Taxes--do you do them or have them done?

[unclejesse]

I've done them for the past 10 years, but now with our business stuff, and with a baby now, we are going to have our business accountant do them for us.

Who is doing your taxes?

[cat19]

My mother is the office manager in an accountants office so we go there for free. Whoo!

[helicase]

We go to an accountant and have for the past 4 years. I don't trust myself or MH to not screw something up.

[imimahoney]

Dh was an accountant for a big 4 public firm and now he works as an analyst in the private sector BUT he will be the first one to say " I don't do taxes!". We do them ourselves with Turbo Tax but I do speak to a family member who is a CPA just to make sure we are doing everything the way it needs to be done.

[browneyedhunni85]

I've always gone to an accountant. I love our new accountant and we've used her for the past two years. I still remember her mentioning something important for taxes this year. DON'T FORGET LO'S SS CARD. She said she has new parents all the time who forget it and have to drive home and grab the info.

[lolaburns]

I have to file as self-employed and then for my small business. I file/pay taxes quarterly, though. The return part gives me a massive headache because I have to do inventory and profit/loss statements and a slew of other forms. I fill out all the forms and bring all my spreadsheets to the accountant. We go over everything together to make sure it is all correct and everything is being reported in the correct place.

[AndyCohen]

We always used turbo tax and still will this year I think. We may need to get a tax person next year as I'm doing a lot of freelance now and that can get a little complicated.

[Deleted]

Our CPA. I used to do them myself but when we got married dh has a lot of things that makes his Really confusing so we let the professionals do it.

[bebeetmoi]

We have an accountant do the. It would be a disaster if either DH or I attempted to!

[Deleted]

I do them using TurboTax

[mumegs]

We have an accountant, we have multiple rental properties so it's all very confusing. He used to work for the IRS so he is pretty good, he always gets us a good refund.

[vthokie]

The year we moved states, got married, and DH was self employed, we had them done. But I do them generally. I've done mine since I was 16. DH's dad used to do his before we were married. I wonder if he would have any clue at all what to do. I like dealing with the finances, even though they stress me out

[thedahliharpa]

Once we got married we started going to a CPA that we go back to each year.

[eav2c]

I do them. I love doing it!!!! I submitted them last night actually!

[fusion]

H and I do them together. I have a small business and it can be a little tricky, but nothing beyond our level of understanding. I use turbotax for small businesses.

[silverjm]

We used to go to an accountant when we first got married, but we don't have anything complicated, so now I just do them online.

[lauranicole91]

I do them myself with turbo tax.

[hass2001]

My dad used to do them for me, then I did them for a few years. I started using my ILs accountant when I became a landlord, the extra schedules intimidate me.

[christidee]

We have them done by a CPA.

[ashleydl83]

Jan 26, 2013 22:11:47 GMT -5 @pcloadletter said:

We use TurboTax. Our lives aren't very complicated yet

Same here

[Deleted]

CPA. DH is in finance so we have a professional colleague do them (discounted rate - bonus) because my DH does their financial planning at a reduced rate too. Plus our taxes are complicated.

[pinkpeony6210]

DH does them.

[dojo]

We lead relatively uncomplicated lives as far as taxes go, just income a couple investments and normal life changes like baby and buying /selling a home (+ some residual education credits / tax deductions). Everything is easily covered by Turbo Tax so I do it every year.

[The Foozzler]

H does ours with Turbo Tax. It is really easy. My dad is around to help if we need it. He works in finance and is pretty knowledgable.

[katie]

DH does them. The first year we had to file after purchasing our house we got them done by someone, now he does them. I'm just waiting for my W2 so we can file.

[rjamz]

We have an accountant. He's ILs accountant also. He's made a few mistakes in the past, so I always check it now (I was a tax law nerd in law school)

[erniebufflo]

Hubs does it online. Looks like we're getting a decent refund this year, and I'm stoked!

[kdrake8]

When I was single, I dd them myself. Since we've been married, we go to DH's tax guy to get them done.

It's such a relief.

[browneyedhunni85]

I can't wait to get ours filed. We are curious how much we will be getting back with a kiddo. We will have a total of 5 w2's this year and prefer a professional when dealing with taxes.

[rainbowchip]

I use Turbo Tax. I don't think that counts as doing them myself though.