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<$200
2 Votes- [8%]$200-$300
1 Votes- [4%]$300-$400
2 Votes- [8%]$400-$500
1 Votes- [4%]My next born child
0 Votes- [0%]$40 for TurboTax
9 Votes- [36%]I charge my accountant
1 Votes- [4%]US tax system sucks
3 Votes- [12%]$1,400, but I have issues
1 Votes- [4%]I am my own accountant
2 Votes- [8%]$55
1 Votes- [4%]I use Tax Cut and DIM
1 Votes- [4%]married one, but that's way more expensive
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How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: Guest on 2006-04-25 4:56 PM
I got a big refund on my taxes, but my accountant charged me twice what he quoted in December, AND charged me for the initial meeting we had. Did I mention that I found multiple mistakes he made and my federal taxes had to be done twice, and my state taxes three times??? He did give me a $50 discount, but I'm still a little aggrevated!
Edited by AdventureBear 2006-04-25 4:58 PM
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: tall_tri_dad on 2006-04-25 5:48 PM
In a former life I was a tax preparer in a public accounting firm. We never considered it in bad taste for a client to ask to see our diplomas/licenses/certificates. You should ask to see his...you really need to know if it was signed by Daffy Duck.
That many errors seems odd in this computerized world. May I ask how many schedules your return contained?
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BY: misscullen on 2006-04-25 5:55 PM
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: tyrant on 2006-04-25 5:55 PM
tall_tri_dad - 2006-04-25 5:48 PM
In a former life I was a tax preparer in a public accounting firm. We never considered it in bad taste for a client to ask to see our diplomas/licenses/certificates.
makes me glad i picked a real school.... i would love to have clients ask to see it, and then ((wham)) whip it out.... (my degree i mean)
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: kimj81 on 2006-04-25 5:57 PM
tyrant - 2006-04-25 3:55 PMtall_tri_dad - 2006-04-25 5:48 PMmakes me glad i picked a real school.... i would love to have clients ask to see it, and then ((wham)) whip it out.... (my degree i mean)In a former life I was a tax preparer in a public accounting firm. We never considered it in bad taste for a client to ask to see our diplomas/licenses/certificates.
Ooh my! Tyrant is frisky today!
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: tyrant on 2006-04-25 6:09 PM
kimj81 - 2006-04-25 5:57 PM
tyrant - 2006-04-25 3:55 PMtall_tri_dad - 2006-04-25 5:48 PMmakes me glad i picked a real school.... i would love to have clients ask to see it, and then ((wham)) whip it out.... (my degree i mean)In a former life I was a tax preparer in a public accounting firm. We never considered it in bad taste for a client to ask to see our diplomas/licenses/certificates.
Ooh my! Tyrant is frisky today!
if i could have made the post shake at the moment you read the word WHAM, that would have been awesome!!!
been a fun day, i woke up with a hangover at 2 pm, so i started drinking to cure the hangover...
a hangover is your bodys way of saying "we need another drink, why did you stop ahole?"
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: tyrant on 2006-04-25 6:20 PM
tyrant - 2006-04-25 5:55 PM
tall_tri_dad - 2006-04-25 5:48 PM
In a former life I was a tax preparer in a public accounting firm. We never considered it in bad taste for a client to ask to see our diplomas/licenses/certificates.
makes me glad i picked a real school.... i would love to have clients ask to see it, and then ((wham)) whip it out.... (my degree i mean)
then again i dont really want to do personal tax, unless its for a REALLY great company that does taxes and tax advisement for the really rich, that would be cool...
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: DerekL on 2006-04-25 6:23 PM
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: Zilla on 2006-04-25 7:17 PM
My accountant charged me a mere $2,500 to tell me that I owed $35,000. Now THAT'S takin' it in the pooper from Uncle Sam!
(I'll be fair to her... it was for the personal, sub-s corp. and the 4 seperate LLC's used for real estate investments)
Edited by Zilla 2006-04-25 7:18 PM
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: tyrant on 2006-04-25 7:22 PM
Zilla - 2006-04-25 7:17 PM
My accountant charged me a mere $2,500 to tell me that I owed $35,000. Now THAT'S takin' it in the pooper from Uncle Sam!
