By signing this petition I certify I am a real estate professional (attorney, paralegal, legal assistant, or other professional) engaged in preparation of Vermont real estate transaction tax forms and I do not support the continued use of the myVTax software unless and until the software has been improved for performance, reliability and ease of use and an accompanying user's manual has been made available to users.
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January 23, 2017
THE FEEDBACK FLOWING INTO MY INBOX FROM ALL YOU FRUSTRATED PROFESSIONALS IS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING!! I AM ACTIVELY COMPILING THESE TECHNICAL FAILURES INTO A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT TO SLAP ON THE TABLE AT OUR NEXT MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENT!! WE ARE NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL THIS SYSTEM ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS THE WAY IT SHOULD!!!
January 23, 2017
THIS MOMENTUM IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE AND PROVES THAT WE ARE ALL FED UP WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM!! IT IS BEYOND EXCITING TO SEE SO MANY PROFESSIONALS STANDING TOGETHER TO DEMAND BETTER TOOLS FOR OUR DAILY WORK!!
Reached 100 supporters
January 23, 2017
41 Comments
The lack of transparency of where the information fills in, the lack of instructions or tips, the lack of flexibility for specific issues, and the requirement for non-essential information all make the form unacceptable. Also, we do numerous special calculations involoving partial interests and life estates and we are unclear how this will work, if at all, with the electronic form.
Rather than imposing a system from the top down, the Department should bring in real estate practitioners at an early stage in the development process for input on how to make an efficient and error-free system.
One should be able to put in the seller, buyer & property info once and have it populate all the pertinent tax forms, which could then be saved in an easily retrievable folder for further revision.
myVTax is reminiscent of the fateful early roll out and still flawed VHC. It was definitely not ready for prime time and has slowed our real estate practice preparation time considerably, adding additional costs to my clients. Please keep in mind the Pennsylvania Dutch adage: "The hurrier I go, the behinder I get."
As a solo attorney I should not have to personally acquire an EIN to gain access to the system. After the system is taken off line, as it should be, it should not be reinstated until it it is suitable for use. The tax dept. should apply the golden rule when determining when the program is ready for reinstatement.
My chief complaint: For filling out land gains/nonres withholding returns and cert requests, the fields for inputting acquisition costs, improvements since purchase, etc., are poorly labeled and don't indicate the information that should be inserted unless you can guess what should be asked for to calculate basis/gain/etc. Needs a major overhaul in order to be useful. Thanks for your attention to this.
Another example of bureaucratic overkill. In the private sector, consumers simply would've chosen a company providing a better product.
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By signing this petition I certify I am a real estate professional (attorney, paralegal, legal assistant, or other professional) engaged in preparation of Vermont real estate transaction tax forms and I do not support the continued use of the myVTax software unless and until the software has been improved for performance, reliability and ease of use and an accompanying user's manual has been made available to users.
Updates
January 23, 2017
THE FEEDBACK FLOWING INTO MY INBOX FROM ALL YOU FRUSTRATED PROFESSIONALS IS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING!! I AM ACTIVELY COMPILING THESE TECHNICAL FAILURES INTO A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT TO SLAP ON THE TABLE AT OUR NEXT MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENT!! WE ARE NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL THIS SYSTEM ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS THE WAY IT SHOULD!!!
January 23, 2017
THIS MOMENTUM IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE AND PROVES THAT WE ARE ALL FED UP WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM!! IT IS BEYOND EXCITING TO SEE SO MANY PROFESSIONALS STANDING TOGETHER TO DEMAND BETTER TOOLS FOR OUR DAILY WORK!!
Reached 100 supporters
January 23, 2017
41 Comments
The new program was poorly designed; apparently never tested before implementation, or, if tested, not by anyone who actually works as a real estate attorney; poorly documented and resulted in the real estate bar having to spend an untold number of hours to assist their clients with simple, straight forward real estate transactions.
The lack of transparency of where the information fills in, the lack of instructions or tips, the lack of flexibility for specific issues, and the requirement for non-essential information all make the form unacceptable. Also, we do numerous special calculations involoving partial interests and life estates and we are unclear how this will work, if at all, with the electronic form.
Rather than imposing a system from the top down, the Department should bring in real estate practitioners at an early stage in the development process for input on how to make an efficient and error-free system.
One should be able to put in the seller, buyer & property info once and have it populate all the pertinent tax forms, which could then be saved in an easily retrievable folder for further revision.
myVTax is reminiscent of the fateful early roll out and still flawed VHC. It was definitely not ready for prime time and has slowed our real estate practice preparation time considerably, adding additional costs to my clients. Please keep in mind the Pennsylvania Dutch adage: "The hurrier I go, the behinder I get."
As a solo attorney I should not have to personally acquire an EIN to gain access to the system. After the system is taken off line, as it should be, it should not be reinstated until it it is suitable for use. The tax dept. should apply the golden rule when determining when the program is ready for reinstatement.
My chief complaint: For filling out land gains/nonres withholding returns and cert requests, the fields for inputting acquisition costs, improvements since purchase, etc., are poorly labeled and don't indicate the information that should be inserted unless you can guess what should be asked for to calculate basis/gain/etc. Needs a major overhaul in order to be useful. Thanks for your attention to this.
Another example of bureaucratic overkill. In the private sector, consumers simply would've chosen a company providing a better product.
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The new program was poorly designed; apparently never tested before implementation, or, if tested, not by anyone who actually works as a real estate attorney; poorly documented and resulted in the real estate bar having to spend an untold number of hours to assist their clients with simple, straight forward real estate transactions.