Exploring the golf improvement process. Open Forum cofounder. Tax Firm Owner (CPA). dad of 3 vb players. startups. side hustles. equity comp tax expert
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Nick Chertock retweeted
To my fellow #TaxTwitter compatriots:
The October 15th offensive has officially ended.
We’ve survived on caffeine, rage, and an unreasonable amount of profanity.
Today, we emerge from our bunkers and reacquaint ourselves with sunlight.
Next March:
“Hey chat, build all of my client’s tax returns by tomorrow morning with open items lists and recap all of my observations…add in strategic advice. No mistakes.”
When we were in school, no one would ever turn in an assignment a week before the deadline… you would turn in that shit at the last possible second. If you go into Tax accounting, you better have been the type of kid who could handle writing a 10 page essay at midnight the night before it was due.
You know you are a Tax nerd if you can see a bank routing number and recognize the bank. Client will try to put the routing number in the account number field and I’m like hell no that’s Wells Fargo my guy I would recognize that anywhere
Nick Chertock retweeted
EY is paying employees up to $25,000 to catch their own AI's mistakes.
They’re calling it a bonus for "human checks". But let's call it what it is: a bounty program for AI slop. This comes right after all four Big Four firms faced major incidents involving fabricated AI citations in their consulting divisions.
We talk about it on Episode 504 of The Accounting Podcast: youtube.com/live/s2wn65xfdsE…
The most common conversation with a client in early October
Me “I need that XYZ K-1 for 2025… you gave me the 2024 K1”
Client “I already gave you that K-1”
Me: Curses choice of profession once again
If you’re going call yourself a high-end Tax planner trashing CPAs in your ads, you better have spent at least a decade actually doing high-end client work…. Otherwise you’re like a golf teacher who has never broken 90.
I say this every single October, but a large portion of the work I do now in 2026 was not required of me in my first tax season in 2001… I just spent a half hour trying to deal with a couple w/ IP PIN issues…. It’s not even something that actually goes on the return.
I think by one biggest pet peeve in all of Social Media is hearing a golfer brag to strangers about how far they hit their pitching wedge…. Literally not a single person gives a damn. nobody is impressed.
Nick Chertock retweeted
The visual model is evolving nicely. Can’t wait to use it to show #golf impact concepts in 3D.
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I would like to see a TV show where different Tax strategists debate the relative merits of their different approaches as opposed to only getting to see a constant stream of their advertisements where they understandably have to leave out all the good stuff to get people to pick up the phone
Wondering if @TaxLeverage has made a video on Cordle….#taxtwitter - I know I should be working hard right now because of deadlines, but this guy’s ads constantly pop up in my feed.
Nick Chertock retweeted
Psychologist’s Occum’s Razor: the simple explanation is usually the correct diagnosis.
Nick Chertock retweeted
incredible spontaneous saxophone performance from Nathanial Young at the Palace of Fine Arts yesterday, hundreds of people showed up to listen quietly. tons of kids and families out… shut down by the cops after 30 minutes. no fun allowed! so infuriating
Another pet peeve as it relates to tax mitigation advertisements. Stop saying things like “the IRS wants you to invest in real estate!”…. Bro the IRS does not write the tax code. The legislative branch comes up with all the tax incentives.
I can’t stand marketing that relies on exaggerated claims and bragging….. whether that be in the Golf instruction world or tax advisory….. You’re just attracting people who resonate with that type of promotion.
Does anyone know whether Howard Schultz has ever shared whether he used a ROBS structure? One of my pet peeves is when alternative tax planners (non-professionals) reference specific famous wealthy people in ads presuming to know exactly what they did #taxtwitter
These tax mitigation charlatans with no training or experience in the industry love to make bold claims like “ you need to do what all the wealthy have done for decades!” then they proceed to promote a niche strategy that few wealthy people actually utilize, because it’s for people who need to tap their 401(k) balance, usually to buy into a franchise… and they refer to specific wealthy people in ads who have already documented how they financed their investments, and it was not at all through these promoted structures.