I think I may be getting the hang of this Wordle thing... Wordle 1,409 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 @fortwaynecpa.bsky.social -- are you still doing it?

This sentence is excruciating to parse, @nytimes.com; please do better!

Thanks to Josh, TIL that: 1. Some tax pros set up installment agreements for free!? 🤯 and 2. Do so using Form 9465 instead of online/phone...🦖 Please charge for or bundle rep/advisory work, people! Yes, that includes responding to most IRS notices... #TaxBS #TaxSky

RIP, Pope Francis 💔🕊 The first Jesuit pope, you adopted the name of St. Francis. Following the best traditions of both Jesuits and Franciscans, you inspired hope and joy in people of all faiths worldwide. May your legacy based on these principles long live on... The world grieves as one today.

Ben @benjaminwittes.bsky.social I just contributed to Lawfare, but am quite interested in merchandise too, particularly things that riff of off #WITAOD (Who is the Administrator of DOGE) Looks like the "Dept" will be around for the long term, so you might as well... Cc: @annabower.bsky.social

Whether you're an EA or whether you're a CPA, You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Feel the e-file breakin' and late clients all shakin', And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive... #TaxBS #TaxSky

Constituent services caseworkers are magical and it doesn't matter what your politics are. One helped me figure out an IRS snag that even I, a well trained lawyer, had issues with.

There's something strange [in your financial life]/Who you gonna call? [Your tax pro!] Do it early! Do it often. Better yet, send us an email telling us something fun and exciting happened. We'll likely give you some guidance and offer to review things for you. #TaxBS

Nice, if you're buddies with the president, he may exempt your company from tariffs!

@jlobeancntr.bsky.social 😂

Baila baila baila baila Baila baila baila me Esta rumba a ta gitana Que yo siempre cantaré... #Flamenco #Rumba #Danceable youtu.be/vU2b4ubuWNM

My everlasting memories of Val Kilmer are lighter roles, such as in Top Secret! and Real Genius (and the original Top Gun, of course). Underrated, insanely versatile, brilliant but reportedly difficult and so underused. Goodbye, Val... you were, indeed, our Huckleberry.

TaxRetreat '25 early registration is open... GO GO GO! www.taxretreat.org ⬅️ You've been to too many boring conferences already. Try the "anti-conference," where camaraderie reigns supreme, knowledge flows freely, and fun is non-negotiable! #TaxBS #TaxSky

"End the Fed!" Bond market, are you listening? #TaxBS #TaxSky cue client questions if this rhetoric gains any traction 😱

A man walked into a bar with a parrot on his shoulder. The bartender said: "Does that animal talk?" The parrot replied, "I don't know."

#TaxRetreat25 Exec Team debuts with A-list cast 🤩 2 stalwarts and 3 new go-getters! The anti-conference to eclipse all other confs! Thanks in advance for the fireworks: @notthatkaren71.bsky.social @cbriancpa.com @tallycpa.bsky.social @sparklecate.bsky.social @nevercallmerich.com #TaxBS #TaxSky

What do we want? YOUR DOCUMENTS When do we want it? NOW!!! #TaxBS #TaxSky

I, too, am "a virtuoso and my musical choices represent a brilliant palette of vibrant colors when others often paint in pale pastels." #StableGenius #IYKYK Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/a...

Social Security is already breaking down: long waits, waves of calls, web crashes. A flood of cuts led by Elon Musk has sent the agency into chaos as a new commissioner prepares to take charge #TaxBS #TaxSky Gift Article: wapo.st/4hM5MAn

WW2 D-Day PC Chat 😂

I am fine!!! @andreacpa0.bsky.social

An apt moment to quote the first verse of #MontyPython's "Im So Worried" song: I'm so worried about what's happening today, In the Middle East you know, And I'm so worried about the **baggage retrieval system they've got at Heathrow.** youtu.be/PvzCuJUqqvw

Goodbye, BOI! (except foreign entities registered in the US and their foreign owners) FinCEN Removes Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements for U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons, Sets New Deadlines for Foreign Companies fincen.gov/news/news-re... (Till 2029, at least!) #TaxBS #TaxSky

Not just officials, but a raft of *acting* IRS officials are also resigning...just what is going on? #TaxBS #TaxSky

Tomorrow! #TaxRetreat Virtual Happy Hour #TaxBS

The most interesting thing I'm doing right now is trying to find sponsors for @taxretreat.org 2025. Incidentally, if you have a product or service, you want to get in front of a cool group of forward-thinking tax pros, accountants, and adjacent, hit me up and we can chat! #taxsky #taxbs

Lunar eclipse alert! Lasts till 3 am Pacific, 3/14, for the West Coast. Close to totality around midnight. Refreshing! (h/t @astrokatie.com)

IRS's acting chief counsel pushed aside for political appointee, as DOGE seeks access to sensitive taxpayer data. #TaxBS #TaxSky Gift article (enter any email): wapo.st/422A257

Incandescent bulbs powered by a battery source should be zapped out of existence.

