“I had a thought in the shower this AM. (oh, don’t even go there)... The feds are in charge of the IRS, and we need CPAs, Turbo Tax, H&R Block, and similar companies to help us with our taxes.
Does anyone doubt that if the feds get control of our health care it won’t be long before we need similar professional help filling out health care forms, making plan elections, heck, even to get basic services we may need “Turbo Helthcare” etc. Insurance, including health care insurance, is already complex enough. Does anyone think adding federal bureaucracy will make it better?”
Hell.....I already do! I hate filing claims — I understand so little of it and I’m sure I lose money.
As a CPA, your comment is what scares me most. Let me give one example of the bureaucratic mind.
I had a corporate client who unexpectedly received a refund check for about $400,000. This was approximately the total amount of the tax due. I called the IRS and spent about 1 hour with them to finally determine the cause of the error was that they entered the clients payment twice.
I explained to the IRS that we will void the check and return it.
The agent then said, I must write a letter describing the error and requesting that the IRS correct their books.
I said, I think you don't understand. You made the error, we pointed it out, you fix it. He kept insisting that we write a letter and finally I explained that "hell would freeze" before I spend my clients money on writing such a letter.
Is this a way to run a business?