some stuff about taxes
Oct. 27th, 2016 11:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edenfallingI had my first in-person continuing education tax prep class on Tuesday night -- intro to depreciation, basically -- and it went pretty well. I now have a better understanding of some stuff, and I got some useful practice working on Schedule C forms and the asset management tab in our proprietary software program.
While I was there, one of my Not the IRS coworkers from last year asked if I was available to do some receptionist work at the downtown office during pre-season, and I said yeah, I was, since my current job at the rental office is only part-time. She talked to the person running pre-season down there, and today I got a job offer email and have duly jumped through the appropriate hoops to finalize it.
Hopefully once that gets processed, I will be able to access the calendar management part of the company's internal website, because otherwise I can't input my availability, and if I can't input my availability, I can't be scheduled to work. Parts of that application can't be accessed remotely for obvious security reasons, but on Tuesday I wasn't able to access any of it from the plaza office either, probably because my tax prep job offer doesn't go 'live,' so to speak, until January.
I also got talked into signing up for a second in-person class which runs six hours rather than three. The first session for that was tonight, and the second will be next Thursday. This one is on rental income, and I would like to say for the record that Schedule E is a pain in the neck, and also that if I hadn't just taken the class on depreciation and gotten that practice with the asset management tab, I would be so lost. But I am managing to keep my head above the metaphorical water, though if I get landed with any of this stuff during the season, I am going to pester my coworkers for second opinions on several things. (And hey, at least now I know which things to pester them about. That's progress!)
Hmm, what else...
Oh! And in a pleasantly surprising turn of events, it turns out that Plaza Boss is returning for this year -- I think she may be taking over the downtown office as well? -- so I will not get stuck working under Mall Boss. I was afraid of that scenario, since Mall Boss seemed to hold a grudge against everyone associated with the plaza office after her daughter got fired (even though we had nothing to do with it). But Plaza Boss is awesome and we are all glad to have her back for another year. :)
While I was there, one of my Not the IRS coworkers from last year asked if I was available to do some receptionist work at the downtown office during pre-season, and I said yeah, I was, since my current job at the rental office is only part-time. She talked to the person running pre-season down there, and today I got a job offer email and have duly jumped through the appropriate hoops to finalize it.
Hopefully once that gets processed, I will be able to access the calendar management part of the company's internal website, because otherwise I can't input my availability, and if I can't input my availability, I can't be scheduled to work. Parts of that application can't be accessed remotely for obvious security reasons, but on Tuesday I wasn't able to access any of it from the plaza office either, probably because my tax prep job offer doesn't go 'live,' so to speak, until January.
I also got talked into signing up for a second in-person class which runs six hours rather than three. The first session for that was tonight, and the second will be next Thursday. This one is on rental income, and I would like to say for the record that Schedule E is a pain in the neck, and also that if I hadn't just taken the class on depreciation and gotten that practice with the asset management tab, I would be so lost. But I am managing to keep my head above the metaphorical water, though if I get landed with any of this stuff during the season, I am going to pester my coworkers for second opinions on several things. (And hey, at least now I know which things to pester them about. That's progress!)
Hmm, what else...
Oh! And in a pleasantly surprising turn of events, it turns out that Plaza Boss is returning for this year -- I think she may be taking over the downtown office as well? -- so I will not get stuck working under Mall Boss. I was afraid of that scenario, since Mall Boss seemed to hold a grudge against everyone associated with the plaza office after her daughter got fired (even though we had nothing to do with it). But Plaza Boss is awesome and we are all glad to have her back for another year. :)
