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Chloe Harris77 said:Hey there,
Anyone else dealing with this headache where the IRS site keeps throwing the "No certificate selected" error at them?
I renewed my certificates online and everything seemed totally fine. But I try to log in today and—nothing. Zilch. I’ve already followed their official troubleshooting guides and re-did all the steps, but it's just a total dead end.
Anyone have any leads or know what's going on?
thanks
If you have the active client installed, just jump in there, right-click your certificates, and select the option to make them available in Windows... then restart Chrome and give it another shot..
Good luck!
Robin Cook4 said:Hey, quick question about digital pension and health insurance filings. I run an accounting firm and already have my e-tax token through JP Morgan Chase. What else do I need to get set up for my clients' pension and health insurance submissions, and is there an extra fee for that?
There's no extra charge—you just use the same digital certificate you're already using for the IRS.
You’ll just need to take an authorization form down to the CDC and Medicare. They have all the instructions posted right on their websites.
Once that's done, you'll just need to set up access and a power of attorney for your clients to submit; after they hand those in, everyone you're working for will pop up in your menu so you can manage everything for them...
Ethan Bailey18 said:I honestly thought I was an expert in this field... but if I'm already a registered taxpayer within the system, why on earth would I need to register all over again?
🤔
So, you're already set up for sales tax here in the States, but there are definitely times when you'll need to register in another state—like if you're doing business over in Nevada, for example. That just means you'll go through their process and end up with a local tax ID number from them.
Most of the time it’s pretty straightforward—but then you hit those tricky spots where you really need to sit down, think it through, and maybe talk to an expert.
Casey Bennett2 said:That's wrong.
Like others already pointed out, if a customer pays the delivery service in cash and then FedEx transfers those funds to the online store's account, it counts as a cashless transaction. No fiscalization required. (You still have to issue an invoice, record it in the books, and send it to the buyer, but it doesn't need to be fiscalized.)
Delivery services are essentially providing a service where they collect cash from the customer and then deposit it into the merchant's account.
Exactly—you can just set up a contract with FedEx. They collect the cash, wire it to your business account, charge you a fee for the service, and you get an invoice for that.
Since the money hits your account through them, it doesn't count as a direct cash sale, so you don't have to worry about fiscalizing those specific receipts!
Now, if you go the "cash on delivery" route where the mail carrier actually hands the physical cash back to you personally—and then you deposit it later—that's pure cash. In that case, yeah, you definitely have to fiscalize the sales.
Ethan Bailey18 said:There's logic there... but I have questions. How can American A 1 acquire goods that never actually entered US territory? And how does American A 2 claim a delivery for items that never even left the US?🤔🤔
I didn't take it that way at first... I just re-read it, but it’s still pretty vague... it says the goods were delivered to Canada, but it doesn't specify who actually sent them...
It could be some kind of "fake" three-way deal or maybe just a continuous shipment... there just isn't enough detail here to make any real assumptions...
I'm with ruggedmaker2 on this one—it's definitely best to just reach out to a VAT law expert...
Here’s another scenario—I don't think this counts as a three-way deal if I'm reading this right. It looks more like four different parties involved here:
A Spanish company ==> sells to American Buyer 1 ==> who sells to American Buyer 2 ==> who finally sells to a Canadian buyer.
1) American Buyer 1 acquires the goods, files their sales tax return / the Spanish company files their customs paperwork.
2) American Buyer 1 sells to American Buyer 2—standard sales tax applies.
3) American Buyer 2 ships to the Canadian buyer, files customs paperwork via reverse charge / the Canadian buyer acquires the goods and handles the sales tax.
Michelle Bishop said:Help! I’m hitting a wall while trying to upload this form, and I keep getting this error message:
The form doesn't match the required XML structure.
Technical details:
The 'http://irs.gov/schemas/requests/VATForm/v8-0:Name' element is invalid - The value '' is invalid according to its datatype 'http://irs.gov/schemas/BasicTypes/v2-1:tRestrictedStringMinMax128' - The actual length is less than the MinLength value.
What should I do here? Everything has been running smoothly until now...
Check to see if your OS is set to American English...
Daniel Castillo4 said:Hey there!
Quick question for you guys. I need to register an American citizen who’s living and working abroad somewhere in the European Union.
How does the registration process actually work here—should I be selecting "foreign national" or just "employee of a legal entity"?
Also, what's the deal with the JOPPD form? Does anyone know which specific code I should be using there?
Is their mandatory insurance already sorted out over in the EU (since they're employed there)? Because if they have residency and active insurance coverage there, you'll probably need to grab an A1 certificate to prove who's actually responsible for the contributions...
jadenomad24 said:My PKM system is acting up today; all I can get to load is the header with the basic info.
They haven't finished migrating all the data over to the 2015 fiscal year yet.
You've still got the data from December 31, 2014, 😉
Anthony Davis72 said:But how are you actually supposed to verify whether a buyer is a registered business or just a regular consumer?
And more importantly, how is a company expected to adjust their software if they're running sales through third-party platforms or intermediaries?
