Medlin Software, Dennis

April 2020 article: Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and US Bank were sued Sunday for allegedly failing to process forgivable loans in the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) on a first-come first-served basis.

Hard to imagine such a case does not already exist. With no $ penalty to the plaintiff (too many will take contingency cases, throw the laundry up and see if anything sticks), our system is not as clean as it could be. I was sued because a driver with no insurance, registration, or license, left a driveway, crossed two sets of double yellows, and hit me in the SIDE. The insurer paid them $1,000 to go away. Wold have cost more to defend, even though it was tough to believe I had any change of losing. That's the thing, the defendants are stuck defending, since the plaintiff has zero risk. I have no solution, can;t defend on contingency, can't seem to pass any reform to have plaintiff liable on their face, not many sue plaintiffs to recover defense costs. Just like charge card fees, we all pay...

Back then, no one was an expert at the new offerings. And the ERC rules changed after the fact! Whatever the outcome, the employer is still responsible for the lack of effort. Same as the employer being responsible for taxes even they have someone else manage their deposits. Maybe they win negligence of some sort. Likely settled by the insurer though

Likely a more accurate process than those who blanket send 1099's, even to those exempted by rule. I used to get asked for TIN info from customers, even though they will not cross the 600 threshold. When I declined to cooperate, they would usually say it was their policy to send to all, rather than spend time doing it properly. For me, the K form is one more chance to revisit what the card processors grab from me every year (their thin slice, plus covering the cost of the "rewards").

Thank you. I had seen it before, but since my perspective is on the employer, it never "sticks" in my memory. The entire issue of remote employees, or even not disallowing employees to check email (for instance) away from an approved location or outside of allowed hours, is something most ignore. The risks are very real, and costly if ignored. One state recently clarified their policy is essentially they will ignore the situation until over 20 days worked in their state in a year. BUT, this sort of thing is helps employers ignore the fact that taxation and domicile have zip to do with nexus for all other reasons, such as worker's comp. While an employer cannot prevent nexus issues (cannot chain employees to approved work locations), they can and should have work rules which make unapproved time and location against the work rules.

Not sure on the military rules. But, for the employer, they essentially open an office wherever the employee physically works from. It is an added expense, double reports, etc. the military exemptions may be regarding to the employee’s personal return, and likely does not change what the employer has to do. Mybisial advice is to keep it simple employer considers all work at locations as if the employer opened shop there. I also caution about creating employer protective work rules, such as setting hard work hours, for not working at pre approved locations, such as not at a coffee shop, etc. Another one to consider is mo kids or pets in the work space during work hours, and good time clock reporting, with in and outs every time the employee leaves the designated work space. For mobile employees, there may be different rules based on location worked and number of days. When we travel, I make sure not to cause nexus in any other state.

Look for specialists in representing the male spouse. There is a difference between sharks for the dad and for the mom.

With the courts offering electronic filing and video appearance, no need to limit to a local JD office. Maybe a wider search within the state. A big office which also has accountants and counselor references? Look at the state bar web site, for specialty listings. Find a few, and see who responds timely, and how they respond. I really wanted to use a certain office for a certain specialty, but they were glacial in response time, even through their app messaging system. Another method is to find someone via friends or other references, and ask them for a reference near your son. Also, the local legal aid office should have references, or a sliding scale service for the items which need to be done sooner, where specialty may not be needed. The local family court likely has a web site with good information, such as their particular process. Much of the starting stuff can be self done, or with a legal secretary or similar, reviewing before submission.

