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  • Chief
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2005
    • 799

    #1

    Missing Board Posters

    I am wondering where some former posters to this Board have gone. The barber in Arizona, the guy in Kansas who lived near Washburn University, the tax preparer in Florida who lived in Sebring. Let us hear from you.
  • Ricardo
    Member
    • Jul 2005
    • 66

    #2
    Hey Chief (aka Billy O)

    I'm still around and mostly reading and learning. I'm close to Kansas University not Washburn.

    Regards - Ricardo (The guy from Kansas).

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    • Chief
      Senior Member
      • Jun 2005
      • 799

      #3
      Ricardo

      it's good tohear from you. Hope you had a very good and successful season. Are you at Emporia. It has been a long time since I've been in Kansas.

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      • taxmom34
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2008
        • 732

        #4
        Kram BergGold has been missing for a while also, from mass. curious if too busy or ill?

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        • Ricardo
          Member
          • Jul 2005
          • 66

          #5
          Chief

          Yes - season was good - clientele is diminishing due to attrition ( nice word for aging ).
          Many have been with me since I began, in the fifties. I'm about out of here also.
          I'm twelve miles from Lawrence, Ks.

          Regards - Ricardo

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          • taxea
            Senior Member
            • Nov 2005
            • 4292

            #6
            Some have moved to a forum restricted to professional preparers. I have seen them there. Can't tell you about the ones you asked about without their "handle".
            Believe nothing you have not personally researched and verified.

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            • oceanlovin'ea
              Senior Member
              • Jun 2005
              • 2682

              #7
              professional

              Aren't we professional?
              I think most of the posters on this board are very professional and knowledgeable. I appreciate that they are on this board and share their wealth of knowledge with us.

              Linda

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              • taxea
                Senior Member
                • Nov 2005
                • 4292

                #8
                Originally posted by oceanlovin'ea
                Aren't we professional?
                I think most of the posters on this board are very professional and knowledgeable. I appreciate that they are on this board and share their wealth of knowledge with us.

                Linda
                Many are pro's but the tax book does not weed out DIYers and does not give us any way of determining the level of a poster's knowledge.
                Believe nothing you have not personally researched and verified.

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                • geekgirldany
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2005
                  • 2359

                  #9
                  I agree with TaxEa.

                  Also include that this forum is picked up by the search engines. One thing I wish could be stopped. I like to go into detail on my questions and postings. That is why I sometimes later go back and trim them down after the discussion and add "for privacy" because anyone can view this forum.

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                  • Gretel
                    Senior Member
                    • Jun 2005
                    • 4008

                    #10
                    Curious. With board is restricted to professionals?

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                    • Bees Knees
                      Senior Member
                      • May 2005
                      • 5456

                      #11
                      Originally posted by taxea
                      Many are pro's but the tax book does not weed out DIYers and does not give us any way of determining the level of a poster's knowledge.
                      How can anyone restrict their board to pro's only. Is there some kind of secret pro password I'm not aware of?

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                      • Bees Knees
                        Senior Member
                        • May 2005
                        • 5456

                        #12
                        Originally posted by geekgirldany
                        I agree with TaxEa.

                        Also include that this forum is picked up by the search engines. One thing I wish could be stopped. I like to go into detail on my questions and postings. That is why I sometimes later go back and trim them down after the discussion and add "for privacy" because anyone can view this forum.
                        Even if this board was for pros only, IRS regulations prohibit you from disclosing client information to other pros, unless they work for you in your firm. You NEVER should want to give enough detail about a client where someone else might guess who you are talking about. Even if you were to send me a private email, you can't disclose who your client is, their address, or any other information that might give me a hint as to who they are.

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                        • JohnH
                          Senior Member
                          • Apr 2007
                          • 5339

                          #13
                          There's probably no way to restrict it entirely, but you could require the entry of a CAF number as a part of the registration process. If anyone didn't provide one in the proper format, then they'd have to go through a second level of verification in order to participate.
                          "The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectful" - John Kenneth Galbraith

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                          • Bees Knees
                            Senior Member
                            • May 2005
                            • 5456

                            #14
                            Originally posted by JohnH
                            There's probably no way to restrict it entirely, but you could require the entry of a CAF number as a part of the registration process. If anyone didn't provide one in the proper format, then they'd have to go through a second level of verification in order to participate.
                            When this board first went to being password protected, it was stated that the reason why it is being restricted to customers of TheTaxBook is because this board is being hosted by a company that is in the business of selling books. This message board is offered as an additional free service to customers who have purchased a book from the host company. If the board allowed people with a CAF number to register, or people with an EA number to register, or people with the new tax preparer registration number to log on, not all of these people would be customers of TheTaxBook.

                            Given the fact that you have to have TTB in order to participate on this board, that automatically makes you a more informed participant.

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                            • JohnH
                              Senior Member
                              • Apr 2007
                              • 5339

                              #15
                              Bees: I should have acknowledged in my post the fact that buying the Tax Book was the fundamental requirement for participating in the Forum. Guess I just assumed everyone here already knew that. I was simply pointing out that there are convenient ways of further restricting it if you chose to do so, but I wasn't advocating one way or the other. Fact is, I like the forum just the way you guys have set it up. Thanks for all you do.
                              "The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectful" - John Kenneth Galbraith

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