[independentmind]

Improvements in technology mean that software code or tax forms can be written or processed in India or elsewhere -- at a substantial savings.

I can't even begin to describe what a phenomenally bad idea the outsourcing of tax return preparation to India is. There aren't many kinds of financial information that are more confidential and/or sensitive than that needed to prepare even a relatively simple return. And we've decided to ship this job off to people working half way around the world. It's a completely idiotic business decision. Have we lost our common sense?

[Johnny Crab]

Repeat after me

MANAGEMENT HAS NO COMMON SENSE!

MANAGEMENT'S ONLY MISSION IS TO INCREASE NEXT QUARTER'S PROFIT!

All that "we're one big family here", "your folks are our folks", etc....corp-speak is nothing but BS. Learn it, know it, understand it, live with it.

Feel better?

[Dialup Llama]

>>Improvements in technology mean that software code or tax forms can be written or processed in India or elsewhere -- at a substantial savings.

>I can't even begin to describe what a phenomenally bad idea the outsourcing of tax return preparation to India is.

Earnst and Yound is doing this. There is one question EY has forgotten to ask. If their business decisions are so routine that they can pack it up and ship it to India, why hire E&Y at all? Why not just use a computer program?