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You know clients who show up 45 minutes early to appointments? It's ok to kill those clients.

I'm bringing a list of names with me to Rita's this summer.

And, everyone who goes away for spring break goes on extension. If I have to work, I'm not going to work on your return while you play in the sunshine! Actually, it's more because you told me today that you need your return before Friday, because you're leaving town for a couple weeks.

When I left the office late this afternoon, my partner was sitting in his chair, legs up on another chair, and I shut the lights off for him. He was having a desperately-needed nap before dinner and more work.

Maybe next year I'll put in my letter than ANYONE may be put on extension no matter when papers come in. 'Cuz yeah 2/20's don't like extensions. But when they bring in dad's return too, and the old preparer mucked up depreciation on THREE rental properties, improvements, and appliances, and it's gonna take a 3115 and a LOT of hair dye to get through it - that one's going on extension. Oh, yeah, baby.

I killed a deer one day, somewhere else. During the day. After my car was fixed, and it was tax season, I was driving home. Understand, at that time, I had to drive for about 15 minutes on a road that had farm fields on one side, and state park on the other. The deer used the road to relax... So there was this 6-7 point buck in the road. I could see him. I saw him in enough time to slow to walking speed, and waited or him to move.... He didn't. I was in "his road" and he wanted to defend his friend that I had killed about 4 months before. I moved over to the side of the road to pass him. He walked right up to my car and give me a chest bump! "Stay off MY ROAD and LEAVE my friends ALONE!" Left a smell dent on my right front fender. Rich

I am going to hand out cards with "Fine Wine takes time and so do your taxes " or something to that nature - arer they ready?? 15x a day - you brought them in in March cut off is 3/1... plus then I heard thru a pick-up not to me but to the office staff - I'll never switch as she gets everything but she has a favorites she puts ahead? I will have to be very careful - as I certainly try not to unless they are an EZ or basic!! First come, first served - problem is they all come in by 2/10!! now.. and the 2/20's do not like waiting or extensions..

Don't do this Bill.....You could scare the..?..out of a client....... ...............................

Let bygones Pee bygones

It's not funny.... but why am I laughing? OMG.. STOP IT.

Were you jealous? I would have been... Just sayin'.

You're all going to hate me for this, but since I started using a standup desk this season I never feel tired.....unless I'm asleep standing up like a horse, but how would I know?

Its ok to make them wait as well. 5 or ten minutes early, ok... but 45? You can wait.

Nah, I started to look for a cite, got frustrated & just googled. I'm operating on 4 hours of sleep thanks to my computer's clock thinking that yesterday was the end of DST. It was wrong yesterday morning and into the afternoon so I changed the time. Then sometime in the wee hours when I was engrossed in a return, it compounded the problem by trying to fix itself on top of my intervention. When I thought it was time for the dog's last medication, I strolled out to the kitchen and discovered it was actually 3:15 a.m. Adding to that was an early first appointment with a client that annoyingly shows up very, very early for appts, like 45 mins early when I was still in the shower the last time.

Judy is awesome. *I* am lazy... Rich

From this IRS page https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-required-minimum-distributions-rmds

TP walked into my office reeking of booze, I smelled it as soon as I opened the door

Office party...Fun????.... ...........

At this point in the season, yes.

Ugh! Not sure how I would handle that. Then again, I actually know all of my clients and most of them from church. When they drink, I likely would be with them! But not in my home office - save the occasional red wine with my neighbor/former employee/friend/client.

Envious!

Yep... That was me. I nap all the time. Could not get thru this with out them. I have a couch in my office just for this. Rich

I was leaving that early because we had a pistol match tonight, and the captain (me!) can't skip....

Ok, thank God. And Judy and Rich. Let's stop while I'm ahead. I've still not had a nap...

I've never understood why they put those "Deer Crossing" signs along the road where they do. Too many deer get hit there. They should move the signs to a safer place.

You'll have to attach the POA to an 8453 and mail that in. You should keep these additional points in mind in deciding whether her signature is acceptable or not: Does the father's situation meet one of those listed in treas reg sec 1.6012-1(a)(5)? That criteria is listed in pub 947 and the instructions to the 2848. If this is a durable POA, does it specifically grant her the function of signing tax returns on his behalf? Of if a 2848 is on file granting powers to 2017, in line 5a for other acts authorized, is the box checked for "sign a return"?

Yes - Great Story Rich! Wild life is very interesting to watch. As to see the reflection of the deer's eyes in your headlights? On my journey home last evening, five deer, in single file format with a second or two between them, jumped off the right hand bank onto the roadway and continued their journey across the road right to left and off into the woods on the left. Not one of those deer looked at me and if I would have been driving in the dark and looking for the reflection of their eyes, this story could have a very different ending. The evening before last, on our trip home, we observed a herd of 16 deer grazing in a field and they were not twenty yards from the road. I love living in rural America!

