Re: Advanced Job Scheduler

[Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you only have one W9 and no deductions, Turbo tax works fine.  But
anything more (like deductions, LLC, S or C Corp, etc) and you better pay a
professional.  Don't even THINK of trying to do your own taxes in that case.

I understand Aaron's frustration.  IBM has a very old and complex method
for purchasing anything from them.  That's why a BP is needed.  As a
middleman between you and IBM.

I just purchased a new IBM i and 8 years after getting my last one the
process was almost exactly the same... even the ugly printouts with all the
features, etc with the machine.  I received a package of the software via
UPS, then a couple weeks later the hardware.   But still no invoice.  I've
even ASKED where the invoice is so I can pay it and haven't heard back.

I signed up for ESS and it asked for my customer number.  I found at least
2 customer numbers on all the forms I got from IBM and none of them
worked.  Even online I couldn't find it.  One of the BPs I was working with
was able to supply it, though.  Another example of way too much complexity.

Just as a tax accountant is a middleman between you and the thiev... I mean
nice folks at the IRS, sometimes a BP is a necessary evil when dealing with
a huge company like IBM.

The simple solution for the IRS is simple (flat/fair tax).

The simple solution for IBM is the same.  Simplify!

But a simple solution is never simple to implement.

Brad
www.bvstools.com

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 8:50 AM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In principle, I agree with Aaron. Most people used to find it difficult to
> prepare tax returns, and faced risk of doing it wrong. Then along came
> Turbo Tax...
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