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Sounds like a plus, not having to file an 8867.

This applies to clients as well. I had one client who wore too much of sickeningly sweet smelling perfume, and sometimes she's hug me and I'd smell her perfume until I went home and took my clothes off. Thank goodness for the pandemic and working from home!

I almost never use those lines because I like to see the totals on the 8949 Details tab. In the case of multiple brokerages, I would enter totals by brokerage by code. I would not add them together because it's easier to look at later and double check, if they're entered separately. But from a tax standpoint, you could add them up or do an Itemized List on Sch D, but at that point, you might as well enter them on 8949.

The worst is records from a smokers house. Smells awful and it makes me sneeze. Fortunately, there aren't many of those anymore. Also, I never see the hard copies of the records, just a PDF, so someone else has to deal with smelly records.

Same, but I like to input on the Details tab because it's like a spreadsheet and it has totals. You'll want to set the Preference to not calculate when working in Detail tabs because, for some unknown reason, it calculates really slowing in Detail tabs. But saving recalculates so enter a line and save, then check that the gain is correct. If there are wash sales, the code is MW, and multiple codes have to be alphabetical (BMOW). And, yes, I have used the BMOW code when a K1 sale is included on the 1099B.

Unless you have a home office and no other principal place of business.

We've all done this, which is why I prefer to run it through the software to be certain of my answer, in some cases.

It would be best to amend, although the IRS is probably just collecting info. I doubt they'd waste precious resources on something that has zero chance of generating revenue.

There is a statement built into ATX. Another preparer showed it to me, but I haven't gone looking for it.

Add a records processing fee.

That's why I hedged with 'might.' I suspect my credit union appreciates me saving them money and in turn, I appreciate them not charging me any fees, or very low fees, and giving me low interest rates on loans and credit cards.

Not I, but others on other forums report filing some. Does anyone really believe that someone opens up attachments to efiles at the IRS? You could attach any PDF and it will be fine.

First off, basis can NEVER be negative. And distributions in excess of basis are capital gains to the shareholder.

I never enter EINs for interest and dividends. If it's not required, I save the keystrokes.

Well, I much prefer downloading all of my documents for numerous reasons. It saves paper, ink, fuel and time. It's better for the environment. It saves me having to scan it and then shred it. A downloaded PDF is much preferable to a scanned PDF. I get my documents sooner and don't have to worry about them being delivered to the wrong address. I get neighbors mail from time to time. And I don't mind that it saves the company money, because that means they might not increase any fees they charge.

They're actually doing Emancipation Day of Friday the 15th of April in 2022, so it has no effect this year. I think if 4/16 was on Sunday, they would move it to Monday, and then tax season would end on Tuesday the 19th.

Maybe it was a DC holiday that sometimes falls on the Monday when tax season is supposed to end? And maybe they got rid of or moved that holiday? Just found it! Emancipation Day is April 16th, and sometimes that extends tax season by a day, when the 16th is a Sunday or a Monday. https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/emancipation-day-dc

On Detail tab, click on the Name header to sort. Then at the top click on apply or whatever it says. I don't have ATX open right now.

Some people suck at "computer things." I have clients that just give me their login info so I can download it for them. And I don't mind that one bit, because I have clients who print their 1099s in portrait mode when they should be in landscape, making them hard to work with. Why they just can't save the download is beyond me.

I looked at the calendar once and I think it only ends on the 15th 3 out of 7 years, typically. And doesn't the April 18th Patriots' Day holiday usually extend tax season to the 19th?

The IRS sent my ex's employer a letter telling them to change their W4 to single 0, because she kept owing the IRS every year. and kept rolling it into an installment agreement. When she brought that letter in to me, it was all I could do to keep from laughing. I've never seen a letter like that for any of my other clients.

That's the best part. And the irony is that to take the mileage deduction, you had to have accounted for it anyway. Of course, their "accounting" is just pulling a number out of the air at year end.

It's possible but it's not smart. You're creating phantom income, which costs both the business and the individual more taxes. Yet, I still have clients with old timey sales reps that want it that way because... wait for it... THAT'S THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DONE! Stupid is as stupid does.

Always report the 1099 amount to get by the IRS computer, then show the difference as an expense. Checks mailed late in December and not received until January, cause this all of the time.

Glad to hear there are some youngsters on this board.