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SSA database mangles on-line W2 forms Victor Roberts 01-10-2007
Posted by Harlan Lunsford on January 15, 2007, 1:47 am
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Benjamin Yazersky CPA wrote:

>> And I had registered back in December, thinking to try this
>> SSA free service again after several years. On Dec 29th I
>> did file two W2 forms for a client successfully. Several
>> days ago I signed on again to file some for another client
>> and was informed that my password didn't match. Of course I
>> was stubborn and tried two more times, so am locked out of
>> the system.
>>
>> I doubt that I will ever try again.

> that does a lot to encourage us CPA professionals to efile
> this things for small bus clients

Good! It should, because filing W2's online with SSA means
having to type each and every one into their (free) system.
For 1 or 2, maybe even three W2's it can be worth the (no)
cost. But for a client with many employees, it is not.
For those I print out W2 forms the old fashioned way, on
forms I buy from Office Depot.

Of course I could buy commercial software each year to do
W2's, and this would be automatic and seamless efiling, but
with my old software I wrote maybe twenty years ago and
updated when necessary (not necessary in recent years) my
cost is very low.

ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA

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