myself to care more about the client's taxes than the client cares. That way lies madness. Grey hair. High blood pressure. A maniacal look about the eyes. And more!

Well, as it turns out, I e-filed my last extended return yesterday. One other is done and ready -- but the client is in Europe until this weekend; she'll have to paper-file, late. And a good dozen others are still missing information. I sent out reminders a month ago and heard from -one- person -- two days ago -- who told me she can't find X, Y, and Z. Clients. Gotta love 'em! (Because it's bad form to strangle them, LOL.) Good luck to all of you in getting those last returns out the door today! Catherine

In the details given, it sure didn't sound like there was -anything- of value inherited by anyone. Nor would the daughter have known about any tax liability until long after the medical and burial bills had been paid. If all that was left was food in the pantry, well-used clothing, some run-down furnishings, and family photos, she didn't inherit anything of "value". And she probably paid (will pay) cpabsd, our colleague, for preparation of that final return out of her own funds. Based on the information as given, I cannot say that the daughter personally owes one penny of the $750.

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JohnH got there first -- but figured I'd say "Hi Booger!" Catherine

In another forum with a similar question, the advice was to send the IRS the decedent's current address -- cemetery and plot number. The implication is that in such a case where there is no money and no one inherited anything, the IRS is SOL (the other meaning; not statute of limitations). YMMV

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He's having one heck of a lot of help with that -- almost 535 nitwits and nincompoops with no principles other than their own power and re-election. Anyone here read up on the history of the Weimar Republic? I have. I recommend it -- but it's not pleasant reading, especially when you start to look at current events. As for the comment that it's "too hard" to skip these topics, I politely disagree. There are plenty of topics in this forum that I skip completely as they do not intersect my practice needs or field of knowledge where I might help. Just don't click on them, and you can even mark the entire forum as "read" (under "options" at the top right side) so there are no stronger-colored items to catch your attention.

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Regardless of when the VOTE was, the NOMINATIONS still closed barely two weeks after he took office. There was NOTHING he had done in those two weeks to qualify him even for nomination. And that is plain fact.

Gee, after -one- call from CCH/ATX a couple months ago 'welcoming" me as a TRX/ATX client, I've heard -nothing- from anyone. Should I now be worried? Went to a Drake seminar this morning; they've made lots of improvements the past couple of years. I'll do some extensions on Drake and see what it's like in "real time" -- who knows, next year I may jump ship to them! The price is sure great. Catherine

Hi, Booger!!