mcbreck

I used the Mozilla Suite (I came to it through using Netscape). When they brought out Firefox I downloaded it and have been using it since it debuted. I've used it with EFTPS every month since then without a problem. I have my EFTPS form telling me I signed up in 2002. I use one called The SeaMonkey Project for some things - wouldn't recommend it but it's really a spinoff open source Firefox. I use Edge for some work sites I'm required to have a citrix certificate to access.

How many emergency updates do you have to go through before you think maybe the product itself is the problem?

If you want to do real editing of the pdf data, you probably want their Editor software. What you can do is white out a section ( remove what is there) and then type over it. You can paste information from another source to add pages or information. If I want a real editor, I use a website to do that or generate raw from a Word type document. 99% of the time on a PDF all I want to do is type something in to add information / delete information or just highlight words for clients attention - signature lines. I can do that with their Reader version.

Foxit is downloadable. Occasionally (every month maybe) you'll get asked to upgrade to a different version, say no. I very much dislike Chrome so I don't use it or any of their extensions.

I use the free Foxit Reader and love it. You can edit / add text to any pdf for free. You can highlight areas to note where a client should sign.

I could be wrong but I think Windows XP was their most dramatic technical upgrade but Windows 8 caused the most perceived problems? I've never had a significant problem with any of the upgrades so I don't understand the fear people have. People always freaked out about Windows 8 but 8.1 was perfectly fine. I remember being in a conference call with a vendor and them yelling not to upgrade to 8.0 but we already had and their announcement that printers and software wouldn't work was completely false. People still hold onto that fear of 8.0 and note it on every upgrade. When I got out of college I was in a meeting and they were talking about upgrading to Windows software. Management was so completely shocked to learn that the PCs they'd been buying actually had 3.0 installed - they were just running MS-Dos because that's what their software vendors required. Windows 95 might have been the biggest leap because computers stopped using the DOS interface as the default.

Things like the Start button are a little different (pinned software has a different look) but I stopped thinking about it after a week.

If you are computer literate, it's available via torrents. If you are okay borrowing someone's disk to install, it's the same thing.

Had a client who had a lot of the same concerns about EFTPS. The more I tried to explain it to him, the more sure it was a government plot. I pay / file with coupons and physical forms on a lot of stuff but EFTPS just makes sense.

When you gift it like that, you also have (a lot of times) the non legally binding promise that it will never leave the family. If someone gets sick, you can then rent out the property but still keep it in the family. My nieces husband was gifted 50 acres from his grandfather because he wanted the grandson to work it and make a living off of it while he raised his family.

I'd question whether the reason for the paper file is because they are using non-professional / free tax software. There is a guy who produces a free excel spreadsheet tax return. I'd wonder if they aren't using something like that or Turbo Tax for individuals.

If this was the case, wouldn't the tax software automatically make such an adjustment? You don't get a benefit if you make all your distribution in the first quarter.

Edge and IE were both available in Windows 10. IE is not allowed in Windows 11. You can download it but it will not install and or run. I haven't had any problems with any software since switching and really don't see a significant difference. (I don't use ATX)

I just updated - no real problems. Internet Explorer is completely gone and replaced 100% with Edge. That seemed like a problem but you can use an IE Mode which met my requirements. I have several sites I visit that require IE and simply do not work with Edge but the mode designation for those sites works.

Yep - I don't even have a desktop adding machine anymore and haven't for 6-7 years.

I'm seriously considering renewing but the company just royally ticks me off. WHY do they advertise one price and then when you click on the website you find a $39 fee added on to process the order? What does it really cost them for me to download the software that they couldn't include in the pricing? Pathetic. I could understand charging more if I wanted a disk and physical copy of all documentation but if I request an electronic version it shouldn't be the same fee. Stuff like that just really ticks me off. I tried to register back when these fees were waived and the service person couldn't process my order. Then when I wanted to pay via check he told me the incorrect procedure. When he apologized he again gave me wrong information. Not exactly the type of service that drives me to want to use their product.