Discussion:Are we there yet?
From TaxAlmanac
| Revision as of 15:03, 9 April 2009 Rgtaxservice (Talk | contribs) (''It is so exhil) ← Previous diff |
Revision as of 02:33, 10 April 2009 Rgtaxservice (Talk | contribs) (Why are these la) Next diff → |
||
| Line 111: | Line 111: | ||
| As I've said before, the look on the client's face is priceless...and the sound of the shredder motor drowns out their screams.}} | As I've said before, the look on the client's face is priceless...and the sound of the shredder motor drowns out their screams.}} | ||
| + | |||
| + | {{ForumReplyPost|UserID=Rgtaxservice|Date=10 April 2009|Text=Why are these last few days dragging on? I worked until 11pm last night. I woke at 4am with heartburn, took some Tums, and wandering into the office. I worked until 9am and did my daily drive to the brother-in-law's for coffee. I was back here 11am. Sometime around 3:30 I took a nap until 5:00. Then I spent the next two and half hours on the phone. It's now 10:30. Fortunately I it will take only an hour to assemble a few returns. My first appt isn't until noon tomorrow so I'll sleep until 8. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Did I ever mention that I was tired? | ||
| + | }} | ||
Revision as of 02:33, 10 April 2009
Discussion Forum Index --> General Chat --> Are we there yet?
Rgtaxservice (talk|edits) said: | 8 April 2009 |
| I'm tired.
I'm tired of people. I'm tired of taxes. I'm tired of hearing my voice saying the same thing. I'm tired of hearing clients saying the same thing. Did I mention that I was tired? | |
| April 8, 2009 | |
| Yes, you did mention that you are tired. So am I. And no, we are not there yet :(. | |
| 8 April 2009 | |
| Don't you just love the clients that come in April and say "Are you tired....you look it!!" | |
Rgtaxservice (talk|edits) said: | 8 April 2009 |
| I have no love for April clients. | |
| April 8, 2009 | |
| I have several April clients, all drop-offs, since I only accept drop-offs in March and April on a walk-in basis (or by mail or in the drop-off box on my front porch). I'd rather see April clients walk in every day than February clients, because when I see April clients, I know I'm almost done!
I'll be very happy when this Friday is over. I have an IRS audit for a self-employed client at 9 am on Friday for 2006, 2007, and 2008. They received the audit letter about two weeks after the 2008 return was efiled in mid-February. I open my office every day at 11 am, and since I have no idea how long this audit will last, I have a note on my front door that says the office may be closed for a few hours on Friday. The auditor refused to schedule this audit for anytime after April 15th. | |
| 8 April 2009 | |
| I love the Florida clients who always call and ask first are my taxes done yet, then they want to know how the weather is. For my friendlier ones I let them know that every time they ask that, there fee goes up. | |
Actionbsns (talk|edits) said: | 8 April 2009 |
| I had someone call yesterday to do only a state return.
How much? $100/hour. You charge by the hour? Yes, and BTW, anyone coming in my door now will be put on extension. Really? You're that busy? and you charge by the hour?, Yes and there's that many people in front of you. Well I'll just go somewhere else then. My heart was broken, I fretted about it all day, came home still worried about it. Oh, no, wait that was the 1041 return I was wading my way through, and then the Canadian condo/partnership. And Fred, don't you just love calling somewhere like Intuit and getting some chatty tech support person who wants to know if it's really as wonderful to live where you are as they've heard - all the warm and the sun and the beaches. It takes 20 minutes just to be able to get past the gushing to the problem. Sometimes I get kind of cranky about it. | |
Actionbsns (talk|edits) said: | 8 April 2009 |
| Now, now Fred, don't go getting cranky. I forgot you live in New York because you mentioned your Florida clients. I'll just bottle up some VOG and send it to you so you won't feel so bad. | |
| April 8, 2009 | |
| Let me add a plumeria to that bottle before you send it Action. | |
| 8 April 2009 | |
| It is so exhilerating for my staff to be empowered to shred someone's completed return.
