Counting Laughs: A CPAs Guide to Hilarious Client Encounters

By Rhonda D. Odom and Sharon E. Buck

Prepare to balance your laughter ledger as you embark on a side-splitting journey through the world of number crunching and comical clients! "Counting Laughs" is your ultimate guide to the wild, wacky, and downright hilarious encounters that CPAs and clients can relate to.

In this uproarious collection of anecdotes, you'll witness CPAs facing off against the ultimate tax evasion masterminds (a family of squirrels trying to claim acorns as dependents), deciphering cryptic expense reports (ever tried explaining why a llama rental is a business necessity?), and unraveling the mysteries of creative bookkeeping (did someone say "unicorn depreciation"?).

From laugh-out-loud office antics to client meetings that turn into comedy shows, "Counting Laughs" will have you giggling uncontrollably and reaching for your abacus to tally the sheer number of belly laughs you'll experience. As you flip through the pages of this witty, side-splitting book, you'll realize that being a CPA isn't just about balancing budgets; it's about balancing the hilarity of life in the financial trenches.

So, grab your ledger, sharpen your pencil, and get ready to chuckle your way through the absurd and entertaining world of accounting. Because in "Counting Laughs," laughter is the best ROI, and the only thing you'll be taxing is your funny bone!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Southern Chick Lit
• Release date: Oct 12, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223679103

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Counting Laughs

A CPA's Guide to Hilarious Client Encounters

Rhonda D. Odom, MBA, CPA & Sharon E. Buck, CC (Clueless Client)

Copyright © 2023 by Rhonda D. Odom & Sharon E. Buck

All rights reserved.

No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher or author, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law.

About This Book

You know when you have those moments where everything is funny and makes you laugh out loud? Rhonda and Sharon had two hours of those moments flying back to Jacksonville, Florida after attending a Labor Day weekend conference in Dallas, Texas. It was just one-line after another that kept cracking them up. We knew those one-liners were good when the gal sitting next to Sharon was trying, discreetly, to keep from laughing out loud. She failed.

Since Rhonda is a CPA and Sharon is somewhat of a clueless client, they thought if they could marry clueless clients and Certified Public Accountants together in a humorous book it would make the world a better place. Well, at least, for CPAs. Clients, eh, little to no hope for them. They understand so little, sigh.

Laugh out loud at the funny things clients do to their CPAs.

Contents

1.CPAs are the Life of the Party

2.Why I am a CPA

3.Tax Season

4.The Clients

5.Creative Accounting

6.Tax Code

7.Receipts

8.Quick Question

9.CPA Magic

10.Gross Income

11.Net Income

12.Clients Writing Fiction

13.2 + 2 = Who Knows What

14.What Do You Mean I Have To Pay Taxes?

15.Cash Flow

16.Assets and Liabilities

17.Clients and Trust Issues

18.Clients and Balance Sheets

19.Revenue Recognition

20.Financial Statements

21.Clients Getting Back to You

22.Proud to be a CPA

23.Key Performance Indicators

24.Tax Deadline Extensions

25.Scatterbrained Clients

26.The IRS and CPAs

27.Clients on Paying Taxes

28.New Client Questions

29.Tax Accidents

30.Preparing for Tax Season

31.Explain It To Me, Lucy

32.Hiring a CPA

33.Funny CPA Stickers

34.Loving My CPA

35.Tax Deductions

36.GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles)

37.CPA Survival Kit

38.Clients, Vacations, and CPAs

39.Worst Tax Deductions Ever

40.Funny Accounting Terms

41.What's the Difference Between a Client and a CPA?

42.DIY Accounting Client

43.You're Charging Me How Much?!

44.Objectivity Principles

45.Why CPAs Are Loved In Heaven

About the Authors

Chapter 1

CPAs are the Life of the Party

Yes, the world often mistakenly views us as dull, boring, uninspired, and without a sense of humor. They are wrong! We can be very clever.

When one of those know-it-alls approaches and asks why you are a CPA, here are some great lines guaranteed to make them laugh…or drift away where you can enjoy the party in your own way.

I'm a CPA because I can calculate the exact tip for the pizza delivery guy without breaking a sweat. The party would be incomplete without my tip wisdom!

I became a CPA so I could impress people with my 'party tricks' like balancing the snack budget and estimating the total calories in that cheese dip.

Being a CPA means I have the ultimate party conversation starter: 'Let me tell you about the time I found a typo in the tax code...'

I'm a CPA because I know how to turn a wild night into a tax-deductible business expense. Who's up for a 'strategic networking event'?

I became a CPA to ensure that at every party, there's someone who can count to three before taking a shot.

As a CPA, I can spot financial red flags from a mile away, which is why I'm the designated 'party crasher detector.'

I'm a CPA because I can turn any party game into a financial competition. Who's up for 'Monopoly: Real Life Edition'?

I became a CPA because I wanted a valid reason to wear my 'CPA-themed' party hat, complete with tiny calculators and dollar signs.

As a CPA, I'm an expert at finding the hidden costs of a party. Hint: It's usually in the form of late-night pizza deliveries.

I'm a CPA because I can analyze the party budget and tell you whether we should upgrade from chips and dip to caviar and champagne!

I'm a CPA because I love telling people I'm a Certified Party Animal!

Chapter 2

Why I am a CPA

Does it annoy you as much as it does me when someone asks why am I a CPA? Do they honestly think I’m a special kind of stupid and can’t do anything else? Did their mama drop them on their little pointy heads when they were little? Honestly, what’s wrong with these people?

Surprise these