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Here is a link that I found for Iowa. http://www.state.ia.us/tax/forms/cgprop.html Here is a different link. http://www.state.ia.us/tax/1040EI/Line/07Line23.html Bonnie

I'm hoping that someone knows more about railroad employee compensation than I do. I've spent a lot of time trying to find an answer dealing with this, but I'm not sure that I'm doing this right. My stepson works on a railroad track crew. He is paid per diem and some travel on certain jobs that bid for. It says that it is non taxable on his pay stub and there is nothing on his W-2 showing it. He doesn't have to report expenses to the railroad. Other guys on his crew keep track of their miles and meals and deduct from their tax returns what is not covered by their per diems. They are not even out overnight. He commutes every day from his home and so do they. I haven't been using 2106 on his return. If he were gone overnight, I could understand taking meals. He doesn't have a house, so his deductions would have to be pretty high in order to itemize. Am I missing out on deductions for him? He has only worked there a few years and was in Iraq for more than a year so he probably didn't miss out on a lot of tax refund. If he worked for anyone else, I would think that he would have taxable income for anything not reported to his employer. Thanks for any ideas. Bonnie

We got out current one at the pound, also. He loves us to death and follows us around like a dog. The only person that can give him medicine is my husband. I don't stand a chance of surviving. We've got a chance to go to Florida for a week next June and the only thing holding us back is whether he will be OK wihout us for six nights. We really need to find a house sitter. He is so spoiled! We just came back from a four day trip and he was furious with my husband, even though we had someone with him every day for at least an hour or two. Our son misses him every night and has to call and leave him messages on the answering machine. The cat is 14, so it's pretty late to get him a buddy, but next time I'm getting two cats so that they can play with each other.

David, I've never found a way to do it. Maybe someone else has figured out a way. Bonnie

I will definitely try to charge extra. I just hope that this whole thing ends.

My attorney told me to go ahead and produce all of the copies, because all of the issues had been resolved. At least I will get paid for these. He requested a copy of the lawsuit, so that we have some idea what it is about and if it looks like I might be deposed. I hope that I'm finished with the whole thing, but I'm pretty unlucky, so it'll probably happen in the middle of tax season. Bonnie

The reboot fixed it. I don't know what was wrong.

I don't know what it happening, but when I tried to print a late 2006 most of the top of the form, such as 1120S, the form title and line 1 are all missing. When I opened the master form, it is all mangled. I tried to discard the form and replace it, but discard the master is greyed out. I have updated the form repeatedly and it is not changing. I must be losing my mind. I couldn't find anything in the knowledge base. Has this happened to anyone else's program? I opened an old one, and it is showing the same missing stuff. I guess I'll reboot and see if it helps anything. Thanks! Bonnie

I am doing what my attorney has told me to do. When the attorney corrects the subpoena, we will then comply with it. I have no intention of protecting my former clients. I don't think that they can be protected if this is a lawsuit regarding nonpayment of wages. I don't know what the lawsuit is about. I just want to stay out of it as much as possible.

My insurance company apparently has the same idea,about my not being a paid preparer. About a year after I fired them, the idiots wanted more copies of their returns. I called CNA and they also suggested that I tell them that I wasn't a paid preparer. I didn't do it, because I had read conflicting ideas on that. I only spoke to my attorney for a few minutes last week and I haven't received a new subpoena yet. She would have to change a bunch of them if they were all wrong.

My attorney called yesterday and said that I should ignore this subpoena, because it is invalid due to some stuff that the other attorney didn't do correctly. I guess it's good that CNA hired a good attorney, because he is going to call her and have her make the changes and resend it if she wants us to respond. She sent out a lot of subpoenas to banks and what I assume is the CPA they went to after I fired them. I'm surprised that the other attorneys didn't notice the mistakes. He was also surprised that my former client's attorney hadn't contacted me. He did say that when the subpoena is corrected, that I will send the copies and be paid for them. Then I suppose that they will drag me into the middle of this mess, which will really tick me off. I had hoped to never have to be around these people that screwed me out of $2,600 again. Yeah, I know that I was stupid to let them get so far behind, but they promised that they would pay me as soon as they got the business sold. Needless to say, they didn't sell the business and made no attempt to pay me at all. I will just hope that they settle. I am happy with the attorney that CNA hired for me , even though I was hoping to not need to use my liability insurance. I'll come back when something else happens. Bonnie

I will as soon as I hear anything.

