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  • Yup, Tax Season is almost over

    So first customer of the day at the tax place. Made me giggle so hard I had to take a break and share.

    Customer only had $3000 in income, but tried she to claim $9000 in rent. That is an immediate red flag in my brain. She also said not in subsidized housing or living with anyone.

    I ask her if she worked off the books anywhere? Nope. Any odd jobs around town? Her reply:
    "Well, they usually don't want to go out. They just come to my house for an hour then leave"
    She gets the "OH $hit" look. My Coworker's eyes go .
    Customer grabs her stuff and starts to run out. The made me call out "You can claim that on a schedule C and deduct your expenses" as the door closed.



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    We did have our customer come back with his "Hydroponics" business. Writing off items such as baggies.


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    You've got a real problem all right, and a banjo is the only answer! - Pinkie Pie

  • #2
    Wouldn't the deductions start as the door opened?

    ;-)
    "All I've ever learned from love was how to shoot somebody who out-drew ya"

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    • #3
      Don't tell me, let me guess: Their net income is in the range for maximum earned income credit. Sounds like another candidate for the 3949-A.
      I'm trying to see things from your point of view, but I can't get my head that far up my keister!

      Who is John Galt?
      -Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

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      • #4
        Trust me, I have filed a couple 3949-A's this year. I was glad she did not file with us.
        Damn hookers messing everything up for us.
        You've got a real problem all right, and a banjo is the only answer! - Pinkie Pie

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        • #5
          Quoth AmethystSquirrel View Post
          Damn hookers messing everything up for us.
          We've got enough, tending to our knitting, without their crotchettes...
          I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
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          • #6
            As Al Capone learned, no matter the source, you need to declare ALL income.
            I will not be pushed, stamped, filed, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own. --#6

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            • #7
              Quoth dalesys View Post
              We've got enough, tending to our knitting, without their crotchettes...
              i know its totally off topic i loved this

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              • #8
                The true sign of a pro? Never batting an eyelid regardless of the profession.

                "Job: prostitute? Sorry, you need the blue form, not the green one"
                Violets are blue,
                Roses are red,
                I bequeath to thee...
                A boot to the head >_>

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                • #9
                  Quoth Kagato View Post
                  "Job: prostitute? Sorry, you need the blue form, not the green one"
                  But she works behind the green door.
                  "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Captain Trips View Post
                    As Al Capone learned, no matter the source, you need to declare ALL income.

                    "...and don't let him clean himshelf until after he'sh transhlated the ledgah!"

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                    • #11
                      Quoth Captain Trips View Post
                      As Al Capone learned, no matter the source, you need to declare ALL income.
                      That's when you use the line "Miscellaneous income, source declined".

                      (Basically, you're saying, this is how much money I made, none of your damn business where I got it from.)

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                      • #12
                        Quoth Shalom View Post
                        That's when you use the line "Miscellaneous income, source declined".

                        (Basically, you're saying, this is how much money I made, none of your damn business where I got it from.)
                        Wait, that's legal? Doesn't that just encourage money laundering? /accountant's hat
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                        • #13
                          IANAL but under the 5th Amendment, you cannot be forced to self-incriminate. So, as long as you declare ALL your income and pay your tax on it. The government cannot compel you to say how you got it.
                          - They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.

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                          • #14
                            Yup, it's legal, as long as you don't try to take any deductions against it.

                            My father was a CPA. One of his clients was "connected", as they say. That line featured prominently on his return.

                            When my father told me of that, I asked, doesn't that kind of attract official attention? He said basically you don't use that line unless you've already got their attention.

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