OT-Tax Humor

[JohnH]

Borrowed from a post I liked over on another forum:

"The Time has come," the Tax pro said,

"To talk of many things:

Of Wages, Tips, and Interest,

Of Donations of Rings,

And why the business profits not,

And whither taxes' stings."

(With apologies to Lewis Carroll)

[Mr. Pencil]

To talk of many things:

Of Wages, Tips, and Interest

I can't get my clients to talk about tips. They always say there's nothing to talk about!

[JohnH]

Based on what I've seen regarding tips, I don't think I should eat at a restaurant where a client works. When they tell me they earned no tips, I'd have to tell them I can't prepare their return.

[Jack from Ohio]

^{If a client that worked as a server in a restaurant said he/she had no tips, then I would say, "Then you have no refund." Why would you work there for just the half minimum wage they pay?}

^{I would then probably excuse them as a client. If they deliberately lied about tips, what other faulty information have they been giving me?}

[kcjenkins]

I never had one claim zero tips, in fact I'd have been insulted if someone told me that. However, I sometimes suspected that they were a bit light on their totals. However, after they realized, as was normally true in my area, that they got a larger refund with more tips, the numbers got more reasonable in future years.

[Lion EA]

I wouldn't take that waitress as a client. But, I would eat at her restaurant all the time, because I wouldn't have to tip her!

[Mr. Pencil]

But, I would eat at her restaurant all the time, because I wouldn't have to tip her!

Gratuitous wit!

[Catherine]

I did have one person claim very low tips one year -- and in that instance, it made sense. Client worked at a restaurant but was assigned to the drinks/soda/shakes prep area, there was a counter with two stools there that were rarely used. Drinks person also got paid minimum wage because the assumption was no tips at all there. But that was a rare, special case. And some tips were indeed claimed.

So, has this topic now gotten hijacked? It started out as a twist on a poem and is now a discussion about tips, restaurants, and clients with honesty issues?

[mcb39]

So, has this topic now gotten hijacked? It started out as a twist on a poem and is now a discussion about tips, restaurants, and clients with honesty issues?

It started out clearly marked as OT-Tax Humor

[JohnH]

Is it even possible for an "OT" post to get hijacked?

[kcjenkins]

Not in my humble opinion.

[Mr. Pencil]

Not in my humble opinion.

What's a humble opinion? I don't even know what that means!

[Catherine]

My comment was a joke. We need someone (graphic design type) to develop two new fonts: one for humor, and one for sarcasm. Both of which are almost impossible to show any way but verbally!

[Lion EA]

tongue in cheek/sarcasm?

big grin/humor?

[taxxcpa]

What's a humble opinion? I don't even know what that means!

In my humble opinion it means that it's what I think, or maybe what I think I think.

[JohnH]

If I must use a symbol to indicate sarcasm, hasn't the sarcasm failed?

[BulldogTom]

In my humble opinion it means that it's what I think, or maybe what I think I think.

I think I know what you thought you said.

Tom

Hollister, CA