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Received an email from the IRS reminding me about renewing my PTIN, there is a question to see if you have met the 15hr of CPE, prorated for anyone passing the RTRP exam after 01/31/12, and towards the end of the application you get message refering to Cir. 230 and letting you know if need hours still. Anyone else renewed?

Closed without sanction and lack of jurisdiction

Does anyone here remember something called AOL?

Yes, but just imagine you are using Lotus123 from back in the day, someone here on the forum should give it a try and let other know how it works. My experience with Calc was terrible, I couldn't perform a sum, sort, add a decimal point and I am talking about simple stuff, so the next time I visited my client I took my laptop and used excel. Client eventually bought office.

Say good bye to the easiness of using excel, you are going to find it very difficult to sum up totals, create columns, etc.... almost made me want to cry when I couldn't perform those simple tasks.

Tom, you might of pickup the last copies, checked out the website today and it only shows the download version.

PM on it's way

Not what I am recommending to you, I will send you PM with more details.

Hello Tom, do you have any children in college or know someone who does? Have them check for you, they have the best deals. Marco

Same office, but not exactly, I posted the attachment in a new topic.

From the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), these are the number of disciplined attorneys, CPAs, EAs, etc..... for calendar year 2011. The numbers are very low for the amount of preparers out there. See attachment, page 4 slide #1. MAS<p class="ipsLikeBar right clearfix" id="rep_post_68293"> OPR 2011 Discipline Results.pdf

Attachment failed, is there a way to upload it again? MAS

Disregard this thread, attachment failed. MAS

They are probably working on their tax return, geesh I haven't started on mine yet :(

Maybe it's the same email I received, I only read the first lines stating that I had sent XXX number of efile for 2011. But I don't think it's the IRS disclosing this information, it's probably ATX or the company that transmits the returns electronically, nothing ilegal about that, companys always sell email addresses or data.

Just wanted to share these great articles on foreclosure/short-sale reporting, worth reading. http://www.fogelcpa.com/Pages/TaxArticles.aspx MAS

Just wonder, what do you charge your clients if a check is returned? $15, $25 $50?

My condolences to you and your family.

Lets say you sell widgets, and you want to sell them to employees/guests of a non-profit organization at their annual benefit event. The organization cannot accept a fee "wink wink" but they would gladly accept a monetery contribution and allow you to come in the event and sell. You make a couple of sales and when you come in to see your tax preparer, you tell him/her, I had to make theses contributions in order to sell my widgets..... your checks are made to the non-profit organization and are memo as Contribution. Taking them as a contribution or a fee will have different effects on your tax return (1120S), contribution will be reported on K-1 and itemized on Sch A or writing it off as a fee on the 1120S, which one would be the correct based on the scenario? This is probably the best explanation of a widget http://youtu.be/YlVDGmjz7eM

Does anyone here have a sample paragraph (treating all properties as one) to include on a tax return? Thanks MAS

Congrats, now don't you think it was easy?

Land and Buildings If you buy buildings and the land on which they stand for a lump sum, allocate the basis of the property among the land and the buildings so you can figure the depreciation allowable on the buildings. Figure the basis of each asset by multiplying the lump sum by a fraction. The numerator is the FMV of that asset and the denominator is the FMV of the whole property at the time of purchase. If you are not certain of the FMV of the land and buildings, you can allocate the basis based on their assessed values for real estate tax purposes. Demolition of building. Add demolition costs and other losses incurred for the demolition of any building to the basis of the land on which the demolished building was located. Do not claim the costs as a current deduction. Modification of building. A modification of a building will not be treated as a demolition if the following conditions are satisfied. 75 percent or more of the existing external walls of the building are retained in place as internal or external walls, and 75 percent or more of the existing internal structural framework of the building is retained in place. If the building is a certified historic structure, the modification must also be part of a certified rehabilitation. If these conditions are met, add the costs of the modifications to the basis of the building.

If you rent wouldnt this be your basis: Land 150K FMV Building 100K Demolition. 20K Construction 400K So your depreciation basis would be 520K.

Hello John, I had no problem, everything seems to alined for Form 1041 and K-1 for 2011. I can't seem to find the paper clip to upload the pdf, I can email it to you if you wish, but I would need your email address. Marco

What form number are you trying to print? Maybe I can try on my end to see if it prints out correctly. MAS