RitaB Posted March 21, 2012 Report Posted March 21, 2012 I wish I had a nickel for everytime a client stopped while signing Form 8879 to ask what middle initial I had. Well, let's see, the same one I've had for 100 years now. Take a gander at your return one of these days when you have time. Just sign however the mood strikes you, or with your actual middle initial, and get outta here. 1 Quote
Jack from Ohio Posted March 21, 2012 Report Posted March 21, 2012 Where did that myth that the signature has to match the document get started?? Quote
RitaB Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Posted March 21, 2012 Where did that myth that the signature has to match the document get started?? It was started by satan, trying to push me over the edge. These are the same people who give me interest expense for personal loans, and try to deduct "aid" to their grown kids. But, somehow, it is of utmost importance to get this middle initial right. 2 Quote
rfassett Posted March 21, 2012 Report Posted March 21, 2012 Wow - somebody is getting a little testy. :) 1 Quote
Lion EA Posted March 21, 2012 Report Posted March 21, 2012 It's March, and we all gave up sleep for Lent, or for tax season! One of my clients just wrote (in the same email where she gave me her rental expenses in very round numbers) that it's "almost over for you." Yeah, if doing 3/4 of my returns, my biggest returns, my returns with the Forms 1099-B in the hundreds of pages, feels like "almost." I don't see it as almost over; I see it as buried and no light at the end of the tunnel, just a cave in. I realize that I'm being very glass-half-empty here. And I promised myself that my new motto is "Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape." - Betsy Shirley (Buck Brannaman's foster Mom in the great film Buck). 2 Quote
JohnH Posted March 21, 2012 Report Posted March 21, 2012 I like round numbers. I respond with an extension form, also in round numbers. That'll do until after Apr 15. 2 Quote
RitaB Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Posted March 21, 2012 Wow - somebody is getting a little testy. Shut up. LOL 2 Quote
Kea Posted March 21, 2012 Report Posted March 21, 2012 I had a client misspell her own name in a signature before. Florence vs Florance. Granted sometimes I misspell my own name but that usually involved leaving out letter or maybe a transposition. 1 Quote
RitaB Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Posted March 21, 2012 One of my clients just wrote..that it's "almost over for you." The next one of mine that says, "Bet you are gettin busy, huh?" is leaving here on a stretcher. Quote
Ray in Ohio Posted March 21, 2012 Report Posted March 21, 2012 The next one of mine that says, "Bet you are gettin busy, huh?" is leaving here on a stretcher. Do they think it's comforting to say... "I bet it's a busy time of year for you"???? (No SH**)!!!!!!!!! I like your odds on that bet!! 1 Quote
Catherine Posted March 22, 2012 Report Posted March 22, 2012 I had one lady take a hissy fit over my leaving off her middle initial (which wasn't on the prior-year return self-prepared, or ANY of her various forms). Oy. Get a grip, people. The IRS wants your MONEY, not your name. That's in next year's reg's to be issued... 1 Quote
Jack from Ohio Posted March 22, 2012 Report Posted March 22, 2012 I had one lady take a hissy fit over my leaving off her middle initial (which wasn't on the prior-year return self-prepared, or ANY of her various forms). Oy. Get a grip, people. The IRS wants your MONEY, not your name. That's in next year's reg's to be issued... So I guess YOUR crystal ball is broken too?? 1 Quote
Gail in Virginia Posted March 22, 2012 Report Posted March 22, 2012 You should try looking on your ceiling. That's where my clients look when I ask for specific details, like mileage or charitable contributions. :dunno: 1 Quote
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