(I'll be fair to her... it was for the personal, sub-s corp. and the 4 seperate LLC's used for real estate investments)
in my opinion a good tax accountant would also set you up with a strategy for this next year, how you can estimate and minimize your liability.... did she do that? did you ask?
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Tyrant wrote: " then again i dont really want to do personal tax, unless its for a REALLY great company that does taxes and tax advisement for the really rich, that would be cool..."
i.e Wealth & Tax Advisory Service (WTAS)?
Edited by betyoursilver 2006-04-25 7:28 PM
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: Zilla on 2006-04-25 7:52 PM
tyrant - 2006-04-25 6:22 PMZilla - 2006-04-25 7:17 PMin my opinion a good tax accountant would also set you up with a strategy for this next year, how you can estimate and minimize your liability.... did she do that? did you ask?I get what you are saying. Special circumstances prevailed for 2005 tax year.... because of the divorce we agreed to sell several of our investment properties toward the end of the year which created all that tax liability (capital gains). This year ...no business...no LLC's just my very own personal taxes that I can actually do all by myself....
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: southernaquagoddess on 2006-04-25 8:41 PM
I heart my accountant...he is so cute and stout....like a rugby player, and also from South Africa with that great accent....exactly what one looks for in an accountant!
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: parrj on 2006-04-25 8:41 PM
I do my own taxes, hence I pay nothing.
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: tyrant on 2006-04-25 8:57 PM
betyoursilver - 2006-04-25 7:27 PMTyrant wrote: " then again i dont really want to do personal tax, unless its for a REALLY great company that does taxes and tax advisement for the really rich, that would be cool..."
i.e Wealth & Tax Advisory Service (WTAS)?
dude WTAS is the company that i want to work for if i go into personal taxes... they rule.... on my accounting presentation i had two people from that fine company grade me, and i got contact info. i hope to intern for them this next summer (the first that they will have internships....)...
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: betyoursilver on 2006-04-25 9:00 PM
tyrant - 2006-04-25 6:57 PMdude WTAS is the company that i want to work for if i go into personal taxes... they rule.... on my accounting presentation i had two people from that fine company grade me, and i got contact info. i hope to intern for them this next summer (the first that they will have internships....)...They recruit at my college. I've heard nothing BUT great things about them. They are on my list of employers I'd love to work for.
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: tyrant on 2006-04-25 9:00 PM
southernaquagoddess - 2006-04-25 8:41 PM
I from South Africa with that great accent....
i had a team memebr from south afric at my old kinkos store it was awesome, customers would say "the english guy"
"we dont have an english guy" (puzzeled look)
"the australian"
"we dont have an austrailian guy" (puzzeled look)
"the accent"
"oh the african american from south africa (whitest dude you have ever seen, except for ireland)"
good times....
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: tyrant on 2006-04-25 9:03 PM
betyoursilver - 2006-04-25 9:00 PM
tyrant - 2006-04-25 6:57 PMdude WTAS is the company that i want to work for if i go into personal taxes... they rule.... on my accounting presentation i had two people from that fine company grade me, and i got contact info. i hope to intern for them this next summer (the first that they will have internships....)...They recruit at my college. I've heard nothing BUT great things about them. They are on my list of employers I'd love to work for.
same way here, they; as i said; are my dream company if i go into personal tax. i met one of their recruiters and she was awesome, i have to say my teacher was great BC she told them good stuff about me.... i really like them as a company, and i hope to intern with them so i can see more of their fine company. that would be weird if we both ended up working for them.... dont tell them that my spelling sucks....
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: Comet on 2006-04-25 9:08 PM
tyrant - 2006-04-25 9:00 PM
"the accent" "oh the african american from south africa (whitest dude you have ever seen, except for ireland)" good times....My old boss was from South Africa, I loved his accent!
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RE: How much did your accountant charge you?
BY: tyrant on 2006-04-25 9:12 PM
Comet - 2006-04-25 9:08 PM
tyrant - 2006-04-25 9:00 PM
"the accent" "oh the african american from south africa (whitest dude you have ever seen, except for ireland)" good times....My old boss was from South Africa, I loved his accent!
i thought you were gonna say how much you like me, knowing that i was going into tax accounting.... the lady love it, and go wild when i say "im going to be a tax accountant..." drives them wild....
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