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Thanks for looking that up. (I'm in the midst of an S-corporation dealing with a SEP.)

The SSA has their own time limits on including back payments on the tax payer's SS account. Check their website, but I think after three years the contributions are lost.

I haven't gotten around to ordering myself a new phone, but it's high on my to-do list. I'll let you know on here when my old one is up for grabs. We used to pass them down to our "kids" who are now grown and have phones from their jobs.

Yeah, 2018 has to be mailed.

3/15 of 2022 for 2022 returns? Or 2/15 of 2023 for 2022 returns like the partnership/s-corp return filing deadline?

3 open years, so 2019, 2020, and 2021.

That's exactly what I tell my clients. The IRS is broken.

Do you want my old iPhone 6 when I get a new phone?

Does MetroPCS have any "deals"?

CT is required and lowered the % of the pass-through credit. NY has opt-in deadlines, which I think they extended. Every state is a little different. If your partnership/S-corporation files in multiple states, you can have some complex computations to determine which PTE scenario works best for the partners/shareholders. Even more complicated/time-consuming if you're not the preparer for both the business AND all the partners/shareholders. This started out as a benefit to the partners/shareholders, but it's really a money-maker for the states. So more and more states are getting on board. We have to keep up.

Grandma met RitaB!

You can have a lot of fun for Halloween!

Measure out where the donut shop entrance needs to be so your round trip uses up the amount of calories in a donut.

If you like ProSystem fx, contact your sales rep. Put him/her to work getting you the best deal for the practice you have. Show him your UltraTax quote, and ask him to beat it. I have a combination of unlimited and pay-per-return to keep my price down.

TaxWise desktop has federal & state biz entities. Online didn't have biz for 2021. Check with them now for 2022.

I haven't used ATX in years, and I only demo'd Drake; I use ProSystem fx. I took several CCH webinars within the last year on various tax topics that were illustrated in TaxWise Online. I was impressed with the amount of functions TaxWise has, close to ProSystem. Demo ATX, but demo TaxWise also.

I get calls from CT CSS which, if accurate, would be CT's Child Support Services. It's on my biz line, so I picked up the first time. (I have some child/minor clients, parents going through divorces, and others that might need me to copy them on their W-2s/tax returns/whatever in my possession for some custody or whatever reasons.) Now I ignore it. My favorites, though, are the ones that spoof my own name.

Exhausted. And, looking at a stack of more extensions than I've ever done before. Depressed. Hard to get motivated. Clients are calling (I think every one of them thought their own returns would be completed 19 April.) Laundry, doctor check-ups, house check-ups (for example, need a new compressor before A/C season), trying to schedule seeing the grandkids plus grown kids' concerts, back on the liturgical assistant schedule for live church, some minor payroll things, taking tax classes, etc. I haven't e-filed a single return since 18 April. I guess I need a fun trip, but short trip so I don't worry more, before I'll enjoy life again!

Thank you all. You eased some of my stress.

DIL needs their joint returns ASAP to "reconfirm" Medicaid for their family of four. (I prepare their returns free, and would prefer to do them last, but...) Their H/W partnership (bakery/food truck/catering) received monies from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Anyone already researched the RRF and Taxes? Where do I go to start? Is there a Notice, Memo, Rev Proc, FAQs, anything in print? TYIA for any help.

Had a client a few years ago (well, they're still my client) who received an IRS letter that they owed $0. He called me. I told him it was probably rounding, to ignore it; the IRS would figure it out soon. He received a more forceful letter the next month asking for $0. So, he mailed them a check for $0. That was the end of that.

With a minimum penalty of $15-20, that client that owes $1.40 will get a bill for $21.40. Good for the state, but bad for our clients and for us. CT has a late filing fee of $50. My client who had a refund of $5 refused to file CT. (I was at HRB back then.) He received a bill for $45 = $50 penalty - $5 refund. CT makes it worth their while to send out letters!

Thanks! Apparently, Chrome started its update when I launched this morning; it was still counting up when I read this thread and looked. When it hit 100% updated, it told me to relaunch, which I did. "Chrome is up to date Version 101.0.4951.41 (Official Build) (64-bit)"

On another board not many days ago, a client who always uses/receives checks for income tax purposes, had a direct debit/deposit (can't remember which) this year without any banking information on her return. Client's on SS, so SSA would have her DD info. But the IRS?! And, was it here or another board, where the direct debit/deposit (think this was a deposit) landed in the taxpayer's business account instead of their joint account listed in their joint return? Don't think the accounts were even at the same bank.

Thank you Katherine. Client is still on hold with NY. Is opening a TAX.NY.GOV master account a quick and easy task? Maybe I should do that. Although, I can't open an e-Services account, because the IRS says there is "something in my account." They will not discuss it further with me, because they say my cell is NOT in my name (AT&T tells me it IS in my name, the bill is in my name, and I had it before I was married so whose name would it be in, anyway?!). I really hate governments.