Suspect Client

[Bart]

I have a client who is a partner in a partnership. The partners use their autos extensively in the business. The partnership pays for all their gas. I prepare the partnership return and this indiviuals return. He takes a mileage deduction on his personal return. I tell him I must decrease the mileage deduction by the amount of the gas paid for by the partnership. He now informs me that I will still prepare the partnership return but he will have someone else prepare his personal return. Is there anything I can or should do in this situation?

[kcjenkins]

I'm guessing that you are assuming he is making the change because he does not want to reduce the deduction? That may or may not be the actual reason, but I don't think it's your business to assume anything. He might just be trying to save a fee, planning to use the free filing, etc. You just need to do the return that you are hired to do, correctly.