Catherine

Yeah, in general people don't like truth that makes them question their poor choices.

I still have, in deep files under lock & key, a set of tax forms sent to me in the mail - with the little sticker with my name, address, and ssn on it. Remember those? (That year I had moved so I did not use the sticker.)

Garnishment is for those who have been overpaid - and there are several ways to get it waived or the payback rate lowered. https://www.fool.com/retirement/2025/07/04/social-security-garnishment-begin-july-24-avoid-it/ As for those who are delinquent on student loans, either cancel them all, or everyone has to pay them back. Picking & choosing winners & losers (who skates & who pays) sets up anger on all sides at all sides.

We can think about it; that's 90% of the joy and 0% of the repercussions!

until ID dot me gets breached.

Yes; us - the good tax preparers. Not the fraudsters (taxpayers, cheats, or 'preparers' in it to cheat). They make it harder & harder for us to help taxpayers (which helps t/p's and the IRS - with the IRS probably coming out ahead in that one), then wonder why we get testy.

That was going to be my guess, but I would not assume until proven.

But who knows - I may take this as impetus to update my probably 10 year old W10 laptop with the flaky "n" key and nearly-unusable space key! Hey, it works fine on vacation with the plug-in keyboard...

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I've got personal stuff on QB 2021 on a W10 machine. If it won't work on W11, then that machine will get kept on W10 and I just won't use it online.

I have not seen it, but then again I've been away for a bit and have not opened my work email except on my phone just to dump spam. Anything that looked real has been ignored. I really oughtta go look at the real stuff, I guess. Got all the mail opened & dealt with, so I'm running out of good excuses.

TexTaxToo is correct, and you are correct, Corduroy Frog. You do have until the later date. But Drake won't allow scheduling payment after the *current* date if that date is after 4/15. The only way to pay later, electronically, is by doing so online via Direct Pay or EFTPS. Or, your client can mail a check to arrive by the date they want to pay. The IRS is very quick about cashing checks; it's about the only thing left that they handle expeditiously.

On that theme, a favorite of mine is "THE IRS" without the space, is "THEIRS" and that's how they see it!