Comments on: My Life as a Volunteer Tax Preparer – Ch.2.4 http://toughmoneylove.com/2010/02/23/my-life-volunteer-tax-preparer-ch-2-4/ The Hard Truth about Money and Personal Finance Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:37:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike McCants http://toughmoneylove.com/2010/02/23/my-life-volunteer-tax-preparer-ch-2-4/comment-page-1/#comment-7503 Mike McCants Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:15:09 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=5344#comment-7503 I am in the middle of my fourth year. I did quality review for more than 500 tax returns last year. We have an arrangement with an Accounting professor. He teaches a "practicum" course and we get over 200 volunteer accounting students for our tax centers. Our three largest centers have about a dozen workstations, so we can serve 100+ people in one day in February or April when we are busiest. Many clients return every year. I enjoy it very much. I am in the middle of my fourth year. I did quality review for more than 500 tax returns last year. We have an arrangement with an Accounting professor. He teaches a “practicum” course and we get over 200 volunteer accounting students for our tax centers. Our three largest centers have about a dozen workstations, so we can serve 100+ people in one day in February or April when we are busiest. Many clients return every year. I enjoy it very much.

]]> By: TMN http://toughmoneylove.com/2010/02/23/my-life-volunteer-tax-preparer-ch-2-4/comment-page-1/#comment-7445 TMN Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:30:49 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=5344#comment-7445 I wish one of those seniors would teach you how not to take random unnecessary digs at social institutions you dislike. I wish one of those seniors would teach you how not to take random unnecessary digs at social institutions you dislike.

]]> By: PW http://toughmoneylove.com/2010/02/23/my-life-volunteer-tax-preparer-ch-2-4/comment-page-1/#comment-7412 PW Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:56:35 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=5344#comment-7412 Thank you for sharing the stories, it is nice reading. Thank you for sharing the stories, it is nice reading.

]]> By: Gail http://toughmoneylove.com/2010/02/23/my-life-volunteer-tax-preparer-ch-2-4/comment-page-1/#comment-7411 Gail Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:21:17 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=5344#comment-7411 On a positive note, might the absence of older male clients be explained by older women being more inclined to seek out prof tax preparation assistance rather than outliving the men? What I also found to be positive is that all these older women were content with being "on their own"--could this have something to do with NOT having a houseful of freeloader relatives to support like the client you described in the previous post from this series? Independence is a beautiful thing! Thanks for these great stories. I'm enjoying them immensely and agree you can learn so much about what really matters in life from these seniors! On a positive note, might the absence of older male clients be explained by older women being more inclined to seek out prof tax preparation assistance rather than outliving the men?

What I also found to be positive is that all these older women were content with being “on their own”–could this have something to do with NOT having a houseful of freeloader relatives to support like the client you described in the previous post from this series? Independence is a beautiful thing!

Thanks for these great stories. I’m enjoying them immensely and agree you can learn so much about what really matters in life from these seniors!

]]> By: morrison http://toughmoneylove.com/2010/02/23/my-life-volunteer-tax-preparer-ch-2-4/comment-page-1/#comment-7410 morrison Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:56:50 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=5344#comment-7410 I love these posts. Very informative. And touching. Thanks for writing them. I love these posts. Very informative. And touching. Thanks for writing them.

]]> By: wrc1000 http://toughmoneylove.com/2010/02/23/my-life-volunteer-tax-preparer-ch-2-4/comment-page-1/#comment-7409 wrc1000 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:58:57 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=5344#comment-7409 Nice . . . very nice . . . Nice . . . very nice . . .

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