Abby Normal

According to a recent Microsoft news post, new computers running on Intel’s Skylake processor might not have the necessary drivers to support Windows 7. On Jan. 15, MS executive VP Terry Myerson posted a clarification on the future of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 support. Based on Microsoft’s published life-cycle information, Win7 is now in “extended support,” which should mean no new features but “security, reliability, and compatibility” updates until Jan. 14, 2020 (and Jan. 10, 2023, for Win8.1). Now, Microsoft has narrowed the definition of compatibility. According to the post, “Redesigning Windows 7 subsystems to embrace new generations of silicon would introduce churn into the Windows 7 code base, and would break this commitment.” The post goes on to state: “Going forward, as new silicon generations are introduced, they will require the latest Windows platform at that time for support. This enables us to focus on deep integration between Windows and the silicon, while maintaining maximum reliability and compatibility with previous generations of platform and silicon.” In other words, only Windows 10 will support new chipsets from Intel (Kaby Lake; more info), AMD (Bristol Ridge), and others. Moreover, through July 17, 2017, only selected Win7 systems with Intel’s Skylake will be supported — mostly to give users time to upgrade to Windows 10. Microsoft stated it’ll soon publish a list of those supported systems. The post continues: “After July 2017, the most critical Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 security updates will be addressed for these configurations and will be released if the update does not risk the reliability or compatibility of the Windows 7/8.1 platform on other devices.”

We either buy our 1099s from Tenenz or Quill. Never had any compatibility problems. They should all be to IRS specs.

Late to the party, but I never sausage a thing.

Most stock desktops use on board video to keep prices down, but installing a video card bypasses the on board video, anyway.

Go to Staples and buy the forms? Ask a local EA/CPA if he can buy/beg/borrow a couple?

We efile W2s right from QuickBooks just by clicking a button. Intuit charges a fee to efile 1099s, so we just mail those in... for now.

It doesn't make sense in our operation to use a separate program for payroll, even if it somehow imports into QuickBooks.

I haven't been on hold lately but an IRS agent told me they changed from Nutcracker to 'smooth jazz'.

Was this reported to ATX?

That's a known issue for partnership returns that were completed in January in 2014. I believe the solution is to reprocess in 2014, then rollover again.

Good luck with Ultra Tax. Here's a friendly UT user's group on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TCSGUT/

Never spoil your clients. Mine are trained to leave a message and get a reply with one business day... or so.

That's an awful lot of typing and opportunities to make mistakes. Until I can export from QuickBooks to SSA, that's never going to be a viable option.

All's good here. Peer-to-peer server/workstation set up.

Thanks Catherine! Your link to Salvation Army returns a 404 page not found. Here's the link I have on my desktop: https://satruck.org/Home/DonationValueGuide

Preparer Info is not currently rolling over and neither is it filling in based on current year preferences. Hopefully this will be fixed soon.

Yes, I had the exact same problem with the non-cash donations page. Also the dependents page. I sent it to Nuance for their evaluation, but they are not being helpful.

I have many of my letters exported to My Documents. When one gets frelled up, I either import it or copy/paste the text from the exported letter into ATX.

Just found this in User Guide: If at any time you would like to restore any Master Template to its default state: 1. Open the desired template. 2. Do one of the following: Click the Restore button on the toolbar. Click the Tools menu; then, select Restore. Right-Click the desired template; then, select Restore.

Letters are always a mess in ATX, but especially early on. My rolled over letters have duplicate text in them this year. I just keep fixing them and save for future returns. We usually have to delete letters after rollover and then re-add them. I don't know of any way to reset the letters, but occasionally, ATX seems to reset them for me, much to my dismay since my letters are highly customized.

We treat these just like we do credit cards, enter all the transactions as either an asset or an expense, and create a liability. Unfortunately, Snap-on is famous for having multiple accounts for one customer. Good luck!

I did not even have this problem in 2013.

What's your setup and number of clients?

But we still have the mystery as to why some of us do not experience this problem. Unless you've determined that it happens after a certain number of clients?

It would be nice if we could detect some pattern for those who do and do not have this problem. It could be a problem with one of windows networking files. Windows networking is notoriously flaky. I have 399 files in 2014. I'm going to duplicate 50 files to see if that triggers the issue. My computer is a server/workstation, but I will try running from one of my workstations as well. Edit: Jeez, you can only duplicate 1 at a time.