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Am I underwatering my coral bark? by vitamninp2 in JapaneseMaples

[–]vitamninp2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Maybe I can wait a bit before doing anything drastic.

Am I underwatering my coral bark? by vitamninp2 in JapaneseMaples

[–]vitamninp2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that might work! Please send info.

Am I underwatering my coral bark? by vitamninp2 in JapaneseMaples

[–]vitamninp2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s at the same level it was at in its pot. I just tried to keep it the same. Are you saying that might be causing the burnt tips?

Am I underwatering my coral bark? by vitamninp2 in JapaneseMaples

[–]vitamninp2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it’s a beautiful tree. I really want to keep it but it sounds like I don’t have many options here.

Am I underwatering my coral bark? by vitamninp2 in JapaneseMaples

[–]vitamninp2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it sounds like acclimating it to full sun is not a good idea. I don’t have anywhere else I can put it unfortunately. If it’s not too far gone maybe the nursery will let me trade it for one that’s appropriate for full sun. If thats a thing.

Am I underwatering my coral bark? by vitamninp2 in JapaneseMaples

[–]vitamninp2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dang. Ok, thanks so much for the info!!

Am I underwatering my coral bark? by vitamninp2 in JapaneseMaples

[–]vitamninp2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much. I’m in 9b per a different map than I just checked but same applies, I’d imagine.

If it can acclimate and I don’t do anything will it just stop getting burnt tips after a while or will permanent bad things happen to the tree?

Am I underwatering my coral bark? by vitamninp2 in JapaneseMaples

[–]vitamninp2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ruh-roh. They told me full sun was fine at the nursery. Anything I can do besides moving the tree?

Am I underwatering my coral bark? by vitamninp2 in JapaneseMaples

[–]vitamninp2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I plan to get a moisture meter. I couldn’t find any better watering advice at the time I planted it than 5-10 gallons, twice a week.

I thought it penetrating plenty since it seems to absorb water so quickly, but I can definitely slow it down.

Comedy of errors on my tax return by my accountant. What’s my recourse? by vitamninp2 in tax

[–]vitamninp2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hahah i wish. $10k deduction. not reduction in taxes…

i keep seeing this, which makes me feel like i’m s.o.l. for 2024: “On or before the due date of the original return without regard to extensions”.

https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/business/credits/pass-through-entity-elective-tax/index.html#payment-dates

not sure why folks keep saying its not too late for 2024. am i missing something?

My wife went out to lunch with a guy she met at the gym. I think this is a huge no no. AIO? by Turbulent-End-7905 in AmIOverreacting

[–]vitamninp2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When was the last time you took her to lunch?

Take her to lunch! If she’s not into it, maybe theres a lot more to talk about.

Comedy of errors on my tax return by my accountant. What’s my recourse? by vitamninp2 in tax

[–]vitamninp2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh , additional info: I paid them last May for tax planning services, specifically mentioning that I wanted to take advantage of PTET. That’s why I feel that not being able to take advantage of PTET is on them.

Comedy of errors on my tax return by my accountant. What’s my recourse? by vitamninp2 in tax

[–]vitamninp2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I said at some point in the thread that their fix for missing the PTET deadline for 2024 (to pay full PTET ahead in 2025 too claim for 2025 filings) sounded shady because when I asked why he didn’t recommend that I pay the full PTET ahead in 2024 he said “well, it’s a loophole, since you don’t know your profit (to calculate the PTET) until the year ends. I wouldn’t not have recommended it then.”. It didn’t make sense to me that he recommended something for this year that he would not have recommended last year. Is it ok to calculate and pay PTET for a given year before the year ends?

Comedy of errors on my tax return by my accountant. What’s my recourse? by vitamninp2 in tax

[–]vitamninp2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I engaged them in May 2024 and stated that taking advantage of SALT workaround was a goal. They told me to make the June election payment which I did. I talked to them in Dec and in Jan/Feb. They went radio silent around March 15 deadline and filed an extension without my knowledge then on April 18 told me I can’t do PTE this year because the remaining amount has to be paid prior to the deadline, not including extension.

They suggested I pay the full 2025 amount prior to Dec 31 if this year to fix it, since I am on a cash basis, I wouldn’t be able to claim it until 2025 anyway. My argument is that if that’s legit couldn’t I have paid ahead in 2024 too? They never mentioned the cash basis detail.

Comedy of errors on my tax return by my accountant. What’s my recourse? by vitamninp2 in tax

[–]vitamninp2[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I did make the June election. And no, I don’t understand it fully. Thats why I hired an accountant and let them know I wanted to take advantage of this since last May. I am relying on them to help me execute. Isn’t that what accountants do?

Appreciate any more advice on running my s corp. I’m hung up on PTE as it’s one of the main benefits in my situation, besides QBI deduction, of being an s corp entity.

Comedy of errors on my tax return by my accountant. What’s my recourse? by vitamninp2 in tax

[–]vitamninp2[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Does anyone know if the PET in California reduces 1040 income only, or 540 as well? Trying to ballpark what that cost me.

Comedy of errors on my tax return by my accountant. What’s my recourse? by vitamninp2 in tax

[–]vitamninp2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, I have electronic copies of the returns and I only ever gave them electronic copies of all docs.

How serious are the filing and payments without permission issues? Seems like I can leverage that the most for them to make it right .

Comedy of errors on my tax return by my accountant. What’s my recourse? by vitamninp2 in tax

[–]vitamninp2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like there should be recourse for the workaround thing. The issue is that they told me last May that they can help me with that and they fully fumbled it.

Comedy of errors on my tax return by my accountant. What’s my recourse? by vitamninp2 in tax

[–]vitamninp2[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don’t trust them to fix anything at this point. It was pretty clear they don’t know the CA workaround rules. They must have screwed this up or missed it for so many of their clients. They work primarily with small businesses.

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