Tax time, again

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

I made a valiant effort to organize my taxes today. I sat down and pulled out the file folder marked “2007 Taxes” that seems to swell towards the end of the year, on the verge of bursting open and creating a mess of receipts, forms, letters and other documents whose sole purpose in life is to create a lot of organizational hassle for me, and to keep me in the good graces with the IRS.

In expanding on last years method to organize my taxes as best I can before heading to my CPA, I pulled out three yellow letter-sized envelopes. Personal tax information will go in one, rental …

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Shopping a CPA… again.

Friday, December 28th, 2007

I got a letter in the mail from the small-town accounting firm I used last year to do my taxes. I decided to use this firm after a local CPA raked me over the coals for $1300 to prepare my taxes. The small-town firm only charged half as much.

According to the letter, my CPA, who was fluent in oil and gas taxes, unexpectedly had a massive heart attack and died. It could not have happened to a nicer guy. He was a very laid back, no frills, get it done efficiently, and oh, by the way, how is …

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