For tax preparers with an urge to look beyond, behind, over and through the 2020 return they are preparing.

These are guaranteed to prevent you from looking for other taxpayers who may have received an EIP for your client’s 2020 dependent. They remind you that, as a famous jacket once proclaimed, “I REALLY DON’T CARE, DO U?”

They advise you to MYOB when preparing a 2020 return. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to figure only the 2020 income, deductions, taxes and credits.

These blinders will self-destruct after this year’s filing season.