BLACK BART

Merry Christmas to everyone. Here's a favorite of mine: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening By Robert Frost 1874–1963 Robert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

I think you're right -- they're coming in the windows. TurboTax has killed off quite a bit of the "easy" short-form traffic -- "free" federal is pretty hard to compete with and thank Allah that AR has a state tax. Too, new franchises pop up quickly. Sometime ago a client from the (now defunct, I think) "MO-MONEY" outfit stopped by asking me to fix his rejected EF; said they couldn't/wouldn't fix it. He wasn't my former client and I didn't have the time to try (more holes in it than a dartboard), but, curious, I asked why he left his previous preparer. Reply: "They gave me a free T-shirt." Go figure. Maybe I need to offer a six-pack with every return......