[stomachmonkey]

Been using the same guy for 20+ years now.

Not sure what I'll do when he finally retires for good.

My SIL used to do her own, then her boyfriend at the time, finance guy, did them for a bit.

She always complained about how much she had to pay.

One year we convinced her to use our guy.

She comes by the house when he's supposed to come by to do ours.

He ends up getting delayed by an unexpected complication with the client he was with.

She gets all bent out of shape "how unprofessional, blah, blah....)

Told her if she had to go she should leave her stuff and it would get taken care of.

He comes, does both our taxes, makes some comments about how poorly her previous returns were prepared then leaves.

I call her and tell her "you're done", she asks, "how much?" I said roughly $10k.

She flips out, she's never had to pay that much before, my guy sucks, she's not paying him.

I said you don't understand, you don't owe anything, you are getting $10k back.

Long silence followed by "next year he can be as late as he wants to be"