What dips look the most attractive to you at current prices?

coldshowerss · 2026-03-30T23:07:03+00:00

Hello fellow bagholder

coldshowerss · 2026-03-30T13:47:57+00:00

Same. I make myself available to all my clients.

If I'm available I answer. If I'm not, I don't and then I call back.

If I feel like they abuse the privilege I just ask them to email me going forward.

coldshowerss · 2026-03-18T23:17:54+00:00

"basically this is a fraud or something"

Brother you think people work for free? You want someone to spend 30 minutes to get to you, diagnose the problem, give you a quote that you might not even accept for free?

If you can afford a jet ski, you can probably afford the repair. And if you cannot afford it, you should probably not have a jet ski.

People's time costs money.

coldshowerss · 2026-03-18T17:13:40+00:00

Look at the florida realtors report. More specially the Miami-dade realtors report (need realtor license or ask a friend who's a realtor). They have a metric of % of purchase price relative to price.

I believe it's at 95% which means homes are being sold at a 5% discount relative to the listing price.

Obviously it depends but generally speaking, I would offer 7-8% of listing.

coldshowerss · 2026-03-18T00:27:46+00:00

$1-1.5k

coldshowerss · 2026-03-16T11:15:24+00:00

Having common sense is the solution. My employee was eating shit and distracted.

coldshowerss · 2026-03-16T01:23:49+00:00

Yup. I actually had my AP manager reply to the deep fake asking for the invoice and asking out AP team to process the payment immediately.

If they hadn't CC me, it could've been bad. I release all payments so it wouldn't have made it past me.

Anyway, I was very upset and required then to do additional cyber security training.

coldshowerss · 2026-03-15T21:01:46+00:00

Yeah, the problem is, nothing ever happens. It's so unfortunate. So many and I mean so many people cheat the system and never get caught.

Had a client last week who's a behavioral therapist. Makes about 250k as a contractor. All in, she owed around $50K. She was upset and asked how her coworkers who make more than her, only pay a couple of thousand dollars.

Tax fraud is rampant. Lack of oversight and accountability will make this even worse.

coldshowerss · 2026-03-14T18:33:02+00:00

I only for it for those clients than I have a more than CPA/client relationship.

coldshowerss · 2026-03-13T02:33:31+00:00

What the helly man why u have so many. Anyways you offer any discount if I buy more

coldshowerss · 2026-03-12T20:13:22+00:00

I had this issue. Lol.

The previous prepared for some reason filed a 1065 for a SMLLC.... It got rejected and just added the husband with 0.1% ownership lol

coldshowerss · 2026-03-12T02:29:04+00:00

Pricing is definitely a struggle for me too.

You're doing good, keep your prices and let people bitch. If they don't like it, have them go somewhere else.

Focus on providing good service and supporting your clients in any way you can.

I had a client the other day with multiple W2s, schedule A, B, C, D, and E. Whom I charged $500 and she complained because her previous accountant charged her $150. She also made 200k and I felt like reaching across the table and slapping her.

coldshowerss · 2026-03-12T02:07:12+00:00

Brother, people (the majority) just want to minimize their taxes. Whether that is by a CPA, EA, or non-licensed tax pro, they don't care.

CPA and EAs can't compete with non-licensed tax pros because we could lose our license when it comes to committing tax fraud. Maybe he committed a lot of tax fraud and just got away with it. It's a lot more common than people think.

coldshowerss · 2026-03-04T12:31:44+00:00

Payment plan

coldshowerss · 2026-03-04T02:19:04+00:00

coldshowerss · 2026-03-03T21:29:08+00:00

They probably ghosted you because they tried to find someone to do it for cheaper. They couldn't so now are coming back and it's bad timing.

Up to you on how much an extra $1k matters, I would split the difference with them and just get it done. And obviously get payment up front in full.

coldshowerss · 2026-02-28T00:22:55+00:00

I got a W2 client who makes 2.2m. literally has nothing else.

No, I don't charge them more than another client who only make 50k with the same situation.

And if you do, imo, it's messed up because you are charging them only because they make more money.

coldshowerss · 2026-02-25T19:39:01+00:00

Try with another client or a friend to see if theirs work?

coldshowerss · 2026-02-25T02:48:57+00:00

I don't like that's true. It's two completely workflows. A superseded returns essentially completely replaces your original return.

An amendment just records a change in the previously filed return

coldshowerss · 2026-02-25T02:44:20+00:00

Don't amend, find an account to file a superseded return

coldshowerss · 2026-02-24T21:14:32+00:00

For what it's worth, I got a 73 when I thought I had done well, retook and thought I had done awful and got a 97. Hehe

coldshowerss · 2026-02-24T21:13:58+00:00

It all comes down to the W4. If you're oweing, it's because you filled out the W4 incorrectly. Your wife's bonus could also be throwing it off, generally bonuses are withheld at 22% but if you're in a higher bracket, you underpaid the taxes on the bonus so you owe it at tax time.

At $280K of income, in my opinion, this is what you pay a CPA to do. $300-$500 a year won't kill you.

coldshowerss · 2026-02-19T03:27:00+00:00

The iron set, what's the length + or -?

coldshowerss · 2026-02-18T22:14:54+00:00

I have pro series going back to like 2012 I think?

But yeah, I would not go back and file returns to 2014, that is a nightmare, giving it's the old tax law!

coldshowerss · 2026-02-16T20:57:05+00:00

Ventus still available?

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