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You could do it for $50,000. Well, $50,000 and a pizza, cause it would be a long day.

Despite the increase, my fees are still below “the competition”. I invite you to compare my fee with any other tax preparation service. Here's what I thing your'e communicating, without meaning to: I work cheap. Check around and you'll see that's true. Here's how some clients might interpret that "I wonder what short cuts she's taking. ? ? ?" 1) I don't think you gain anything by calling people's attention to price. 2) Being the lowest-priced person around really isn't anything to brag about. 3) If you encourage them to look around, they will probably find SOMEONE who will work cheaper than you. And once they've done that, they make take your advice and switch based on price.

how about being honest "my fees will be based on however high I think I can charge you before you revolt, minor protesting Is expected and will be considered banter and not taken as a serious revolt"

Agree completely with Michael. And, something along the line of time and knowledge (education?) needed to prepare a complete and accurate tax return for you. Or, something about lowest legal tax liability. Stress your time AND EXPERTISE devoted to them.

Haha, I wouldn't touch that website for a billion dollars. My sanity is worth a lot.

can you fix obamacare website that fast? I vote Eric gets the next multimillion contract from them

ssssh, another hijacked thread, the poster is asking about atx to pro or taxwise and everyone got off tangent. I converted to pro last year and posted my comments here a few times.. Basically it was ok but they don't transfer trust so that was a big issue. Depreciated assets had to be recoded for depr type and term and alt min. but the assets were there and linked to the correct property or business. NOL's had to be reentered but took only a minute if you have the atx NOL schedule printed out in front of you. One pain is that pro picked up schedule B payers and W-2 payers that you didn't delete from atx even if the client didn't have them for years. It did cause me to think I was missing bank accts etc in my current info until I compared to prior years. If you do the conversion do it with them on the phone with you since I few steps are left out of their instructions, biggest one is that each file you send them should only have about 50 returns in it but the instructions said to put all your data files into one file for conversion.

don't like that you are only referencing "data input" since that's what turbo does, you should be referencing mostly "your review of all the relevant data, your experience and your extra time needed due to complex changes this year." on a minor note you can say "the volume of transactions also has an effect on time spent on your return." I find I can input a return in less than 15 minutes but its the thinking about it and the possible money saving idea's that create my fees.

Sorry he did not get the early admission, but I'd still expect a strong chance he makes it on the regular admission. But if he ends up at UC-Davis, I want to introduce him to my granddaughter who started there this fall.

Subject: "Do you love your husband?" this one struck me funny..... A group of women were at a seminar on how to live in a loving relationship with their husbands. The women were asked, "How many of you love your husband?" Of course, all the women raised their hands. Then they were asked, "When was the last time you actually told your husband you loved him?" Some women answered today, a few yesterday, and some couldn't remember. The women were then told to take out their cell phones and text their husband: "I love you, sweetheart." The women were then told to exchange phones with another person, (the women sitting next to them) and to read aloud to the group the text message they received in response. Here are some of the replies: 1. Who the hell is this? 2. Eh, mother of my children, are you sick or what? 3. Yeh, and I love you too. What's up with you?? 4. What now? Did you crash the car, again? 5. I don't understand what you mean? 6. What the hell did you do now? 7. ?!? 8. Don't beat about the bush, just tell me how much you need? 9. Am I dreaming? 10. If you don't tell me who this message is actually for, someone will die. 11. I thought we agreed you wouldn't drink during the day. 12. Your mother is coming to stay with us, isn't she??

My kids now think I'm badass, so it was worth it.

I think my avatar kind of tells on me.

More Jokes for Geeks Pavlov is enjoying a pint in the pub. The phone rings. He jumps up and shouts: "Oh hell, I forgot to feed the dog!" What does a dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac spend most of his time doing? Staying up all night wondering if there really is a dog. A TCP packet walks into a bar, and says to the barman: "Hello, I'd like a beer." The barman replies: "Hello, you'd like a beer?" "Yes," replies the TCP packet, "I'd like a beer." When I heard that oxygen and magnesium hooked up I was like OMg. The barman says: "We don't serve faster-than-light particles here." A tachyon enters a bar. How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb? None, it's a hardware problem. A Roman walks into a bar, holds up two fingers, and says, "Five beers, please." An electron is driving down a motorway, and a policeman pulls him over. The policeman says, "Sir, do you realize you were traveling at 130km per hour?" The electron replies, "Oh great, now I'm lost." An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The bartender says: "What'll it be, boys?" The first mathematician: "I'll have one half of a beer." The second mathematician: "I'll have one quarter of a beer." The third: "I'll have one eight of a beer." The fourth: "I'll have one sixteenth---" The bartender interrupts: "Know your limits, boys" as he pours out a single beer. What does the "B" in Benoit B Mandelbrot stand for? Answer: Benoit B Mandelbrot.

HILARIOUS SILENT MONKS CHORUS http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZCFCeJTEzNU