Marchternity: The Solution Is Community

Before another grueling tax season, find your tribe.

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Just Say ‘No,’ by Seth Fineberg

By Liz Farr

The last several years have been rough on accountants, to say the least.

I left public accounting at the end of 2017, so I have been spared the never-ending chaos of the last five years, starting with the last-minute sweeping changes of the TCJA, and continuing on through the pandemic. However, thanks to social media groups like #TaxTwitter and Accounting Firm Influencers on Facebook, I’ve had an idea of the misery, confusion, exhaustion, and sheer frustration of tax pros trying to maintain sanity in the face of complete insanity.

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In 2020, Adam Markowitz, a razor-sharp EA and active member of the #TaxTwitter community, coined the term Marchternity, for the month of the 2020 tax season that never seemed to end. Ultimately, thanks to the mad coding skills of Chris Hervochon, the Marchternity Bot was born, providing “Daily updates on what day of Marchternity it is because March 2020 will never end.”

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Nerd 365: App of the Week

Two little tools to make your life a lot easier

By Beth Ziesenis

Do you get a little hungry when you hear December 30 is National Bacon Day (not to be confused with International Bacon Day, the Saturday before Labor Day #becausebacon)? Fun, interesting, and downright weird holidays provide opportunities for great conversations and heightened awareness.

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For example, did you know August 5 was Work Like a Dog Day and that August 10 was National Lazy Day?

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Tax Season Funnies: Making Sense of Tax Forms

First, a couple of COVID-19 jokes courtesy of a client. (Too soon?)

As collected by Robert E. Mckenzie

I need to practice social distancing from the refrigerator.

Homeschooling is going well. Two students suspended for fighting and one teacher fired for drinking on the job.

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The more you earn, the less you keep,

And now I lay me down to sleep.

I pray the Lord my soul to take,

If the tax collector hasn’t got it before I wake.

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Tax Season Funnies (Plus Some Covid Humor, Too Soon?)

Page of calendar showing date of 15thThe 15th still means something.

As collected by Robert E. Mckenzie

COVID-19 humor courtesy of clients and friends:

  • I don’t think anyone expected that when we changed the clocks we’d go from Standard Time to the Twilight Zone.
  • My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when I pee it cleans the toilet.

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I know we have until July 15 this year, but April 15 is still a reference point in tax humor:

“The U.S. tax code was written by “A” students. Every April 15, we have to pay somebody who got an A in accounting to keep ourselves from being sent to jail.” – P.J. O’Rourke
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Tax Season Funnies: The Poetic Versions

Portrait of a young laughing businessman with tablet computer in officePlus a vision of Hell.
As collected by Robert E. Mckenzie
The only effective way to eliminate tax loopholes is to eliminate politicians.
 

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“We have from time to time complained about the complexity of our revenue laws and the almost impossible challenge they present to taxpayers or their representatives … Our complaints have obviously fallen upon deaf ears.” – Arnold Raum (Former Senior U.S. Tax Court Judge)

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