IRS Interactive Tax Assistant

[Lee B]

Now I know where to refer all those client questions to :

https://www.irs.gov/help/ita

 

[Gail in Virginia]

Maybe now that we can use FAQs as a source, the ITA will be a source and we can just ask it our questions instead of doing any research.  Easy-peasy, right??

[Lynn EA USTCP in Louisiana]

I just used it to help determine of an adult, disabled child is a dependent, and found it very useful.

Judy, perhaps this could be a 'pinned topic' ???

Thanks, Lynn

[Christian]

What was it Jackie Gleason used to say "Oh how sweeeeet it is". I ,of course, realize many of you do not know who he was. 

[Abby Normal]

On 1/4/2022 at 12:05 PM, cbslee said:

Now I know where to refer all those client questions to :

https://www.irs.gov/help/ita

 

It's one of the top links in the reddit tax forum:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tax/comments/3zf1bs/before_you_post_see_if_you_can_find_your_answer/

The IRS Tools is also helpful:

https://www.irs.gov/help/tools

As is this:

https://www.irs.gov/help/telephone-assistance

[BLACK BART]

On 1/4/2022 at 11:05 AM, cbslee said:

Now I know where to refer all those client questions to :

https://www.irs.gov/help/ita

 

Thanks for the tip, Lee. 

On 1/4/2022 at 11:57 PM, Christian said:

What was it Jackie Gleason used to say "Oh how sweeeeet it is". I ,of course, realize many of you do not know who he was. 

Actually, I think many here do. 

In a nod to marital bliss, I liked "How'd ya like a trip to the moon, Alice?" And another gem was sewer worker Art Carney's hope that his son would someday "wade in my footsteps". Come to think of it, our first house furniture and appliances somewhat resembled Ralph Kramden's apartment.  But, that aside, ... mmm ... wish somebody could bring back the old days. 

[Medlin Software, Dennis]

"one of these days...", and I am not even old enough to have seen this in second run showings. Perfect laugh for me today, on a typical Jan day for me when customers ask for help, then, despite getting accurate replies from the person who wrote the software, say I have no idea what I am talking about.  I know I am human, and vastly imperfect, but among customers, it is a rare bird who will even want to hear the issue could be the fingers on their keyboard, let alone even the hint of something other than a software error causing their issue.

For one of the above posts, if at all possible, dependents who are borderline independent, should have been swapped to independent for the stimulus - assuming mock calculations showed a profit over being dependent.  In the cases I deal with, they are disabled adult dependents, for which some moving income and expense timings can make the stimulus profitable.

 

[Terry D EA]

On 1/6/2022 at 11:13 AM, BLACK BART said:

Thanks for the tip, Lee. 

Actually, I think many here do. 

In a nod to marital bliss, I liked "How'd ya like a trip to the moon, Alice?" And another gem was sewer worker Art Carney's hope that his son would someday "wade in my footsteps". Come to think of it, our first house furniture and appliances somewhat resembled Ralph Kramden's apartment.  But, that aside, ... mmm ... wish somebody could bring back the old days. 

Yes, definitely bring back the good old days. I don't do the satellite or cable subscriptions to watch TV. Cust the cord many years ago. If you can get the ME TV Channel, they play a ton of the old shows. Spectrum has picked up this channel but mainly it is available on an antenna. I always watch Perry Mason twice a day and of course, he always wins. It is interesting to see the cast of characters who played on his show(s). Will never stop laughing at Tim Conway and Harvey Korman in the Carol Burnett show. Good old clean wholesome shows. Antenna TV is another one. For us, the antenna, a Roku stick with hulu and Philo for a total cost of about 35.00 per month works perfect. I digress.

[Lee B]

Would any of you suggest to one of your clients that they use the Interactive Tax Assistant?

Maybe not, that might reduce our fee income?