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Here's the scoop. Version 1.0 of either the standard or the advanced does the best job. The current verison (1.2) chooses too small of a font for the fillable fields on the organizer. So buy 1.0 and do not upgrade.

I found a copy of standard 1.0 on ebay for $29.99 to test, but when I went back they were all gone. There are some copies at around 45-50 now. You can buy it on Amazon as a disc or a download for about 59.

Here is a direct link to download version 1.0. Warning: 1.5 GB. Then all you need is a license # to activate it.

To make a form fillable, open it and choose the Forms tab. Then click on Form Typer and very quickly it will convert it. Then just save it. As far as I know, there's no batch way to do this, but that's what interns are for.

Adding page numbers to the organizers can be done in a batch, so you can do them all at once.

In Nuance, with no file open, choose the Home tab, then Headers and Footers, Add. Add all the files you want and click OK. You can create and save a header or footer with the page numbering scheme (font, location, margins, etc.) you want. The only tricky part is under Macros you choose Page Number, then click in the Header or Footer location you want (left, center, right) and then click on Insert Macro.

I have don't want page numbers on the first 2 pages because those are my letter and engagement letter, so I click on Page Range and put page 3 to 999. It doesn't save the page range as part of the scheme so you have to remember to do that each time.

Then click on OK, choose your save options (you'll likely want to uncheck Open when finished), click OK. This also works very quickly.

The settings I ended up with for page numbers was Header, Right, Arial 13 point, Top margin 0.50, Right margin 0.30.

I've found that closing messages with the 'x' is always the best option.

Some additional logs on the fire:

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/consequences-timeshare-foreclosure.html

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/how-deduct-loss-on-timeshare-sale.html

1041 K1s don't have basis limitations. If income is passive, 8582 will handle on the 1040.

I haven't watered my lawn since the 80s. If it's hot and dry, I enjoy not having to cut grass. Besides, it's a huge waste of drinkable water. Grass knows how to go dormant.

Closing a return creates a backup in:

C:\ProgramData\CCH Small Firm Services\ATX 2014 Server\ATX 2014 Backup

I Ctrl+s almost every time before I jump to another form. I have autosave turned off, in case I screw something up or if I'm just doing "what ifs" in the data file.

Why can't they just write this in english?!

Not exactly. There might be a few new features built in to ATX but you still have to pay more to access all the good stuff in fixed assets. I bought it this year because I got it for $100. I need to decide if the extra features are worth it or not.

Not that I know of. You can get next year under 4562 print options.

It just updated. It works and it's ver 83, not 84. I can't believe I was the first one in MD to use this form. Or at least the first to complain about it not working.

From ATX:

The forms team has informed me that Form MD 502 was updated yesterday should be version 84 and code 524 was added for the exception codes. Also, Maryland will not support that code for e-file for 2014 year.

I just checked and I'm still on ver 82. Wonder what happened to 83?

Was it not settled while the estate was still open? Was this a personal injury lawsuit? Is some of the money for back wages?

If it's taxable, it will be at the child's rates. Kiddie tax is just for investment income.

To clarify, both the s corp and the shareholder will deduct the taxes and insurance, but the shareholder will also include them as income. So, when the dust settles, the expenses are only deducted once. -1+1-1 = -1

Expenses paid by a tenant – If your tenant pays any of your expenses, those payments are rental income. You may also deduct the expenses if they are considered deductible expenses.

There is possibly COD income at the corporate level this year and that passes out to the shareholder, which in turn increases his basis to allow more losses to be currently deducted.

The overview is still that the total amount of the debt is income (at the corporate level) and the total undepreciated value of the trucks is expense. The debt is just being split between cap gain income and ordinary income.

They should be able to get 1% or less. I have clients paying 0.85%.

This isn't about 10, it's about what's happening to 7 & 8.

I wonder if it would matter if you sold the item to a wholesaler as opposed to an individual end user? The logic being that wholesale price is lower than market price.

I have zero experience with this, so everything that follows is just thinking out loud.

The FMV of the trucks is not important here, only the undepreciated value. And I think the loan amounts are the proceeds for the disposition of the trucks. So the S corp would have a gain or loss on disposition of the trucks.

So if you think about the components of this transaction separately, the loan amounts are increasing the shareholders stock basis by increasing income, and he's getting a full write off of the trucks.

He may end up with a 1099-C personally for the cancellation of the debt, but if he's declaring personal bankruptcy, that won't be income to him.

Microsoft has been modifying windows 7 & 8 with their 'telemetry' that's part of 10, and also pushing 10 on users of 7 & 8. I keep seeing the 10 update in Windows Update, even though I've hidden it and uninstalled the Get Windows 10 tool (KB3035583). Telemetry is sending data back to Microsoft about how you use your computer. If, like me, you're uncomfortable sending unknown data back to Microsoft, you can do the following.

Below are the best instructions I've found so far. If it looks like Geek to you, call your IT person, but most of it is quite simple, although windows does its best to hide Task Scheduler and Services.

Remove the following updates (if installed already)
KB3068708 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry
KB3022345 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry
KB2952664 Compatibility update for upgrading Windows 7
KB2990214 Update that enables you to upgrade from Windows 7 to a later version of Windows
KB3035583 Update installs Get Windows 10 app in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 SP1
KB971033 Description of the update for Windows Activation Technologies
KB3021917 Update to Windows 7 SP1 for performance improvements
KB3044374 Update that enables you to upgrade from Windows 8.1 to a later version of Windows

Command Prompt:
sc stop Diagtrack
sc delete Diagtrack

*Task Scheduler Library:
Everything under "Application Experience"
Everything under "Autochk"
Everything under "Customer Experience Improvement Program"
Under "Disk Diagnostic" only the "Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector"
Under "Maintenance" "WinSAT"
"Media Center" and click the "status" column, then select all non-disabled entries and disable them. (None of my computers had Media Center)

*services.msc:
"Remote Registry" to "Disabled" instead of "Manual"

Anything paid to/or on behalf of the landlord should be considered rent. Landlord should pay the taxes and insurance themselves and rebill the tenant. This makes it easier to create the 1099 to give to the landlord, because all the checks are in the landlord's name.

Try posting in https://www.facebook.com/groups/USTaxPros/

I called support and reported the following two issues:

Ln 14 of the 502LC is not flowing to 502 line 32.

The code boxes at the bottom of 502 page 2 do not have the new code 524 and you can't override that field.

I doubt we will be able to efile 2014 MD returns that have the 502LC and the instructions for 502LC seem to indicate that the returns should be mailed in to a specific PO box, anyway.

I thought there was a file or a folder you delete to reset form updates. Maybe I imagined it. It did work finally after restarting ATX twice.