Michael Eckstein

I'm an accountant, business advisor, and mediocre runner. I write a weekly small business newsletter @

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@edzollars Taking this to TC was a Hail Mary. Bc, $290k? C'mon, that's just silly. No way they thought that'd be ordinary & necessary. Even $500/day was generous.

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A Venn diagram of the clients that constantly check on the status of their returns and the clients that couldn't sign an authorization to save their life is a circle.

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Do you think chapstick goes to the same shadow dimension as socks and all those follow up emails we send clients? 🤔 #taxtwitter

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@JWellsCFO

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How did my CAF check fail when my 8821s were processed and I had CAF access a week ago? 😠😠😠 #taxtwitter

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@TGorcz "How lucky are you feeling?" - in states that require a payment with extension

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Are new callers angrier this year? Another caller just got upset, made a snippy comment, and hung up on me bc I didn't give them the answer they wanted. #taxtwitter

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@taxgirl I'm here for dating advice by Kelly Erb 🙌 🙌

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@adammarkowitzEA Lots of new day traders this year.

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They don't want you to know that a virtual firm also means fewer paper cuts #taxtwitter

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@CPAPlanner Gotta take care of yourself, homie 💪

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PTPs are the bane of my existence #taxtwitter

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NYS extended to May 17. Notice N-21-1 #taxtwitter

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@JStaatsCPA I've got a bunch of bookmarks from when I started my newsletter. If anyone wants them, ping me

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Any news on NYS following the extended deadline or UCE? 😬 🙏 #TaxTwitter

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@CPAPlanner @realljjones How about stim-stim?

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@TGorcz @JStaatsCPA Off the top of my head, if you want low fees, I think Gocardless is ACH only and Veem is low fee transfers.

I use QBO payments for the free ACH tho.

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SALT is gonna be the death of me.

My doc told me to cut back bc of my blood pressure. Now, I gotta figure out the SALT affect of ARP?

Fml.

#taxtwitter

[Michael Eckstein @MichaelEck_]

There's two kinds of tax clients. Those that I see every year and those that I haven't seen in 5+ years.

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Protip: change your clients' COA to 'NOT THIS ONE - Wages Payable' so your DIY accounting clients stop booking payroll incorrectly.

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