Business On Software

I think that for most business owners, the visit to your tax accountant is on par with a trip to the dentist, or to your childs PTA meeting…

I am not sure what it is – but personally, I always get the worst feeling of dread before a visit, and am moody for a whole day before my appointment time.

It’s not that I really have anything to fear.  All my accounts are currently up to date (unlike a few years ago – that is a whole other story that I might dissect on here another day).

Also, Angie, my tax accountant is one of the loveliest, smartest, gentlest people you can meet.

Come to think of it – I wouldn’t dread my appointments quite so much if she actually yelled at me every now and then.

I think I know what it is that causes me so much discomfort.  It is just that Angie is so thorough in everything she does.  She has that typical accountant’s implacable patience.  She can ask me a simple question such as “And where did such and such a figure in this expense account come from?”, and then she will just sit back and wait…and wait…and wait.  Until the sun turns into a cold, dark white dwarf.

The thing is, I know I cannot try and escape using my usual pathetic excuses.  She is too darn clever for that.  I mean, I am supposed to be an expert at this sort of thing aren’t I?  I pretty much wrote most of the accounting systems I use, and the reports that I give to her, so I should be able to explain every last oddity to her shouldn’t I?  Problem is, it is exactly under these sorts of conditions that my brain disengages and my mouth babbles incoherently for minutes on end.

Ah well, at least I provide tons of amusement for my wife, who accompanies me to most of these meetings.  She cannot believe how I turn into a quivering mess under Angie’s cool stare.   I think she is taking secret lessons on how to disarm me.