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Originally Posted by BeanCounter
Gunner,
I'm willing to personally put up a thousand dollars to see you do it in 5 minutes. I'll front the plane ticket out here. If you don't get it done in 5 minutes (and we have a very sophisticated system) you pay me the $1,000 and reimburse me the plane flight. Cut the BS.
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Bernie,
If you are talking about MADOR 1099HC, then the data is standard XML format (something I do every day). I looked at the MADOR schema - it is very simple and straightforward - there is nothing 'specialised' about it - it is in a standard data transmission format used around the world. What is the 'very sophisticated system' you are using, and does it already contain all the data needed for the MADOR? Is the system you have XML capable or native? Are you set up as a bulk filer, and do you have an SSH client?
What do you need to burn 300 CDs for? Are they all the same? Exporting reports to burn to a CD is simple also. A friend of mine is a rap artist and will bulk burn 500 CDs for around $200.
BTW, I also talked to 3 friends who work in HR (one of them is a director and has a masters - they told me what the 'special' 1099 form was) - they all said to look at Quickbooks, 1099pro, or get someone like ADP to do it all for you, and they have all had to do form 1099HC. What are your cost/time breakdowns for each aspect of this job (data manipulation, E-filing, printing, envelope stuffing, and CDs?)
I'm not looking for an argument with you on this - I'm already convinced that if you feel the need to fly someone out to do this then you are already behind the times. If your data is in a proper object-oriented DB it would probably take me about 30-45 minutes to output to the MADOR schema for online filing and about 5 to send a batch print job. Using a pre-formatted program with 1099HC would take even less. It would probably take longer to load the program than it would to test and file the data.
I may be willing to put my money where my mouth is, but you need to pony up your 'very sophisticated system' specs.
Steve