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Copied from Forbes: “For a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” — Winston Churchill “Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.” — Herman Wouk “I am proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is I could be just as proud for half of the money.” — Arthur Godfrey “A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.” — G. Gordon Liddy “The taxpayer: that’s someone who works for the federal government, but doesn’t have to take a civil service examination.” — Ronald Reagan “The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.” — Barry Goldwater “Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.” —Calvin Coolidge “This is too difficult for a mathematician. It takes a philosopher. The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” — Albert Einstein “The difference between death and taxes is death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” — Will Rogers “In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren’t much happier about taxation with representation.” — Lyndon B. Johnson “Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?” — Peg Bracken I'm smiling but I don't feel any wealthier

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, TAX it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." — Ronald Reagan

I think they call it the sausage making in DC. I call it Halloween - Senators go to the doors of lobbyists and hold out a bag looking for cash to be put in. The more cash the AICPA can put in the senator's candy bag, the more chance the senator will make changes to the sausage recipe. Not appealing to watch.... Tom Longview, TX

The 6% penalty applies each year the excess contribution remains in the account. The excess and associated earnings must be distributed before the penalty disappears.

“The art of taxation consists of plucking the goose so as to obtain the most feathers with the least amount of hissing.” Jean-Baptiste Colbert

I truly asked my hairdresser yesterday and she said that I was doing just fine. She is self-employed too.

Articles in both Bloomberg Tax and the Tax Foundation say the Bill closes use of the PTET deduction by SSTBs. It also restricts the use of the 199A deduction by SSTBs. As a result the AICPA is putting a major emphasis on getting the Senate to remove these changes! Are we having fun yet

"Go to the ATX forum, idiot."

But we have always done it that way with Turbo-Tax. Depreciation, what is that?

What's the standard deduction for Charity? ...for __________? TikTok But my co-worker's refund is bigger! I'm self-employed; how much will I owe? How big is my refund? Ltr CP2000

How much is reasonable? What do most people take?

What answer would you like?

If you are not licensed, you cannot legally give investment advice. Series 6, 66, 63, and 7 licensures (or some combination of those). However, as Judy says, the tax benefits (or detriments) of IRAs or other investments is something we can - and should discuss. Start out with "not investment advice; tax consequences only) and reiterate that at the end, too. Along with "talk to your investment advisor." Also remind the client that any tax advice from the investment advisor is suspect. I do wish we could get the licenses of investment "advisors" who give tax advice yoinked the way ours can be for investment advice. I've heard - heck, we've all heard - preposterous and expensive and generally horrible "advice" our clients blithely followed from their "stock guy" that blew up in their faces come tax time. And far too often, we've been hit with the blame and/or the anger.

Ahh, the good old scent of nasty volatile organics. We refer to them here collectively as "methyl ethyl death."

And Margaret, it doesn't have to be the end of your fax line. You can go to an e-fax type service (I use RingCentral) and even keep the same number. I am not sure how often you will need a fax line - they seem to be going the way of the dinosaur but occasionally it is helpful in communicating with IRS or filing some paperwork that is not set up for e-file.

This is all so true. Funny thing is that I still have a desktop calculator and do still have check tapes attached to the office copy on occasion (just in case). BTW, is my nearly perfect new electric Smith-Corona, slightly dusty, now considered an antique?

I assume you have an ID.me account, because I don't and I can't get in.

Thank you for the replies. I am moving from my office building of 25 years to a small room in my house. I have donated to Mission Central 5 computers and alot of office equipment and supplies. I am going to do about 20 family returns and 5 client/friends. My office was doing a little over 1000 returns. I had 3 full time and 3 part time employees. All 3 full timers decided they were ready to retire. Two were with me 35 years and the 3rd 15 years. I do not want to start over with new staff. I will not have business cards or letterhead. Judy, I did see where to click for a new application. I did not think that was correct. I will go back in on Monday to see if I can figure it out. It's a shame when it seems more difficult to change your address and phone number than it is to do a tax return.