BobK.

That's funny and wise.  My comment is not intended to be political.  I'm old enough to remember when tax preparers had a voice and there was push-back to tax code changes that were not sensible to administer, comply with, and enforce.  The practitioner community has been steam-rolled from the early 90's (anyone remember the tax law changes made to cap gains made retroactive to the prior year?) and accepts whatever is served to them. There are many more recent examples.  When law changes happen at the end of the year none of us can properly plan, communicate, educate and inform clients and make good decisions.

After the 16th i will compose a brief paragraph about how late and unnecessarily complicated changes have directly negatively impacted our earning power as preparers with late and faulty1099 reporting if anyone is interested..

Best to all!