Sorry for the issue, and best wishes for all going forward. Without research, and based only on my experiences, keep it simple. For both, copies of all pertinent data, scrubbed if desired, and a note of no further services. If you have already provided the latest info, then stop providing more, such as providing copies. They can get their own from the tax agencies. Unless your service agreement provides you are their file cabinet and you agreed to provide copies on demand when they did not keep/manage their own. Why no further services for either? Grandchildren. If you take any side, other than the grandchildren's, you and the grandchildren will lose. There is no way to not take a side if you continue to offer services for either. The parents are adults, and do not "need" you. Your grandchildren do need you, especially now. The BEST thing for the grandchildren is, even if you must be the one, suggest/setup one of the "communication" services/apps which many family courts suggest/require. Grandparents can be looped in as well. The logging aspect helps prevent communication errors, omissions, and reduces conflicts.

Indeed, for many, change is not inevitable, it is bad, never to be thought of. I just had someone ask why we no longer print the full SSN on pay stubs, and no longer print it in other places not required. Seems to be employee driven complaints, when they come across a lousy lender who believes a stub is proof of income (back to the junk mortgage days I guess).

CODB. Always interesting. I have customers who do not plan on, or say they can't afford, to keep current. Had someone today, ask if they could get a discount as they were trying to save $3500 by doing their own accounting (scary, go in house to think thy will save $3500, need a discount on a $75 item - likely has little or no accounting training). Another having issues because they have not updated in more than 20 years. My all time confusing one was someone who wanted to get out 10 paychecks in the next few moments, but at the time of needing an update, said they could not afford the then $65 fee for several months. Or another topper, someone preparing payroll for others complaining that I no longer allow them to use W7, which can no longer considered safe for anyone caring tor data which needs to be kept secure. As an aside, do any of your clients ask about the safety of their data? meaning, do any ask if you are compliant with the IRS (I think it was the IRS) regs about doing things such as using a current OS?

Contrary thought. Note the part about aims to sell or market. ”The distinction is important because software capitalization requirements are different between the two. For software that the organization aims to sell or market, most (if not all) of the development cost is expensed as incurred. For software that the organization will deliver as a service, on the other hand, much of the development cost will likely have to be capitalized. Although these guidelines seem straightforward enough, the timing of a shift from on-premises to cloud delivery may not always be clear.”

How would you value the unsold software? It is not something sitting on a shelf. Exception if the party is a reseller of some sort and bought a certain number of licenses. What if the client only compiles the software as needed? What if there is an update, how do you handle the now spoiled inventory of software never compiled or sold? Compare to you being able to perform x number of returns per year. Are those inventoried? Just another viewpoint. For instances: I may have more than one revision in a day, and some revisions which are never licensed. Moat software is licensed, not sold. Ownership is rarely transferred. Exception might be made for custom software, but that would likely be for hire, not created and held for later sale. Compare to a bakery. Is there inventory of yet unsold products? No. The supplies are inventory, not the goods made from the supplies.

I have casted to tv. But for me, when I need larger, I use a tablet.

"All connections are protected with TLS and 256-bit AES encryption. Splashtop also comes with top security features including device authentication and two-factor authentication. Plus, Splashtop’s cutting-edge infrastructure provides a secure computing environment with advanced intrusion prevention and firewalls at multiple layers." In simple form, you control your end's security by using a secure connection, such as firewall, router, and other items. ST will secure the communication between, and your client approves the access, so you are good. Me? I also use a firewalla box to allow redundant connections, and gain security functions on my end. Being able to use a phone to "run" a desktop/laptop is very freeing. Some will say it chains you to work, but I say it frees one to work from anywhere. Couples with multiple cell carriers and starlink, I do work from anywhere. My most favorite is processing orders while dining in a hall on Ellis Island. I imagined those who came through before, being amazed at the progress.

You may find you use it more than you think. I have a main computer and a couple of backups. To access the main, I can use my phone (like now) as it I were sitting at the main. I can access any of the backups from any other computer. My main happens to be upstairs, and I don't always want to walk upstairs (or get our of the pool or hot tub!) for something I can easily do remotely. Similar for traveling, I bring my main, but I can leave the main securely locked up and access remotely, and I can access my backups if the main were to fail or walk away. I am about to switch to a new main, and while the bulk of the file transfer is done via direct connection, there are always remnants I find over the next several months, which are easily moved via ST... The ease of the other party to allow the connection, and watch what you do, works well for me when I need to provide remote support

Splashtop is what I use. I was an early adopter. IIRC, the developers formerly worked for one of the 800lb providers, the ones with the 1k plus fee. They elected a pay as you go (annual) fee rather than the large one time per version fee. Practical issues. The connection process is easy. The display or displays on the remote end are good. Security is good as well.

