Margaret CPA in OH

I have some really nice elderly clients with very low income who refuse to not pay me. We have arrived at a deal - $25 plus a dozen home made chocolate chip cookies. The latter are worth so much more than they can imagine.

Yes, there have been several already reported here including one of my clients. My clients called and had to wait quite a while to get through. There are specific instructions for them to follow. Check >earlier posts - sorry I don't know how to put in the link.

Sadly that is the case all around. Do what gets you re-elected, never mind the good of the country or the people. 'It's all about me.' Politics at it's worst, too.

Thanks for thinking. I wish they had done so or at least asked before acting. I am inclined to have the LLC make a loan to the wife of the total withdrawn. As for renting, there is no more cash in the LLC as it went to buy the house and remodel. And the other day the client said they have now rented it as it wasn't selling. I don't yet know whether it was retitled in the name of the LLC first. I hope so! It could well be I am not clear on your suggestion of the LLC being an operating company. The reality is that mother put in lots of cash, wife, little cash. Wife bought property and paid for remodeling with LLC cash but all is in her name, not LLC. The plan was/is to contribute property to LLC from wife but I am now dealing with the st cap gain (killer for tax) or loan not addressed in agreement. Aaarrrggghhh!

I seriously doubt that anyone looks at the signature but I also don't think it appropriate to knowingly have an incompetent person sign something they are incapable of understanding. In the case I presented, the EO insurer finally called back and supported my decision to not prepare the return as son stated he would have his incompetent mother sign it. I offered son other options and have not received a reply. I may never. We will meet on March 28 at father's memorial service so it could get awkward.

jmdaviscpa, do those programs (which look good) work on Win 7? They both say up to XP.

Re: the saga of the partnership that got ahead of themselves. Now wife is faced with $23,051 of short term cap gains with the distributions she received to buy the property which is titled in her name as are the utilities. Mother contributed $17,800, wife contributed $5000. I added up all the expenses paid for the property purchase and remodeling and considered that as cash distributions to the wife. When the property is titled to the LLC, it will be her property contribution. So they are going to be unhappy, to put it mildly. Is it possible for the partnership to make a loan to the wife? In my LLC & Partnership Answer Book it says yes but the operating agreement 'should' address this issue. Theirs does not. Another issue is that the capital accounts don't show on the K-1's and, with the wife's excess withdrawal of cash, the capital is depleted, why wouldn't that be possibly taxable income to her? Her capital account summary (worksheet, not on K-1) shows negative $18,000. Is this a problem? But it may go away if we do the loan. I have spent waaaay too much time on this. I am not a fan of partnerships. Think I will get out the business next year as I did for corps a couple of years ago.

Yes, I am sadly aware that too many people use the refund function as a forced savings account. The biggest issue, I think, is that our do-nothing congress will not be responsible enough to address this issue through law. It's costing the country billions to keep doing the same thing over and over with tweaks around the edges and increasing code complexity while cutting enforcement funding. I often joked that tax reform was job security. Not so funny any longer.

Probably no one would go for this - permit tax return filing only after all information forms have been received by IRS. So It may be May or June before filing can begin and NO refunds without matching first. For Schedule C filers with estimated payments, no refunds, only application to next estimated payment. Harsh but I think it would make at least a dent in this and prevent a lot of CP2000 letters and replies.

Okay, I finally have all the information and have input. Loss is the $125 to state for organization. Mother contributed $17,800, wife contributed $5000. I added up all the expenses paid for the property purchase and remodeling and considered that as cash distributions to the wife. When the property is titled to the LLC, it will be her property contribution. It turns out the client was paid for contracting remodeling and purchased the truck for himself from that fee. Whew! Because the cash was, I believe, a distribution to the wife, I am not going to issue a 1099 from the LLC. Or from wife as it wasn't technically yet a business expense. I think. My issue now is that the capital accounts don't show on the K-1's and, with the wife's excess withdrawal of cash, the capital is depleted, why wouldn't that be possibly taxable income to her? Her capital account summary (worksheet, not on K-1) shows negative $18,000. Is this a problem? I am not a fan of partnerships. Think I will get out the business next year as I did for corps a couple of years ago. Thanks for comments!

I love these examples of 'small' business. How helpful of IRS to point out the savings for these folks.

My clients were told by IRS that the earlier tax return was deleted and followed their recommendations on notifications: Federal Trade Commission, local police report, Social Security Administration, and Equifax Credit Bureau. They also filed Form 14039 and cancelled credit cards. The address they are to send their return is: IRS Taxpayer Protection Program Stop 6579 AUSC Austin TX 78741

Client had PTC but doesn't qualify and has to pay back. But return check says to leave fields blank. If I do that and ignore the 1095A, she doesn't have to repay the credit which I don't think is correct as she does have to repay. It even says on Line 29 to enter that amount on 1040 line 46. Ideas? She probably wouldn't be averse to paper filing as she owes now big time.

Hah! Late forms download shows for 2210, "Page 1 Part II check box A corrected to prevent efile rejection." Maybe now replace the form and resend.

Thanks for the reminder of fax without needed a particular notice. I just am not sure about sending both married and unmarried names. Guess it couldn't hurt as she has received notices for all years in both names.

Thanks for this heads up. I have one in the pipeline, too, and didn't know this would happen. I'll check before completing.

Speaking of POA's - What is the quickest way now to get them in? I used to use E-services but that isn't an option any longer. A new client has a huge mess going back to 2009 with ex-spouse. Since her divorce she has changed her name so has notices in both married and unmarried names. I had her sign with both names for all years but am not sure which to actually use.

I don't do corps any longer but in the 1040's there is now a Bank Account page. If corps have that, too, there is a check box at the top to use last year's bank info. Maybe that would work.

I just changed the master form.

Tom, so elegantly stated....

That has happened to me only once when I had been working a lot. I shut down the program and restarted. Sometimes I think there is too many electrons around and it needs to be refreshed - or something. That also works when I try to open a second return and get a low resources message.

The title is IRS Identity Clarification March 2. I don't know how to insert the link here but should be easy to find scrolling back a couple of pages.

I have a client that received a similar letter for Form 1040. They confirmed stolen identity via phone call but said were on hold for over an hour. Apparently this is rampant this year. Like you, we had not yet filed. IRS gave an address to mail return as efile won't work. I think the client will have to go online or call and confirm identity. There was a great discussion about this just recently and some wonderful folks here provided wonderful links on irs.gov but googling first. If I can find the discussion I will try to post it. It really helped my clients....and me!

Wow! This is interesting. My guess would be 1 as I don't know (not an attorney) that 2, will trumps IRA instrument, is true. If 2 is true, I would think 3 as my inclination would be Dad's date of death and actual distribution is just timing. Let us know the outcome.

I called the care center and found out that this is not uncommon. They can provide assistance, however, to someone to obtain guardianship but said many family members don't want to deal with it. The guardian can also be a non-family member appointed by the court. So I emailed the son of client stating that I was not able to prepare the return for his mother to sign but could put together the data for an extension which would allow an additional 6+ months from now to get this arranged. I even offered to be the guardian as I am local. No reply yet and no return call from insurance yet. I'm not too worried about insurance as I haven't actually done anything to warrant a potential claim. Your blind client may still manage. I also have a blind client who signs his returns. A companion and I go over all the figures with him so he is knowledgeable about the return and I have second eyes affirming the data.