tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310399481533841878.post6773792033371734157..comments2024-03-14T02:52:30.104-07:00Comments on The Simply Luxurious Life®: Why Not . . . Prep For Tax Season?The Simply Luxurious Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06288681334499771945noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310399481533841878.post-23122940689643351752013-01-30T18:27:12.106-08:002013-01-30T18:27:12.106-08:00P.S. On the topic of doing yourself vs a CPA, in m...P.S. On the topic of doing yourself vs a CPA, in my personal experience, most people do not have particularly complicated tax returns and there's absolutely no reason why you can't either complete it yourself with an online program or package (these are designed to walk you through and cover all bases by asking you the right questions). If you really feel uncomfortable about this, you can always take it to say, H&R Block which will have a much lower fee and chances are they will pick up on everything that a CPA would. Most of the tax returns I do, I usually end up thinking to myself that if I were this person, I'd be doing on my own. If you have an unusual situation that's one thing, but in most cases....anyway, that's just my opinion, I totally understand those who would rather just pay and avoid the headache, and maybe the fees differ depending on where you go, but based on what I see, it seems pretty expensive for straightforward tax returns that you could just take one evening to do.Stephanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310399481533841878.post-85222448026621158332013-01-30T18:21:48.661-08:002013-01-30T18:21:48.661-08:00Well, tax season means something different to me t...Well, tax season means something different to me than most because I am a CA here in Canada (equivalent to CPA in the US, though our name is changing to CPA in July), so for me it means nights and weekends of work! So while some of you may complain about the work it takes to get your tax stuff together, trust me, that's a heck of alot better than all of the work I have to do over the next several months! <br /><br />Like lawyers, we charge for the time that it takes to get things done so I can certainly recommend as Shannon has here to get your stuff organized!! I can't tell you how people provide us with unecessary documents, missing documents, etc. and the amount of time it takes to chase people can really add up and then you end up paying for all of that time. <br /><br />The one aspect of tax season that I do enjoy is getting a little refund each year, and when it's over, our office has it's quiet period and vacation time is coming so it always feels really nice after we've worked so hard:)Stephanienoreply@blogger.com