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As a retired fee only CFP, I wish I could recommend someone locally, but your client can go to the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards website to find someone in the area and then research their qualifications/reviews/ disciplinary record/ and any other recommendations. I think your client would do best sitting down with someone in person. For my own needs I use someone at Fidelity locally as a point person, and he can draw on the expertise of others in his office. In my case, just like your client, they have to know exactly what are their goals, needs, and most importantly, risk tolerance. The advisor will do a good job if he listens to the client and not try to just do what is best for the advisor. Strictly fee only, no commissions is a good way to go in my opinion.

Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year to all!

Good thing I was only planning on getting a Margarita in Margaritaville. Long live Jimmy Buffet, now where’s my parrot hat?

Congratulations! Grandma will be busy spoiling him

I’ll probably renew and be done with it as I usually do with money sitting in my checking account. Now that you’ve brought up interest rates I’ve been having a good time with Treasury Direct and T Bills paying those decent rates.

Yes, May 18th. Her mind is good, which I think has something to do with her gambling habit. Always a card player like her father who lived to 91. I taught her dominoes many years ago because it involves more thinking and strategy. At her age I’m always amazed when I leave with less change in my pocket. But if I do win she hits me with “Aren’t you embarrassed taking money from your old mother?” During Covid she fell in the house, fractured her pelvis pulling out a card table when her friends came over. In Rehab she got in trouble for setting up card games in a corner of the Physical Therapy facility. I got a call from the administrator who said, Please tell Olympia there is no gambling allowed in here, especially during Covid. She’s a real character. I also think her 3 ounces of daily wine doesn’t hurt.

So glad it’s over! This morning as every year I leave MA at midnight to spend a few days with Mom in NYC after being away for nearly 3 months. She’ll be 99 in a few weeks and all she wants to do is play dominoes, Bingo and drink my homemade wine with no sulfites. A tradition I hope goes on for as long as I am in this business. Photo is not long ago.

I use First Class green rimmed tyvex envelopes with only problems being the occasional delay, usually 2 weeks because it got stuck in the mailbag. When I want tracking I go to the kiosk at any hour and send priority.

To answer your question, I vote for firing him. With the work involved and his realization that he will need to correct and pay tax he will probably give you a hard time when he gets your fee. End it now, you will feel better.

Guidance was issued last night on the IRS Newswire. We’re all good. They must have heard us.

How many people will hold up sending in their documents to us after reading or hearing this. I already had 2 calls. I hope they come out with guidance soon. Tax practitioners don’t have time for this right now.

Yes, but if you close out the message you can keep working. Abby gets the credit for that workaround. I do shut down the program every few returns, another Abby recommendation

Ha! Yes, but not my problem.

Yes he did check the box, I asked that question wondering if he read the whole notice. I’ll go ahead and tell him to stop the check and let him know about the penalty and take it from there. Thanks to both of you for your help.

I have that too but can't find the messages. In the past it was usually for something unimportant.