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OK, let's get back to me here. (Just kidding, Pacun). I thought you only put a NOL on line 21 if you are going to use it on the return you're doing. And you put only the amount you are using. I thought it was in the Instructions to Pub 536, but I can't find it.

Every year, right about now, I get the real smart people, a week after they signed 8879 and left it with me, reading the letter and tearing off their copy of 8879, COMING BACK IN, and giving it to me. I'm going to have to edit the letter to say: Please review the enclosed copy, then sign the IRS e-file Signature Authorization Form 8879 and return it to me. When I receive the signed authorization, I will e-file your return. You signed it and left it with me on ______________. I swear you did. Don't sign your copy. Keep it. Seriously, I can't get over this one. It happens three or four times a year. In April. Sometimes the same people who did it last year.

2013 Farm Loss 8,000, interest income 200 Unused NOL carried forward from 2012 5,000 Unused NOL carried forward from 2011 4,000 I have -9,000 on line 21. And -16,800 on line 22. They don't need to carryback. Yes, I made up the numbers. I just started thinking isn't it unnecessary to enter the -9,000 on line 21?

Client has a NOL this year, also losses carried forward from 2011 and 2012. Program enters the sum of the carryovers from 2011 and 2012 on line 21. Is that correct? I don't understand why it should be entered at all. OTOH, my motto at times is "overkill is underrated". So, I'm checking with you sages. I did a brief search, but you know what happens with three letters. Lots of red and yelling. Oh, and the "Line 6, CB or CO Avail (NOL Worksheet) Nonbusiness Deduction" added both their standard deduction and itemized amount to get the nonbusiness deduction. Took me a while to catch it. Just FYI.

I got home Saturday night about nine, and my 21-year-old son, home from college, had done five loads of laundry. All mine. Me: Thank you, honey, I haven't done it in a while, eh? David: Mom. Please tell me you are wearing underwear.

Another guy, always has to pay in with return: “We need to figure out how we can pay more in thru the year.” I look at W-2, copy C. Whomp, there it IZZZZ: M / 6. Nope, they don't have kids.

Sweet little lady that just left, pushing 80, looked smashing, I told her she looked like she should be in a beauty pageant today. Without missing a beat, she said, "Nah, I need to give everybody else a chance." Crying.

Yes, and I know I smell like Colonel Sanders now. And not in a good way. Cause he's usually my type, just sayin. LMAO.

If it fits, it ships. Wait, that's something else.

On April 7, you can do anything to get a signed 8879. Anything. 10.8

I think in essence Mom gave your client $10,000 in timber, and your client sold it. I mean, no, that's not exactly what happened, but she just needs to pay up and be happy, in my opinion. Alternative is to look a gift horse (mom) in the mouth, and put it back on mom. Not cool.

He's actually very nice, just has no idea how busy I am, like all our clients. I really was stunned that he thought he was mailing his return. I mean, what did he think "e-file authorization" meant? I'm crying from laughing now. Between bites of chicken jerky. Anybody got any Visine?

Chicken. Charred chicken. Flaming charred chicken. MMMMM. Side order of smoke.

Engineer who spent four days trying to do his return before handing it over, pays $19700 in investment fees, picked up last week, comes in today to give me the signed e-file authorization, and ask / say: 1) What is the $336 on Sch A for medical? I know we don’t get anything for that, but can you take it off? MC premiums on your wife’s disability. Oh, are insurance premiums deductible? 2) You only gave me one copy of the return, I will need one for myself. See this e-file authorization you signed? You, uh, authorized me to e-file. That’s your copy of the tax return. Also says here on the letter, that I will e-file it. You know, when you give me the signed e-file authorization. 3) Hey, are you cooking something? Smells real hot. 4) Hey, I will get more bang for my buck on the 19,700 investment fees next year cause my deductions won’t be limited and I will only have $100,000 AGI. 10.7 I may look calm, but I have killed three people in my head today.

One year, clients brought me their unpaid electric bill. My the time I got to their return, the electric company had sent the notice threatening to cut them off, each was blaming the other, blaming the mail, blaming the bank. Blaming everybody, you name it, and I had the bill the whole time.

I personally think they look over here. And part of the beauty of this forum is the whining. Just wondering: jshtax and jasdlm, are you guys related?

My daughter called last night. Erin: I just left the football scrimmage. Me: Why is there a football scrimmage in February? Erin: Mom. It's April.

Oh, I see what you mean. Yes, that's annoying. And I must say, I think I hate the letters. Not messed with them enough to know if it's my fault or not.

Agree, I have been happy with the software this year. Also standalone. Agree with others that education credit stuff and home office are a slog. Annoys me that we can't enter three numbers for supplies or whatever and add them by typing = a + b + c right on the line like we used to. Hate to see "Rollove" for " Rollover". Otherwise I'm a pretty happy camper.

Hahaha I thought I was the only one.

Well, I was in Las Vegas, so you may be on to something...

One year I entered two out of three dependent SSNs incorrectly. It was my own return and my kids.

If I had a nickel...

No, whatever do you mean???? LMAO.

It's ok to kill that guy. 10.4