Comments on: Getting Ready for Tax Season

By: Shirley Berglass

Shirley Berglass — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:46:47 +0000

I am a retired wife with a sick husband. It is the FIRST time that I will be getting everything together to go to the accountant who will prepare our federal tax return. Where do I start? Is there is list or a procedure that will help me do this in an efficient manner.

Thanks for your help

Shirley

By: Clever Dude

Clever Dude — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:04:58 +0000

After redoing my taxes on TaxCut Online twice, I’m seriously considering taking them into H&R Block. I owe money this year (which isn’t a bad thing overall, but it was unexpected), and I want to see if they can minimize the impact.

Any idea how much I should expect to pay at H&R Block for a generally simple return (1040 and a few schedules)?

By: Pamela

Pamela — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:02:08 +0000

Paying tax is a serious task. We should be organize to pay them in time. We definitely don’t want the consequences of not paying our taxes in time.

By: Tinyhands

Tinyhands — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:58:22 +0000

Nothing wrong (other than time & money) with doing your own taxes, then having the pro give a ’second opinion’. If you were going to go to the pro, you’d have spent that money anyway. And by also doing it yourself, you have a little peace of mind that your preparer didn’t miss something.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:56:44 +0000

I am still hiring a pro, despite being used to doing my own taxes. I want some advice on the best way to manage the accounting for my sole propriotorship and want to avoid the whole audit thing because I didn’t doing something correctly.

I’ve gone from a single income renter to a first time home owning married guy with 1.75 full time salaries (last year, only 1 this year), law school bills, and sole propriotership income and outgo.