wjbjr[at]webtv.net (William=A0Brenner) observed:

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You're on the right track with "Just plain Bill." Remember
Showboat? The song's title was _Bill, and among the lyrics:
"You pass him on the street and hardly notice him ..."

Of course, another *Bill* would sniff that out. <g
Bill

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"Harlan Lunsford" <lunstax[at]bellsouth.net> wrote:
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Why didn't you check the web site? We didn't even bother
asking our clients we just checked the web site.

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an_ordinary_guy (Just plain Bill?) offered, in part:
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Exactly why one should not bet against it.

Bill

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Harlan Lunsford <lunstax[at]bellsouth.net> wrote:
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That was something completely different. The OP was
referring to the CTC. Nothing says they couldn't accelerate
some other tax cut and advance it to us.

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Harlan Lunsford wrote:

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You mean, the "Tax Preparers Full Employmnet Act"?

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We did except for the ones who were prepared enough to bring
us the notices they received.

We still had clients who got letters. Mostly because of a
change in dependent status that we were not made privy to.

Carol
What can one expect of a day that begins with getting out of bed.

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Michael S. Rosen wrote:
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For clarification, this was the second one time advance....."

Cheer$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA

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Paul A Thomas wrote:
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Gawd!!! I sure hope NOT.

Client is asked, "did you get an 800$ check for your two
kids last August"? "Yes". So return is prepared and
filed. Next comes the proverbial letter from IRS "We
changed your return..... " And client thinks I goofed?

And no need to tell me I COULD have checked the web site.

Don't you think congress could makes things "simpler"? Oh,
scratch that. I seem to remember some law in an earlier
year that was entitled 'Tax Simplication Act", or words to
that effect embedded in the title.

Cheer$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA

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This is Congress and who knows with them.

Carol
What can one expect of a day that begins with getting out of bed.

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God, I hope not. Actually, I don't see how they could since
the W-4 worksheets are geared to a $1,000 CTC.

Phil Marti
Topeka, KS

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Russell Greenlaw wrote:

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I doubt very much that there will be an advanced payment of
the child credit this year, it was a one shot pump prime
thing.

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greenlaw[at]iname.com (Russell Greenlaw) wrote:

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No, this was a one time advance because they pushed up the
timetable on increasing the child tax credit to $1000.

Mike

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greenlaw[at]iname.com posted:

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I have heard of no extant proposal to repeat the "advance"
distribution of Child Tax Credits. In fact, I would bet
against it strongly ... since it would be viewed as an
election-year "bribe" to families.

So you'll have to wait until filing time to take the full credit.

Bill

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Russell Greenlaw wrote:

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There's nothing in the law right now that would "prepay" the
increase in the credit again, so unless Congress were to
change the law you'll have to either wait until you file
your 2004 return *OR* simply adjust this year's withholding.

--
Ed Zollars, CPA
Phoenix, Arizona

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"Russell Greenlaw" <greenlaw[at]iname.com> wrote:

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I don't think they will do this again, but one never knows
what Congress may or may not do. We'll have to wait and
see.

Wayne Brasch, CPA, M. S. Taxation

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"Russell Greenlaw" <greenlaw[at]iname.com> wrote

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I doubt there will be any advance tax checks for 2004.

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Paul A. Thomas, CPA
Athens, Georgia
taxman at negia.net

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Does anoyone know if they are going to be doing this again
this year or are they going to just wait until filing time
next year?

Thanks,

Russell

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