RitaB

I really hate that "ROLLOVE" prints for "ROLLOVER". There's room for that "R". Carry on.

I told my attorney's secretary I'd like to have a DeLorean DMC-12 and go back 12 years and never meet my ex. She said, "Make it 13 cause I wanna go with you. And Jessica is packed, too."

Yes. And when Back to the Future and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles were the movies. And we all had feathered bangs.

Be a rebel. One cut. I double dog dare them to call you out on it. And if they do, next year crease it on the line and lick it, like we did in school, and tear it. That'll teach em. I've had about all I can take.

4) Why don't you use your credit card to pay the taxes? 5) How are your March Madness brackets looking? That's what matters. 6) Do you have a whole life policy? I know a financial planner. Joan is right; he doesn't want to know. "Huh?" is my first choice, too.

I know exactly what you are saying. And I think most preparers in my town feel this way, too. For that reason, when I say to that person coming in the door on April 3, "Hey, I doubt I can get your return done, but I'll get an extension for you and do it in the order it was received," they look at me, and say, "Ok, no problem." No kidding. I had one client four or five years ago who didn't like that. They took their return to HRB. Came back to me the next year and have been with me ever since. They are late as usual. They will get an extension as usual. I won't stress about them one bit. There is something pretty great about NOT letting a client run your life.

Oh...give me Realtors®

This is something I never really thought I would need to know. The things you learn on here. All this time I thought pimps were exempt from taxes.

Right, me too. There is never a time from the last week of January on, that I am sitting around wishing people would drop off their stuff. I'm two weeks behind from about day 1. So I don't tell people get it in by x, because it wouldn't matter if they did. And, yeah, you're not in line until I have everything. You know the guy whose casket I'm taping together from banker's boxes? He just THINKS he brought his stuff Feb 28. I'm still waiting on stuff from him on 3/22. There's no date on his folder yet. I do have the right number of bankers' boxes, however.

This may not make sense, but I don't WANT everything to be in by March 15, or March 20, or April 1. I'm afraid the 60 or so extension clients WOULD get their stuff in by the cutoff, and then I'm obligated to get their returns done. Right? Well, I can't. I do all I can already; it would put me in a bind to have a bunch more stacks laying around, and if the clients met the cutoff, they would expect me to do the same. I don't want to impose that on myself. Just throwing that out there. Your mileage may vary.

One year, one of my Realtors (and they are special anyway), was all set to deduct her new houseboat as a business expense. Entertained clients on it. Printed articles for me and everything. Guess she knew I would be a problem. Her return was already an ordeal. Cause, you know, she's a Realtor (don't know why we capitalize that). I didn't have the energy to argue with her. Told her I was getting her an extension, and she needed a new preparer.

Today I started working on returns that were brought in on 3/12, so I suspect that I will get to everybody that drops off next week. I don't have a set cut off date. I don't work any harder as the "end" approaches. I like getting extensions and try to reassure clients that it's not the end of the world. And if it is the end of the world to them, oh well, goodbye. April 15 is a pretty laid back day for me.

Correct.

Lemon Oreos. I don't think they have those in my local Cross Bar Motel yet. Other than that, we're all set. Or are we going to the Pokey in Wisconsin? I like warm weather; they have a "yard". Just throwing that out there.

Perfect. Think I will check Facebook, too.

Yes, I see a problem, too. I live in Rural TN, where the tech savvy thing is not a priority, most of my clients have zero interest in having their tax return on anything other than paper, and I would not have a single client left if I charged $520 an hour. Not many would stay if I charged $260 an hour, and they knew it. Actually, I wouldn't say I have a problem, I just have a completely different work situation here. I wouldn't trade with anybody, either. My office manager is me, and I'm ok with that, too.

Not only would I make a lot more mistakes, I really don't even want to do "simple" returns in front of a client. They start thinking, "Hey, she's ripping me off, that only took 30 minutes, I can do this myself, or at the very least, I can run all over town telling people my accountant rips me off. I wish I had her gig. Hey, maybe I will open a business in my home and get rich like Rita." You know that's what they're thinking...

She would also have two kids in daycare, and the credit would be double for that period if she had gone right back to work. Like so many areas, the law has (I guess) unintended consequences. Seems like traditional two parent families gotta keep their noses to the grindstone. And that's not bad, but when you look around, and I am going to shut up now.

I tried to "like" this, but I am out of likes. I am amazed that you know one of these. They are reported at times, oh, wait, I'm a criminal now. Yeah, I'll be walking soon.

Yes, you missed these: Find the form you left in the copier. Curse. Take out the heavy duty staple. Run another cover sheet because you wrinkled the old cover sheet, plus you will never hit those holes when you staple again. Recreate the e-file because ATX thinks the return changed. Try to staple. Realize you are out of staples. Curse. Reload heavy duty stapler. Put a Band-Aid on finger stabbed with staple(s). Realize that you stapled the 8879 to the preparer copy. Curse. Run another 8879 because it's a PITA to remove heavy duty staples with a injured finger. Recreate the e-file because ATX thinks the return changed. Curse. Get on here and defend your honor.

I was sweating and unable to focus today because a client had to get some information off the forms he dropped off last week. He wasn't even talking. Of course, I was considering whether to depreciate the casket I'll need for the guy in "Boy, I Showed Him" or just expense it because it will essentially just be banker's boxes with the ends taped together, and I don't expect the useful life will be over a year. I'll probably stock up when Staples has a sale. Yeah, "supplies" it is...

Ok, Roomie, I hear we can go to the bathroom when we need to and everything. Practically a resort.

Oh, my, I never even thought about a situation like this. "The care must have been provided so you – and your spouse if you are married filing jointly – could work or look for work." That stinks. Wow. On the other hand, she was definitely "working"...

Hey, three hots and a cot. I'm not sure whether I should make you two accessories or not... lemme get back to you.

I have this client who dropped off some info 2/28, and he has emailed or text messaged me several times since then to supplement the information. Well, yesterday, I responded to one of his emails: "Next year you have to give me everything at one time. I will have to kill you if you don’t. It’s office policy. Can't be helped." Soooo, he CAME IN today to see what else I needed. Yep. I showed that guy.