NECPA in NEBRASKA

Tom, The Tower of London is first on my list. I am a huge history buff, so I can't wait to see all of the places that I've only read about. My sonhas been to several countries in Europe and is always amazed at the ancient buildings and sites, since out country is so young. We could end up in economy, but I won't mind, since it's standby. I never complain about the great benefits he receives from being a pilot. I hope that you all have a wonderful time. Bonnie

Abby, I would love to have LED lights. I have nasty tube lights above my desk in our lower level. I will have to ask my husband if there is any way to put recessed lights in the dropped ceiling in our basement.

Yes and I'm thrilled! My son just asked me a couple of days ago. I'm terrified to go on a flight that long, but London is tops on my bucket list. The plan is to leave after I get wrapped up with quarterly stuff with my son and his gf. It will be standby; hopefully on the direct flight out of Denver. He wants to try to get me over there and maybe even get business class. He has always managed to get business when he goes out of the country, but he is willing to fly all over to grab a seat and I just want the quickest way over there so I don't chicken out. It will just be for a few days, so I've got a bunch of travel books and Pinterest trying to find my most important tourist stops. He promised me that they will let me decide what to do, because this is his third time there and I think they only like to eat street food and drink.

I'm so sorry, Judy! I have lost several clients in the last few years and there will be more soon. I've had a lot of clients asking me how much longer I intend to work. I asked the last one if I looked really old or stressed and he just said that since he is in his late 70's and has known me for over 35 years that he was worried about finding someone new. I told him that I intend to work at least another 10 years until 70 as long as nothing else takes me out first or I win the lottery. I really hate to lose my older clients, because they have been so nice to me and really are like family. Replacing them with younger ones is just not the same.

Here is mine. It's pretty clean, because I just got back from taking my Mom to the ER. They kept her overnight for observation. She has an infection again since she had another cancer scope and picked up a stomach bug. I use my calculator all of the time and I have a locked up Rolodex with tons of info, like stupid password changes. I do use a password manager, but you never know when something stupid will happen. One cat is on the desk and another is behind me on a file cabinet waiting for the printer or shredder to come alive.

I have not had any questioned by the IRS when I have grouped a lot by casino as long as I have the fed ID#. It has been at least three years since I have done this and so far, so good. Thank Heavens, I only have a couple of customers that gamble that often.

Mine is not wacky, just annoying to me. HOH with a full time job that pays around$ 88K and also earns $40K through direct sales. One of her friends sells the same stuff with probably $200K in sales and a couple of other self employed businesses. He says that he and his wife don't pay any taxes, because they write off everything. She wanted to know what I was missing. I explained that we are using every legit write-off possible and that I have been for years and that next year there will be a new business deduction that will help decrease income tax only. I told her that if were legal to write EVERYTHING off, that I'm pretty sure that no one would pay any taxes. I hope that he was just blowing smoke up her rear or that he gets caught some day. She is pretty sure that he prepares his own taxes. Go figure!

I don't even know how to begin to adjust the withholding. I am just guessing at how much they will cut. I am not going to do w4s for everyone right now.

I already had a call from a client that had her net pay go up $100 and she is paid bi-weekly. She would owe so much money when she files. I told her to file a new W-4 and tried to figure out how much additional tax should be taken out from each paycheck. This just frosts me! I already have trouble getting my work done in a timely manner, so trying to help everyone with these extra computations and being ragged at makes me want to send Rita to Washington to hug all of them. I know that my small business owners will probably end up happier, but a lot of my elderly clients and middle class families are going to be big losers.

I have an old LaserJet 4200 and I love it. The toner is expensive, but I've found that the original toner works the best with this one. I wish that I had known about the duplexer when I bought it years ago. It's been a huge paper savings the last few years.

That's why they are still auditing. Apparently, the IRS is still collecting new tax each year.

I know that the schools here are remiss about common sense stuff that I learned. We had to fill out a short form by hand in personal finance many, many moons ago. We pretended to get married and set a budget, go to the store and price items. My "hubbie" and I almost got divorced in class, because I wanted a piano since I was going to have to leave mine at my Mom's. We learned how to balance checkbooks. I have run across very few young adults that know how to do much in the way of life skills, but they can use charge cards very well. One of my son's friends moved to Europe to try to escape his student loans. He borrowed and went on vacations with them. I'm embarrassed to admit that my son can fly a jet with dozens of people, but had no idea how to figure out how much postage to put on an envelope. I showed him how to use a scale and look it up. We tried to teach him common sense, but only part of it stuck. He is an amazing cook, just like his dad. It amazes me how many parents are still bringing in their 30 something's tax returns with theirs.

All of my 1099 ACKS are back now.

Thanks for the updates. I had to spend time today at my Mom's so I immediately update my premium MBAM before doing anything else.

