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EA, NTPI, CTRS, CRETS, Tax 💰, Tech🧑🏻‍💻 , Traveling ✈️. | | joshyoungblood.eth

Dallas, TX
Joined June 2017
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Josh Youngblood, EA
3 months
If you have been looking for a community experience that is both positive and friendly and provides cited answers to your tax questions, InCite is it. Plus, there are lots of great webinars, meetups, and practice management discussions. So much of social media is either toxic or
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🎉🎉 InCite Hits 200 Members! I am excited that our new intentional community for tax pros has grown tremendously in its first month, and the amount of excellent information shared has been incredible. If you do not join, you're missing out! Learn more:
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Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
This could be very useful lol.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
@krassenstein Respectfully I disagree. This man vilified LGBTQ+ people and said horrible things.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
6 months
@RadioFreeTom So cringe. Dershowitz is so Trumpian.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
4 months
@RadioFreeTom And yet people still support him. It makes no sense.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 months
@GaSecofState This should be a reminder to all of exactly why they should not support Trump. He has no respect for democracy.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
3 years
@MarkHertling If the DOJ doesn't start looking into the actions of DJT and associates, I am extremely concerned about what the future will hold.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
3 years
Don’t call your accountants office and setup a call because you received an IRS notice. Send us the notice. We don’t want you to read it to us or give us your interpretation. Then we can review and look at your file and actually know.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
@tedcruz Why don't you do something?!?! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!!
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
7 months
@RadioFreeTom This is just weird
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
And this seasons dumbest comment is: “oh? I have to pay you? But I owe. My last tax person waived her fee when I owed.”
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
11 months
My crafty husband finished this quilt he's been working on for several months.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
4 years
@DonaldJTrumpJr @kimguilfoyle Felt like a North Korean Rally in English.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
9 months
10 years married today! (Thank you, Edith Windsor, United States v. Windsor, followed by Obergefell v. Hodges)
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Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
@tedcruz Really? Pat was a bigot. A hateful bigot.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
Sad news out of the tax world. I saw on Facebook that TaxMama (Eva Rosenberg) passed away. I remember coming across her site and content when I was exploring becoming an EA and reaching out to her. She was very encouraging and did a lot to promote the EA credential. May she rest
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
My birthday cake. Parents are here today for lunch and Luis made this.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
3 years
How do know your child will be an accountant when they grow up? When you read them Cinderella and the pumpkin turns into a golden carriage, they ask, “Is that ordinary income or capital gain?”
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
3 years
Paid the plumber $250 this morning for a 15 minute fix. I’m not upset, I’m happy. He fixed my issue. A reminder that we should never feel bad for solving a problem. Charging to solve a problem not renting ourselves by the hour.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
I am unapologetically a fan of President Biden. You don't have to be, but if you want to make fun of him when he stammers or stutters, then that tells me all I need to know about you.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
3 years
If we all had a dollar for every time a client said “my return is simple” we would be rich.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
Maybe #TaxTwitter is more progressive then other forms of social media. Or maybe everyone is just respectful but I love how I’ve never seen anything homophobic on here. We all have various political views but are all nice to each other. Maybe we all need to run the country.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
Maybe I am a boomer, but I still prefer Word over google docs.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
3 months
I had a new client discovery call today. They started the call by telling me they were gay because they wanted to make sure it wasn't an issue. This is 2024. No one should feel this way. No one. Then, a little while ago, in one of the dumpster fire Facebook groups, a "tax pro"
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Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
@AdamKinzinger Surely there is some medication that can help her.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
3 years
Questions are free. Answers cost money. Having knowledge isn’t free.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
8 months
Client just emailed me to let me know that this year she doesn't have any K9s for her taxes. LOL. I think she meant K1s. #TaxTwitter
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
Charging a credit card processing fee tells me you can’t run your business. It’s cheap and BS.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
3 years
We have to remember that people at the IRS are humans just like we are. I had a call earlier with an agent who was keeping her 3-year-old grandchild while her daughter worked, he was screaming in the background. She was very helpful and friendly. #TaxTwitter
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
5 years
@GregAbbott_TX @GregAbbott_TX - the virus is already here. I would encourage you to adopt a statewide policy similar to those that @JudgeClayJ has put into place. Being a small business owner right now is painful, but we need consistency so we can get through this quickly.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
It is completely okay to start your business as a sole proprietorship. One need not rush to set up an entity (and certainly not elect s corp status without proper advice.) I see too many people starting with hardly anything and are convinced by "influencers" that they need to set
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
3 years
Oh boy. Client “my mortgage lender has their own profit and loss they want you fill out. They said it’s easy”. Not today satan. Not today.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
6 months
I didn’t work over 40 hours in a week the entire tax season. Revenue was up from last year. A reminder - you don’t have to kill yourself to make a decent living.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
11 months
Congratulations to @HMYoungblood - She has finished passing all of the EA exams (Finished Part 3 this AM) and is sending over the application for licensing. #TaxTwitter
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
So, #TaxTwitter - all of that stress is slowly killing us. How do you deal with stress? What are you going to change? For me - in 2024 I will only take on things that do not cause misery or waste my time. If it doesn’t align with my long term goals then it is a no. People who
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
As the season closes, I shudder to think how I would not have come as far as I have had I never stumbled upon #TaxTwitter . Lots of knowledge acquired. Lots of new friends. And most days a lot of fun. #TaxTwitterIsTheBestTwitter
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Josh Youngblood, EA
10 months
I wish giving / promoting bad tax advice was a crime. This kind of complete and utter nonsense gets people in trouble. #TaxTwitter
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
I don’t want to answer questions for free. I have a $50 charge to book a call unless you’re a referral from a client or tax pro. This person wasn’t happy. The $50 gets credited to the engagement.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
@DonaldJTrumpJr Daddy’s going to jail!!!!!!!