As we are doing, it is a good idea to review your personal estate plan, to make sure your wishes are known, and to try to make it as easy as possible for those who survive.

Will happen more often in CA, estate sales, because of our Prop 19... Sold my grandparents home recently. Bought in '69. Had a $70 lien on it for treatment at a county hospital in '71. No interest was charged! Had there not been a requirement for one of the heirs to reside there, we would have likely kept it. It was one of the last in it's development still a residence. The property was split by Hwy99 decades ago, and on both sides of the freeway, it became commercial usage. The new owners have done what the neighbors did, gut, then remodel for a construction office (electricians in this case). I suspect, now that CA has such a rule in place, those who benefit will try to repeat in other states.

Safety features are worth it. We have a newer Jeep GC with all the bells and whistles. The lane assist is fun-ish, but the auto cruise is what I use most. Not perfect, as it can brake incorrectly on certain curves, but it is better to stop when not needed than too late. Thankfully, the platform was well vetted, shared with many other vehicles, so nothing major newly untested. I was a bit reluctant, given my racing history, to believe I needed assistance, but I gave in to age... But, we have a TJ Wrangler with nothing more than belts and bags, and is a manual, we have with door and top off for "fun" driving. If Ford ever gets enough Mavericks so we can actually test one, we would likely trade the GC for the Maverick, to get the hybrid. The platform is shared with other models, so like our GC, it is relatively well tested. We are a but limited in what we buy as it needs to be able to be flat towed behind our MH. And I do not like the latest and newest, I want something shared across models, and at least a year into their run.

As others have said here in the past, there is zero point in spending time on a proposal until signed into law...

Heads up. NYS is giving eligible employees a bonus. Catch? it goes through payroll, but is not subject to NYS or NY local taxes. <Vent> I can see employers handling it incorrectly, and including the amount in taxable wages for NYS and NY locals, and maybe even withholding on the bonus, with employees and preparers having to fix. Employers have to apply for the money, then pay it out when received from NY. Hard to imagine something more complicated. To me, would have been more sensible to give a tax credit, but then again, their method relies on employers doing the verification, payments, paperwork, for free. Just like the Covid PTO was "no cost" to employers (ha)... </Vent>

Patience. It will work out. Other than the additional time you will spend, as long as deposits were timely received, there should be no problem. Returning the check makes sense, to reduce the chance or underpayment dunning. My customers get notices, usually referring to deposits, where something was applied incorrectly (by the employer or the IRS). Same for forms which were never received, even though there is proof of filing/mailing/receipt. This is one of the reasons I encourage all employers to make deposits every payroll, even if they are not required to. If an employer needs to "use" the trust funds for operation, they need to resolve that issue anyway, or they are already on the verge of ceasing to exist. Also, to never ask for funds to be applied, always wait for a refund. How over payments get applied can be as random as how payments get applied... Waiting for a refund check takes zero effort.

It is not unusual to have one physical printer, and many "printers" to select from in Windows. For instance, one preset for normal printing, one preset for draft, one preset for double sided, etc. The biggest issue with printing in Windows are "remnants" in the Windows Registry (see above). Windows can and will "substitute" whatever selections and settings it thinks match what you are "asking", even if not exactly what you intended.

Looks like the verbiage for support test, and the residency time was changed, possibly in 2005. Better news for foster parents. Our first foster arrived in 88… foster failed twice . Stopped actively fostering after 20 years, but we will still do respite in special cases.