Accountant Laws

[sea-tax]

Non- biz. I just thought it would be cool to make up a list of accountants or cpa or what laws. This would be similar to the Miller Light Commercials that created "Man LAWS"

Obviously these are jokes but I thought it would be interesting to see how many we could come up with. I will start

1) "Client Fees go up per question asked".
2) " Accountants office must have Mirror on ceiling so clients can get deductions from there own mind not my ceiling or god."
3) .....

[veritas]

3rd commandment is

Client comes in office with large paper bag on April 15th must be shot.

[Jiggers]

4th Commandment

Thou shalt not get caught! (Nixon's Philosophy!)

[sea-tax]

Client comes in office with large paper bag on April 15th must be shot.

I like it I vote it becomes law #3. It is nice to see someone else shares my humor.

[sea-tax]

Thou shalt not get caught! (Nixon's Philosophy!)

Also good Jiggers keep um comon'

[ChEAr$]

Rule # 5

Let 'em talk all they want during the interview, but

charge 'em for it.

Holiday ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA

[sea-tax]

5) " Clients must learn that not only CPA'S can do taxes"

[BOB W]

Don't you just love the way clients who don't get a refund blame YOU.

[jainen]

two kinds

There are two kinds of accountants laws. These posts have all been the first, about how to run a successful practice. My submission in this category is to always interview your clients at a table instead of a desk, so the wife can kick her husband just before he starts explaining about working for cash.

The other category is for interpreting client information. For example, used "household items" are worth $499.

[sea-tax]

I like jainen I vote that those become law, will anyone second that motion.

[jainen]

the motion

I'll second the motion.

[Joe Btfsplk]

Only CPAs do Taxes

5) " Clients must learn that not only CPA'S can do taxes"

A lot of people assume anyone who does taxes is a CPA.
I had an old preacher who owned several rent houses bring his prior return which had some really strange and improper depreciation figures. He refered to the former tax preparer as a CPA. I asked him if he was sure he was a CPA and he assured me he was.

I don't mean to imply that only a CPA knows how to do depreciation, but I would expect a CPA to have some degree of knowledge of how to handle it and would not use some method that might have been acceptable back in 1950 way before ACRS and MACRS.

[sea-tax]

I'll second the motion.

The it is agreed laws I think 7 and 8
always interview your clients at a table instead of a desk, so the wife can kick her husband just before he starts explaining about working for cash.
and
used "household items" are worth $499.

Well this whole lawyering thing is going quite smashingly if I do say so myself.

Any other laws? My creative side of my brain is having trouble.

8) "No medical deductions unless your dead or dying" -they seem to be the only class of people who meet the 7.5 agi limit.

[Jiggers]

The 9th Commandment

Proper Tax Authority is not your beautician's brother's sister-in-law's gardener's aunt's cousin who said that her "CPA" said you could do that!

[Jiggers]

The 10th Commandment

Your $250 donation to your church is not deductible if you do not itemize, no matter what your preacher, priest, rabbi, wiccan said!