RitaB Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Well, here's a new one.Me: "Taxpayer, did you not work for Cumberland County school system in 2014? I don't see a W-2 here."TP: "Oh, is it not there?" (Uh, that's what I just said.) "It should be the same as last year."Riiiiight. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulldogTom Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 My wife and I have a saying in our office....."SALY is a bitch". I hate the saying. Tom Newark, CA 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaB Posted March 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 My wife and I have a saying in our office....."SALY is a bitch". I hate the saying. TomNewark, CAThis is why I love you, Tom. SALY is indeed a bitch. Especially on a W-2. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrichman333 Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 In NJ it's always more for school employees. I always get the same line for deductions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaB Posted March 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 In 20 years, nobody has ever had the same W-2 income as last year. She's not the first, either. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsTabbyKats Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 C'mon people........ If clients knew what was needed to do a tax return...they wouldn't be clients. This is far from the stupidest question I ever heard. Sometimes I think some people are truly brain dead. Client had 2 teenage sons...who went to college. Child tax credits ended....college tuition credits ended in 2014. Dependent exemptions are ending. Try explaining (to a brain dead person) why the refunds used to be about $4000/year...now they are almost $0...and next year...if the recent grad gets a real job....they will be owing about $2000! I tried explaining this twice in the past 3 days...and it still hasn't sunk in. It's "not the same as last year"! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreedomTaxed Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 We hear SALY frequently for Schedule C. I've never run into the same thing for a W-2, but I haven't been at this long enough to make the claim well enough. Surprisingly, we don't get many "just use my last pay stub". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb39 Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 C'mon people........ If clients knew what was needed to do a tax return...they wouldn't be clients. This is far from the stupidest question I ever heard. Sometimes I think some people are truly brain dead. Client had 2 teenage sons...who went to college. Child tax credits ended....college tuition credits ended in 2014. Dependent exemptions are ending. Try explaining (to a brain dead person) why the refunds used to be about $4000/year...now they are almost $0...and next year...if the recent grad gets a real job....they will be owing about $2000! I tried explaining this twice in the past 3 days...and it still hasn't sunk in. It's "not the same as last year"! Same experience last week. And, I had to tell them that if their son (who is not very motivated) drops out of school; they will be in a world of hurt. Change your deductions NOW!!!!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcjenkins Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 But, of course, they hardly ever listen. My favorite gripe was the couples who never had enough withheld, but always blamed it on the other one. "Well, I thought he was going to change his." "Well, I told her to change hers." For the THIRD YEAR IN A ROW? Grrrrrrrr 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 I have actually seen W-2's identical from one year to the next! My husband and a couple of others are volunteer coaches for the MIT Collegiate Pistol Team. But due to weird rules they must also be "employees" of MIT. So they $600/year each (which all of them then donate back to the team, as the coaches' salary comes out of the team's account). $0 fed withholding, the same $29 for state withholding, the same socsec/medi... every year, for each of them. VERY odd circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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