CNA just called me and they are retaining an attorney to represent me and make sure that I don't say or do anything that I'm not supposed to. I was surprised, but they said that this is a service that they provide to their insureds. The attorney will call me and the other attorney. I'm doubt that the other attorney knows that I only prepared a few of the returns that they are looking for. I have no idea what happened after I let them go. I do feel better now, that an attorney will deal with them and let me know what to do. Thanks everyone for all of the advice. Bonnie

I've only had my work subpoenaed once in a divorce case, and he was still a client so I wasn't sure that I could release information with all of the new privacy rules. No, I definitely don't want to pay for an attorney unless I need to. Do I worry about my work? Not normally, but everybody seems to think that we have deep pockets. I just expected that the owner's would have to produce their own tax returns for discovery. I'm assuming that they have an attorney to fight whatever this case is about.

Thank you, Jainen. I feel a bit better that I should be reimbursed for copy fees. I would want to send a letter to my former clients to sign for release of the returns, because this will probably get nasty. This old employee ran one of their businesses for them and I don't know what is going on. I've been out of the loop for a couple of years. This subpoena is not from a judge, it is from the employee's attorney as part of discovery. I'm not sure why they are not asking my former client's for these tax returns, since they received several copies. If my insurance company tells me that I need to comply, then I will ask the attorney which kinds of tax returns she was requesting. Thanks again. Bonnie

I gave back all of the client's records that I had when I fired them. I also gave the clients numerous copies of the tax returns even though they weren't paid for. This is being subpoenaed by an attorney for one of their employees who is suing the owners.

I'm still waiting for a call from my insurance company, so I'm throwing this out there, because I am totally stressed about this. The subpoena came from an attorney for an employee of a corporation that I fired two years ago for non payment. The subpoena requests tax returns for the corporation, the owner's personal returns and partnership returns for a partnership that the husband and wife owned. It just says tax returns, so I don't know if it includes payroll tax returns for the corporation. I have no idea what the lawsuit is about, probably because they shut the doors on the corporation well after I fired them. I lost way too much money in the first place, because they had been good friends, just slow pay that turned to no pay. I just don't see why I should have to provide an employee with tax returns that weren't paid for in the first place. I wish that CNA would call me back and let me know if this is even legal. Does anyone know if someone will have to reimburse me for all of the copies and do I have to have the pwners' permission to divulge this information. If anyone has any thoughts, please let me know. Thank you. Bonnie

KC, I will keep Don and you in my prayers. I hope that he recovers very quickly. Bonnie

Linda, Congratulations! I hope everything goes well. It is so much fun being a grandma! We just wish that she lived closer. Bonnie

I can't believe that you didn't flame me for using the wrong form of their. I should have proofed it before I sent it. The reason that I haven't purchased the book is that I can't find anything that says that I have to spend $200 for a book that should mainly pertain to auditors. The ads say that it pertains to everyone, but I'm not seeing a lot of messages from our CPA society or hearing much buzz. I was just asking here, because I am a one person office and there are no practice management groups around here to learn anything from.

I keep getting phone calls and brochures for the new SQCS 7 that say that even if you just do compilations or reviews that this is new rule is going to change the way we keep our records and do business. OF course, then they want me to buy there books to show me what I have to do. I've managed to do some research, but haven't found much to tell me what I am going to have to do. I did find that it applies to your business if you are subject to peer review. I am not renewing my membership with them this summer, so that I won't have to go through another expensive peer review. I only prepare around 25 compilations a year. My state society will do a review every three years for free. How are anyone else handling this new rule? The NE board or society haven't published anything on this as of yet. I don't see how I can stay in business with all of these new rules coming at me from the IRS and AICPA. Thanks! Bonnie

Very funny! Thanks!

Tom, Your team was played great and looked like they were having a really good time! Looks to be a very nice bunch of boys! Congratulations! Bonnie

Tom, Most people don't think about Nebraska at all, so I'm not surprised that you didn't associate my screen name with it. They do remember us this time of year, and the Olympic Swim Trials start here next week. My son and I are working at them. It will be awesome! He's a swimmer here and was chosen to be a basket carrier for the swimmers, so he'll probably get some tv time. We're watching the game and rooting for your Dogs again! Blast it, Georgia tied it up. Bonnie

Tom. I know, Herscheiser is a jerk! I don't know why they can't get better commentators. Maybe he'll get stuck, because we now have urban and small stream flooding advisories. Parts of town have received two inches in an hour, and they expect the rain to last several more hours. Maybe they will take the night off and Fresno can get some rest. Georgia has had a lot of rest. It is very exciting to see a smaller. unranked school make it to the finals. Lots of the fans are pulling for them. Bonnie