I am sure we have all wanted to scream that at one or more clients every year. I just did not expect to see that from Catherine! If that woman knew what a good shot Catherine is she might be a little more careful... just kidding! Although I have one or two clients that it is fun to fantasize chasing with a shotgun! :P
I had one a couple of years ago, and when the IRS requested more information about the insolvency, I listed the assets (cash, bank account, trailer, cars, etc.) and the liabilities (mostly various credit cards) and never had any problem.
I think Margaret has a good point. I don't want to have a lot of non-professionals asking questions about their individual returns, although I have no problem with new professionals asking what might appear to be relatively obvious questions (sometimes I probably ask really obvious questions.) I think Tom did an excellent job in his reply to Retired Teacher but it might be helpful to "nip it in the bud" as Barney FIfe would say. :dunno:
I agree with Gene; as long as he was a full time student for at least 5 months of the year, you can use the student designation on the dependent entry page for him even if he is 19 years old and was still in high school.