I have been working on my taxes for the last few days. Having earned the CPA designation and working in the accounting area for the last 25 years I feel I SHOULD have the expertise to do my own taxes - whether I do or not is a horse of a different color.
Actually, the main reason I so my own is.....I hate paying someone to fill in forms or answer questions on a computer, that I could do myself. By the time one organizes all the records, receipts, expense reports, etc etc into a format that it makes sense, all that is left is the filling in of the blanks in TurboTax or Tax Cut or whatever one chooses to use. So I spend a couple of days to get it all together and put it in the forms. Of course I don't want to pay until I absolutely HAVE to so whatever balance may be due gets paid at 11:59 PM on April 15th. Wouldn't want them to have my money any sooner that they need it.
Honestly, I don't mind paying taxes. Our government provides many necessary services that wouldn't get done if we had no taxes. I am just grateful we don't get as much government as we pay for!!
Roxanne Mrasek
Even though my office is in Pappillion, I live in Plattsmouth. The drive is only about 15 miles through Bellevue. I am becoming an expert in the areas around Bellevue, Plattsmouth & in all between.
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Roxanne: I am dreading doing my taxes... but it is slowly creeping up on me. I haven't done one thing. I did my own on turbo tax last year. I hate paying for someone else to do it, but it sure is tempting this year.
Just stopping by to see if your working on your blogging! Let's not talk about taxes I haven't started mine yet!