TIL when someone says they are from Chicagoland it's an actual city and not a cute way of saying how much they love Chicago.

Everyone else is an idiot when your understanding is superficial.

I feel about property taxes the way I imagine most non-tax CPAs feel when someone says "oh you're a CPA! can you help me with my TAXES??"

Another day, another Excel file a client sends in pdf

Prospective client just told me they had to go to HRB 2x to get their 2023 1040 prepped. The first time, the person who knew how to enter K1s wasn't there. 👀 Went back and that person still wasn't there. Someone else powered through it painfully. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Ummm...this is a thing?

A platform is not an advisor. Which doesn't matter until the platform breaks. And you have no advisor.

Do you want a new convert to lead you on your own spiritual journey? Probably not. Be careful who you are consuming your AI-related information from.

To everyone considering adding their spouse as an owner to their business because "it just seems like a good idea", please talk to an attorney first. You're welcome.

1099s are the WORST Starting to work through W9 requests for monthly clients. It's...not fun. We're building a process to address this on a monthly basis going forward, but that won't make this any more fun.

You can't make up for bad with more

I have a joke about debits and credits, but it's so balanced, it will offend folks on the left and the right.

If you’re an attorney running your own firm And you’re concerned about 2024 taxes Here’s where to focus:

After years of practicing as a solo, one of my many surprises about firm building is just how hard accounting is. To get meta, I'm surprised I'm surprised. I've complained about how little accountants actually know accounting for years. To see it in my own team tho is...painful.

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One of the biggest challenges we face as accountants doesn’t have anything to do with analyzing financial data. It’s navigating the CHAOS of multi-factor authentication (MFA) across banks, credit card companies, and payment platforms.