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Malwarebytes and other things my IT guy understands but I don't.

There are wall mounts that adjust, swing out, etc. And, floor stands like the TVs I watch while on the elliptical machine at my gym. And, stands that clip onto a desk or shelf. Lots of ways to mount monitors.

I have two portrait for tax returns so I can get a whole page on the screen and a third landscape that has email on the right and Chrome on the left with tabs for message boards, email programs for my two largest biz clients, etc. I use the landscape to open Excel spreadsheets. I love three monitors.

Please don't laugh at me. I did that. My Dell fans kept breaking and overheating the computer and frying the motherboard and video card, and Dell argued before they'd send out a tech to replace the fans again and again. So, I brought out my small fan I bought for Appalachia Service Project and set it on the floor with the CPU, aiming at the area with the most faulty fan. I nursed it through the prior tax season that way. It bought me time until I was less busy and could accept the replacement they sent me and set it up. My feet and legs got really cold during that winter, because the computer and fan were on the floor under the "table" that reaches out from my desk. Lots of air circulating. But, not overheating with the fan sitting there. I'm all for free, low-tech solutions to high-tech problems.

Continuing Education

And, starting with them now, you know where they came from, where the numbers are coming from.

Aren't distributions from a Roth considered to be from the contributions first and, therefore, not taxable? Only after the taxpayer has taken out all their contributions and is finally taking out earnings do they have taxable distributions, right? Or does it change for converted amounts?

I ran it on my desktop. Disabled now. Then I ran it on my laptop. Some time back, the laptop upgraded itself to 10 but was waiting for a response from me. I did not Agree, so it went back to 7, very slowly. When I ran Never 10 on my laptop, it reported thousands of 10 files. One click and a couple of seconds, and all is gone. Thank you, thank you!

In my Nook, I can arrange by categories as I choose (although, it'll suggest, too) and search by title, author, how recently purchased, etc. The books are ours. Hubby uses the app on his iPhone, iPad, etc., to read also, but my iPhone screen doesn't work with my old eyes for prolonged reading. I have read from my desktop, though, when it's research for something I'm working on on my other monitors.

One nice thing about our Nooks, old as they are, is that everyone in our family can read the same books, even our grown daughter who doesn't live with us. (Hubby would buy a Nook and then hand it down to me when he wanted a newer one and then to our daughter as we handed down again.) When he buys a book or downloads a free book, magazine, whatever, we all have access to it.

We both have Nooks (Barnes & Noble) and love them. I bought an iPad Air thinking for travel. Used it for email but not for much serious work, even the spreadsheets that I thought I'd do on it. Now my husband is using it for his travel computer (mostly sitting in waiting rooms) and as a reader and email and internet and everything when he doesn't want to walk upstairs (it's hotter up there) to his desktop computer. Movies, too, and TV like UConn basketball games when I want to watch a TV show. He loves it and uses it all day/night long for all the various purposes. I continue with my large laptop for mobility and my desktop for work (home office) and my iPhone 6 Plus (the larger screen for my old eyes) when it's too much trouble to take my large laptop. So, I still take my Nook with me for reading and minor internet with it's larger screen than my iPhone 6 Plus. I looked at the Surface Pro and loved it, but then loved the Surface Book even more with it's larger screen, more USB ports, and substantial cover for both protection and privacy. A flat, light-weight laptop. I may order the Surface Book soon.

Thank you, to the most Normal guy I know. I clicked. It told me the update was Enabled even though I thought I'd done everything all of you recommended. I clicked to Disable. I guess all is good. I did NOT get anything saying I have Win10 files. Thanx for sharing. Going to go do this on my laptop now.

Limit QB copy for IRS audit My client is being audited by IRS- The agent wants an electronic version of the books - basically a copy of the QB file. Is it possible to limit the backup to only include the transactions relevant to the year being audited? We are trying to avoid a "fishing expedition" but also want to get this audit over with asap. Any suggestions? Asked byDEjan728 QuickBooks Accountant 2012 3 years ago Options RECOMMENDED ANSWER 1 person found this helpful Using your accountant's version, you can create a "period copy" including only the year being audited. File > Utilities > Condense Data. Remove transactions before and after the year needed. Was this answer helpful? Yes No Memere AllStar 3 years ago 1 comment Thank you!! DEjan728 3 years ago View more ANSWER Read in Help on "Period Copy." Also, look here: http://longforsuccess.com/2011/09/10/quickbooks-accountant-2012-create-a-period-copy/

Were the stocks sold before the divorce? If not, who received the proceeds?

