Derek Foote, CPA
@wtfoote.bsky.social
Oregon-focused solo taxpro who occasionally runs, plays board and computer games, camps, and hikes.
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If you begin Star Trek: Voyager episode Spirit Folk at exactly 11:49:35 on New Year's Eve, Ensign Harry Kim will kiss a cow as the clock strikes midnight. Join in a very dumb annual tradition and start 2026 off on the right hoof.
December 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
If you begin Star Trek: Voyager episode Spirit Folk at exactly 11:49:35 on New Year's Eve, Ensign Harry Kim will kiss a cow as the clock strikes midnight. Join in a very dumb annual tradition and start 2026 off on the right hoof.
#TaxSky #TaxBS ChatGPT told a client that converting to an s-corp is a great strategy for reducing income-based student loan repayment, because s-corp distributions aren't included in income for purposes of calculating AGI.
It completely overlooked flow-through taxation. 🤦♂️
It completely overlooked flow-through taxation. 🤦♂️
December 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What a 21st century, late-stage capitalism problem.
My smart robot vacuum is being turned into a more regular vacuum.
My smart robot vacuum is being turned into a more regular vacuum.
December 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
What a 21st century, late-stage capitalism problem.
My smart robot vacuum is being turned into a more regular vacuum.
My smart robot vacuum is being turned into a more regular vacuum.
I've always been a bit jealous of women's large clothing departments vs men's smaller ones.
Today it was a whole store! "Just Cozy." Everything soft. Fleece-lined leggings in endless patterns, big fluffy socks, blankets, and scarves.
So I bought a throw blanket wrap thing. It's so soft!
Today it was a whole store! "Just Cozy." Everything soft. Fleece-lined leggings in endless patterns, big fluffy socks, blankets, and scarves.
So I bought a throw blanket wrap thing. It's so soft!
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I've always been a bit jealous of women's large clothing departments vs men's smaller ones.
Today it was a whole store! "Just Cozy." Everything soft. Fleece-lined leggings in endless patterns, big fluffy socks, blankets, and scarves.
So I bought a throw blanket wrap thing. It's so soft!
Today it was a whole store! "Just Cozy." Everything soft. Fleece-lined leggings in endless patterns, big fluffy socks, blankets, and scarves.
So I bought a throw blanket wrap thing. It's so soft!
This is the most flattering reference to my neurotic inbox management I've ever received. Thanks Superhuman.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This is the most flattering reference to my neurotic inbox management I've ever received. Thanks Superhuman.
So THIS is my origin sorry for liking Christmas movies.
#StarTrek Voyager, S5E23: The writers are tired of writing science fiction stories in their TV show about a spaceship. This is a Hallmark movie about Janeway's ancestor giving up her dream to be an astronaut so she could marry a small town shopkeeper who taught her the true meaning of Christmas
December 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
So THIS is my origin sorry for liking Christmas movies.
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It's the weekend, baby
December 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It's the weekend, baby
If you have a water dish you keep outside, and then the leaves fall, and you're too lazy to do anything about it for an extended period, did you just make your dog tea?
December 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you have a water dish you keep outside, and then the leaves fall, and you're too lazy to do anything about it for an extended period, did you just make your dog tea?
What running a lifestyle tax practice looks like. 😂
All the messages are basically on the Taxpros Discord, which I hang out in pretty much daily. But it seems to more heavily favor voice, which is playing/raiding with World of Warcraft.
All the messages are basically on the Taxpros Discord, which I hang out in pretty much daily. But it seems to more heavily favor voice, which is playing/raiding with World of Warcraft.
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
What running a lifestyle tax practice looks like. 😂
All the messages are basically on the Taxpros Discord, which I hang out in pretty much daily. But it seems to more heavily favor voice, which is playing/raiding with World of Warcraft.
All the messages are basically on the Taxpros Discord, which I hang out in pretty much daily. But it seems to more heavily favor voice, which is playing/raiding with World of Warcraft.
I like how the top artists are in large part driven by repeatedly listening to one song...
Child co-opted my #3 top track spot.
Child co-opted my #3 top track spot.
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I like how the top artists are in large part driven by repeatedly listening to one song...
Child co-opted my #3 top track spot.
Child co-opted my #3 top track spot.
'Tis the season for "it's too late now" and "you need to talk to an attorney."
My client base is small, so it's not a huge number, but noping out of several clients' after-the-fact situations is unusual.
Remember, it's better to have a physical than an autopsy. Talk to us first!
#TaxBS #TaxSky
My client base is small, so it's not a huge number, but noping out of several clients' after-the-fact situations is unusual.
Remember, it's better to have a physical than an autopsy. Talk to us first!
#TaxBS #TaxSky
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
ST: VOY S3, E29 "11:59 (1999)"
The absolutely ludicrous offer on an old man's real estate is "20% above market" by the greedy corporate interest.
Seems funny that was an exaggeration back then, compared to what prices have actually done since.
The absolutely ludicrous offer on an old man's real estate is "20% above market" by the greedy corporate interest.
Seems funny that was an exaggeration back then, compared to what prices have actually done since.