959 tabs open, 16 groups. *On a phone* Only with Bromite, the free and open-source Chrome alternative for #Android users - with built in ad-blocking and privacy enhancements. Check it out: www.bromite.org

Stalled Audits and a Skeleton Staff: Inside Trump’s War on the I.R.S. #TaxBS #TaxSky Gift Article: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...

#TaxSky #TaxBS

This is a great point. One thing that Trump has stopped from crossing the border is goods in trade from America's largest trading partners.

I thought you could only die of dysentery ON THE WAY to Oregon... www.aol.com/dysentery-di...

The Feb 11 executive order does say the goal is to reduce permanent staffing levels to only those personnel otherwise designated as "essential" during a shutdown. For IRS, would mean a 70% reduction from 2024 levels in non-filing seson, or 55% reduction during filing season(!!) #TaxBS #TaxSky

"New IRS commissioner exploring how to turn over addresses for 700k suspected undocumented immigrants to Homeland Security." #TaxBS #TaxSky -- is this a request for a subset of ITIN holders, or more like asking the IRS to search returns for matching names based on a list compiled from elsewhere?

#TaxSky ! 😸

@tallycpa.bsky.social Happy Birthday, Adam! (with thanks to @cbriancpa.com )

Among the best articles I've read on the capture of NIH. Seeing all this laid out, it's plain that the motivation is to destroy the university and scientific system. #academicsky #neuroskyence

FinCEN will extend the BOI deadline once again(!) to some future date after March 21. No BOI filing enforcement/penalties until after this future deadline. They intend to issue an interim rule with the future date and more guidance before March 21. #TaxBS #TaxSky www.fincen.gov/news/news-re...

Wonder who the elderly will ask for help if their nearest Social Security office closes, they can't get a straight answer on the phone and aren't tech-savvy. Could their tax professional be an option? 🤔 #TaxBS #TaxSky

Attn #TaxBS #TaxSky: something seems afoot at the IRS 🧐:

Interesting. Of course, if the Office of Special Counsel head is allowed to be fired this week, the new one will probably rescind this finding asap.

In this 90-second video, @gtconway.bsky.social poses a great question. We're all banking on the courts to ultimately get the admin to do the right thing. But when the admin disobeys them, even the Supreme Court has no way to enforce its orders. We know Congress is in a coma. WHAT DO WE DO THEN?

All IRS Commissioners since the Reagan era say: Trump Just Fired 6,700 I.R.S. Workers in the Middle of Tax Season. That’s a Huge Mistake. (gutting the nation's A/R is a bad idea -- tax gap/deficit will increase -- but we knew that already, #TaxBS #TaxSky) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/o...

Dear manager, This week: 1. I got knocked down 2. But I got up again 3. You're never gonna keep me down 4. I sang the songs that remind me of the good times 5. I sang the songs that remind me of the better times I'll be singin', when I'm winnin'... Ish

Five IRS to-dos for #TaxBS #TaxSky, from the superb TTT issue linked below & #Emails2DOGE: 1. Document EACH interaction 2. Use tracked delivery 3. Get POAs online OR wet 2848s; maxed to future 3 yrs 4. Re-verify ASED/CSED dates 5. Offer transcript monitoring www.tomtalkstaxes.com/p/advocating...

All federal employees received this email requesting five #WeeklyWins I think this infringes @accountingasart.bsky.social's patented #FridayWins Is there no sense of decency left, at long last?

Reminder #TaxBS #TaxSky IRS took down portions of the Internal Revenue Manual (IRM) in late January for "DEI review." Still not back. BUT TaxNotes has the full IRM as of Dec 2024 available FREE: www.taxnotes.com/research/fed... (Much faster than the Wayback Machine) @taxlady04.bsky.social