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CPA - built like a fainting goat. #TaxTwitter

Oahu
Joined July 2012
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
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Andrea Carr CPA
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me trying to be the professsssssional
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what did the liability say to the asset? i don’t wanna die a loan #TaxTwitter
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Andrea Carr CPA
6 years
@sharmilawillia1 @kimdkeller @fairchris @JohnDingell Margaret Atwood said it best “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.”
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The accountant’s favorite part of a movie? The credits.
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5 years
Some days, I wish public accounting was as boring as everyone thinks it is.
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Andrea Carr CPA
2 years
Todd Chrisley's CPA was sentenced to 3 years in federal prison it was noted that the CPA was not paid anymore than standard rates for preparing false tax returns. remember: when you're going to commit fraud for a client, at least charge more* *not advice
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“i’ve never regretted losing a client” - things you can say as an accountant but not as a doctor
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my 70 y/o dad (semi-retired CPA) calling my 95 y/o grandpa (retired CPA) dad: "We're just about done with your tax returns, Dad" grandpa: "Are you sure you did it right, son?" dad: "I wouldn't be calling if I did it wrong, Dad" (1/2)
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Someone who has the urge to shame another tax accountant for taking a day off, is someone who really needs to take a day off.
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Andrea Carr CPA
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Preparing a tax return.
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What's something that ISN'T a sport, but still FEELS like a sport?
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2 years
i called the “depreciation schedule” the “depression schedule” in case you were wondering how i’m doing i’m fine.
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3 years
You want to see rage? Ask a tax accountant what they did with all their free time during the pandemic. #TaxTwitter
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your tax return isn’t as simple as you think it is
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2 years
i designed my own tote
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4 years
I thought WAP was a warranty accounting provision.
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Andrea Carr CPA
6 months
it still blows my mind the number of people, who hadn't previously committed tax fraud, who took the ERC, when they were clearly ineligible, and walked away with $100k+ of fraudulently obtained money and here i am fretting over whether this $500 thing is deductible
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Morning: I'm totally right about this 1 hr later: Oh, gawd, I made a terrible mistake 2 hrs later: wait, no, there's an exception to the exception 3 hrs later: I'm getting this all wrong 8 hrs later: I was right the whole time A journey through the Internal Revenue Code
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*awkward silence* grandpa: "Well, I guess whatever it is, it's good enough" dad: "Do you want us to calculate your estimated tax payments for 2023?" grandpa: "I'm not dead. I can calculate my own quarterly estimates. Send me blank vouchers." (2/2)
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Some rando: "what's your price for doing a simple, easy 1040?" Me: "Right now? Yeah, $10,000 minimum." #TaxTwitter
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unpopular opinion: i like Quickbooks Desktop and don't want this product to go away @Intuit @QuickBooks
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Other people: how much could it cost to calculate one number? Accountants: it will be $15,000 and a 20 page engagement letter to calculate that one number.
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Every damn day: I'm not getting nearly as much done as I thought I would.
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Andrea Carr CPA
3 years
Truth: no client is safe from being fired by their tax pro right now. We’re all one call/text/email away from grabbing our two beers and deploying the evacuation slide. #TaxTwitter
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4 years
How do I swipe left on this tax season?
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Andrea Carr CPA
5 years
Tax law 1. It's blue. 2. Read further down, "will be blue, unless it's Wednesday, then it's yellow" 3. Further down "if it's yellow and it's Wednesday, you have to pretend it's blue if Mercury is in retrograde" 4. 2 & 3 don't apply if you can hop up & down on one foot
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3 years
It's 9.5 months until the end of 2021, if you want that increased child tax credit, you better get it started #NotTooLate
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client sold a mutual fund client sends me a spreadsheet of their calculated cost basis for their mutual fund i groan internally because i notice the 1099-B already has a cost basis amount & i am mentally preparing for that not to match the client's calc THEY f*cking MATCHED
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Andrea Carr CPA
6 months
married people need to stop checking “married” on the W-4
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Andrea Carr CPA
2 years
i pulled some receipts out of the garbage i have gross receipts
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Andrea Carr CPA
7 months
move every tax deadline one month later 1065/1120S - 4/15 1040/1041/1120 - 5/15 990 - 6/15 delete some deductions to pay for this sincerely, exhausted tax pro
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Andrea Carr CPA
2 years
am lying to clients and telling them the deadline is October 15th #TaxTwitter
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2 years
found in last year's workpapers "completely made up allocation" i work alone, so i did that. im fine.