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Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
A reminder as we approach June. Think before you tweet about Pride month. Think why there is a month. And be glad you don’t need to have your own month and that your rights don’t hinge on a court decision. I’m seeing a lot of hate and June isn’t here yet. Those of us of a certain
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Josh Youngblood, EA
10 months
@BillKristol I have always felt it should be shunned.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
The nice thing about June is that we get to see the true colors of everyone. We get to see who is an ally and who is an enemy. For me being an ally doesn’t mean you have to change your profile photo to rainbows or fly the flag (that is cool though). It means you don’t see us any
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
There is a tax attorney blasting radio ads about the 87,000 IRS agents coming after you! This should be a violation of ethics. Maybe it is. I hate it when people play on fear, but this is also a lie.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
Hanging out at Starbucks and the table next to me is meeting with a "financial advisor" who is reading from the bible and telling me how banks are not safe, and he has excellent investment opportunities for them and they won't have to ever worry about income tax. I support anyone
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
Moving to paid initial consultations tomorrow. Too much time gets wasted by price shoppers who want free answers.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
I love the people we sent engagement letters to in January and heard nothing and they email today that they uploaded their stuff and want their taxes. Next years kick off e-mail needs to be more direct or maybe people don’t read. Actually people don’t read.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
Ever have a client that you can feel your blood pressure rise or chest tighten when they call? I think that’s your body saying let them go. Difficult cases are one thing but a chronic entitled person is another.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
We shouldn’t view tech as an “age thing”. I have a client who is 80. They use the portal and upload everything. I had a 20 something last year who didn’t want to use it and gave me a giant folder of paper. Age is only a number.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
3 years
@AdamKinzinger I wonder how much info Trump has given the Russians?
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
3 months
POTUS has dropped out. No matter who the nominee is, we must support them to save the country from a treasonous, felonious rapist.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
I’ve been picked up three new clients in the past two weeks with my new rates. I could kick myself, HARD for undercharging so long.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
I love it when you point out that no officer comp in a highly profitable S corp and huge distributions is a no-no, and then they decide you aren't the right person to do the tax return. The problem is that there are always tax people who will do things wrong. I wish the IRS had
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 months
This evening, I learned that the average life expectancy in the US for males is 74.8, and for females, it is 80.2 years. This is troubling and means my life is over halfway complete based on the average. It also makes me pause and think: Why do we let some of the things that
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
People need to remember that we are all busy. To get a message that says, "I'm very busy and have limited time to deal with tax stuff, so this is urgent." is very off-putting. There are very rarely tax emergencies and you signing your engagement letter an hour ago doesn't make
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Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
@SpeakerMcCarthy We are going to have a larger problem if we default on the debt. I think it’s time for congress to do some work.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
5 years
@mcuban @CNBC @FoxNews @SRuhle @jimcramer @FoxBusiness @kilmeade @SenSchumer @stevenmnuchin1 So disgusted by @ChaseforBiz . They strung us along for the past 2.5 weeks. Sent us the note to sign and told us we were getting close. Then today tell us sorry funding all dried up. I"l be looking for a new bank for sure. The big banks don't give a damn about small bus.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
As we have entered the throws of tax season a few things to remember.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
As the deadline nears — Remember. We cannot care more than the client. #TaxTwitter
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Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
Can’t believe it but I’m thinking about getting an office near my house. I don’t see having many client meetings in person but getting out of the house seems like a very good thing.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
Office is done. Eventually ill pick out new fabric for curtains. Thank you to Luis who changed the light twice for me and other things. And Hollie for putting together the decor and Mom for organizing. My favorite office I’ve had.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
9 months
Greetings from Texas.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
How long before someone drops in for a "quick question."? I"m not totally loving the sign I did in Canva but it is easy to update since it is a piece of paper.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
A married couple is not always a "husband and a wife." It can be a "husband and a husband" or "a wife and a wife." Thank you United States v. Windsor. We all should remember this when talking to clients, tax pros, etc. Never assume.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
It begins..... A few things to remember. 1) You can say no. 2) No is a complete sentence. 3) Ethics above all. 4) Data security matters or you will regret it. 4) We are a service business and have to value our clients. 5) Get rid of bad clients immediately. (1/2)
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
When you charge your worth -- you feel happier doing work. When you don't, you end up cranky, bitter, and hate dealing with clients. Life is short. Make it count.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
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I think we can all relate to this one.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
3 years
I send a client a spreadsheet for their expenses, they don't want to put them in and send it back to me via email b/c they feel "weird" that I want them to do that and have a "paper trail". They want to give it to me over the phone. No.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
Anyone else feel fully depreciated today? Lol
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Josh Youngblood, EA
8 months
I am surprised at some tax pros in some of these Facebook groups. (Well a couple of groups). They really hate their clients. I don’t hate any of my clients. The ones I hate I get rid of. Life is too short. I think that misery often loves company and social media pairs well with
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
5 months
One of my favorite publications. @TheAtlantic @RadioFreeTom
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Josh Youngblood, EA
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It’s weird. Lots of things change but others don’t. My grandmother was an EA in the 70s/80s and was always treated with disrespect by many CPAs. Except when they needed technical tax help. Then they’d call her. She’d have bankers call her to “pick her brain” but they wouldn’t
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Josh Youngblood, EA
3 years
okay #TaxTwitter family - took part 2 of the EA exam, took about an hour. I passed! I'm shocked and even more shocked that I got 3s. There are so many of you I want to thank!!! That was the last exam and now I'm filling out the form for licensing!
