RitaB Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 "Do I get anything for drawing disability?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack from Ohio Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 First place in the art show downtown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaB Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 First place in the art show downtown? LMAO. OK, I'm writin that down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret CPA in OH Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 This is so good - and so needed! RitaB, you are funnier than anyone I know RAMing to the place of virtual memory - just priceless! Keep it up and keep sharing. My clients are ever so boring compared to yours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcjenkins Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Or maybe Last Place, since he said he had a 'drawing disability'? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaB Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Or maybe Last Place, since he said he had a 'drawing disability'? Ya'll are killin me! Hahahaha. Good stuff, and boy, do I need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack from Ohio Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Or maybe Last Place, since he said he had a 'drawing disability'? Of course this is all subject to "artistic interpretation!" My Grandma, used to have "drawing salve" for those pesky irritating bumps...?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 New potential client came in the other day and told me her tax preparer had retired. I asked her a few questions and it turns out she's been self-employed for a few years. So I asked her whether she had mileage logs and the like, and she said "I'm not a records kind of person. Can't you just put down what I said last year?" Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaB Posted March 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 "I was in the neighborhood and thought I would drop by to ask: Have you have tried to call us?" I've had their stuff for six days, and I told them I was two weeks behind when they dropped off. Been clients for seven years. SAME thing every year. Edit: So, I finish the return today and call. I hear this: "The person you have called has a mailbox that is full and cannot receive messages." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 So, just wait 'til the next time they drop by, I guess. Then you can tell them about their voice mailbox. I had a client call super early this morning (didn't hear the phone so the machine got it), and used up ALL the time on my digital recorder except for 34 seconds. This lady does NOT know when to shut UP. I didn't even bother to _listen_ after the first two or three minutes of message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret CPA in OH Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 Hmmm, I guess you could change your message to something like, Please limit your message to 15 seconds please along with the number where you can be reached. I stop listening after 20 seconds because I have to call you back anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Hmmm, I guess you could change your message to something like, Please limit your message to 15 seconds please along with the number where you can be reached. I stop listening after 20 seconds because I have to call you back anyway. Sounds like an _excellent_ idea -- but we both know that the ones who really need to listen to that are the very ones who will ignore it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 One of my favorites: CLIENT: "We sold this stock last year, but we don't think we made any profit. Do we need to report it?" ME: "Yes, you need to report it. Why don't you think you made any profit?" CLIENT: "Well, we bought it a share or two at a time with payroll deductions over the last 20 years. It's gone up and down a lot. Do you think we might have made any money on it?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaB Posted March 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Last year I heard this. A LOT: "My portfolio lost a crap load this year. I can deduct that, right?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kea Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Or .... I moved money from one mutual fund to another, but I never took any money out. Why should I have to pay tax on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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