Filing Taxes

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Focusing on federal taxes, that means finding offsets for 17 to 20k worth of income. I'm not sure you've answered the question about the value of a professional. Was there a point where you said, e.g.,

"Huh! TurboTax never told me I could deduct what I spend on CDs and music downloads because I listen to music when I walk dogs." or

"Huh! TurboTax never told me I could write off my entire mortgage payment as a home office because I have a laptop and wireless Internet."

Or something similar.

No, the point was that doing them at home with software meant we weren't claiming the deductions we should have been claiming. Hiring a professional solved that issue.

And.....you're being a snot to me because......?