Lion EA

The partnership does not own the building. Yet.

Just did a CO return where liquor stores and marijuana dispensaries are essential services.

Prayers to all of you and your families. When family things (and that includes pets) hit during tax season, it adds hours to our busy days. Venting here is a sanity saver for me many, many times; so I hope it works for all of you as well. Where else can we vent to people who are in the same boat, or at least understand from times when they were in the same boat? The new regulations coming almost daily keep us busy reading and answering phone calls (can I just record a message that says, "It hasn't been voted on yet; we don't know yet."?). Usually Hubby would be down at the church for hours each week practicing and meeting and directing choir practice plus teaching piano lessons; now he's home and shoving his tablet in my face to show me the latest video with liturgical music I don't even understand. I would send him to get signatures and deliver tax folders, but now I'm doing everything electronically and won't even send him to the PO to mail folders until it's safe to stand in lines again. But, he's a sweetie and cooks dinner and cleans what I ask him to for me. And, I'd be talking to myself (I still do) if he weren't here. I'm not getting a lot of returns filed so am glad I have until 15 July without having to utter the word Extension to my clients. Stay home or, at least, locked down; stay safe; and stay healthy! And, talk to us all to keep us sane. Thanks, all, for being here with me.

At least people can go into work Tuesday morning to grab files, laptops, clean food out of the office frig, put a sign on the door, forward phones, etc.

...Notice 2020-18 and other current announcements...

Prayers are going out now and continuing. Thankful his hospital had a ventilator available for him.

Just the COVID-19 forum! It's snowing here. I think I'm in the twilight zone.

It seems that is still 15 April, but we're all awaiting clarification. The current announcements included ONLY income tax return filing, income tax return payments, and 1Q estimates payment. SEP has always been 15 October if filing an extension to 15 October.

Are those two things connected?!

I don't use ATX, but you probably have a check box to tell it that this is a complete taxable disposition of the property. That should release all the suspended losses.

If a SE individual has employees and gives paid sick leave, he can take the credit on his 941s, yes? I don't think anyone/any company is getting checks, just a payroll credit for paid sick leave within the parameters of this bill.

I can send batch extensions, but only for $0 owed and not for all states, so it's still time-consuming -- and I'm relieved.

Hubby and I have been tipping well (better than well) minimum wage workers, food service workers, etc. And, giving earlier to our church and two local food pantries; food pantries are overwhelmed providing food to families whose children are home and not receiving free breakfasts and lunches at school. We on the ground can often see who in our community needs help better than a distant government can. Turn your check over to your town social worker for her to disburse. You can put it to good use.

First the IRS has to reprogram their computers, get new schema to software companies; software companies reprogram and get tested by IRS. Finally, software companies issue updates to us. I'm telling my clients to use IRS's DirectPay for now.

With each announcement, we know less and less!

I have my NY commuters download their signature pages from CCH's FileShare and wet sign and return to me via mail/fax/scan & upload/whatever method is convenient for them. Some take pictures on their phones to text to me; lousy quality so I e-file but tell them to mail me the original. If they're sending a check or other documents, they might use UPS/FedEx. They didn't sign electronically. I just receive it electronically or via mail/UPS/FedEx. So, that's what I'm doing this year. If the filing deadline is truly extended to 15 July and they don't owe, I'll probably receive more via mail and have the actual wet signature for my files. Because I can store the signature pages electronically, I don't think anyone could tell the difference. But, NY is the only state that will not accept eSign.

I don't use Verifyle, but read a work-around on another site. Send to one spouse who returns it to you. Then send that signed document to the other spouse to sign and return. Don't forget to log in your verification method details to be saved with the document.

So far, I think, the 6/15 estimates are still due 6/15. I've been advising my clients to use IRS's DirectPay and their state equivalent for ES payments. If they already scheduled 4/15 payments, the client has to call the IRS and state to cancel and then use DirecPay + state or paper vouchers mailed with checks.

The April ES payment was specifically mentioned as moving to 15 July. The June ES payment was left out and seems to remain at 15 June.

It applies to 1Q ES payments. I didn't see if the June ES can be extended.

That's exactly what I suggested to my friend, the soon-to-be grandmother. I know a couple of CT midwives, but didn't have a NY midwife to suggest. But, I did suggest they look into a home birth with a midwife. Problem is, they lived together a long time before marrying and getting pregnant, so almost-mother is nearly or already 40 and being treated as a high-risk pregnancy. My friend/almost-grandmother is understandably worried, no matter where DIL gives birth.

Send him prayers, lots of prayers, and thanx for giving us hope!

A friend's daughter-in-law is expecting any minute in NYC. Her ob/gyn said this morning that there are no hospital beds now. He told her to call when she's in labor, and they will tell her what hospital, if any, to go to.

No. Retirement funds do NOT get a step up/down in basis at DOD but continue as before as they would for the decedent if he were alive. (I think; my brain as reached the fried stage; too many dates to remember now.)

Isn't interest a law and would require Congress to act, not just Mnuchin saying so?