Is Passover getting in the way of filing taxes?

amother

Azure

Tue, Apr 04 2017, 9:18 pm

Extensions don't help much because then Tishrei gets in the way. That said, I always file an extension anyway. Maybe this year will be the year October doesn't come LOL

amother

Hotpink

Tue, Apr 04 2017, 9:19 pm

It's the same as all years. We all know the deadline and plan accordingly. No extra extensions being filed simply because of the holidays at our firm. Pesach always comes in April and the tax deadline always comes out on April 15 (barring weekend deadlines which are then moved to Monday like this year the 17th which is YT anyway).

grace413

Wed, Apr 05 2017, 4:44 am

Magenta Yenta, if only more people were like you and filed early!

My DH is a tax accountant and I help him in the business. The dates come out horribly this year. Venting a bit here: so many clients bring in their papers at the last minute and don't understand why it can't be done by April 15. We don't have more people asking for extensions because of Passover; the majority of our clients are not Jewish. But people delay (I am also a procrastinator) so they need to understand that other people are ahead of them.

DH has to review all the returns because even with extensions people who owe need to pay by April 15 (17 this year). The fact that the deadline is Shvi'I shel Pesach is a major difficulty for us, but what can we do?

My DH is much more of a tzadik than I am so he keeps working and says "BH that we have parnasah."

He's a sole practitioner so at least he doesn't have a boss on his head; but as he says, his clients are his bosses.

Most clients are reasonable but there are always a few.......