So the issue isn't that people are screwing around on their own returns, it's identity thieves filing and getting other people's returns? If what TurboTax is saying about their data security is true, I wonder why so many are using TurboTax to file.
Back when I had nothing (which is slightly less than I have now) my mathematics and accounting degrees-holding dad was all "why would you pay somebody to do your taxes, when you don't have anything? Do the EZ form." And all he did was throw down the gauntlet because since then I have always done my own taxes.
Part of the package with the accounting firm here is they do our taxes. Since my nickname here is "I Can't Math" I think it's a good thing
Back when I had nothing (which is slightly less than I have now) my mathematics and accounting degrees-holding dad was all "why would you pay somebody to do your taxes, when you don't have anything? Do the EZ form." And all he did was throw down the gauntlet because since then I have always done my own taxes.
Part of the package with the accounting firm here is they do our taxes. Since my nickname here is "I Can't Math" I think it's a good thing
You don't have to math to do your taxes online. If you can post images on proboards, you can do you own taxes. It's just copying and pasting and checking boxes. I've had online shopping take more effort.
My teacher gave us all pretend W-2s and gave us the tax forms to fill out. I figured if I learned to do that shit in 10th grade and I didn't have Warren Buffett money, then I could do them myself. I've done my taxes since I held my first job.
And really, with the tax software, it's not that hard. I know what forms I have, what needs to be filed and I do it. We don't have capital gains, so why pay someone for easy stuff? In fact when I did our taxes the 1st year I was married, I discovered that my H's tax guy left money on the table. Umm dude - you know you can claim education expenses, why didn't your tax guy do this for you last year?
I put the info in TaxAct and bam - his return is better than the prior year? Yet you paid some dude? Shit, you ain't pay me unless you count making my toes curl.
Also - unless you have some crazy set of things to claim, you can use the tax software with minimal issues. What are y'all claiming? Kids, Mortgage Interest, Student loan Interest? Why are you paying someone over $100 for this? #ijs
We used an accountant for a couple years when H was running his business and our taxes were really complicated. But since then, I've always done them myself. Unless you have special circumstances, the programs are pretty easy to use and much cheaper.
My teacher gave us all pretend W-2s and gave us the tax forms to fill out. I figured if I learned to do that shit in 10th grade and I didn't have Warren Buffett money, then I could do them myself. I've done my taxes since I held my first job.
And really, with the tax software, it's not that hard. I know what forms I have, what needs to be filed and I do it. We don't have capital gains, so why pay someone for easy stuff? In fact when I did our taxes the 1st year I was married, I discovered that my H's tax guy left money on the table. Umm dude - you know you can claim education expenses, why didn't your tax guy do this for you last year?
I put the info in TaxAct and bam - his return is better than the prior year? Yet you paid some dude? Shit, you ain't pay me unless you count making my toes curl.
Also - unless you have some crazy set of things to claim, you can use the tax software with minimal issues. What are y'all claiming? Kids, Mortgage Interest, Student loan Interest? Why are you paying someone over $100 for this? #ijs
Can you come over to my house and say this all to my DH? I think it will be more effective coming from someone who isn't his wife. His parents have used our tax guy for decades so he feels a loyalty to him or something.
Post by secretlyevil on Feb 6, 2015 14:11:34 GMT -5
There is a significant difference (as in thousands of $) from what the accountant got us in refunds and what turbo tax told us we owed. So I'm kind of in agreement with your H velar.
ETA: I am literally baffled and confused by the difference.
I can't do my own taxes. I could never figure out living here but having income from my rental. And DW and I were married here but not federally. And then the feds accepted us. And then the state said we could redo previous years to account for our marriage. I didn't even want to try to wrap my head around it all. We have a tax guy.
We have a big free tax prep campaign here at work. For anyone household under $60,000 you can use this site to do your taxes for free: www.myfreetaxes.com/
All I have to say is screw you guys and having your taxes done already. I just got a letter from my one account saying they won't have my 1099 until MARCH because blah blah blah.
I love Tax Act. I "lock in" some special rate each summer (don't have to pay, just say "yes") and it's only $14 for state and federal. And you don't have to list all the charities you give to like you do in Turbo Tax, which is why I left them 5 years ago.
My teacher gave us all pretend W-2s and gave us the tax forms to fill out. I figured if I learned to do that shit in 10th grade and I didn't have Warren Buffett money, then I could do them myself. I've done my taxes since I held my first job.
And really, with the tax software, it's not that hard. I know what forms I have, what needs to be filed and I do it. We don't have capital gains, so why pay someone for easy stuff? In fact when I did our taxes the 1st year I was married, I discovered that my H's tax guy left money on the table. Umm dude - you know you can claim education expenses, why didn't your tax guy do this for you last year?
I put the info in TaxAct and bam - his return is better than the prior year? Yet you paid some dude? Shit, you ain't pay me unless you count making my toes curl.
Also - unless you have some crazy set of things to claim, you can use the tax software with minimal issues. What are y'all claiming? Kids, Mortgage Interest, Student loan Interest? Why are you paying someone over $100 for this? #ijs
Amen. I went with DH to H&R one year, and the rep literally sat in front of the software screen and just went section by section. For $142. Dude. At least we could write off the tax prep cost the following year.
And the one time I thought I made a mistake and we owed the state? DH took it to his dad's accountant who figured a small refund. Guess what, the accountant was wrong and we got a notice a few months later showing we owed exactly what I had calculated. As long as we aren't doing fancy stuff, I got this.
My teacher gave us all pretend W-2s and gave us the tax forms to fill out. I figured if I learned to do that shit in 10th grade and I didn't have Warren Buffett money, then I could do them myself. I've done my taxes since I held my first job.
And really, with the tax software, it's not that hard. I know what forms I have, what needs to be filed and I do it. We don't have capital gains, so why pay someone for easy stuff? In fact when I did our taxes the 1st year I was married, I discovered that my H's tax guy left money on the table. Umm dude - you know you can claim education expenses, why didn't your tax guy do this for you last year?
I put the info in TaxAct and bam - his return is better than the prior year? Yet you paid some dude? Shit, you ain't pay me unless you count making my toes curl.
Also - unless you have some crazy set of things to claim, you can use the tax software with minimal issues. What are y'all claiming? Kids, Mortgage Interest, Student loan Interest? Why are you paying someone over $100 for this? #ijs
i claim mortgage, kids, 401K, roth IRA, 2 different investment accounts (some with capital gains) and my small business. and 2 incomes.
There is a significant difference (as in thousands of $) from what the accountant got us in refunds and what turbo tax told us we owed. So I'm kind of in agreement with your H velar.
ETA: I am literally baffled and confused by the difference.
This was usually us, too, when DH was a sub-contractor. It was well worth the $300 to pay a CPA to do it and have to pay so much less in taxes.