I'm still doing payroll taxes and 1099's. I only have two individuals in house. I never get this worried this early. People are already making their appointments and I have received three calls today and one yesterday for client's that have dementia and other issues. I expected that this would be a difficult tax season with everybody wanting updates for 2018, but it looks like I may need to do a lot more work to pull together the information for some elderly clients. I don't even know how to help the gentleman that called today asking me if he paid his property taxes to me and to make sure that he didn't have to pay income taxes anymore. He has easily over $150K in income. His wife is in a nursing home already and I am so sad that he is on his own and I don't even know who to call. I obviously don't have the authority to call anyone. I may just have to go to his house in February and look for everything that he will need to give me.

This crap is another reason that I won't take clients from the Internet and if something comes from a client that I don't expect, I call them or email them before I open it. I don't trust much online anymore. The email that I used for PTIN before I opted out, is not one that my clients have.

I grew up in a small Iowa town and we really looked forward to going to Omaha to the redemption store for S & H green stamps. We (kids) thought that it was a long drive, but now it's a bedroom community for Omaha.

Payroll Compliance ReportingIncluding federal, state and local payroll formsE-file 94x series, 1099s, 1098s, W-2s and more for $1.50 per TIN This is what it shows on their website under Total Tax Office. My rep didn't warn me about this when I renewed. I hope that TIN means employer number.

Judy, That is very good advice. I will pass it to him. I know that he will take Lasix and heart meds twice a day. I do worry, because the vet that he is going to has a tv show on Animal Planet and is very busy. We have had a cat with CHF that we nursed along until he was 20 and one with kidney disease that made it to 21. If Hobbes has to move here to have constant care, I will need to check with our vet to make sure that our three rambunctious boys won't make him worse. If he has to come stay with us, at least that might push them to move back here sooner. Bonnie

This kind of stuff amazes me. I don't know how people think that they can or should get by with this stuff. I would never be able to sleep if I had knowingly done anything like that.

A new update on Hobbes-I was afraid to say anything. but Andrew took him to another vet Tuesday before he making a final decision and we are glad that he did. The vet said that he would try to save him by getting the fluid out of his lungs and trying some different heart medication. He improved some by yesterday and today he is eating a lot and they took him off of all oxygen. He won't live to a ripe, old age and maybe even just a few years, but it's something. He will need pills twice a day, so he will have to decide how to make sure that Hobbes is taken care of while he is flying. I just hope for him to have a happy life, since the first year that he lived on the streets was terrible. A lot of family and friends were praying and maybe it helped some. I am relieved and just hope for no more emergencies for awhile. Thanks, Bonnie

Update-Hobbes has severe Congestive Heart Failure. He's only 2, so the vet thinks that it was congenital and just didn't show until yesterday with a vengeance. He is not responding to medication and is still having a difficult time breathing. At least he got to go home and sleep with his favorite person. I wish that I could just jump on a plane today, but I really have to settle down and work. At least his girlfriend is there, so they won't be alone. We were hoping that Hobbes could come and live with us, but the vet thinks that he would only survive a few months with a lot of intervention. We've been super lucky to have had cats that lived into their 20's, so it really sucks to see this happen. Thanks everyone for your wishes and thoughts. The picture below is Hobbes in his Christmas gear. He always let Andrew dress him for any occasion! He was not necessarily happy about it.

Warning-I'm having a very sad day. I'm just now getting down to my office today. My son started messaging me at 5:30 AM that his cat was having a lot of trouble breathing and what should he do? He's in Denver, which just makes everything harder. Of course, this would happen on a holiday so the only choice was the emergency vet hospital. The cat is only two and has not had any problems since he rescued him a year ago. He has an amazing personality and loves my son to death. It was hard for him to move and leave our cats, so he looked all over until he found the perfect one. The short version is that it was horribly expensive and he could not afford to keep him there overnight, so he took him home this afternoon with steroids for a couple of weeks. His breathing was better, but still not good, so back again he went tonight. They gave him inhalation therapy and hope that this will push him into recovering. We are going to help him out, because he starts grad school next week while he's still flying for the airline and money is tight. I've been talking to him and crying with him most of the day. Unfortunately, I pretty much like animals more than most people and Hobbes is a wonderful cat. If this doesn't work, he probably has heart failure like my husband and we will all be devastated. Now I have to try to get my head back into working. I did at least get my corporation bookkeeping done last night, so that I can probably get it in on time.

I didn't even know that we had an accent here. I do say crick, instead of creek.

Whether it passes or not, I'm being inundated with calls and questions. I answer them with what is current law and what is proposed as of today. I already gave heads up to my business clients that use entertainment a lot, so that they would at least be aware of the possibility of a change as of 1/1/18. I was not aware of that proposed change until this weekend. If it does not pass, no harm done.