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edenfallingThings to do tomorrow:
1. Virtual rehire interview with Not the IRS at 10:30am. This is basically a formality, and some years we haven't even bothered holding the actual interviews. But apparently corporate wants us to go through the motions properly this year instead of our district manager just saying, "I know this person, they're fine, let's ignore this step to save some time." *sigh*
2. Re-certification test with Not the IRS, noon, at the valley office. Someone is coming in specially to meet me since the office is normally only open Mondays and Wednesdays (during my work hours) in the summer, and taking the test from home is not recommended because the software is kind of squidgy and if anything glitches I will be shit out of luck on getting things re-set.
I can either re-validate my current Level 2 certification OR try to test up to Level 3. The thing is, if I fuck up, I automatically slide back down to Level 1, which screws up my commission structure. So I think I will take the Level 2 test this time, since I KNOW I can pass it (I did pass it, three years ago!), and take a stab at the Level 3 test in August.
If I didn't have a hard deadline, I'd do a bit more review and go for the Level 3 test, but I am feeling kind of shaky on Schedule C nonsense (...in the sense of things on the test, not so much things I expect to encounter in the real world -- I do a few Schedule C's each tax season and most of them are pretty straightforward) so I will stick with the Level 2 test for the moment. Which has its own share of nonsense, as I recall (seriously, when will I need to know the details of fine art appraisal? the fifth of never, that's when), but is significantly less finicky.
The tests are all open book, of course, because nobody does actual tax returns with a metaphorical closed book, but looking stuff up takes time away from running calculations and there IS a time limit, so, you know, better to stick with things I have more solidly in my hindbrain. *wry*
3. Maybe barrel through some more tax courses and hit my requisite minimum CE hours for the year in time to be entered in the July early-finish prize lottery? And also just to get corporate off my back, because who needs corporate breathing down their neck? Nobody, that's who.
4. Make scallop chowder, because reasons. :)
1. Virtual rehire interview with Not the IRS at 10:30am. This is basically a formality, and some years we haven't even bothered holding the actual interviews. But apparently corporate wants us to go through the motions properly this year instead of our district manager just saying, "I know this person, they're fine, let's ignore this step to save some time." *sigh*
2. Re-certification test with Not the IRS, noon, at the valley office. Someone is coming in specially to meet me since the office is normally only open Mondays and Wednesdays (during my work hours) in the summer, and taking the test from home is not recommended because the software is kind of squidgy and if anything glitches I will be shit out of luck on getting things re-set.
I can either re-validate my current Level 2 certification OR try to test up to Level 3. The thing is, if I fuck up, I automatically slide back down to Level 1, which screws up my commission structure. So I think I will take the Level 2 test this time, since I KNOW I can pass it (I did pass it, three years ago!), and take a stab at the Level 3 test in August.
If I didn't have a hard deadline, I'd do a bit more review and go for the Level 3 test, but I am feeling kind of shaky on Schedule C nonsense (...in the sense of things on the test, not so much things I expect to encounter in the real world -- I do a few Schedule C's each tax season and most of them are pretty straightforward) so I will stick with the Level 2 test for the moment. Which has its own share of nonsense, as I recall (seriously, when will I need to know the details of fine art appraisal? the fifth of never, that's when), but is significantly less finicky.
The tests are all open book, of course, because nobody does actual tax returns with a metaphorical closed book, but looking stuff up takes time away from running calculations and there IS a time limit, so, you know, better to stick with things I have more solidly in my hindbrain. *wry*
3. Maybe barrel through some more tax courses and hit my requisite minimum CE hours for the year in time to be entered in the July early-finish prize lottery? And also just to get corporate off my back, because who needs corporate breathing down their neck? Nobody, that's who.
4. Make scallop chowder, because reasons. :)