I can go upstairs and into an apartment if I want to ... If I really need to sleep. 20 minutes for me is refreshing enough for me to go another 4-5 hours.

A couple years ago I dossed off while sitting in my office chair, all I know I woke up from a deep sleep and it took me about an hour to recuperate, it took me a while to realize I was work.

Andy wants to get a couch... but he's a tall guy so would need a long one.

I am torn between savoring and noshing in small bites - and hoovering the lot. So far, savoring is winning out.

In our area, the deer cross wherever they want to and just ignore the signs. I don't think they understand the pictogram.

File a paper extension. You never know what might happen when you get all the doc's

I should make this my auto-reply to all those email requests. Now, if someone (not my voice) would record the same with appropriate background music for my voice mail...

I have two couches! I need choices in my limited world.

good for you! it is hard.. and hubby just took the lamb roast out - it is resting but we had to check if it was done! he went out to check on lambs - tis that season as well.. man - there is no gamey flavor there! so juicy and succulent - that is a $100 plate dinner!! back to work for awhile! and glad to see you do get away once in awhile!!

Wow! Great story Rich!

I would go with his age calculation. I think somewhere, in the Social Security rules, they count the first day of the new year as the last day of the previous year. If they send a letter, I would use his argument. He has reasonable basis. Rich

why thank you!! That is why we named it as well!

Line 7 of Form 1040. Print SCH to the left. ATX will do it for you if you enter on Line 4 of the worksheet for Form 1040 Line 7.

I am taking this to mean the parents are deciding not to claim the kid and asking you to amend their return to remove him as a dependent. If so, I would explain to them that you can't just decide, his dependency belongs on one return or the other and explain the law. I would file the kid's extension request if he needs one, free gratis, because I'm all about customer service, even though I'm also all about doing things the right way, which is sometimes annoying to clients and bad for business, but it's hard to argue with me.

Our cheeses arrived today. We ate some Ewemazing tonight. It's well named !!

Rag-tag administrations in churches abound here in the rural south. I'm not talking about the stoic multi-million dollar church buildings with 2500 members and at least 5 CPAs. We have them too. But if you don't live here, you don't see the hundreds of small church buildings with memberships less than 50. Sometimes one person collects (and counts) the money on Sunday and deposits it on Monday without anyone else ever seeing it. Others don't even give the pastor a W-2 - no one in the church even knows how. If you prepare taxes down here, you will encounter some of these pastors/preachers. Language such as "contemporaneous receipt" is not understood by someone who didn't learn to say "refrigerator" until yesterday. Many of these are good people, just simply not knowledgeable. I am quite liberal dealing with people for whom I believe honestly donate. If the IRS catches these people, then so be it. I am reluctant to enforce something I believe to be unfair from the outset. The IRS doesn't require contemporaneous receipts for equipment, supplies, other expenditures upon audit - why is it suddenly fair that the courts uphold their insistence on "contemporaneous" receipts? If I'm not mistaken, the first court case ruling against a donor was decided in favor of the IRS in 2013, so it may be rather recent legislation.

no additional assets; no bonus depreciation just the house all those years. He used a paid preparer but went to a different place almost every year. He is military so some years he was in HI another in VA. He went to the same chain the first three years. Acting on Gail's suggestion to get the return from the previous preparer, i called an office of the chain and asked the logistics of getting the return. So, I have sent him an email with instructions to go to the former tax office and ask for his 2013 return. I will be curious to see if he takes the time to do it. Both he and the wife must sign the form for the request.... some would consider that too much trouble....we'll see... I told him that without the actual figure from the return, I would use the 2012 figure. He had gone to the same office of the chain both 2012 and 2013. I figure that they would have had his previous year's history there at the same office so there is some chance of consistency. Unfortunately, that was the highest of all of the figures. (Full purchase price land and all) whatever it was they took... i will add it all up and that is what gets recaptured. with the rental house sale , now he owes over $82,000... I didn't tell him that yet....

I've never had 1099Ks that add up to more than sales per the businesses books, due to sales that aren't on a 1099K, but if that ever happened, I would report the 1099K total and back out the difference somewhere. You should be our test case to see if the IRS is even matching 1099Ks. My guess is that they are not.

Those are two reasons why I printed the thread AND gave it to hubby. Luckily, hubby is semi-retired so is willing to do things for me during tax season! But, I'm pretty sure he understood that HE also will benefit from some newfound tasty cheeses.

I haven't ordered yet - trying to find a spare 5 minutes. I just hope I don't lose track of this thread in the meantime!

Bring some to Rita's in June!