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JR1 (talk\|edits) said:	January 8, 2008
Ah, help comes from all over! Just got an email from Amazon touting tax software. I wondered, how do they know I'm a tax guy. Then I realized, they're emailing this to everyone on their subscription list, selling current year crap. Lovely.

Rgtaxservice (talk\|edits) said:	8 January 2008
Maybe they want to make sure "you've got people".

TheTinCook (talk\|edits) said:	8 January 2008
Rg, why don't you go "ask the box"?

Rgtaxservice (talk|edits) said:

8 January 2008

:) I've also noticed those wonderful HRB ads that say they find, on average, $2500 more employee business deductions...more compared to what? I'll have one or two knucklheads asking me about that this...just 'to make sure you're doing it right'. I'll spent about 30 minutes this year explaining that the 'more deductions' is based on your Average Joe doing his taxes vs. a tax professional. That's 30 minutes of life I will never get back.

I might start assessing an '~~Aggravation~~ Administrative Fee' onto some returns this year to compensate myself for the added grief.

Michaelstar (talk\|edits) said:	8 January 2008
One of those emails I just deleted w/out reading - Wonder what kind of taxpayer they consider me now........

Death&Taxes (talk\|edits) said:	9 January 2008
I think the ad was trying to sell you lederhosen....you know that is a deductbile employee expense that HRB found.....probably found it out in the dumpster.

AKCCPA (talk\|edits) said:	9 January 2008
They probably just wanted you to know that 10,000 dollars of unreimbursed business expenses and 2,500 dollars in charitable contributions on 23,000 of income is a pretty standard tax return.