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JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,483
edited March 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
How do you do yours?

By hand/calculator?
Tax prep software
National Service (H&R Block, etc)
CPA
Not at all?
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  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 16,989
    TuroTax is a wet dream. More than worth the 50 bones.
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    TurboTax, I am horrible with numbers, even though my taxes are pretty simple I don't want to take any risks.
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    pen and paper for mine.

    i need to start one of the these days.
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  • KM43590KM43590 Posts: 298
    I've done H&R Block for the last 4 years - 15mins, $40! They're nice and convenient, plus they got me an additional $500 some how this year, of course it's all gone already! ...(thanks credit card debt!) :cry:
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    just an FYI, if you make sub 55K, i highly recommend going to

    http://www.irs.gov/efile/article/0,,id= ... ?portlet=8

    long story short, you can efile your taxes using online software for free.
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 12,850
    turbo tax
    with calls to the CPA for tricky/risky stuff
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,483
    Get_Right wrote:
    turbo tax
    with calls to the CPA for tricky/risky stuff

    best of both worlds!
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,870
    TaxACT
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  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    How do you do yours?

    By hand/calculator?
    Tax prep software
    National Service (H&R Block, etc)
    CPA
    Not at all?

    write a check to my accountant. done
  • One Became FiveOne Became Five Posts: 269
    I used Turbo Tax. It is the deluxe, but does not include state. If anyone wants it, pm me and I will send it out on Monday as I no longer need it.
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    turbo tax
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  • RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    I always do them myself. I'll do them myself this year, but I'm also thinking about using a firm too. Just to see if I get more back.
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  • comebackgirlcomebackgirl Posts: 9,885
    CPA
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,483
    One Became Five wrote:
    I used Turbo Tax. It is the deluxe, but does not include state. If anyone wants it, pm me and I will send it out on Monday as I no longer need it.

    That is their scam....they expect you to buy the state version once you realize it is not included!
  • dougfloyddougfloyd Posts: 2,580
    mookeywrench wrote:
    TaxACT

    +1 Cheaper than TurboTax and does basically the same thing.
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  • klusterfukklusterfuk Posts: 1,411
    i pay a guy to do it. that way my ass is covered if its screwed up. plus he always gets us a nice big chunk back thanks to a couple kids and me going to school.
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,870
    dougfloyd wrote:
    mookeywrench wrote:
    TaxACT

    +1 Cheaper than TurboTax and does basically the same thing.

    Cheaper?

    I didn't pay a cent.
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    klusterfuk wrote:
    i pay a guy to do it. that way my ass is covered if its screwed up. plus he always gets us a nice big chunk back thanks to a couple kids and me going to school.
    technically, its the tax code and your over payment of taxes that gets you the refund :P
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  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 16,989
    81 wrote:
    klusterfuk wrote:
    i pay a guy to do it. that way my ass is covered if its screwed up. plus he always gets us a nice big chunk back thanks to a couple kids and me going to school.
    technically, its the tax code and your over payment of taxes that gets you the refund :P

    Dude, I worked 10 months less than I did the year before and I got more than double back this year. God bless the USA.
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    81 wrote:
    klusterfuk wrote:
    i pay a guy to do it. that way my ass is covered if its screwed up. plus he always gets us a nice big chunk back thanks to a couple kids and me going to school.
    technically, its the tax code and your over payment of taxes that gets you the refund :P

    Dude, I worked 10 months less than I did the year before and I got more than double back this year. God bless the USA.

    slacker :P

    i've done tax returns for people where they get more pack than they payed in. talk about a legalized scam
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  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    used to always do Turbotax but have been going to a CPA and he's getting us loads more back than TT ever did. Cost me $100 but well worth it. Plus he's done in like 10 minutes, files for us, sets up direct deposit for refund. Best $100 I ever spent.
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  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 16,989
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    used to always do Turbotax but have been going to a CPA and he's getting us loads more back than TT ever did. Cost me $100 but well worth it. Plus he's done in like 10 minutes, files for us, sets up direct deposit for refund. Best $100 I ever spent.

    How much more back would you say you're getting on average if you don't mind me asking? And which TT were you using? Cause I dunno - that program answers a lot more of my questions in a ver basic way than any accountant has helped me with...
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    used to always do Turbotax but have been going to a CPA and he's getting us loads more back than TT ever did. Cost me $100 but well worth it. Plus he's done in like 10 minutes, files for us, sets up direct deposit for refund. Best $100 I ever spent.

    How much more back would you say you're getting on average if you don't mind me asking? And which TT were you using? Cause I dunno - that program answers a lot more of my questions in a ver basic way than any accountant has helped me with...
    i think we were just using the standard version, not deluxe. And I'm talking $1,000+ more for my return. Perhaps my tax guy's a little crooked :?
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  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 16,989
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    used to always do Turbotax but have been going to a CPA and he's getting us loads more back than TT ever did. Cost me $100 but well worth it. Plus he's done in like 10 minutes, files for us, sets up direct deposit for refund. Best $100 I ever spent.

    How much more back would you say you're getting on average if you don't mind me asking? And which TT were you using? Cause I dunno - that program answers a lot more of my questions in a ver basic way than any accountant has helped me with...
    i think we were just using the standard version, not deluxe. And I'm talking $1,000+ more for my return. Perhaps my tax guy's a little crooked :?

    Possibly, but there's nothing wrong with that. Yeah, I was using the deluxe - or whatever one is 50 bucks and comes with one state return. Seems to have helped me get as much money as possible. Like I said, I got more than double of what I got last year and I only worked on the books for 2 months in '10 as opposed to the whole year in '09.
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