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OMG, Microsoft Excel changed overnight! I was not emotionally prepared for this. #TaxTwitter
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2 years
Non Tax people: “it can’t possibly be that way” Tax people: “oh, it can, and it is” #TaxTwitter
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Sometimes when I’m screaming into the void, I know there’s another tax pro out there screaming with me. #TaxTwitter
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Andrea Carr CPA
1 year
My New Engagement Letter I'm trying my best. Please agree not to sue me. Sign at the bottom. #TaxTwitter
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Andrea Carr CPA
10 months
I got a letter today saying the IRS agreed with the letter I sent them on 07/02/2022.
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9 months
Quickbooks trying to discontinue their Desktop version makes me want to cry
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5 months
it’s like clients don’t understand the physical toll tax season takes on tax pros im fine
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imma let you in on a little secret, you probably don't want your tax pro completing your tax returns between 04/01 and 04/15. we're just throwing stuff at walls at this point and taking wild guesses.
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Andrea Carr CPA
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Tax professionals: I really want to argue with people on the internet about their ignorant take on the NY Times article regarding Trump's income taxes, but also, OMG the final tax deadline is in 17 days!!! #TaxTwitter
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Andrea Carr CPA
2 years
hell with the 150 hour rule, let's see if CPA candidates can sit on hold with the IRS for 3 hours without screaming im fine #TaxTwitter
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what do u call someone who doesn’t believe their crypto sales are taxable? a former client. #TaxTwitter
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every member of Congress should be required to prepare their own tax returns
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4 years
New Disengagement Letter Language: “you didn’t spark joy”
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Andrea Carr CPA
2 years
This is the year you pick out an “easy return” just to “get one out” and you realize the client has started an NFT operation in Belarus as a side hustle.
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Andrea Carr CPA
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The mortgage broker asked for a comfort letter so I sent them the letter “Y”. #TaxTwitter
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Andrea Carr CPA
1 year
how did the accountant propose? with an engagement letter
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client writes "you put the sign here sticker in the wrong spot!!!" ...and then crosses out my signature on the "ERO's signature" line and signs her own name #TaxTwitter
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Andrea Carr CPA
2 years
why did the elf form an S Corp? to avoid elf-employment taxes. 🎄
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they're going to have to pry quickbooks desktop from my cold, dead hands cc: @Intuit
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4 years
I tell people who have their tax returns prepared incorrectly, that it might not bite you in the ass today or tomorrow, but some day.... For the unreasonable low S Corp owner's wages, that day appears to be #PPP loan application day.
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Andrea Carr CPA
2 years
Yes, I need all the pages. #TaxTwitter
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Andrea Carr CPA
4 years
Publicly Traded Partnerships need to come with a warning, like "you will come to regret everything about this investment, are you okay with that? Please sign in blood".
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Andrea Carr CPA
5 years
Tax accountants across the nation: “we did not come this far for you to ignore me when it comes to signing the efile form”
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Andrea Carr CPA
4 years
New rule: Any new tax provision in order to be passed by Congress requires more than 2/3s members of Congress to pass a test where they calculate the new tax provision with pencil, paper and a gas station calculator. Completed tests to be made available for public inspection.
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Andrea Carr CPA
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Every person going into public accounting should know at some point a client will cry in your office. Have the tissues ready. And sometimes you will cry in your office. Just keep tissues around.
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Andrea Carr CPA
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*recalls Max SEP IRA calculation from memory =(A-(A*0.9235*0.153*0.5))*0.2 *feels like a total badass*
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Andrea Carr CPA
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dear bookkeepers it's better to be consistently wrong in categorizing similar transactions than for you to be right x% of the time
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Andrea Carr CPA
7 months
i don't wanna brag, but i finally put up some boundaries today, telling a client that i would really prefer they not text me every hour until 9pm at night you get up to 3 texts a day during normal working hours (until 5pm) i deserve a damn cookie and a pat on the head
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Andrea Carr CPA
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Bank's PPP Application ________# of owners of the sole proprietorship
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Andrea Carr CPA
3 years
I think I look good with bangs just like some people think they have an S Corporation. #TaxTwitter
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Andrea Carr CPA
4 years
Costco discontinues half sheet cake thinking that it encourages large parties. No appreciation for the people like myself who buy these sheet cakes for a party of one.
