Lion EA

There are certain relationships that do NOT have to live with you to qualify. Is "child" one of those?

Thank you Mr. Normal !!

Does that mean I again have to do something on my desktop and on my laptop to keep Win10 from installing, or at least from nagging me incessantly?

Check to see if your E&O carrier has templates for you to use.

A big grin with a hug?

Check with your state law. Depending on how held, and if not a community property state, Jane's percentage could pass to her children while husband still owns his percentage. Cultivate a friendly, local lawyer.

Exactly. That's what he himself said. But, he did not understand what he said.

They'll have to drag out their purchase paperwork anyway to get closing costs that can be deductible, so see if the land is broken out there. If not, the tax assessor's office would have the breakout when they purchased the property, but maybe using a formulaic assessment instance of actual purchase price; use that ratio with their purchase price. Add the costs of leveling to land basis, right?

You stated your research showed you can elect to use COD to reduce the basis of depreciable property. I agree with that. Depreciable property.

Depreciable property.

I followed someone's instructions to stop that on my office desktop. Hadn't gotten to it on my laptop. Came in one morning with it shut down, because it was waiting for a response from me and hadn't had one all night. It had downloaded and installed Windows 10 and was waiting for me to accept Terms or something like that. I declined, so it uninstalled itself. Which took a long time but was worth the wait. I have a Share folder between the two computers, so do NOT want them on two different operating systems.

I get "card not present" emails on my biz card to report online purchases. But, that won't help when it's one of those cloned cards.

I emailed it without a personalized greeting, so it looks very auto-respondish. But, I jam up my mailbox when I put in an auto-response, because I have so many newsletters and junk that would get auto-responses, and then in turn I get their auto-responses to not respond to their auto mailbox address! I'm just going to cut/paste for now. Maybe set up an auto-response Sunday before we leave.

I don't think I've ever recommended that form before, because we all make mistakes. But, your buyer is the perfect use!

I love it, Judy! I copied it word for word and emailed it. I also added "We are on vacation and return to the office Tuesday 3 May." at the beginning. Maybe I should've said "well-deserved vacation." I think I'm going to make it my voice-mail greeting, also!

My text, call, AND email guy is still at it. When can we have it done for good? I haven't answered him yet. Leaving to visit my new granddaughter for the first time since Christmas on Sunday, so catching up with laundry. Going to postponed doctors' appointments yesterday and today. Colleague has surgery Thursday. Appalachia Service Project car wash fund raiser Saturday. Lay reader Sunday so have readings & introductions to prepare. How do I politely tell him I'm on vacation until May and then there are 16 people ahead of him? Or that I can't find my crystal ball?

Get this guy off the streets. Pass out to the complaining clients: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f14157.pdf

Seldom a KY return, but I'd see how the dissolution paperwork reads, probably found online at the Secretary of State's web site. The member may be signing that he has filed all tax returns, for instance. By the way, I'll be in KY in July with Appalachia Service Project. Won't know our counties until June.

Clients emailing today asking if I filed their tax returns. What do they owe? Duh, did I give you returns and have you sign? I e-filed extensions for you. And, you didn't give be enough information (or enough time) to determine how much you owe. That's why I gave you an extension form to mail in with a specific amount of payment based on your prior year balance due and 1Q ES payment. Well, most of them I don't explain, I just remind them that they had a form to mail with a payment. One was texting, calling, and emailing me at least three times/day for the last weeks to see if I'd filed his returns yet. Back on 22 March when he gave me his info, I told him he'd be on extension. Text, call, AND email at 8 p.m. last night. If he'd left me alone, I'd have completed a few more returns, maybe even gotten to his!!

Been there, done that. Discovered things a year later that were on auto renewal, but of course the card had been changed months before. Even thinking I wasn't saving card info with stores, it's amazing how many places I had to update. And, even with the card company removing charges, the vendors kept adding them back. We had at least three additional months of on and then off again before the charges stayed off. With police reports, etc., it was an astounding number of telephone calls over about a half year in each case. Hang in there!

I uninstalled it earlier today after reading this thread.

I think Rita and Catherine should publish their fee schedules for "consulting" for their fellow tax professionals. I think we all have a client by today for whom we would like to purchase a special service from Rita or Catherine.

Got a Reject for extensions for a new client, both her personal and partnership. Gotta print out paper and get to PO -- if PA accepts without a signature. Anyone here from PA know? Think that's all. Comparing the lists this morning.

If you don't think your guilt will dissolve with the end of tax season, then spend some time networking, renewing your old networks. Come up with about three names and telephone numbers you're comfortable giving out when clients call you to vent or for advice or whatever. And, then, take a deep breathe and follow Jack's advice! We know you did your best, plus bent over backwards to make it work.

As long as there is a disconnect between tax/calendar year and school year, we will have matching issues. Stupid. At least this client does have a paper trail. And, I have copies of everything as well as the mother/daughter having their originals back. All printed and ready for delivery/signatures/e-filing. Then on to extensions.