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In the past, I was extremely critical of the accounting industry and how firms were run. It's easy to be critical of the symptoms without taking time to understand the root cause. People are doing the best they can with their situation. It takes a lot of courage and/or support

What do CPAs do over the summer? (from the archives 😎)

What I thought Tax Planning sessions were like when I was in college:

If you use TaxCaddy, there's a bug that's preventing email notifications from being sent after clients sign the 8879. SurePrep told me, "We plan to resolve this in our next release". I had been waiting on multiple clients to sign their 8879s, it turns out they had signed weeks

I have a 7 year old now... it feels like she was just born yesterday. So I'm making an effort to slow time itself, and according to physics, if I move at 99.99% of the speed of light, time will slow down for me compared to you. Ok, maybe that's not exactly practical, but here's

Y'all remember when the IRS incinerated all of those paper filed documents?

Give yourself permission to take your foot off the gas every once in a while! It's ok not to always be earning more, working more, and building more!

So the year I buy a new car for the first time ever is the year they make car loan interest deductible...

Happy 4th! Remember how we got our freedom... Because we really hated taxes. And now I spend my life calculating them.

These pics were a week before all the flooding. Imagine the picture on the right, but water 20+ feet above our heads. That's how high the water got. Georgetown, TX

I sent out a survey to clients in April for those with completed projects. It's definitely a hold your breath activity when you are about to read the responses! I've received some great feedback so far, though. It's also funny when clients dox themselves on an anonymous survey

Are we going to come up with a consensus on how we say the OBBBA? Here are some options: Oh-bah Oh-buh-bah Oh-buh-buh-bah O-B-B-B-A B-B-B Triple B One Big Beautiful Bill Act Let me know if you have any other suggestions. There's still division on the TCJA. (I say tick-jah)

How public accounting ruined me... and how I'm getting my life back!

So you're telling me We're reducing charitable contribution deductions And giving people who went into debt to buy a new car a deduction? (I know this is an oversimplification, you tax nerds)

OBBA related price increases are coming in hot! I think a 10% increase is pretty good!