Discussion:No can read?

I wasn't totally in favor of it when it was done, but I do believe once a stop sign is in place, people shouldn't drive through it.

Mike G., EA

AGAIN and always...I state that if you don't want to answer it, then don't. Why read it and respond if you think it is not worth responding to? Yes, you can point them to the search on the screen and that is responding. If you want to answer, then answer, if not...then simply do not respond.

The question may be coming from someone who is trying to find the right avenue to ask....could be just free advice and will then take it on their own...either way you have helped another person...

AGAIN OFF MY SOAPBOX

And I very frankly told him exactly what I expressed publicly on this board. Since he wrote to me privately, I cannot publicly disclose certain facts he did give me. He's apparently content that he's put the change in regarding professional status checkoff only on the Tax forum. He doesn't wish to do it to the Accounting Forum.

I also informed him of my belief that since Intuit has attempted to satify both the public as well as the tax professionals simultaneously (since they've produced different products) it's difficult accomplish both parties simultaneously.

So, unfortunately, I don't see things changing on this board.

Much like Microsoft, Google, EBay and others, the developers obviously are intelligent and able to market to the entire world...great!!

But I still believe that the DIY person who is using TurboTax and has a question comes here for advice; they may then seem to be over their heads and will take the idea to go to a professional to get their taxes or accounting done. So if Intuit sends a DIY our way and we can then respond kindly by telling them they really need to look for professional help, then perhaps we have done a service.

If we don't like the way it is open to the public, then we can choose not be a member any longer or we can simply leave the question posed alone. To ostracize the DIY person is not helping anyone or anything...we will then have a forum only for professionals. If that is what everyone wants, then I am certain Intuit can have a fee based system so that only professionals will need apply. I like it the way it is myself. It is a free service and both pros and DIY alike can benefit....

Just my two cents worth...it is Colts/Patriots today!!! hehe

The free online tax research resource and community for tax professionals.

Now- isn't that a lot of crap?

We practitioners who purchase Intuit's products-whether it be Proseries, Lacerte, or Quickbooks - or a combination of those -PAY FOR THIS SITE

Note that I am being nice in that I am giving John Doe credit for searching our database, which is Step One before asking a question.

If 'professionals' ignore our instructions, why shouldn't DIYs?

btw: any chance that Aunty Em is Uncle Sam's spouse, or is she on this board looking for Dorothy?

If the goal is to keep people out who aren't trained tax preparation professionals, you should probably make the question a little more exclusive and even consider a closed forum. Obviously this wouldn't be advantageous to me, but I can understand if people want to know they are only interacting with people who are trained in tax matters.

Best thing would be a private forum, not everybody can see it. Could be invite only, with a couple of the biggest whiners as charter members in charge of sending out the signal to the moderator on who to let in and who to keep out. Someplace where the fussy old ladies can go sit and watch and gossip and complain.

I use alot of free internet services such as message boards on various topics (taxation, soccer officiating, photography) and email (yahoo, hotmail). There are a few drawbacks to all of those but the bottom line is I don't have to pay to use them so I don't care about some pop-up ads or some spam email. Since I don't have to pay a subscription fee to use taxalmanac or provide my Intuit products serial numbers to get in I don't care about some DIYs asking questions. They are simply very easy to ignore if I don't want to answer.

This is a very good website, and Tim works very hard to keep it that way. Minor drawbacks should not be blown up into major controversies.

i enjoy answering questions if i know the answer. it's a good feeling and in the long run only keeps us sharp on our skills. plus, we have all been the beneficiaries of someone helping us with no strings attached so why not give back? in the end, good deeds will come back our way in return.

Yes-In part I'll agree with that. But also, there's a site for Turbotax users: http://support.turbotax.intuit.com/cgi-bin/turbotax.cfg/php/enduser/home.php?ip_seltab=9&p_sid=sLL8I3Qi

Because we as tax professionals use Intuit products, aren't we also subsidizing Turbotax's site also?

Thanks!

If I was an OCD profiler I would first:

1-Make sure the name was spelled correctly with correct punctuation 2-Make sure that someone used wrap text so that the profile was justified 3-Make sure that all profiles used the same fonts, resolution and justification so

 that other OCDer's (is that a word?) could relate.

4-And since I have OCD and my favorite number is 4, I have to make sure to have a #4

 and not have anything else useful to say...hehehehehe