JRS

That's a lot worse than the monthly letter we get from the Board of Equalization telling us we need to audit ALL our clients' records to make sure they are paying sales (use) tax. The bureaucratic agenda is doing its best to drive all business from California and now the rural residents with the wonderful "fire tax" get added to that agenda.

I have a couple of REIT investors (and my wife) and the tax information is always 1099's from the broker.. Of course the minute I type this I will be wrong. The REIT info seems to come from the brokers' 1099, but you might check out the REIT website that lists all the REITs reporting for 2012. I have yet to see a K-1 for a REIT> http://www.reit.com/DataAndResearch/1099/Browse-Tax-Forms.aspx?Year=2012

At the bottom of her email: ATX Return Retrieval Do you need the peace of mind of knowing that your e-filed returns are safely stored? Well, for $99, you can have that peace with ATX Return Retrieval. You will have access to ALL of your e-filed returns for tax years 2010, 2011 and 2012! This is a MUST HAVE for every tax return preparer!

>>Should I shut up and go away?<< NO!!

Its not there. Must be another enhancement they felt we didn't need.

>> As a general rule, you should place a picture of yours that was taken 10-20 years ago.<< Which is exactly the reason some of us do not use our own picture!!!!!

Go to "processes" in task manager. Look part way down and find "CCHSFS Tax Preparation Software. Click on it and then "end process." ATX should now open.

"CCH Small Firm Services Introduces ATX 2012 KENNESAW, GA – August 28, 2012 – CCH Small Firm Services (SFS) today unveiled ATX 2012, the latest version of the company's industry-leading tax software. The new software release is the culmination of an extended development process which focused on productivity gains and incorporated more ATX user input than ever before. ATX 2012 delivers improved efficiency, expanded client customization options and a fresh new user interface. "ATX has been committed to helping tax and accounting professionals meet the daily challenges of their business for over 20 years," said Jeff Gramlich, President of CCH Small Firm Services. "The enhancements we've added to ATX 2012 make tax preparation as simple and stress-free as possible, and that's a testament to a lot of hard work by a lot of dedicated people who took the time to listen to what tax professionals said they needed and then turned those comments into the software enhancements in ATX 2012."

I don't know about the IRS approving tax software, but TRX is NOT on the approved list for California.

No problems using either Firefox or Crome. I very rarely use IE, but tried it and the board would hang, but would finally cooperate.

Thanks. It did speed up the opening of the program and returns. Thanks again for the link.

Still mail only. Heard it should be ready for 2013 tax season.

The site below is the page concerning Firefox's pdf viewer. It has a trouble shooting page. Another thiung you can try (it worked for me) is make sure your pdf reader is the default reader. I found this in preferences in Adobe. http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/view-pdf-files-firefox-without-downloading-them#w_troubleshoot-problems-with-the-pdf-viewer

It gives me great relief to know parts of ATX software is copyrighted by: Copyright © 2012 Hibernating Rhinos. All rights reserved AND Copyright © www.fatcow.com/free-icons

Scary. It makes me wonder what else is not "saving" correctly. To sum this year with ATX - pathetic.

From the "other" board. If you go into the print options and scroll down to "print packets." Then view/edit, you can "bring" back your pdf. BUT, only to prep, client or custom. Filing stays with the ATX pdf.

It appears that the Court has indeed responded to the IRS' motion to suspend the injunction it issued on January 18 with a resounding thud today. While the motion was denied, the court did articulate that the IRS' PTIN system is not at issue, which will offer at least some clarity as preparers move forward with tax season. Citing several factors including its belief that (1) the order is not likely to be overturned by an appellate court; (2) that the IRS overstated the harm to itself due to the injunction; (3) that the IRS understated the harm that would come to the plaintiff; and (4) that the IRS' argument about the public's interest was not convincing and did not take into account the harm that may befall the unlicensed preparer. The Court further explains, "As the factors beyond likelihood of success do not decisively tilt in favor of the IRS - indeed, they tip somewhat against - the Court sees no basis to lift its injunction pending appeal." And so, the Court ordered as follows: "1. Defendants' Motion to Suspend Injunction Pending Appeal is DENIED; and 2. The Injunction is MODIFIED to make clear that the IRS is not required to suspend its PTIN program, nor is it required to shut down all of its testing and continuing-education centers; instead, they may remain, but no tax-return preparer may be required to pay testing or continuing-education fees or to complete any testing or continuing education unless and until this injunction is stayed or vacated by the Court of Appeals."

I can't remember exactly where, but look in Preferences , print manager, then click on advanced or print packs. It is somewhere in there where you can combine the letters. I have yet to to print a return,but I have reviewed a return and the letters are combined.

ATX 12.5 Delivery Schedule 1/22/2013 Updated 1-22-2013 The target date for the 12.5 update is Monday, January 28th. This list of 12.5 fixes will grow over the next few days. As we see items marked as completed and ready for testing, we will add them to this list. This is not an all-inclusive list of defects, but a great resource for you to use. It is broken down into functional areas of the application.

http://www.taxalmanac.org/index.php/Discussion_Forum_-_Tax_Questions

Program Update 12.4 -- Delivery Schedule We are targeting the delivery for Friday (no specific time yet). This program update has significant improvements to rollover (more specifically opening rolled over returns)

I, like JB, have not posted anything that was not already said here. I have used ATX since the "dark ages" and never run into the problems the "enhancements" have caused. I reinstalled the software and do not plan on rolling anything over or to start any new returns until I feel comfortable with the program. I am fortunate in that most of my clients don't start showing up until mid February.

I am glad someone else has "joined the club."

From Drake Software: IRS will officially announce in a press release today that filing season has been delayed. Here are the particulars: E-file for individual (1040) returns will begin on January 30th, delayed from January 22nd. There will be a “controlled launch” the week before that when we can send some live returns … that was delayed from January 14th. We do not know when or how many returns can go. Some forms will not be accepted when e-file starts on the 30th … it is anticipated that returns with those forms can be filed beginning in late February or early March. IRS expects to release that list of forms today. IRS has not set a date for when they will accept business returns, which was originally scheduled for January 7th. It is expected that business returns will start around the same time as individual returns. This impacts paper return processing as well. IRS will NOT process any paper returns prior to e-file start date. In fact, forms and instructions with the new legislative changes will not be released until January 22nd. So, most returns prepared prior to that date would not be valid anyway.

I have used Firefox with ATX for a few years and never had a problem. There was a post by Eric sometime back when, that Explorer was not necessary.