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Just had one of my monthly write-up clients drive in from about 20 miles away to pick up her tax return and she said "you know Ron, we have been together for 17 years". My response after picking myself up off the floor was, "are you kidding me?" So hard to believe - and we have been through a lot together including the loss of her late husband. A celebratory hug was in order. Would that they were all that nice and appreciative of our services.

Getting really tired of typing that in. Getting really tired of everything.

Tired of being tired.

I ran out of Rockstar energy drinks. I need to hit the grocery store but no time! But I also need to hit the bank and delivery returns to a client that is incapacitated. This morning I made coffee and forgot to put in the coffee. I hate it when I do that.

My phone is ringing off the hook . . . is it too late? Too late for 4/15? Yes!!! For an extension . . . can do. The only thing I can think of is that April 15 must have come earlier this year than it normally does

That's so nice! I had a little lady pay me $100 for her $85 return because I had faxed some paperwork for her. Then she had to come back the next day and have me fax it again because she had completed something incorrectly. I really did not mind at all, but she appreciated it so much, and gave me a big hug. I almost cried. Then, this jack@$$ came in and I snapped out of it.

Thrift store value and various, which I seem invariably to spell variouis and have to do it again.

Client whose return is done and has been picked up just called and said 'I forgot to tell you I sell Mary Kay. Does that make a difference?' Seriously . . . forgot to tell me? I have known this client for several years. We have had multiple face to face meetings discussing taxes, income, deductions, assets, investments, you name it. I'm gobsmacked.

Oh, a meth lab client. That would be interesting!

Some states require fed information. It was explained to me that the pro forma copy is included with the state return. That's why the message says three return, 1040 proforma, 1040 and state are created but only two show up in the efile manager.

Purchased. Inherited. I miss you, old friends. I am in the softy mumbling to myself stage. When does everything become funny? Did I imagine that?

I agree with being tired of being tired. I started the day with 20 returns in-house to do and got through 8 of them. It is clear I am on auto-pilot cause sometimes I have to force the energy just to get out of my chair to retrieve the return from the printer. Mentioned last evening, if someone could be more fatigued I would not know how. So looking forward to Monday noon.

How is 4/15 at 6pm tax appointment for taking a chance? Longtime client is out of country on business, returning Sunday night. Could not get hold of him for 2 weeks. His son calls me and says to hold that slot open for his Dad because he believes we can just make it! The extension form will be pre-printed!

Why bring facts and logic into a discussion about a very politicised issue? I love your sense of common!!

Her director told her that if she didn't make a profit of over $1,000 she didn't have to file. We have several Mary Kay clients, and that seems to be the latest tax law change as spoken by upper level Mary Kay directors.

Extending is good insurance. It is easy and quick to do and won't hurt a thing if you do file on time, or even if the return is not filed at all or has already been filed by another preparer. Extend and file on time if you can, if you can't you have nothing to worry about.

This was my degree -- Earth Sciences. One of the first (and HARDEST) lessons for people to learn is that the entire length of human experience is the length of a gnat's life in the entirety of this history of this planet. At this latitude where I sit, right now, there was once a full MILE of ice thickness. Before that - tropical. Before that -- another mile of ice. Tropical. Ice. Temperate. Ice. Tropical. Ice. On and on and on the cycle goes for billions of years. Human recorded history barely goes back 6,000-ish. With _good_ records -- well, one could say maybe 150. However, there has been enough data falsification -- and enough just piss-poor data collection technique -- to make that suspect. One of the reasons I got into earth science was a book that came out in the 70's, by Carlo Ponti -- about "The Coming Ice Age" (out of print but still available in libraries -- I got it a few years ago and re-read it on purpose). If you read Ponti's book, you will see that he proposes many of the SAME solutions to the "ice age" danger as the global warming people do -- more and more government control - of population, of crop locations, of farming techniques, overall global governance (sometimes called "cooperation")... and this also shows why the main thrust of global warming frenzy has come from POLITICIANS and not scientists. "The science is settled!!" -- balderdash. Science is NEVER settled. Certainly not something with as many variables as climate. Anyone remember the articles about the "butterfly effect"? -- Go look 'em up; as THOSE are true. Tiny changes in starting conditions make HUGE changes in projections, even when the models are accurate. There are NO climate models accurate to the required level for the data they are using and the minutiae they are projecting. NONE. And I am a wee bit more able to assess those models than probably anyone else here on this forum. On top of all this, the data the warming folks are using has been FALSIFIED. There is a wonderful, roughly one hour long, presentation by Lord Monckton, (available on YouTube) showing just what has been done to the data. Go watch, and then draw your own conclusions. Also look into the history of the Chicago Climate Exchange -- see who were the early investors, see how many BILLIONS they stood to make trading carbon credits. Compare the list with those screaming loudest about global warming and the need to limit carbon emissions. (Hint: look for a former VP's name.) And for the CO2 being SO!!! high -- nope. It's been way higher, and not "just" in dinosaur days. Plus it is a TRAILING indicator, not a leading indicator.

Where is the proof that man has had ANYTHING to do with the earth warming. The last Ice age was thousands of years ago, long before the industrial revolution, and the earth has been warming ever since. The earth's climate has changed many times in recorded history, but any thinking that man has caused it is pure speculation and hyperbole.

can't be profitable - too much time spent waiting and paying people to watch screen and double check and redo work! and talk to clients while waiting for circle to become a page,.... ahh such is life

Well, I just cancelled out of it this morning. Started it up when I left the office this evening and I'll see where it gets to in the morning. Really don't have time for this. I need to know where I stand on efiles.

Agree, get an extension, cause there is always that 1099-C that they thought you didn't need (that's not taxable, is it?), and the job they forgot about. Oh, and it wasn't my year to claim my kid after all...

I always file extensions anyway.

If all the work I did in my sleep actually got done, I would not be as far behind as I am!

Vaseline survey A man doing market research knocked on a door and was greeted by a young woman with three small children running around at her feet. He says, 'I'm doing some research for Vaseline. Have you ever used the product?' She says, 'Yes. My husband and I use it all the time.' 'And if you don't mind me asking, what do you use it for?' ... 'We use it for sex.' The researcher was a little taken back. 'Usually people lie to me and say that they use it on a child's bicycle chain or to help with a gate hinge. But, in fact, I know that most people do use it for sex. I admire you for your honesty. Since you've been frank so far, can you tell me exactly how you use it for sex?' The woman says, 'I don't mind telling you at all... My husband and I put it on the door knob and it keeps the kids out.' And you thought it was gonna be a dirty joke...! Shame on you !

Jerry: So if you did your sermon outline in your sleep, would I retain more of the message if I fell asleep DURING that sermon? I have an urgent need for an answer before next Sunday.

I believe TRX has morphed to Over The Top Technologies LLC. They have a webaddress now BUt it is non functional??? The search returns an address in Murfreesboro TN. We may soon see new products from this outfit for the 2013 season!!! Care to try it????