EB Mafia

[JayKay PE]

I have a general idea of how people are going to die each day/night. What changes the outcome slightly is what they are. 

That is more than I've ever had.  I'm like, "****!  This is happening again?  But I want to eat popcorn!  ****, okay, okay, uh, bear + dress = anger?  uh, uh, how did that swan get in there?  uh.  Yes.  Bedazzled kettlebell" and hope nobody reads too into it.

 

[MadamPirate PE]

That is more than I've ever had.  I'm like, "****!  This is happening again?  But I want to eat popcorn!  ****, okay, okay, uh, bear + dress = anger?  uh, uh, how did that swan get in there?  uh.  Yes.  Bedazzled kettlebell" and hope nobody reads too into it.

Hahahaha! For yesterday's kill, it was someone was gonna get the tea tureen poured over their head, but how they got there depended on what they were. Mafia, they got accused of cheating. Townie would have been in a fist fight. Sorta choose your own adventure style. 

 

[RBHeadge PE]

I think it depends on your tax bracket/retirement contributions/other stuff, right?  Like, if you do the write off, you might drop a bracket, and thus have less taxes to pay and might get a bigger return?  Is that how it works?

There are a lot of factors at play. It could be considered a business expense, but that doesn't really work if you are a employee rather than a business owner. The 2% rules sort of also makes it difficult. I looked into it a few years ago and pretty quickly determined that it wouldn't apply to me. I recommend that anyone seeking to apply it to their own taxes talk with a CPA first.

And all this is before the one considers that the new (for the last two tax years) higher standard deduction reduces the need and incentive to itemize deductions.

I think it counts towards education?  

see above

 

[DLD PE]

According to the poll:

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I vote "FrogMan", unless someone likes "BoiledTea" better.

I'm holding off my real vote today to wait and see if @JayKay PE retracts hers.  I'm a forgiving person.

 

[tj_PE]

Me:  (don't judge on my ARE exams - I took most of them without studying at all since I was busy and traveling tons for work) (Also i'm not good at passing anything on the first try. lol)


Architecture Licensing


 


 $   3,295.00


 


NCARB enrollment as a student


 $     100.00


 


 


NCARB renewal


 $       75.00


 


 


ARE 4.0 Review Course - Black Spectacles


 $     300.00


 


 


ARE 4.0 - Programming, Planning & Practice


 $     210.00


         Jun-13


 


ARE 4.0 - Site Planning & Design x3 - damn graphics snaps


 $     630.00


Dec-14


 


ARE 4.0 - Building Design & Construction Systems x2 + 1 resched


 $     500.00


Oct-15


 


ARE 4.0 - Schematic Design x2


 $     420.00


Jun-14


 


ARE 4.0 - Structural Systems


 $     210.00


Jun-12


 


ARE 4.0 - Building Systems


 $     210.00


Apr-15


 


ARE 4.0 - Construction Documents & Services x2 + 3 resched


 $     640.00


Apr-14


 


 


 


 


 


PE Licensing


 


 $      950.00


 


Books


 $     250.00


 


 


Exam + Reg x2


 $     700.00


Oct-16


 


 


 


 


 


SE Licensing


 


 $   4,600.00


min


Books


 $     300.00


 


 


Vertical Review Course


 $  1,150.00


 


 


Vertical Exam x 3


 $  1,500.00


Apr-20


 


Minimum Future Expenses for SE Licensing…


 


 


 


Lateral Review Course


 $  1,150.00


 


 


Lateral Exam


 $     500.00


Oct-20


 

NBD almost 9 grand deep for some damn credentials

 

[Orchid PE]

 

[tj_PE]

also @MadamPirate PE thank you for including me ♥

 

[RBHeadge PE]

My dad was an accountant (retired now), which is the reason I'm not one. He jokingly (well almost) blatantly refused to let me major in accounting.  He said, "All I have to show for my work is a bunch of numbers on paper.  If you become an engineer you get to see your designs get built and it would be much more rewarding." 

There are plenty of engineers who work on things that never get built or things that get built but are never used. Or the project is kept secret.

It's way too common in nuclear. It's anomalous that I've worked on two projects where hardware was built, fueled, and "flown".

I do our own taxes through irs.gov/freefile.  It's free and almost as easy to do as TurboTax.  

Not everyone is eligible for that.

Hahahaha! For yesterday's kill, it was someone was gonna get the tea tureen poured over their head, but how they got there depended on what they were. Mafia, they got accused of cheating. Townie would have been in a fist fight. Sorta choose your own adventure style. 

