The FTI Legal/Finance team (rapidly becoming the second most reviled department here at FTI) has just informed me that they failed to "save" our 2009 tax statements and that I would again be need to be available for the 3 hour interview session for necessary information to prepare the documents.
The fact that we as an organization are subject to possible payment of taxes, let alone that these idiots didn't record our meeting in the first place is astounding to me. We produce no product, output, or service of any tangible meaning. As specified in our charter, our purpose is to "offer policy, analysis, and observations generated by the same staff that mental health professionals have identified as Weirdos, Whackos, and Misfits." Part of the confusion is due to the finance teams inability to comprehend my position of the Institutes responsibility that when I traded off the Institutes CRAP (Central Research, Analysis, and Policy) Vehicle from last year that I am now claiming it as a qualified deductible non-profit expense and this should have no bearing upon our current situation. I also have to defend the act of having authorized the purchase of drool bibs and a golden silk, highlighted with yellow rhinestones, ceremonial dunce's cap for use here at the Institute.
I hate tax season.
"...our purpose is to "offer policy, analysis, and observations..."
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