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Andrea Carr CPA
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i hate bonds i hate premium amortization i hate market discounts i hate pd int i hate that some are US Treas bonds (nontax for state) and some are muni bonds (nontax for fed but possibly taxable for state) and i HATE premiums and discounts on US treas & muni bonds. im fine
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I'm at the point where I'm doing my own books and adding things into the "Ask My Accountant" account
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Me: How many business miles did you drive in 2023? Client: Lots.
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Invoice: Your tax return made me cry + $50
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2 years
i bought myself a birthday cake from costco it is not my birthday
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Client: When do I need to pay quarterly estimates? Me: Quarterly. 3 months. 2 months. 3 months. 4 months. Quarterly. Client: Quarterly? Me: Quarterly.
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Andrea Carr CPA
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I charge extra if I ask for a document and your response is to put it embedded in the body of an email as a jpeg.
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What's my biggest motivation? Tax night terrors at 2am. "I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I WAIVED THE NOL CARRYBACK?!?!"
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Do not worry about things you can’t change. I can’t unsend the email which said “penis” when I meant to say “pens” #TaxTwitter
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Did you hear about the undertaker? He had un-urned income.
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intuit can suck it
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I hate when you look at something you did in April and realize you made a HUGE mistake #TaxTwitter
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how do i amortize badwill?
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He sends me a check for $300 with a note that says he made up a bill and discounted it by 50% because of our family relationship. 🤣😂 HE MADE UP A BILL AND DISCOUNTED IT! (4/4)
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Client: I want to make a large gift to my children Me: Nah, I met your children. Don't do that. #TaxTwitter
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just hearing the words “write off” is like nails on a chalkboard deduction. the word is “deduction”
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taxpayer who complains getting a tax refund is an “interest free loan to government” keeps savings in an non interest bearing account
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picked up a 1065 from H&R block capital accounts clearly wrong return marked final when it wasn't no balance sheet (which yes, is technically allowed) 40% of HI income should have been excluded wages in QBI incorrect QBI completely incorrect bill from HR was $800 for this trash
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we're in surge pricing now it will be zillion dollars if you call me
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I like to ask all my doctor clients “when was the start of your last accounting period?” #TaxTwitter
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hit the point in tax season where unless something is actively on fire, i don't have the bandwidth to care
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@justinmilleresq HEIC and make sure it's blurry or half the page is cut off
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death by a thousand quick questions
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Andrea Carr CPA
4 years
It’s weird how many businesses I stumble upon which are collecting a sales tax from their customers, but never questioning that maybe they should be remitting that sales tax somewhere.
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"I CONCEDE NOTHING!" Gonna try that on an IRS audit and see how it goes.
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if you worked in 4 states and 2 countries, i can 100% guarantee you’d do it wrong if you did it on TurboTax
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2018: I really hope this client doesn't fire me 2021: I really hope this client fires me
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what is up with people calling in april seeing if you can “do their taxes”
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Do I want to call the IRS today or do I want to enjoy my day?
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do u toss and turn all night wondering if maybe u misinterpreted some section of the internal revenue code and got everything wrong and maybe u don't know what ur doing and maybe ur doing everything wrong and maybe ur entire life is a series of misinterpretations or r u normal?
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all i have left is the work ive been avoiding #TaxTwitter
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Maybe a haunted house where half the actors throw IRS notices at you and the other half ask you “if their tax return is done yet?” #TaxTwitter
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Tax Horror Movies Friday The 15th I Know What You Did Last Tax Season 28 Days Later (about IRS notices after they promise to put an 8 week hold on the account) #TaxTwitter
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just wrote "per twitter" in my workpapers im fine.
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it’s amazing how many cpas do really bad work
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Welcome to public accounting! you will spend an inordinate amount of time typing out emails to people explaining for the umpteenth time that "that's not how tax law works" #TaxTwitter
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