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Everything posted by JohnH
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Most of those are situations involving examinations, assessments, 3rd-party income, and other unusual situations. There's nothing I'm aware of which requires or anticipates the filing of an amended return outside the SOL period under normal circumstances. But if I'm wrong about this I'd like to know. I think what has happened in this case is that the previous preparer made a mistake in the first year, compounded it in subsequent years, and has now overreacted. She is doing her best to do some CYA, while trying to hand off some responsibility for the final decision to Gina by asking her to "look over" the amended returns.
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I disagree. The SOL applies for all closed years unless certain dollar limits for under payment or under reporting are exceeded. That's why we have a SOL in the first place.
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I doubt it. Once the press gets over their initial outrage, they'll find a way to blame it on George Bush. If they can't figure out a way, the administration will furnish them some good talking points. They may even find a few on this forum in the next few days if they want to follow it here.
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I haven't actually held one - just found the picture online.
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But sometimes there are sub-files which appear unexpectedly.
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I think this is more about beating dead horses. And there are just too many of them stinking up the corral right now.
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Sounds like an amended return and another fee to me.
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I thought the info about the "PowerBasic" compiler in the other thread was interesting. Like you, I don't know exactly what all that means, but it apparently indicates that someone was mistaken in one of the things we've heard stated repeatedly on this forum. Sounds to me as though Drake will not have to go through a platform conversion at some point in the near future after all, along with all the associated risks.
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Did your clients have any compassion regarding YOUR misery this year, or did they just want their return finished as soon as possible?
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A missed opportunity to raise prices is lost forever. It is much more difficult to do a "catch-up" increase than to raise fees incrementally.
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Reminds me of the quote by Lewis Grizzard (funny guy all around), who had been married 4 or 5 times. He said: "Next time I start thinking about getting married, I'll just find a woman I hate and give her my house/"
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Click on "More Reply Options" (instead of "Post). Then you'll see some info on the left side for handling attachments. You will need to know where the attachment is stored on our computer before beginning. A little trial and error will be necessary to get up to speed on how to do it.
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Here's my ideal setup. I'll just come in once every 4 weeks and do the entire month's work on that day.
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Is it on extension? If so, you have until October to sort it all out and file correctly. I guess it might matter if there's a large refund in the balance, but other than that I'd opt for riding out the extension.
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My experience with Europeans who buy American companies is absolutely consistent. They ALWAYS think they know more than the stupid Americans, they ALWAYS run everything by the numbers, and they NEVER give anything more than lip service to our suggestions. We are too insular, never cosmopolitan enough to suit their tastes in business management (or anything else, for that matter).
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--> And then we would have to get on development and support and make sure that what we are telling the user is what is going to happen. <-- There's no way we can get that assurance, or rely upon it if someone is foolish enough to give it to us. So anything we say will still be based on wishful thinking at best. No sense applying. We aren't going to be hired, because we will only tell them the truth and they don't want to hear it. I agree that we are in lock down survival mode, and our biggest immediate problem is that our overseas masters are interested only in growth.
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FTM: What would you do at this moment and in the following situation if you were in charge of marketing? A prospective customer wants to demo the product. He plans to use it to prepare some of his 2012 extension returns. He already has a couple of your competitors' 2012 software and there are no problems, but he is intrigued by the "Forms-Based" approach. He is going to load it onto a networked system because he wants to simulate how he's going to work next year. He intends to make a decision in the next 30-45 days.
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The marketing side of this situation continues to look like an onion. As each layer is peeled off, there are simply more underneath. And to press the analogy, this situation would bring tears to any marketing manager's eyes. It's fascinating to watch. I've been involved in a few near-meltdown situations and watched how the experts navigated huge marketing disasters - in this case I haven't yet figured out a viable strategy they can pursue.
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Why stop at 6? It's so cheap, and not a serious business consideration, just buy 50 or so.
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Changing computers every 2-3 years would be absurd. A silly waste of resources. After all, we're preparing tax returns here - not supplying the International Space Station.
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Hard to justify not having an ipad these day, isn't it?
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I think you're following a very enlightened business plan. Not only have you identified a backup, but you're familiar enough with it that you could turn the ship at any time if necessary. You have good business smarts - no vendor can ever hold you hostage to their own failures. I know some people who could learn from you if they were just a tiny bit more imaginative.
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True, it's 21%, but it's still only $300 actual dollar bills no matter how many ways you crunch the numbers. Even in normal times it would be risky, and in this environment it's beyond anything approaching normal risk. I'd look at it as the equivalent of a single tax return (or maybe a couple of small ones). So is it worth risking all the aggravation of one or two tax return preparation fees to expose yourself to the potential headaches? Personally, I've never taken the discount with ATX and never regretted it. So this year, when the chips were down, I was able to make a good business decision unencumbered by any worries about money sunk in a rat hole. I walked away without any financial considerations to distract me - just moved on. It was a good feeling.