Thanks to everyone who submitted creative ways to punish those tax clients who make things more difficult than they should be during tax season. Here are a few final punishments suggested by Stacie D.:
“I want to hang water balloons on the ceiling above where the clients sit. I also want a remote control to release them. Because for some reason, almost everyone I ask about business miles seems to think it’s written up on the ceiling above them! If the balloons were to drop and peg them once, or twice, they’d remember this is supposed to be documented and supported…and it’s not written on my ceiling.
I would love to hand out, free of charge, a gift bag of manure for every farmer who has sales of $10,100-$10,300 every single year.
A tube of lipstick for the clients who bring in numbers that we call “Revlon.” Because it is all make up.
And tiny fiddles for all the clients that balk about bringing in proof for due diligence for child tax credits. According to them, we’re the ONLY place that requires this. Um, yeah, ok.”
