Procedures/Scheduling
The internal operations team member to contact on electronic filing matters.
Who is Jennilyn Magallon?
Tax form used to claim the employee retention credit
Steve DeBruyn will retire later this year but still remembers locking these in his car before interviewing for his first job.
What are his keys?
Home of 6 time Super Bowl Champions and where Rachael O'Leary is from.
What is Pittsburgh?
This Chicagoland CLA client is known for its improv comedy shows and training. It's also where Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey and many other comedy legends started their careers.
What is The Second City?
This is required step in Axcess when creating multiple versions of a tax return in order to multiple organizers being sent to client next year.
What is suppress organizer and proforma?
Tax planning opportunity available to smaller taxpayers
What is cash method of accounting, exemption from 263A, no limit on interest deductions (or other acceptable answers)?
Hardware store chain where a young Nick Romanelli knocked over an entire aisle of painting supplies with a forklift.
What is Menards?
CLA announced they will open an office in this growing southern city, also home of the Grand Ole Opry.
What is Nashville?
This CLA Chicagoland client/ professional hockey franchise has won two Calder Cups and plays home games at the All State Arena.
Who is the Chicago Wolves?
Process of compiling tax work and related into central area for individuals to complete one tax return or project at a time.
What is the tax pool?
The general limit applied to net operating loss deductions on 2020 tax returns.
What is no limitation or none?
Wardrobe malfunction experienced by Chuck Taylor in 2019 after picking up a file from the floor while meeting with a client in the River North conference room.
What is split his pants?
Natalie John joined our office in 2020 after moving to Chicago from this CLA office city known as technology center and home to Sharks.
What is San Jose?
Named for a fast food franchise clown, this CLA Chicagoland client's mission is to provide temporary housing and other support for families of children in need of significant medical care
What is Ronald McDonald House Charities?
Software tool utilized to schedule, track and manage the status of tax work.
What is XCM?
Of 0%, 50% or 100%, the percentage deductible of a business related "three martini lunch" in 2021.
What is 100% deductible?
Fast food franchise that a customer nearly sued after falling on a floor recently mopped (and marked as wet) by a young Danielle Sander.
What is McDonalds?
What is Akron, Ohio?
What is American Licorice?
What is FIFO?
What is increase?
Routine car problem that took two accountants (Chuck Taylor and Erik Skie) more than an hour to resolve and caused them to arrive disheveled and late to a proposal meeting.
What is a flat tire?
This CLA office city is in Eastern Washington is hometown to Hall of Fame Cub, Ryne Sandberg (namesake for our own Ryne Brackmann). Also setting for the 1985 movie, Vision Quest.
What is Spokane?
Orville Redenbacher bought this CLA Chicagoland client from it's founder in 1947 with a partner before exiting with the sale of the popcorn business in 1970.
Who is Chester, Inc.?