Kris3186
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Working for a CPA firm in Iowa several eons ago, I had a payroll tax issue for a client I was trying to resolve with the IRS. On any issue, you have to write on a third-grade level if there is to be any hope of them understanding the problem. This should have been a simple fix, but a solid inch of correspondence later, they just didn’t get it. The CPA in charge of this account asks me if it’s been resolved yet and I show him the stack of correspondence. He was pissed and said he would take care of it, and he did. He wrote them a letter that started off with “Dear Stupid Fucking People”. Problem solved in short order. The CPA wasn’t even put the the problem preparer list.
I’m a CPA and I have never worked for a firm like this, and I have worked for five over the course of my career in four different states. Maybe some are like this, but not all, definitely not all. The biggest issue I encountered was partners not getting along.