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Oct 16, 2024
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ChiCityCoug
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I’m agreeing with him. And reiterating that CPAs should do all they can to
maximize their clients tax avoidance.
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If your CPA says the goal is to not get audited, you need to fire your CPA
Skeptical Optimist
Intervention Needed
9:14am
Tax evasion is illegal. Tax avoidance should be pushed to its furthest limit.
ChiCityCoug
9:15am
Non-sequitur. OPs post says three different times that he's talking about legal
Tricky
9:20am
I’m agreeing with him. And reiterating that CPAs should do all they can to
ChiCityCoug
9:21am
Ha. I misread "pushed" as "punished" and missed the distinction you were making
Tricky
9:23am
i did too
Level43
9:40am
Guess I should have said “stretched” lol
ChiCityCoug
9:43am
Not a non-sequitur. He's echoing OP's point in a more succinct way.
ebv
9:23am
On balance an audit is incredibly frustrating and time consuming.(For me it was)
BYUfan92
9:20am
CPA translation: "I don't want to spend the time an audit would require"
Tare
9:22am
Or "I'd rather you pay more taxes so I don't have to spend the time an audit would require"
Skeptical Optimist
9:23am
I disagree. I don’t want the IRS looking into the gray areas on my clients’
BYU-Ite
9:36am
I don't follow. My CPA charged me big time for my audit. Why wouldn't they want the work? It's generally during a time
HarlemCoug
9:37am
This is true.
BYU-Ite
9:38am
Fighting an audit will likely cost tens of thousands in attorney fees and CPA fees and even that is no guarantee
BIG XII Coug
9:24am
Exactly. There are some things that raise more flags than others. And if they
byubyu
9:33am
THIS
johnnybyu
9:51am
My experience taught me just to accept
BYU71
9:44am
Yep. It's a sad reality.
dut99002
10:56am
Every taxpayer should be allowed to set his/her comfort level.
Archaea
9:34am
This is the most correct statement
sparky
10:20am
Paying your CPA for ten more billable hours just to spite the IRS out of one
joelvandyne
9:39am
Taxes are your single largest expense throughout your lifetime
Skeptical Optimist
9:49am
In total, sure. But not the marginal deductions you're asking for your CPA to
joelvandyne
9:53am
Audits can be very costly. Been through 2, both paid no extra tax but they were
johnnybyu
9:47am
I wish there was some type of reimbursement, but if it comes from the
ChiCityCoug
9:56am
Don’t you buy the audit insurance from your CPA?
Archaea
10:37am
Not every CPA offers it.
dut99002
10:57am
I always but what is offered as it
Archaea
11:45am
They don't offer it. We have multiple businesses so unless they did all of the
johnnybyu
2:15pm
Not sure it’s quite that black and white, but we agree on what the main goal is.
Japan Coug
9:49am
There are plenty of undertrained, less-than-competent IRS agents.
dut99002
10:53am
The IRS agent I worked with was terrible and knew nothing and also assumes you
johnnybyu
2:26pm
Every government employee is untrained and incompetent. That's why they work for the government.
Skeptical Optimist
2:34pm
If only it were this easy
Socrates Johnson
12:57pm
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