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[BulldogTom]

Hope you all had a good season.   

Tom
Longview, TX

[Tax Prep by Deb]

I wish I could say I was done, I had close to 20 that still didn't bring me their work.  Looks like I will be still working for a while.  Have a great rest of the year everyone!

[jklcpa]

I am still waiting on one client that hasn't given me anything directly. What I do have is what I got from the year end W-2 runs from his company's payroll processor and the 1099s directly from his broker for just a few of his many investment accounts. I've had all of that since Feb or March and that part was input long ago. All of the missing stuff, he handles himself! 

I'm really tired of beating my head against a wall every time I try to get some data. I can't even work on it. 

[NECPA in NEBRASKA]

When I finally get done, it will be for the last time, except for my future returns and a couple of family freebies. Our house got flooded on 10/1 from a water line break under our kitchen sink. My downstairs (including my office) is down to the studs and all of the rooms upstairs except for the bedrooms and bathrooms lost their flooring, furniture, tons of drywall. We were fortunate that our son had come in the night before to help us get ready to sell the house. LOL. I could barely go up and down the stairs after my knee replacement so he got my desktop and monitors first thing before the water could get inside my desk or ruin them. Insurance had a restoration company and awesome packing company over that day. They were pulling stuff out of cabinets and drawers and putting them in boxes so that everything could be moved into the garage, upstairs, trashed or stored until we get the house fixed. It sucks, but I just look at the natural disasters and am glad that we still have our pets. Belongings can be replaced and I've got all of my files. Even my Scansnap worked again after we poured out the water and let it dry for a few days. I could finally get some work done after I had my IT people come over and set up a different network upstairs. The most difficult thing was letting my piano go and all of my music. It was a birthday gift for my mom and me when I was 7. I am still in considerable pain from my knee replacement and that hasn't helped at all. My therapists tell me to keep my knee above my heart which makes it very tough to get anything done. If my surgeon hadn't told me that I could go back to work in a couple of weeks, I would have put this off until next year. 

Now I just have to finish up the stragglers and clients that were already way behind. We were going to put the house on the market in December and hope to be in Colorado by February. Now, we just don't know how long it will take to restore. At least the kitchen will be brand new for the buyers. The baby is due in March and I don't want to be this far away if he comes early. They already asked me to help out with daycare and I am tickled pink. 

I appreciate all of the support from this website over the many years. I will lurk around unless you kick me out. It will be such a relief to get this year over. It's been a terrible struggle for so many reasons. If anybody knows good doctors around Denver, please let me know. Specifically cardiologists and Pulmonary Medicine for my husband. I am also researching on the Internet.

Thanks,

Bonnie

[schirallicpa]

My router died on me yesterday.  Spectrum.  We know a guy and he knew a guy and tech service came and replaced the router around 4:30pm.  I had 1 return left to send.  

And can you believe it rejected because we needed a damn PIN.  It was 6:45 when I got the rejection and called the client.  They called the IRS and I went home.  At 9pm she finally got an answer, and I sent the efile this morning.  Hopefully we can waive the penalty because we did attempt to file on time.  (Although it did kinda serve them right - afterall, I had had the return done since June and they didn't want to pay the tax.) 

[Lee B]

Bonnie, what you have endured the last several years is mind boggling.

I wish you and your family the very best.

[mcb39]

11 hours ago, NECPA in NEBRASKA said:

When I finally get done, it will be for the last time, except for my future returns and a couple of family freebies. Our house got flooded on 10/1 from a water line break under our kitchen sink. My downstairs (including my office) is down to the studs and all of the rooms upstairs except for the bedrooms and bathrooms lost their flooring, furniture, tons of drywall. We were fortunate that our son had come in the night before to help us get ready to sell the house. LOL. I could barely go up and down the stairs after my knee replacement so he got my desktop and monitors first thing before the water could get inside my desk or ruin them. Insurance had a restoration company and awesome packing company over that day. They were pulling stuff out of cabinets and drawers and putting them in boxes so that everything could be moved into the garage, upstairs, trashed or stored until we get the house fixed. It sucks, but I just look at the natural disasters and am glad that we still have our pets. Belongings can be replaced and I've got all of my files. Even my Scansnap worked again after we poured out the water and let it dry for a few days. I could finally get some work done after I had my IT people come over and set up a different network upstairs. The most difficult thing was letting my piano go and all of my music. It was a birthday gift for my mom and me when I was 7. I am still in considerable pain from my knee replacement and that hasn't helped at all. My therapists tell me to keep my knee above my heart which makes it very tough to get anything done. If my surgeon hadn't told me that I could go back to work in a couple of weeks, I would have put this off until next year. 

Now I just have to finish up the stragglers and clients that were already way behind. We were going to put the house on the market in December and hope to be in Colorado by February. Now, we just don't know how long it will take to restore. At least the kitchen will be brand new for the buyers. The baby is due in March and I don't want to be this far away if he comes early. They already asked me to help out with daycare and I am tickled pink. 

I appreciate all of the support from this website over the many years. I will lurk around unless you kick me out. It will be such a relief to get this year over. It's been a terrible struggle for so many reasons. If anybody knows good doctors around Denver, please let me know. Specifically cardiologists and Pulmonary Medicine for my husband. I am also researching on the Internet.

Thanks,

Bonnie

I had the same experience several years ago.  Came home from work and water line under the sink had blown and I walked in ankle deep water to the phone, which; of course, didn't work.  Pretty much the same scenario as you except that by then I had moved my office upstairs.  We worked until well past midnight getting stuff out of the basement and into a dumpster.  I, also, got a new kitchen, but I had to pay for the upper cabinets as the water didn't touch them.  I made a deal with the Insurance Co for a settlement.  I had enough clients in all different phases of construction so I took the settlement and contracted the work out to my clients.  Pretty much a nightmare, but so much better than what we are seeing in the South right now.  

Good luck to you going forward.  I just remember being really tired for a long, long time.

[Catherine]

Bonnie, @NECPA in NEBRASKA my heart goes out to you and I'll keep you in my prayers. Lurk for as many years as you wish, or disappear in a few weeks, as seems good to you. You can always get sympathy here, and advice for those family returns, and more. 

[mcbreck]

I had an unknown lady call and leave a message that she wanted me to call her back - she called on Monday evening. I ignored the call as I was busy, the caller ID just said it was a wireless number, every other word was garbled on her message and I thought it was a scam. She called yesterday late afternoon and acted all high and mighty that I hadn't returned her call promptly.

[jiji778]

7 hours ago, mcbreck said:

I had an unknown lady call and leave a message that she wanted me to call her back - she called on Monday evening. I ignored the call as I was busy, the caller ID just said it was a wireless number, every other word was garbled on her message and I thought it was a scam. She called yesterday late afternoon and acted all high and mighty that I hadn't returned her call promptly.

Yeah, I would’ve ignored it too. People can be so entitled sometimes.