Chrisbry

Update:

I was told by Maria at ATX CS -- the 940 and 941 ACKS are all in house and they are in the process of posting them to our mailboxes. They should all be posted by this afternoon or evening (I've heard that one before too).

Smoke and Mirrors? or pacifying statement? The drama continues.

Still no answer on the 1041, 1120, or 1099 ACKS.

I guess what I don't understand is that in this computerized day & age, why are they manually posting ACKs?

I went online this morning to see if there was anything *new* on the business ACK's I'm waiting on (I know, I know -- I like to live dangerously).

I received this error message:

The Return Information that you are requesting from the Support Site is incomplete. Please contact Customer Service.

Has anyone else gotten that or know what it means? {other than a one hour wait to get no answers}

Yes.

Trust return originally transmitted 2/7. Finally found out on 2/19 that it was rejected 2/18 and they couldn't get the notice to my mailbox. 3 phone calls later, I got the CS person to email it to me. I duplicated, recreated and resubmitted on 2/21. STILL not ack.

Maria in CS said on Monday she would get information on this and the other ACK's I'm missing and call me THAT day. Today is Wednesday - nothing.

ATX is not going to like me much today when I get through with them. :angry:

I had that happen 2 years ago. We never realized it until we got a letter from the IRS about 'missing income'. I never did figure it out.

He is not a qualifying CHILD but IS a qualifying RELATIVE for both exemption and HOH.

When I was reading the question, I wasn't thinking relative but only as the "child" in relationship to the question.

I stand corrected -- she can take the exemption based on QUALIFYING relative.

See the definition of Qualifying child on Page 1-9 of 1040 Express Answers

She cannot claim him as a dependent nor does he does not meet the age requirement to qualify her for HOH -- Unless he is permanently & totally disabled. No EIC.

They cannot answer our e-mail requests for tech support, but they can e-mail me for crap like this?!

CCH doesn't seem to have a problem finding my email address when they want to send their SPAM to me but can't find me to email me a rejection e-file that they can't seem to get to my ATX mailbox. Want to bet they won't have a problem finding my phone number when it's time to renew?

Well, move over JRS -- I'm in that endless loop with you.

It locks you out within 3 tries. They have our accounts locked up tighter than Fort Knox! I don't know what is so important or secret that we need to change our passwords CONSTANTLY. Even when I am able to get into MYATX, it doesn't tell me much.

I guess I need to be more patient. This is my first year e-filing 1099's with ATX. In prior years I used another software program, which was more user-friendly. After entering company information only one time, you could create W-2's and 1099's, and e-file directly with IRS and SSA.

It's also my first year e-filing 1041's and 1120's. Corporate filings have gone smoothly, but I have received no acks for 1041's.

Donna, I'm beginning to think the getting ACK's back is a crap shoot. I'm still waiting on 7 - 940's. But I got all of my 1099's.

I got an answer on my 1041 (after 3 phone calls). It was rejected but they couldn't deliver the rejection. It took 2 more calls to get them to email it to me. Funny that CCH can find me by email to deliver their SPAM and JUNK but they can't seem to find me to deliver a rejection.

Ultra Tax looked great until I read their support hours -- shorter than other software.

UT is awesome software -- but they will nickel & dime you to death to get everything you need. I like that ATX offers me ALL forms in one package (and that includes the 941, 940, W2's and 1099s).

That's the one thing about Drake that I'm a little hestitant on. I don't need a client write up program as all my clients use QB. I don't like doing things and two and three times to get the job done. Do it once, move on to the next client.

The Password monster finally got me.

Not going to be a pleasant Monday Morning tomorrow. Not to mention I am STILL waiting on 940 ACK's (which they blame on the IRS problems), STILL waiting on 2 Corporate and one 1041 ACK that were filed early last week.

I wonder if I should send ATX a bill for the time that I am on hold? :blink:

The one annoying thing about the sync-ing --

If you have marked your finished returns COMPLETED, it removes the X on EVERYTHING. I have had to recheck the completed box about 15 times in the last couple of weeks. To be honest, I haven't seen that sync-ing has accomplished anything in my case.

