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We
are a Mom & Pop business where
both Joan and I have a solid
background in tax preparation.
I am not a CPA my degree is in
Math with a minor in physics and
we have a combined 22 year
experience.
Support for the filer will be
provided by both DDTP and our
software supplier, Drake, a
North Carolina Company. The Web
based program uses an interview
method to prepare your return.
The tax program interviews you
by asking questions about your
personal finances then prepares
your return.
We
have prepared a fictitious
return of a person employed
overseas. We are using this
information to provide a
description of the steps needed
to prepare the tax return. These
steps (forms 1116 & 2555) are
then made available at our WEB
site as on screen help.
Your own return will be quite
different. You may have
dependents and investments. You
may also have housing allowance
and other benefits. All these
issues can be handled by
accurately answering the
questions presented by the tax
program.
I
have already assisted the
supplier of this WEB based
process with regard to the 1116
and 2555 forms. The preparation
of the fictitious return turned
up a flaw in the process which
was fixed for the 2010 package
and the 2011 program. There is
a new requirement for a special
form for foreign investments
exceeding $10,000 so I will work
with Drake to make that form
available. When you are employed
outside the country you get an
automatic two month extension to
file. I will make sure that
support for the extension is
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