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This how "temporary" arrangements become permanent.

I remember that it took about 10-15 minutes, but I don't recall it being that bad. You do need a camera hooked up to your computer so they can scan your face. I have to do it again for my fiancee because she needs an IRS account and an ID PIN, since her SSN is definitely part of the recent leak. Here's where you can check to see if your SSN was leaked: https://npd.pentester.com/

I just hope we can stop it from becoming our overlords or starting a nuclear war.

This looks useful for password protecting our folders of client records and tax returns. https://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-folder-hider.html

I used a 5 digit Julian date numbers internally, while programming, and only displayed dates in readable form for humans. Y2K would not have been an issue for any programs I wrote. And the 5 digit Julian dates made it a snap to calculate the number of days between two dates. I used to dream in code!

I think there already is on the 2023 forms, or at least on some input screen.

Both my Google authenticator and my Microsoft authenticator provide 6 digit codes. I hope they provide desktop versions of these because it's convenient to copy and paste the code on the phone. Might not be deemed secure enough to have on desktop, though.

In a kitchen, especially when they're busy, there's nothing harder to get right than a special order. It disrupts your training and/or slows you down. Robots would be better at it.

Bringing down the budget deficit, one tax cheat at a time.

I used to password protect my PDFs but it was a PITA to open them, and I mostly did that just to email them. Even if Windows had password protected folders, there's still no way to add MFA to that process, unless Windows creates it.

How are we going to use MFA to access PDFs of client data on our drives? Totally unrealistic.

Greeeaat. I'm sure ATX will implement this flawlessly. I sure hope I can use an authenticator on my phone and not rely on getting a text from ATX.

Surely they can't mean to access our own software on our own computers, but they don't make that clear.

Can't she just give it to the client?

Glad you're on the mend and were wise enough to seek help! Did you have the pneumonia vaccine? I've had both the shingles and pneumonia vaccines. I have breathing issues and had bad bronchitis a few years back.

Set up their access in your office with them and have them come in to access their account with you. #handholding. But most people will be fine with it and I encouraged all of my clients to get online access. I hear it's the future!

I have both. I'm always concerned about how these 3rd party business handle personal privacy.

AI is blaming the new guys.

You could say that the entire internet is a cloud, but that would be abusing the term and making it meaningless. My browser is still local software.

Efiling is sent over the internet but I can still work on tax returns locally while the internet is being restored. If my tax software was cloud, I'd have to find something else to do.

It would pretty damn useless for me to have a forum just on my computer that no one else could access.

And this is just one of the reasons why I've always avoided "cloud" software.

It's not specifically excluded, so I'd say it's UBI. https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/unrelated-business-income-tax-exceptions-and-exclusions

Well, we all know how well that works out.

FFS