Comments on: When Should You Opt For A Professional Tax Preparer? http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2007/03/23/101273_when-should-you-opt-for-a-professional-tax-preparer.html Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:29:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Money Walks - Personal Finance » Carnivals around the corner http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2007/03/23/101273_when-should-you-opt-for-a-professional-tax-preparer.html/comment-page-1/#comment-35789 Money Walks - Personal Finance » Carnivals around the corner Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:05:25 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/03/23/when-should-you-opt-for-a-professional-tax-preparer/#comment-35789 [...] PfAdvice posted an article called When Should You Opt For A Professional Tax Preparer. [...] [...] PfAdvice posted an article called When Should You Opt For A Professional Tax Preparer. [...]

]]> By: Don't Mess With Taxes http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2007/03/23/101273_when-should-you-opt-for-a-professional-tax-preparer.html/comment-page-1/#comment-34495 Don't Mess With Taxes Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:05:44 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/03/23/when-should-you-opt-for-a-professional-tax-preparer/#comment-34495 <strong>Carnival of Taxes #16: The Home Stretch...</strong> Welcome to the 16th Carnival of Taxes. We're in the home stretch, folks, with a clear tax road ahead in this final week until our returns are due. Our Carnival has lots of positive signs to help you maneuver your way to timely filing and bigger saving... Carnival of Taxes #16: The Home Stretch…

Welcome to the 16th Carnival of Taxes. We’re in the home stretch, folks, with a clear tax road ahead in this final week until our returns are due. Our Carnival has lots of positive signs to help you maneuver your way to timely filing and bigger saving…

]]> By: sdjfuydj3g4c6t2q http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2007/03/23/101273_when-should-you-opt-for-a-professional-tax-preparer.html/comment-page-1/#comment-30221 sdjfuydj3g4c6t2q Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:36:34 +0000 http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/03/23/when-should-you-opt-for-a-professional-tax-preparer/#comment-30221 I tried the commerical tax software but didn't find the instructions any clearer than the IRS instructions. What the software did help with was managing the data input and paper forms. The next year I found a method that was just as good for free. I modeled each form using a spreadsheet but only included the lines that applied to me. By linking the spread sheets I had the computer included the calculations from the different schedules onto the main forms so all the right lines were recalcuated if I made a changes in different places. When I was done, I downloaded the forms from the governement (state and IRS) web sites and filled them out in pencil so I could erase any mistakes. Then I photocopied the forms and signed the copies. I didn't see any problem signing the photocopies since the quality was pretty much the same as printing out the downloaded forms. The the govt accepts downloaded forms printed on a home computer so they ought to accept the copies. I didn't have any problems and got my refunds okay. I tried the commerical tax software but didn’t find the instructions any clearer than the IRS instructions. What the software did help with was managing the data input and paper forms. The next year I found a method that was just as good for free. I modeled each form using a spreadsheet but only included the lines that applied to me. By linking the spread sheets I had the computer included the calculations from the different schedules onto the main forms so all the right lines were recalcuated if I made a changes in different places. When I was done, I downloaded the forms from the governement (state and IRS) web sites and filled them out in pencil so I could erase any mistakes. Then I photocopied the forms and signed the copies. I didn’t see any problem signing the photocopies since the quality was pretty much the same as printing out the downloaded forms. The the govt accepts downloaded forms printed on a home computer so they ought to accept the copies. I didn’t have any problems and got my refunds okay.

]]>