Look, businesses are going to ask for an Invoice for their records—that’s easy enough... but when you've got individuals paying via PayPal, that's a whole different ballgame. Honestly, though, they just blindly write these laws without ever actually talking to anyone working in the real world...
silverbadger said:Data entry errors in the form:
To whom it may concern, please be advised that submitting JOPPD forms is temporarily unavailable.
The JOPPD submission system is completely down right now!!! I was fully aware that things would be offline starting at 4:00 PM due to the scheduled system upgrade, but this error message has been popping up consistently since 2:00 PM.
But hey, FARC is working just fine 🤣🤣
Robin Cook4 said:Can someone walk me through how this is calculated? Like, does the IRS factor it in, and if so, how exactly?
Basically, they take your annual tax from the previous year's filing, divide it by the number of months you were actually in business, and that becomes your monthly estimated payment for the current year.—pretty straightforward!
Brian Campbell36 said:Error retrieving Tax Accounting Card. Please try again later.
I have been staring at this error message while trying to access the tax accounting cards all day long. It is quite baffling, as everything was functioning perfectly fine yesterday. Now, the system refuses to grant me access to the records for any single client.🤔
Is there any way to resolve this technical failure? It seems that immediately after I submitted the Democratic Party form, the system blocked my ability to view the tax accounting cards entirely.🤦
I can't get into the FARC files either—looks like a glitch on their end... everything else seems fine, though. 😉
Section 112 is being updated to read:
"(1) Obligors shall submit data for maintaining master records within the following timeframes:
1. Data regarding the commencement, termination, or changes in the business operations of contribution obligors — within 24 hours of starting or ending operations, or on the date the decision to register or strike off becomes final in the appropriate registry, within 24 hours of any change occurring in the obligor's business operations.
4. Data regarding the start and end of coverage for self-employed obligors — within 24 hours of the registration decision becoming final in the appropriate registry.
(2) If an insured individual does not begin working on the start date of their coverage, the obligor is required to notify the Bureau of Writing no later than that same day.
(3) The Bureau of Writing is required to accept the application from paragraph 1 of this article and confirm receipt of the filing.
So, does anyone actually have real-world experience with this? Like—you finish the registration, then you handle the tax filings, then the bank, and so on... is 24 hours after registration really enough time to get everything sorted with Medicare? Honestly, they could have made it at least 3 days... this is just ridiculous. It’s like they have zero connection to reality—if a company can be set up online in a matter of hours, then fine, maybe those deadlines make sense, but right now? This feels like nothing more than a way to collect money through fines.👎
Thomas Diaz8 said:I am reaching out because I could use some guidance here.
An accounting error has just come to my attention, and it’s one of those things that really sticks in your craw once you notice it. Basically, an invoice was issued for $758, but the actual payment received was $2,270.00. However, it was recorded in our KPI as if the full amount had been settled—meaning we over-recorded the payment by five dollars. To make matters more complicated, that extra five dollars was already included in our sales tax filing. I suppose I’m wondering how on earth to rectify this. Is it possible to simply adjust the payment entry within the KPI to reflect the correct $2,270.00, and if so, what should be done regarding the discrepancy in the sales tax? I hope my explanation is sufficiently clear. Thank you in advance.
Just fix it in the KPI—the sales tax return will pick up the difference automatically.
With the updates to the Value Added Tax Act starting January 1st, 2015, one thing stands out:
For electronic services provided to non-taxable individuals—basically regular folks—the place of service is considered to be wherever that person lives, works, or hangs their hat. This includes stuff like website hosting, remote software maintenance, delivering computer programs or updates, providing access to databases, images, texts, or info, selling music, movies, and games (yeah, even gambling), broadcasting all sorts of shows—political, cultural, sports, you name it—and even distance learning.
So, from what I gather, this means if someone is selling music—like an MP3 download—to citizens across the USA, they’ll have to charge the specific VAT rate for whichever state the buyer is actually in, since those buyers can't claim any tax credits.
If that's really how it works... say a guy is running a site and taking payments through PayPal, how is he supposed to know where his customers are located? And if he can't track them, how is he even meant to figure out which tax rate to apply??
The only way I can see this working is if the customer manually selects their country during checkout, but that feels like such a huge loophole for people to mess with—not to mention the massive headache and cost of redesigning a whole website just to accommodate this.
Am I totally missing something here??
Christian Cruz41 said:Is anyone else having trouble with the IRS website? Is it working for you guys?
It's working for me 😉--just fine
Robin Cook4 said:So, if I’m working a regular job but decide to start my own small business on the side, do I have to pay social security taxes through both my employer and my own LLC, or just one?
Actually, if you're already employed, you aren't paying monthly taxes on the business side—instead, you'll settle everything based on your annual income once the IRS calculates your total earnings for the year.
Thomas Diaz8 said:Hello, I am looking for some assistance here.
A small business owner hasn't been paying himself a monthly transit pass, nor has he been claiming mileage reimbursements for his vehicle. Now, I find myself wondering if he is legally permitted to pay for an annual public transit pass based on a provider's receipt, and subsequently record that expense through the standard payroll tax filings?
I'm guessing they’d want to settle up for the whole year at once—if that were me, it definitely wouldn't fly... the end goal is way too obvious, and if the IRS ever came knocking, they'd totally challenge the validity of it.