| How much money you have or don't have has | | | | of them and you can even see what they think of |
| everything to do with your relationship with money. | | | | themselves by how they plan for the future. |
| Thank goodness, that is NOT what this article is about, | | | | You can see if they gave more energy to their |
| or is it? | | | | Employer (Form 2106) then their Employer gave to |
| What I do understand from my experience as a Tax | | | | them. You can see their goals through their continuing |
| Accountant, is this: Tax clients who did not have a lot | | | | education deductions and their investment patterns, |
| of income 5 years ago and are now reporting well | | | | and you can even see some of their gambling habits |
| over six figures to IRS, have one thing in common. | | | | based upon their winnings. You can even see if they |
| They ALL found jobs, or started businesses or work | | | | have shared their wealth with those less fortunate. |
| as freelancers, in products or services that they | | | | Each tax return tells a story. |
| LOVE. | | | | And at the same time, a truthful tax return helps to |
| OK, maybe you should re-read the previous sentence. | | | | clean up and clear up a person's life. What they have |
| As one client put it, "You will know it when you find it, | | | | done or not done is all in black in white. And as daddy |
| because, you will wake up to do what you love, you | | | | use to say, "Numbers don't lie" |
| will go to sleep late, because you are doing what you | | | | Tax Professionals who understand this, usually will help |
| love" | | | | their tax clients to plan for the future. Tax planning for |
| The emotion of love, for what you love to do; will | | | | the sake of reducing taxes is good, but Tax planning |
| develop "passion" Others will not only see this love, but | | | | for the sake of building a future is GREAT. |
| will feel the passion that it generates. This will | | | | A good Tax Accountant can lead you through the |
| automatically create clients and customers once they | | | | maze of paperwork, but there is one thing we cannot |
| know about you. | | | | do, and that is find out what YOU Love to do? |
| For example: I love to do taxes; not because I like | | | | This you have to do on your own. However, I can tell |
| taxes; I really hate all the new tax laws each year; | | | | you, once a person "knows" what he/she loves, there |
| from year to year its hard to remember all those laws | | | | is no stopping them. |
| so I stopped trying, now the computer remembers. | | | | The bottom line is many people have not filed their |
| What I love to do is, create a numerical picture for a | | | | back taxes because there was emotional pain or |
| taxpayer based upon the facts/numbers that they | | | | even illness in the year for which the taxes have not |
| provide to me. | | | | been filed. |
| After you complete a tax return, you can help the | | | | Get over the emotional pain and file the taxes. Once |
| client to see his history for that year. You know how | | | | the taxes are completed, you will see the big picture, |
| many children they are concerned about, how soon | | | | and you will realize, the fact that you are still living, |
| those children might be going to college, you may be | | | | breathing and know your ABC's, means everything is |
| able to see that they purchased more house then they | | | | going to be alright. |
| should have? You can see what their Employer thinks | | | | |