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
ST: VOY S3, E29 "11:59 (1999)"
The absolutely ludicrous offer on an old man's real estate is "20% above market" by the greedy corporate interest.
Seems funny that was an exaggeration back then, compared to what prices have actually done since.
The absolutely ludicrous offer on an old man's real estate is "20% above market" by the greedy corporate interest.
Seems funny that was an exaggeration back then, compared to what prices have actually done since.
Crisp fall vibes are some of the best vibes.
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Crisp fall vibes are some of the best vibes.
Gotta love the days were you don't do any project work and spend the whole day in your inbox and messaging.
And not like, Discord. Not the fun kind of messaging.
And not like, Discord. Not the fun kind of messaging.
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Gotta love the days were you don't do any project work and spend the whole day in your inbox and messaging.
And not like, Discord. Not the fun kind of messaging.
And not like, Discord. Not the fun kind of messaging.
Did I expect to spend my afternoon fighting divi to get images onto my website? No
Do I remember how I did it last time? Not really.
Nothing will scaaaaale.
Do I remember how I did it last time? Not really.
Nothing will scaaaaale.
November 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Did I expect to spend my afternoon fighting divi to get images onto my website? No
Do I remember how I did it last time? Not really.
Nothing will scaaaaale.
Do I remember how I did it last time? Not really.
Nothing will scaaaaale.
He had it comin'.
November 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
He had it comin'.
I keep having dreams I take on jobs as a helping hand for farms, grooming, etc.
And then that reminds me I used to have a different job doing similar work, that I apparently stopped showing up and forgot about!
Which makes me feel guilty I can't remember the previous job. C'mon brain...
And then that reminds me I used to have a different job doing similar work, that I apparently stopped showing up and forgot about!
Which makes me feel guilty I can't remember the previous job. C'mon brain...
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I keep having dreams I take on jobs as a helping hand for farms, grooming, etc.
And then that reminds me I used to have a different job doing similar work, that I apparently stopped showing up and forgot about!
Which makes me feel guilty I can't remember the previous job. C'mon brain...
And then that reminds me I used to have a different job doing similar work, that I apparently stopped showing up and forgot about!
Which makes me feel guilty I can't remember the previous job. C'mon brain...
Finally finished Gideon the Ninth and I have mixed feelings.
The ending was captivating enough I'm curious where the story goes. But the whole of the book wasn't enough to get me committed.
The ending was captivating enough I'm curious where the story goes. But the whole of the book wasn't enough to get me committed.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Finally finished Gideon the Ninth and I have mixed feelings.
The ending was captivating enough I'm curious where the story goes. But the whole of the book wasn't enough to get me committed.
The ending was captivating enough I'm curious where the story goes. But the whole of the book wasn't enough to get me committed.
Does anyone else get a micro-dose of guilt when you get up to do something, and your dog (particularly if they're elderly), gets up to follow, and you think "No, no! I'm coming right back! Rest your little head!"
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Does anyone else get a micro-dose of guilt when you get up to do something, and your dog (particularly if they're elderly), gets up to follow, and you think "No, no! I'm coming right back! Rest your little head!"
Congratulations on going to bed an hour early because you were tired!
Your reward is... a headache!
Your reward is... a headache!
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Congratulations on going to bed an hour early because you were tired!
Your reward is... a headache!
Your reward is... a headache!
#TaxSky #TaxBS
www.irs.gov/newsroom/tre...
Employer's don't have to provide any supplemental OT or tip reporting for 2025. This is going to make claiming the OT deduction interesting. Best we may have to go on in some cases will be their final pay stub.
www.irs.gov/newsroom/tre...
Employer's don't have to provide any supplemental OT or tip reporting for 2025. This is going to make claiming the OT deduction interesting. Best we may have to go on in some cases will be their final pay stub.
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
#TaxSky #TaxBS
www.irs.gov/newsroom/tre...
Employer's don't have to provide any supplemental OT or tip reporting for 2025. This is going to make claiming the OT deduction interesting. Best we may have to go on in some cases will be their final pay stub.
www.irs.gov/newsroom/tre...
Employer's don't have to provide any supplemental OT or tip reporting for 2025. This is going to make claiming the OT deduction interesting. Best we may have to go on in some cases will be their final pay stub.
When you try to subtly call out some mysoginy but everyone thinks it's a comment on heteronormativity.
a man is wearing a sweater with a panther on it
ALT: a man is wearing a sweater with a panther on it
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
When you try to subtly call out some mysoginy but everyone thinks it's a comment on heteronormativity.
Well this almost ended in disaster. Thankfully they make extensions!
Old one was corroded on one side and a b*tch to get out.
Old one was corroded on one side and a b*tch to get out.
November 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Well this almost ended in disaster. Thankfully they make extensions!
Old one was corroded on one side and a b*tch to get out.
Old one was corroded on one side and a b*tch to get out.
Ok I know there's only been one group so far but... bedazzled scream masks?!
They win.
They win.
I'm going to "one more piece won't hurt" this bowl of candy into oblivion.
I opened the bags too soon.
I opened the bags too soon.
November 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Ok I know there's only been one group so far but... bedazzled scream masks?!
They win.
They win.