And now what you have been waiting a year for – my annual
posting of:
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THE TWELVE DAYS OF TAX SEASON
On the first day of tax season my client gave to me a Closing
Statement for the purchase of a home.
On the second day of tax season my client gave to me 2 W-2
forms.
On the third day of tax season my client gave to me 3 mortgage
statements.
On the fourth day of tax season my client gave to me 4 Salvation
Army receipts.
On the fifth day of tax season my client gave to me 5 Form K-1s.
On the sixth day of tax season my client gave to me 6 1099s for
dividends.
On the seventh day of tax season my client gave to me 7
cancelled checks.
On the eighth day of tax season my client gave to me 8 useless
items.
On the ninth day of tax season my client gave to me 9 medical
bills.
On the tenth day of tax season my client gave to me 10 stock
sale confirms.
On the eleventh day of tax season my client gave to me 11
employee business expenses.
On the twelfth day of tax season my client got from me a
finished tax return, 11 employee business expenses, 10 stock sale confirms, 9
medical bills, 8 useless items, 7 cancelled checks, 6 1099s for dividends, 5
Form K-1s, 4 Salvation Army receipts, 3 mortgage statements, 2 W-2 forms, and a
Closing Statement for the purchase of a home.
And, of course, on the thirteenth day of tax season the client
gave to me a corrected Consolidated 1099 from Wells Fargo Advisors!
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And so the 2018 Tax Filing Season – my 47th - officially
begins. Open the floodgates and bring on the 1040s!
As is my custom, due to the demands of the filing season I will
be taking my annual “tax season hiatus” from posting to THE WANDERING TAX PRO and
THE TAX PROFESSIONAL.
Between now and April 17th I will barely have time to relieve
myself let alone blog! Nor will I have time to respond to comments.
If a comment requires a response I will do so after April 17th.
DO NOT EMAIL ME OR SUBMIT COMMENTS WITH SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT
YOUR 2017 TAX RETURN! ALL SUCH ITEMS WILL BE PROMPTLY DELETED UPON
DISCOVERY!
I am NOT accepting
any new 1040 clients (or any other kind of tax preparation clients). So, don’t
email me asking if I can prepare your 2017 tax returns. THE
ANSWER IS A MOST DEFINITE "NO".
I will be publishing a WHERE THE FAKAWI post occasionally here
at TWTP to keep my clients up-to-date on my progress during the season and to
report changes or additions to my tax season policies and procedures. Clients
can also keep track of my tax season progress by following me at TWITTER
(@rdftaxpro).
I realize that I am abandoning you at a time when you may need
me the most – but I need to make a living!
I find it a bit amusing that the period of time when TWTP gets
the most “hits” is during the tax filing season when I am not posting.
“Talk” to you when it is all over!
TTFAW
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