barely breathing

tax. season. sucks.

i could go on, but that about sums it up. oh hell, i'll just go on.

thank you, shady client numero uno, for paying your employees in cash all year and not reporting it, and for having numbskull employees who decide on april 8th that they want a w2. i'm so looking forward to going through those TIME CARDS you brought me and adding up hours, payrates, tips and cash paid outs since EFFING SEPTEMBER i wish i had the authority to fire you. but i don't.

and thank you, new shady client numero dos, for not even bothering to pay your employees or your employer's taxes correctly and instead just estimating them and paying someone else to figure it out at the last minute. i have nothing better to do than to set up your quickbooks file, enter in all your estimated information and come up with your correct totals and pay the difference for you, all by next week when it's due. FAIL.

it's not like i have over 50 quarterly reports left to produce, unemployment rates to check, stupid audits to do or have to explain to the IRS that yes, i did make those tax payments on the due date. no, i have no idea why you can't post them correctly. yes, i think you made it all up, since the amounts don't even reflect what i paid.

let's sum up the remainder of april, shall we?

next week, tax week. i'm sure we'll get 15 new clients who will waltz in and expect their taxes done that afternoon. never fails. my first tax season, someone came in with four years' worth of tax returns they had never filed and wanted them done that day. april 15th. she honestly thought it would be that easy. never ever do that to a CPA. april 16th--OFF. thank the lord, but it really only piles up work for the next week. and off to super bulldog weekend! the next week, sales tax. the next weekend, double decker with the sisters! the law student always has to study, so i'm glad i'll get to play. the next and final week, quarterly reports. and i can breathe again. thankfully i have fun weekends between now and then.