I'm not a QB expert, but starting with about version 2012, QB has an option to carve out one or more years for this very reason, so you can give the IRS auditor the QB file for the year(s) he requested but no more. The IRS bought a bunch of QB licenses and trained some of their auditors in QB.

Yes, some of the IRS numbers answer into the evening, and many people stop calling by 5 p.m. or earlier thinking the IRS keeps normal office hours. Some of the more specialized numbers close by 5 p.m. But, I've had good luck in the evening. Also, early morning as I'm on the east coast (but I'm not a morning person).

Had a different client, prior year return, who received an IRS letter checking his identity. They caught a fraudulent return. Called CT, and they'd already removed the fraudulent return. Very quick. The two above, two months before any communication. One without any explanation even when getting through to a real person, just that refund will be mailed on a certain day. Other, no info available when speaking to a real person, just a letter that they will receive another letter 31 May. The retired guy was calling constantly.

My grown kids who make little in PA coal country had to send in copies of their 1095 forms (why? it was Medicaid. Doesn't the IRS have access to those?) and were finally told that they will receive an explanation 31 May of why their refund is being reduced by $500. Had a baby prematurely in November, so a refund for 2015. And, my first filer of the season, a little old man with SS and a tiny pension who's had the same amount w/h from SS for years and years just received his refund. I don't have any returns with less income than those two. Why doesn't the IRS chase people with huge refunds or big changes from year to year or SE income or the thieves that stole my SSN last year?!

On mine, the folders are after the individual programs, but Accessories is almost at the top of the folders. I hadn't kept it open for awhile, so did a Search for Sticky Notes and clicked on it when it showed up in the results. Handy little program. Thank you, John, for the reminder.

I'm happy that you're smart enough to not have to read in that the OP is a she and the brother is not a student and 25 matters for EIC with a QC (it does?) and just know all those things. I do not, and that's why I post. I'm not as smart as you and am trying to be educated and do not understand why you're being so snippy to me with your sarcastic Huh? and "file on his own" means Single (I file on my own and am married, so I do need to learn) and other pronouncements. If you're not going to explain why, then yell at me privately instead of in front of the whole group. Why are my questions to try to understand just hypotheticals, but your pronouncements are your skill at reading between the lines and are to be taken at "face value"? Yes, I saw the 2015, but if OP (I didn't know that Schiralli was a female name; I thought it was the last name of the CPA posting) is dealing with the living situation for the first time on the 2015 return, them maybe the sons lived with M&D for more than half the year or older son, if a student, is away for school, or.... If son graduated in May 2015 (I know that's hypothetical and you, of course, know the actual, but how will I know until you tell me?) and was injured months later as Ms. Schiralli said, then when did the boys move in together? I can understand some of what you say about QC vs. QR, but I don't understand things like why "boys are in their 20s...At that age, being a student or not wouldn't matter." I'm sorry my grasp of multiple generations doesn't measure up to your standards.

NOW in their 20's, without saying if he's asking for now/2016 or filing a prior year return and how long ago. At 20 or 21 or 22 or 23, being a student or not would matter a LOT if the older brother qualified as a QC of his parents, which is what the OP would like.

Sticky Notes. Or, maybe Windows Sticky Notes. Search on it. Drag it down to the bar, so they're always handy.

I know parents/anyone can't claim QR if same child can be QC of another. I was just stepping through the relationships/qualifications that others had brought up, some of which were still being disagreed on. I started with the OP which was exploring what's possible for the parents. Almost all is hypothetical without further facts from the OP. How old is the older brother? Is he a student? Is he married?

I used them in the past, but have gotten away from it. Don't remember why, though.

QR doesn't have to live with taxpayer. So, that helps parents take disabled child as QR. However, it's been stated that older brother qualifies to take younger brother as QC. Is that only because parents supported both sons, so disabled child did not pay more than half his own support? Brother is a relationship that qualifies for EIC. So, older brother can take dependency and EIC. Not HoH, though, as he doesn't pay at least half the upkeep of the house, right? If the disabled brother was older, do some of the answers change? For EIC, qualifying child must be younger than taxpayer. For QC, younger than taxpayer?