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Josh Youngblood, EA
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 months
@SykesCharlie I am curious. Do you think he will be auctioning off his ear bandage? It seems he will do anything for a buck.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
When the IRS blames tax professionals for delays. (This is my precious nephew). #TaxTwitter
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Josh Youngblood, EA
10 months
Fincen just said CPAs (meaning tax pros) can complete the BOI form. Sorry to disappoint everyone. #TaxTwitter
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
Since a fetus is going to be considered a person I guess one should get a child tax credit and one should be able to claim them as a dependent upon conception.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
A schedule c, e, and w2 and they are shocked that I went up $45 from last year. Evidently us tax peeps are immune from inflation and how dare us raise our prices.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
3 months
I would love to see @PeteButtigieg as president one day. Really enjoyed him on @billmaher
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
Well I may get my first bad google review - A person shocked and appalled that they would have to pay to book a call. I’m not sorry. If one doesn’t like the way we do things they are free to go elsewhere. This has been the single best change I have made this tax season!
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
Never knew twitter could be so ugly. I thought Facebook was the winner in that. I think it’s sad that @adammarkowitzEA makes a statement that a lot of us agree with, some of us agree partially, and others disagree respectfully and then all hell breaks loose. (1/3)
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Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
It’s 5:00 somewhere and well I work for myself.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
6 months
Always nice when you go to file an extension for a client (that has been a client for 4 years) and it is rejected because every year, the former firm continues to file a $0 extension for them without being engaged. Don't be that firm. #TaxTwitter
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Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
Lego fun. The kid loves legos. His mother is getting a massage and I’m keeping him for 2 hours. Scary times lol
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Josh Youngblood, EA
9 months
People who have kids have super powers. I’ve been with my sister and nephew since last night and I may have to find a liquor store soon.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
#Taxtwitter Community – After much thought, I will be stepping down from the committee for the planning of the #TaxTwitterRetreat – exclusion, division, and hateful rhetoric is something that I am not accustomed to and something that I will not tolerate professionally or
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
IRS IRIS system for 1099's is really nice! If you do 1099's at all for clients, I recommend it. Fast and easy and accepts a file to import multiples. I did a few this morning. Thanks again @JWellsCFO for the info.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
So a trans person commits a crime then it’s a trans issue. A Muslim commits a crime then its a Muslim issue. But when a white man commits a crime he’s mentally ill. This country is sick. Enough of the thoughts and prayers. Time for some action. No one needs semi automatic
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 months
Not to be political (yeah, I know, me not political...) But -- making fun of someone's kid who has a disability isn't cool. Making fun of anyone with a disability isn't cool. It says a lot about the person doing the mocking, none of which is good.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
If you cannot be a decent human, keep your mouth shut. I cannot believe another tax professional felt the need to spout transphobic BS on a Facebook post with a legitimate question. Not acceptable. If you have an issue with people, keep it to yourself.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
LOL.. Gotta love the IRS. We got it but we can't find it.
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Josh Youngblood, EA
1 year
Had a meeting with a client this afternoon who was in a celebratory mood due to the recent Supreme Court rulings, especially for religious freedom. I looked them dead in the eye and said “how about I say I refuse to perform any services for Christians put up a sign with a cross
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Josh Youngblood, EA
3 years
After celebrating 8 years of being married, I'd like to give a giant F' you to Senator @tedcruz who introduced legislation on the day we got married to nullify it in the eyes of the State of Texas. I hope one day he sees the error of his ways but I highly doubt it.
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@JoshYoungblood
Josh Youngblood, EA
2 years
Another deadline is approaching -- You say next year will be different! I won't burn the midnight oil, and the clients will get me their stuff timely or else! Yet next year comes, and it is the same. Why? The fact is we are the only ones that can change things.
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