The tax prep lament, rant, brag, and help thread.
I'll start...
The Lament - Pain in the neck as usual.
The Rant - PayPal should be shot. They used to be easy. The old days of just easily displaying an ASCII report and pasting it into a spreadsheet are gone.
The Brag - I had only intended to just start my taxes this morning. But I ended up totally completing Schedules C and SE. Happy Camper Day. Next is figuring out the worthy Earned Income Credit.
The Help - Start early; obstructions abound.
As to PayPal... Once done dealing with the report generator date range, download "all activity" as tab-delimited. Then just click on the downloaded file. Highlight and past into spreadsheet; everything will nicely parse out. Sort by types. Then can Sum the Payments Received (or whatever).
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If this thread doesn't disappear into oblivion, maybe it can be our community tax thread this year; or not. Hopefully, folks can ask questions and get answers here . And by all means do brag, rant, and lament as well.
Speaking of Q&A... No, you will not get 1099's or whatever from HubPages, PayPal, etc.
The Lament - And so it goes...
The Rant - G@d d@mned Adobe. Went to proof and print page 2 of the 1040. All the G@d d@mned data was gone! I have loathed Adobe for years for more reasons than I can count. Now this.
The Brag - Fortunately, I'd already printed everything else after a couple days. The only page I will have to redo is just the one.
The Help - The IRS uses adobe. When you have completed the form, proof and print the sucker right then and there. Even though your work has previously been there alive and well for days, that is no guarantee the data won't suddenly disappear the next time you bring up the form; Adobe is Adobe.
As to help, here is another interesting note...
The IRS can, does, and will routinely change the amount you have written on your payment check when they happen to disagree with your calculations. Their stated reason is to avoid all the additional procedures and correspondence to get whatever the problem is straightened out. Unfortunately, for those of us who live on the edge, this could result in all your other checks bouncing, along with the resulting fees from your bank and intended check recipients.
So, when practical, pay using a money order.
And if anybody here even thinks about defending or making excuses for Adobe, consider yourself shot in advance.
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