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Well - if you saw me, you'd know there is no particular health and wellness vibe with me. And I'm a tax accountant so zen has never entered my life.

I had to mail something to dmv today. No electronic option. Took me 15 minutes to find the stamps. Had not used them in at least a year.

Certainly the NYS DOS has a 1 800 complaint line

Here in DE also.

Same here in NY. I do a quick calculation to see if they are close to the NY standard deduction. If yes, then I'll ask for missing items; if not I don't bother. Most don't come close.

A customer who tells me I am "not helpful at all" is usually correct. Why? The Paul Harvey "Rest of the Story". The customer has given me bupkis to work with! This afternoon it is a customer who says they do the same thing every month, but this time it did not work as expected. They did not share any details at all, so I had to fall back on asking for details, and being candid about the software not having changed since last month (actually, the aspect in question has not changed in at least a decade) so the issue is 99.999999% likely to be a case of not doing exactly what they have done before. I even pointed out what I think the cause was. But no, instead of any sort of useful reply, I get the "not helpful at all". RTFM and GIGO "live on". We will never, whether you call it automation or AI, ever remove human action from causing error, and the same human causing the error wanting desperately to shift responsibility. Now, back to planning a cruise for our 40th anniversary!

DC doesn't allow itemized deductions if you don't itemize on Federal... but the standard deduction is exactly as the federal.

Virginia does not allow itemizing unless you itemize for federal either, but if you are anywhere close to being able to itemize on federal I run the numbers because VA has such a low standard deduction that sometimes it is saves enough on the state to itemize and save state taxes even though you take a hit on the federal.

Maryland does not allow itemizing unless you itemize for federal. Maryland is close to be a flat tax for most people.

Same here for my CA clients. If they have a mortgage I pretty much can assume they will itemize in the state. The one I have to watch for is older clients who have paid off their mortgage but are giving larger charitable contributions. Tom Longview, TX

Have you tried faxing your response? I haven’t mailed anything to the FTB in years.

We fill out Schedule A for most clients because, in Wisconsin, some itemized deductions can flow through to the State forms. I don't have a problem with that. Also, I have always felt that the loss of the 2106 hurt many of my clients.

Be sure to file your Beneficial Ownership Information with FINCEN

That scenario would end in out of control inflation like in Argentina! Unfortunately, our representatives are more concerned about getting reelected than doing what's best for the country

I've reminded clients to continue to track their itemized deductions even if they use the higher standard deduction because the current law expires after 2025. We won't know what they'll do until they do it. Ha.

After decades of ignoring the fraud and extortion of online review "services", I have tired of the ramifications of not fighting back. Thus, I will be offering links to customers to "review" sites and asking them to post their reviews. Rather than paying for fake reviews or wasting time trying to get fraudulent and extortion reviews removed, I am hoping real reviews will outnumber the fakes taking the power away from the fraudsters. The tipping point was a longtime customer telling me they were leaving because of a review they noticed (which was an extortion attempt - the "I posted a bad review, pay me and I will remove it" type).