Every time I sync, I get an error message: Error Processing ACK B140303952 -- no one seems to know what that is.

I like that it doesn't track in mud on a spring day.

I have to say that the Nebraska return is the one place I haven't had any problems. Maybe I shouldn't say anything -- you know, kind of like saying BEETLEJUICE?

Same problem here although I had no problems getting the updates.

I just got this email from my local Stakeholder Liasion's office:

Title: Form 4136 revised; E-filing delayed until March 3 for farmers/fishermen

Agricultural industry taxpayers, farmers and fishermen, who electronically file Form 1040 returns with Form 4136, Credit for Federal Tax Paid on Fuels, must wait until March 3 to e-file the newly-revised Form 4136.

Normally, 1040 filers who qualify for the special estimated tax rules that apply to farmers and fishermen must file their 2007 return and pay all taxes due by March 3. For eligible farmers and fishermen who attach Form 4136 to an electronically filed Form 1040, their return will be considered timely if e-filed on/or before March 10.

This delay does not affect farmers and fishermen who are not attaching Form 4136.

Form 4136 has been updated to reflect changes relating to the Leaking Underground Storage Tank tax, which were enacted as part of the Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007, Pub. L. 110-172 Section 6, Provision 1362, on December 29, 2007.

The late-December enactment means that reporting procedures for this law change were not incorporated into tax-preparation software or IRS forms. For that reason, people using tax software should check with their provider for updates that include the revised Form 4136. Similarly, the IRS is now updating its systems and expects to begin accepting electronically-filed returns that include Form 4136 by March 3. The paper Form 4136 is now being accepted, but the IRS reminds affected taxpayers to consider filing electronically, which greatly reduces errors and speeds refunds.

IRS estimates this delay will affect approximately 77,000 farmers and fishermen who electronically file Form 1040 with Form 4136 in the early weeks of the filing season.

Unless the parents actually wrote the check to pay for the windows, the credit is lost.

Is it really worth risking a fraudulent return for $200 credit (maximum on windows).

But we can't pick our clients.

Tom

Lodi, CA

I do and I have turned down prospective new clients.

Not sure about the 1120, but doesn't IRS say you can have IRS calculate the penalty on 1040 for you. In other words, is it mandatory to calculate the 1040 penalty? I'm not sure what I did wrong last year, but I had the 1040 penalty calculated and several clients got back that money. IRS didn't calculate the penalty. I've stopped calculating the penalty this year.

I know the IRS has been saying for years that they were going to start assessing preparer penalties for different things including the failure to calculate the penalty (have yet to see it happen).

The program will not let you e-file if you include the penalty on the Form 1120 without including the Form 2220. So the options will be to e-file without the penalty and Form 2220, file a paper return with the penalty override and no form or wait to see if the Form is approved before the March 17th deadline.

I think I'll take my chances, e-file the returns without the penalties and 2220 included, tell the clients that they MAY be assessed a penalty of $______.

I've got so many returns on hold because of "draft" forms and software problems this year. I almost dread picking up the next one for fear of what problems I will find.

I guess I misunderstood --

I thought he BOUGHT A LOT and BUILT A HOUSE. That isn't "rehabing" a house (which is basically remodeling a house). Investment lots are sold as land on Form 4797, Section 1.

The cost of the lot is added to the cost of the house for COGS and reported as such. If he would have sold the lot separately from the house, it would be reported on Form 4797.

You could pay the amount due and extend the returns with all taxes and penalties paid. File when forms become available.

Thanks Roy -- as hard as it is to believe -- I don't do extensions. :lol:

It's been so long since I've had one of these but what are the penalties (if any) for filing a Form 1120 without a Form 2220? Will IRS just send a balance due notice for the underpayment penalty? One penalty is $33 and the other is $43. Have they begun assessing Preparer penaltys on the underpayment forms?

I've got 2 corps that have the Form 2220 but ATX is now saying the draft is tentatively scheduled to not be approved until March 10. Knowing the history in the last couple of months, I don't look for that form to be approved for filing (or efiling) until well after the 15th.