(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Someone says “What day is it?”
W-2 income > $1M.
Seven returns are completed and prepped in one day.
Client says they never signed up for an IP PIN… and they have one.
A client asks if their refund can be expedited.
Client insists on speaking only to Ken.
Hannah offers help but forgets to follow through.
Capital gain > $3M.
A client reconciled their QuickBooks banks… and it’s a mess.
Client forgot to tell us they moved
A client signs their name in the wrong spot.
Business-related meal deductions > $100K.
You have to open all the envelopes a client brings in.
Food left in the microwave
Someone accidentally texts/messages the group when it was supposed to be to an individual.
IRS hold time is less than 10 minutes.
A client calls you the wrong name even after you clearly introduce yourself.
Client shows up unannounced at the office and wants a meeting with KG, AD, or HC.
Tax Season Spoonerism (mixing up the first letters of words Tax forms =Fax Torms)
A client sends an email with no subject line.
3 eFile rejects in a day
Alex comes to help you but “has to take this call” and never comes back.
“Quick question” lasts over 15 minutes.
Someone enters the wrong office in the back hall.
Client spells your name wrong despite it being in your email signature.
A client jokes about “buying” you dinner with their tax refund
Client responds to a text code 30 minutes later.
Jeff gets caught sneaking sweets from the breakroom.
Client provides > 5 Schedule C forms in a single return.
A client mentions “chatGPTing” their tax question before calling you.
Employee starts talking to themselves
Someone says “love you” at the end of a work call
Client gives you a tax document for the wrong year.
Client calls because an employee moved and didn’t get their W-2.
Rental income from > 10 properties appear in one return.
Client tells you when the tax deadline is… as if you don’t know.
More than 25 K-1s in one file.
Client refund below $10.
Mini celebration after a big file or project is completed
Client provides one side of a two-sided document.
Client calls asking to speak to “whoever emailed/called them.
Business gross income > $10M.
Tax due > $500K.
IT responds to your issue within 5 minutes.
Net operating loss (NOL) carryforward > $1M.
Someone forgets a word mid-sentence
Business net income > $2M.
Someone brings in desserts for the team.
Client asks “Can you do this today?”
You catch Alex on the phone with Gala.
Blurry photo of documents
A client emails or calls with a State Notice or IRS Notice in a Panic
Charitable contributions > $50K.
10 emails from the same client in one day
Client emails saying, “Here is this attachment,” but didn’t attach anything.
Client hears/sees a tax hack from social media and wants to use it (but it’s wrong or fraud).
K-1 arrives late
Over 500 transactions appear in one client’s bank reconciliation.
Office lights still on after sunset or before sunrise
Client insists they gave you the missing document and asks you to look again.
Five back-to-back-to-back phone calls.
Client asks why return hasn’t been filed but we are waiting on info from them
Client already picked up their documents but forgot
