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You absolutely should not base your life decisions on the result of your income tax return. IMO

I root for nobody other than the Green Bay Packers.

Maybe I should start charging $1 for every client who uses my Stress Relief Lotion.

Speaking of Body Lotion; one of my clients last year brought me a bottle of aromatherapy "Stress Relief" lotion. It is Eucalyptus Spearmint.; which is supposed to clear the mind and the Spearmint Essential Oil is supposed to uplift. Boy, do I need that today. Have noticed that some of my clients are trying it out too. So Funny sometimes, the things that they notice.

It doesn't matter. She is still married. And, remember, if she files MFS, she loses all the credits for her daughter.

On the other hand, I have a few clients who mail me a signed blank check along with their paperwork. Of course, they are long-time clients, but still! Those returns get done immediately.

The same clients have the same dividend checks every year....

Yes, that too!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????

I had one already this year who said "You have to charge me more this year because I have this student loan interest and this Health Insurance thing" (Those who can least afford it are most often the most generous"!

Yeah, Right!!!!!! I have not trusted them since they purchased Parsons Tech!

I used to hear from Eli on a regular basis as I have some familiarity with TX and I helped him a couple of times with WI tax issues. He is such an enthusiastic, hard-working person and loves his family so. Have been thinking about him lately and will certainly keep him in my prayers.

My question was not posted as a concern. I wanted to know how JB handled. I knew how I would have handled it.

Hugs Back......but it really has been a long day. The thunder rolls, the phone rings non-stop and tax season is truly here. This is no time to be calling and asking me for copies of 2012 and 2013.; at any price. I didn't leave my husband for a woman like this client did and now needs copies of her returns to buy a house.

How do you answer the EIC question whether this child could be the qualifying child of someone else?

I am using 350 and 500 g external hard drives with EaseUS and have several backups on each drive.

Since the credit is based on the AGI of the taxpayer; I would say that the answer is no.

It will back up your entire hard drive. That is the only option I have ever used, but I know that there are others. As I said, you can actually open the programs and/or the files from within the backup. Really a neat little free program. My object here is that should my hard drive fail; I can completely restore everything that was on it to a new drive. I do know that you can choose to do incremental backups also. I just took a quick peek at the program. You can back up the entire system or you can choose to back up document files. Other options there too. You can start a system backup before you go to bed and set the program to shut down the computer when the backup is finished. For program files, I generally use jump drives to back up files as I go so I have double coverage in case I would have to reinstall a program that I use often.

The latest version can be downloaded from www.filehippo.com. Make sure you make a startup disk for the software in case your HD fails.

Mine also brought over ALL of the information. Gfizer, this is why I export each return to a jump drive as I am working on it. If you cannot access your files on your old computer, I have no clue. If you can, it is smooth as silk.

EaseUS to Do Free Backup software. I am using it on three computers with six alternating external drives. It works great and you can actually open and read the files on the backup disk. We tested a restore as well and it worked perfectly.

It sounds like a withdrawal from his Capital Account; which will not affect the bottom line as long as he didn't withdraw more than he put in originally. I doubt that he used the money to purchase more stock. If he is a 75% owner, it would not be a GP; but just a withdrawal. With Partnerships, you have to remember that Capital Accounts and the bottom line (Profit or Loss) are two totally separate things. The bottom line is what determines the Partners' income or loss. (I, just this morning) transferred $5000 from our personal funds into my husband's Partnership to cover checks that are being written this week. That will increase his Capital Account and have nothing to do with the P/L of the business. When, or if, he withdraws it; it will reduce his CA. (Or, if the Partnership has a loss on the bottom line; that will also decrease his CA)

Yes, I noticed that too. Did you have the feeling that their answers were correct or not? This subject is causing mass confusion.

In defense of ATX, I have to note that when I take a peek at the ATX Original Board; ATX reps are on there answering questions to the extent that I have never seen in all the years I have used the product. I spend very little time there because so many of the questions are from the new users asking for help with things that most of us have known for years. There don't seem to be a lot of tax questions; more along the line of software questions and the support gals are jumping right in there.

Yes, we could only hope! Nobody's making it easier, but nobody seems to totally understand it.

This is an awesome post. I cannot budge even one ounce. However, exercises to strengthen my bones have made my clothes fit much better and I feel so much better about myself. Would feel even better if I could lose 80 ounces.