Are you ready for a productive Tax Planning Season with knowledge and understanding of how to plan for your Tax Preparation in January? With a little planning this fall, you too can save money on your taxes in the Spring.

Recently, I had a tax client come by after she received a letter from IRS. She was understandably concerned, but her manner was rude, full of entitlement, and demanding. I responded to her rude demands with polite and courteous answers, and spent several hours on the phone researching her problem. On several occasions during the process of answering her questions, I had to call and ask for more information, each time she got ruder and more demanding.

Almost every contact ended with her hanging up in my ear. Have you ever NOT recognized the sound of a phone slamming in your ear? When I contacted IRS for the second time, I asked for the same person on the other end and we were laughing about the plight of tax payers who demand answers rudely, without any comprehension of the value of polite courtesies. The IRS Agent mentioned that most Tax problems could actually be solved with polite phone calls to IRS, courteous responses, and a sense of presence and understanding for the other person.

The Agent commented that she’d worked with her share of rude Tax Agents too, so rude, demanding telephone manners (or the lack of manners) is not limited to Tax Payers. Then we had a light bulb moment, each of us commenting on what happens when the Agent and the Payer are both rude, demanding people with no manners… EXPLOSIVE SITUATION SITED!

A little forward thinking Tax Planning can solve most tax issues, but when you can’t plan ahead, or realize too late that you didn’t plan ahead, remember to be courteous, polite, and friendly. You never know when the IRS Agent on the other end of the phone may have already talked to one Rude person.

Are you ready to save some money on your Tax Preparation in January and increase your income base?

You can increase your income and pay a lower percentage of tax in a higher tax bracket. Let me show you how at http://www.jvpublications.com/Tax with high-quality Tax Advice and more than 20 years of experienced Tax Consulting.

© 2007 - Jan Verhoeff.

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