Pacun Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Who do you dislike most, hair dressers or Realtors? I hate, I mean dislike realtors. They always tell people that all the closing cost will be refunded when the taxes are prepared. Why do they give advice on something they are not qualified? Today I heard a realtor on the radio saying that you should buy a house and use it as a home office and then they can open a business and use the house for 3 hours a week and deduct the house and have a loss on their business and that's how uncle Sam gives you money back just by buying a house and opening a business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Brokers who tell their/my clients that PTPs are just like buying and selling stocks. Then they want to know why my bill went up! (Their broker's commission went up, but that's buried deep in their statements.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcjenkins Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Realtor, for sure, closely followed by Brokers, the bankers. Hair dressers and barbers are not nearly as bad, because people do not take them as authorities, like they do Realtors, brokers, and bankers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaB Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 What I REALLY love are the Realtors (and why do we capitalize that?) who have a spreadsheet of expenses, list every transaction, usually in the same column with a note to the side. They don't know how to format, so decimals are not lined up. And they use 2 point font. Except for that one entry in 14. Also don't know how to add the column, which would be useful, even though everything is in one column. At least I would know if I missed anything.I'll take the hair dresser handwritten totals with a big spot of dye and the arrow saying "I spilled dye on this, sorry, Rita, I love you, :)" and ignore the do-overs and gift certificates any day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb39 Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Nobody mentioned Insurance Salespersons who sell annuities with promises of immense wealth. Brokers are next on my "hit" list.I love my Hairdresser client. She does EXACTLY what I tell her to; almost to the point of being a huge pest. She brings me her paperwork (hard to read) but very detailed, has me prepare her sales tax an estimates and never questions my advice. Also, she does a great job on my hair at a fair price. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikester1967 Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Pike's Number 1 answer is............ REALTORS / REAL ESTATE AGENTS! Just had one attempt to hide everything from my client whom he/she soon is divorcing. Thankfully things magically began to appear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Realtor, for sure, closely followed by Brokers, the bankers. Hair dressers and barbers are not nearly as bad, because people do not take them as authorities, like they do Realtors, brokers, and bankers. I have to partially disagree with you on this one, KC. While the hairdressers and barbers are not themselves authorities, their brothers-in-law sure are! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaB Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Nobody mentioned Insurance Salespersons who sell annuities with promises of immense wealth. Brokers are next on my "hit" list. I don't have any of these as clients, but they are not scarce when it comes to showing up at my office saying, "Let's work together and help these clients." Meaning: "Send me your clients, cause I don't know what I'm doing. Oh, and no, I didn't talk to you in high school, but let's have lunch and see how we can work together now. Since you have lots of clients and I don't." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elrod Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Bartender's...........Especially at closing time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HV Ken Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 I HATE financial advisors who don't inform their customers that when they take money out of their retirement account it is taxable; or they don't advise them on withholding options; etc. Then when we do their tax return and break the bad news to them, they get mad at us like it is our fault. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Yeah, let's take your money out of this investment and move it to this other investment that's making more money -- but not mentioning that the first was in a retirement account and the second is a fully-taxable personal account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklcpa Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 If this is multiple choice, I'll go with "E - all of the above". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaB Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 If this is multiple choice, I'll go with "E - all of the above". Yeah, I kinda hate everybody right now. Especially the retired attorney who called on 2/24 saying he would have his two S-Corps and three partnerships to me by 2/28. Not seen hide nor hair of him. That kidder. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikester1967 Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Yeah, I kinda hate everybody right now. Especially the retired attorney who called on 2/24 saying he would have his two S-Corps and three partnerships to me by 2/28. Not seen hide nor hair of him. That kidder. I second all the above! My carpal tunnel is killing me at this point! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaB Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 OMG, yes, and the new client, whose previous preparer (if you can call it that) retired, and it's like he has never heard any of this. I look at her return, and IRS is apparently not even trying. Never seen so many business miles, pretty sure you can't even drive that much in a year unless you work for NASCAR, and home mortgage interest on the Sch C, just because he put it on the organizer there, and she didn't care, and OMG... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack from Ohio Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Salespersons that sell insulation, siding, windows, furnaces, etc. The tell the client as part of their sales pitch... "You will get $1,500 back on your taxes if you buy this product." Had a retired couple that had $0 tax liability so there was NO credit to take!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janitor Bob Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 I hate monkies. They steal my frikkin' bananas also...squirrels can be assholes. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaB Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 I hate monkies. They steal my frikkin' bananas also...squirrels can be assholes. Squirrels are the worst. It's like they TRY to get run over. Back and forth, back and forth. No more braking. I'm done. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolbeck Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 What I REALLY love are the Realtors (and why do we capitalize that?) who have a spreadsheet of expenses, list every transaction, usually in the same column with a note to the side. They don't know how to format, so decimals are not lined up. And they use 2 point font. Except for that one entry in 14. Also don't know how to add the column, which would be useful, even though everything is in one column. At least I would know if I missed anything. I'll take the hair dresser handwritten totals with a big spot of dye and the arrow saying "I spilled dye on this, sorry, Rita, I love you, :)" and ignore the do-overs and gift certificates any day. What I REALLY love are the Realtors (and why do we capitalize that?) who have a spreadsheet of expenses, list every transaction, usually in the same column with a note to the side. They don't know how to format, so decimals are not lined up. And they use 2 point font. Except for that one entry in 14. Also don't know how to add the column, which would be useful, even though everything is in one column. At least I would know if I missed anything. I'll take the hair dresser handwritten totals with a big spot of dye and the arrow saying "I spilled dye on this, sorry, Rita, I love you, :)" and ignore the do-overs and gift certificates any day. My sister is a hairdresser and I do prepare her taxes. I can so relate to this and agree. It is the people that appreciate all you do for them, not the ones that "KNOW" all about taxes and you "Just hit a Button" but still have you prepare their taxes. At least I can still get my hair done during tax season! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Squirrels are the worst. It's like they TRY to get run over. Back and forth, back and forth. No more braking. I'm done. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILLMAS Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 I agree with most here, but I do have a gripe against tax prep shops that advertise themself as the "Refund Expert", "Where we find you more money", "We have a billion dollars for you" etc..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackerjack Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 I hate brokers who convince my clients to do Roth conversions because "it will be good for your taxes." "Did the broker look at your tax return?" I ask. The answer is invariably "no." What I hate even more is my innocent client's banker, who walked her down the hall and threw her to these wolves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanmcq Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 I love my hairdresser. When he had me do 3 years of back taxes, I got my hair done in exchange for a year & a half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret CPA in OH Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 I love my hairdresser. When he had me do 3 years of back taxes, I got my hair done in exchange for a year & a half.Which you both correctly reported as barter transactions per IRS Tax Tip 2014-26 which arrived in my email box just a bit ago. http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Bartering-Tax-Center 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HV Ken Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 I second all the above! My carpal tunnel is killing me at this point! Check out http://www.mousemitt.com/. I wear mine all the time when working on the computer. Best preventative money I have spent! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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