A client came in (troublesome from the get-go) and said "I'm not paying $140 and only getting back $4,000!!!" (her return should have been 220 but I had already quoted her boyfriend a fee for the return, and of course she brings in extra stuff that requires more forms). She doesn't want to listen to us that her daughter was over the age of 16 now so she no longer gets a $1,000 child credit, in addition to the EITC she is still getting. "I don't know why my boyfriend comes here, you don't know what you are doing." So my assistant hands her her papers back and tosses the finished return in the shredder. "We're quite happy for you to go somewhere else." | |
Pink Pearl (talk|edits) said: | 8 April 2009 |
| My long time client gets her return and refund is short $1,000 from what I calculated. I review the return and IRS memo and note that child has turned 17 during the year and does not qualify for $1,000 credit anymore. She looks at me like I have two heads and says "well..she certainly doesn't look like she is 17. Why didn't you tell me sooner that she was going to turn 17 this year?" I look in file when they first came to me and they put her date of birth wrong by one year. She's demanding that I call IRS and explain that she made a mistake and could they overlook it and still give her the $1,000 anyways. Said she already spent the extra cash on her Master Card and now she can't pay the bill. Gonna turn me in to Marshall Dillon even. I should have stayed home today ! Oh well..its fun to think about it later when they leave. | |
| 8 April 2009 | |
| some 17 year olds look like they're 21
and some 15 year olds look like they're 19 and some guys go to jail for that very reason | |
| 8 April 2009 | |
| Kevin,
Jim Croce wrote a song about exactly that issue. Now, let's play "Name That Tune!" Clients have been pretty patient I have to say knowing my situation. Only a few have really freaked out for their returns. That's not too bad. Tom | |
| 8 April 2009 | |
| well I can google faster than I can think so I know the name already | |
Walking Spanish (talk|edits) said: | 9 April 2009 |
| Full moon tonight. Prepare for the worst. | |
| 9 April 2009 | |
| See, but looking it up is cheating. I knew it and didn't have too, but that's probably because I'm older, but not by much.
Tom | |
| 9 April 2009 | |
| I think we are about the same, Tom. I was born in 1961. Maybe even a year or two older? I did have a Jim Croce album in high school, although I didn't ever slit my wrists listening to it like some of my friends did. | |
| 9 April 2009 | |
| Actually Kevin, 1961 is my year as well, so we are the same age. I just grew up around musicians and a friend who became a radio personality. As a result, I became a music trivia buff and won a bunch of radio and bar contests. My friends took me out frequently because free drinks or prizes abounded with me around.
Tom | |
| 9 April 2009 | |
| Wow, you two are friggin old. Decrepit dirty old men I say. Something I hope to be one day myself. See, I'm a young'un. I was born in 65. A good year for us whippersnappers. | |
Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said: | 9 April 2009 |
| I went to high school with Jim Croce; he was in several classes ahd homeroom. Upper Darby PA High, class of '60. His jokes weren't as good as Charley Peach's but Charley never parlayed his into fame. | |
Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said: | 9 April 2009 |
| I have a saying at this time of year, borrowed from the French Foreign Legion, "march or die."
Since the advent of email, the phone does not ring as much, but now I dread opening my Outlook Express in the morning. "Did you get my package?" The asshole sent it by Fedex, so he could check with them, but he'd rather prod me, which means I put his a little lower in the stack. Those who are patient see their returns. | |
| 9 April 2009 | |
| Is it appropriate to put a little memo on the front desk explaining these things to our clients. Saying that you and others have trusted us to do their taxes and to do them right. that once the return is done, they will be called, if they haven't been called, it's because it is not done. | |
Rgtaxservice (talk|edits) said: | 9 April 2009 |
| It is so exhilerating for my staff to be empowered to shred someone's completed return.
As I've said before, the look on the client's face is priceless...and the sound of the shredder motor drowns out their screams. | |
Rgtaxservice (talk|edits) said: | 10 April 2009 |
| Why are these last few days dragging on? I worked until 11pm last night. I woke at 4am with heartburn, took some Tums, and wandering into the office. I worked until 9am and did my daily drive to the brother-in-law's for coffee. I was back here 11am. Sometime around 3:30 I took a nap until 5:00. Then I spent the next two and half hours on the phone. It's now 10:30. Fortunately I it will take only an hour to assemble a few returns. My first appt isn't until noon tomorrow so I'll sleep until 8.
Did I ever mention that I was tired? | |