That's how I usually wrote my stuff. The story was usually pre-written and the blanks were filled in. The only hiccups came when there was a tie that precipitated a partial rewrite. There were a few instances where I had a story pre-written that had to be scrapped because it wouldn't given the sudden change in vote narrative wise.

 

[MadamPirate PE]

also @MadamPirate PE thank you for including me ♥

I was worried you'd be mad because your character is a little flighty, but your character is modeled after a book character who is a knitwear designer. 

 

[tj_PE]

I was worried you'd be mad because your character is a little flighty, but your character is modeled after a book character who is a knitwear designer. 

it's real hard to make me mad!!! i can be a spaz no prob!

 

[JayKay PE]

Not everyone is eligible for that.

I usually just do turbotax.  I can import last years return and it's pretty straight forward.  I have a very simple return, though.  I rent.  I have normal IRA/Roth/Traditional contributions (maybe one day I'll get close to that limit and have to worry) and I can link my accounts easily.  I have a HSA.  JK is lame.

 

[chart94 PE]

Damn! That sucks. My company covers classes, books and the exam fees for one round. 

 

[Tiger15]

We've done TurboTax for years. Once we did TurboTax and didn't like the results so we went to a CPA. It came out exactly the same.

I'm easy. Have and job; get a W2. My wife owns her own business and has a home office. Makes our return more complex. But there can be significant tax advantage to having a home office because you can deduct a portion of your home expenses (utilities, repairs, insurance, etc) as business expenses. Don't listen to me; discuss with a tax professional. #cya

 

[tj_PE]

Damn! That sucks. My company covers classes, books and the exam fees for one round. 

some I've been reimbursed for but not a lot. lol

 

[Orchid PE]

Me:  (don't judge on my ARE exams - I took most of them without studying at all since I was busy and traveling tons for work) (Also i'm not good at passing anything on the first try. lol)


Architecture Licensing


 


 $   3,295.00


 


NCARB enrollment as a student


 $     100.00


 


 


NCARB renewal


 $       75.00


 


 


ARE 4.0 Review Course - Black Spectacles


 $     300.00


 


 


ARE 4.0 - Programming, Planning & Practice


 $     210.00


         Jun-13


 


ARE 4.0 - Site Planning & Design x3 - damn graphics snaps


 $     630.00


Dec-14


 


ARE 4.0 - Building Design & Construction Systems x2 + 1 resched


 $     500.00


Oct-15


 


ARE 4.0 - Schematic Design x2


 $     420.00


Jun-14


 


ARE 4.0 - Structural Systems


 $     210.00


Jun-12


 


ARE 4.0 - Building Systems


 $     210.00


Apr-15


 


ARE 4.0 - Construction Documents & Services x2 + 3 resched


 $     640.00


Apr-14


 


 


 


 


 


PE Licensing


 


 $      950.00


 


Books


 $     250.00


 


 


Exam + Reg x2


 $     700.00


Oct-16


 


 


 


 


 


SE Licensing


 


 $   4,600.00


min


Books


 $     300.00


 


 


Vertical Review Course


 $  1,150.00


 


 


Vertical Exam x 3


 $  1,500.00


Apr-20


 


Minimum Future Expenses for SE Licensing…


 


 


 


Lateral Review Course


 $  1,150.00


 


 


Lateral Exam


 $     500.00


Oct-20


 

NBD almost 9 grand deep for some damn credentials

 

[tj_PE]

oh and i forgot the FE exam

 

[Orchid PE]

Sequence of events:

jean voted for dude
square voted for cheby
lycee voted for dude
jk voted for chart94
will voted for jk
dude voted for lycee
cheby voted for chatt
rb voted for cheby
me2 voted for chart94
txj voted for chart94
rb changed to dude
cheby changed to dude
dude changed to chart94
jk changed to dude

Jean, a townie, voted in the "Dude" group. Dude, a mafioso, voted in the chart94 group. Chart 94 abstained from voting, even with all the votes against them. 

RB originally voted for cheby, but then changed to Dude. Cheby, who originally received a vote from RB, changed to Dude.

Cheby originally voted for me thinking I was the vig, but then was reminded the vig was pro townie.

RB and Cheby could be mafia, and changed their votes (sacrificing a mafioso) to try and appear as a townie.

Though, it was the first round and the mafia could be voting random as to not bring any suspicion to themselves.

The outliers in the voting were chart94, square, will.i'am, and roarbark.

Before jk changed her vote, the tally was dude: 4 and chart94: 4. By jk changing her vote, she saved chart94 from elimination. But, if chart94 was mafia, it really wouldn't matter since either dude or chart94 was going to die anyways. 

 

[Orchid PE]

*insert Vizzini quote here*

 

[JayKay PE]

 

[txjennah PE]

"Do you even go here?!"