The first year I ever filed a schedule C tax return was for 1972. I got audited by the IRS because I didn't know what I was doing. I appealed and got some of the extra tax off including a pissed supervisor who probably went back and wrung the neck of my first caseworker for not allowing deductions for show costumes. The IRS recommended I use an accountant. A friend I knew through TM recommended his accountant. Those guys started out in a small office near downtown Seattle and wound up in a suite in the tallest building. By that time my prep fee was $600. Too much so that's why I switched to someone local since I had moved from Seattle to the SF Bay Area.
I hate our tax system. It's like they expect everyone to be a bookkeeper. But we know that only a small percentage has the mindset for that. I'm all with simplifying our tax system but that is a hard task and too many (mainly CPAs) make money off it. I would just use one of the software packages but would probably blow that. Half the time I'm not even sure of the terms on the worksheets the account sends. Nadi astrology system: 9 years for each planet starting with the Sun, Moon.... On 02/07/2013 05:53 PM, Share Long wrote: > I'm laughing because my CPA charges me more each year though it seems he does > less. For example, he no longer prints and snail mails the forms. He emails > them to me and I get to print them out! Then I fill them out so that I'm not > even sure what he does any more except transfer a few numbers. Except they > had extra work last year because of the identity theft. Anyway, I'm grateful > because I'm sure I wasn't doing my taxes correctly. > > A while back my regular carrier was training someone. BTW, she's overweight > too and very red faced. Pitta kapha? Anyway, the next week I saw the > trainee on his own trying to deliver something to me that belonged to a next > door neighbor. I pointed him in the right direction and proceeded to worry > about receiving all the info needed for my tax return. > > > I just received a letter today from IRS. Because of last year's identity > theft, they've given me a pin number to add to my return. > > > One very good thing was that the thieves used my first and last name only > because that's how my credit cards are. However I also use my middle initial > on my tax returns. That was another clue for IRS to know which return was > from the real me. And of course my CPA who's been doing my taxes for several > years. > > Illuminati staging blackouts? Sort of ironic. > > Fascinating about Nadi astrology and 81 year cycles. > > I watched The Cult not for Buck. I survived (-: > > Sorry to hear that watching movies isn't tantra. But glad all books have > arrived in virgin state (-: > > > I'm hoping if America is falling apart it's just so that it can rise like a > phoenix from the ashes (-: > > > ________________________________ > From: Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 7:27 PM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The next logical step - USPS? > > > > Around here it is the "postal carrier of the week." Sometimes the mail > doesn't come until 7:30 PM. Though the neighbor got her mail this > morning I've seen a carrier deliver by truck driving to each house and > do that side of the street but not do mine until late in the day. > Weird. Sometimes the put all the packages on another truck and it can > come much later. America is really falling apart. > > I'm trying to find a new accountant this year. The one I've used for > about 20 years has too pay too much rent for her office and I get to pay > part of that. It's an upscale town for old money people and where the > company I used to work for was first located. When I switched to her > from my Seattle accountant she only charges $200 (small business > return). Now it is almost $500. Nothing wrong with her work but my > neighbor, a real estate agent, only pays $240. I spotted H&R Block's > price list and for small business starts at $214 which would probably be > close to what I would actually pay. But I would prefer to find a local > independent account to use. Thing is like my neighbor's accountant many > don't want to take on additional clients. A few years back I got a > recommendation from a friend but when I checked last year that guy was > no longer in business. > > BTW, I notice they no longer put your full SS# on tax documents. Just > the last 4 numbers. > > On 02/07/2013 05:05 PM, Share Long wrote: >> As for postal carriers, mine is a heroine for me. Here's why. The people >> who stole my SS# last year, used it to file a tax return. As an address >> they used an empty store front about 3 blocks from where I live. It was to >> this address that the IRS sent a letter saying that they were investigating >> the possibility of a tax refund. But my carrier recognized my name on the >> letter, remembered where I live and delivered the IRS letter to me. I >> turned it over to my CPA and he was able to tell the IRS that there could be >> no refund for me because he had not yet done my tax return! So we were able >> to avoid a big mess simply because my carrier went the extra mile on my >> behalf. I also chalk it up to living in a small town. >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net> >> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 4:49 PM >> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The next logical step - USPS? >> >> >> >> I pay most of my bills via snail mail but some of the banks and my >> credit union have added another option other than autopay. I can now >> just pay my credit union credit card via transfer so saves the cost of a >> stamp. Same with my rarely used credit card from a bank that I have a >> petty cash checking account. So another stamp saved. >> >> Over a week ago I bought a used book via Amazon for $1. The shipping >> and handling from the book store was $4. Fine but the book store was >> only up in Washington state (I thought I had selected a California store >> but maybe they had a store in California but no longer). Anyway the >> order went out the following day. It arrived at the post office >> yesterday and tracking said "out for delivery". As of today it still >> has not shown so I will call the PO and ask what is up with that. >> >> Two years ago I won a book and it too never showed up so they sent >> another copy. The book fit fine through my mail slot so I doubt if the >> first copy was swiped from my doorstep as there was no need to leave it >> there. I also doubt that yesterday the book was left at my doorstep >> because I went for a short walk and actually ran into the carrier. I >> should have asked if she had the book and instructed her to just push it >> through the slot. My bet with the book and maybe the one two years ago >> it was miss delivered to another address. You may have noticed that >> those post office boxes you can't put a package weighing over a certain >> amount in them which would preclude books. Hence someone getting my >> book might not know what to do with it because they would need to return >> it to the PO. They should be able to call the PO and have them pick it >> up. Bet they won't do that. >> >> My neighbor said she got a Christmas card for another address completely >> out of this area of the town. She was able to correct the address as >> apparently it was a little unreadable by looking up the person in a >> directory. When she asked the carrier why it was delivered to her house >> the carrier said "I didn't know what to do with it." That's what we >> have for postal carriers these days. >> >> On 02/07/2013 07:45 AM, Share Long wrote: >>> I wonder if there are other Boomers like me who like to pay their bills via >>> snail mail. I never liked the idea of online banking and I liked it even >>> less after my credit cards and SS# were compromised last year. I know >>> online banking is inevitable. Just putting it off as long as possible. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Richard J. Williams rich...@rwilliams.us> >>> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >>> Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 8:51 AM >>> Subject: [FairfieldLife] The next logical step - USPS? >>> >>> >>> >>> "The USPS owns eleventy-billion trucks and employs >>> eleventy-billion union workers, all to deliver a >>> product nobody wants." >>> >>> Posted by Stephen Green: >>> http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2013/02/06/only-one-michael-moore-was-harmed-in-the-making-of-this-column/ >>> >>> >>> >> > >
