Dont you enjoy the sense of satisfaction when your efforts get to claw you a bit back? Never trust accountants mate. They will always be more liberal with your money than you are. Use em but check em too.

I may declare myself as a musician and make a loss every year. Get paid to go to gigs. Over here they even pay the tax on the petrol for work travel.

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No no and no

I've got a guy.... Mike

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The blues ain't nothin but a good man feelin bad.

I've always done my own on paper or online. Works out the same either way.

Normally I'd agree with you. However; This firm and my accountant in particular are known for massaging the "grey" areas of tax law. What they do IS legit, but just barely! Believe me when I tell you that they really do save me more money than I would have had I done them myself (which I did for the 1st 3 years) each quarter and at the end of the year.

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"I started out with nothing, and still have most of it"

There it is.

Hey c: I lived in Frederick, MD for like 9 years. I remember the unofficial Maryland motto:

If you can dream it, we can tax it.

I take mine to a CPA. For many years I used other tax preparers and then finally I thought I would try a CPA. For me its been worth the extra cost. I'm always confident the returns are accurate, and have had better refunds.

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"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." Blazing Saddles...

I have a tax lawyer who is a former IRS agent that's been doing them for the past 15 years or so. He's about 82 years old now, but still sharp.

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

I do mine and my girlfriend's. She had been paying an accountant and I checked them. I used his work as a guide.

I also like to check family members taxes (if they let me) when they use a preparer, but I haven't learned any secrets this way. When I do them myself, I get the same results as the preparers.

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Turbo Tax +1. Just keep receipts,bills etc. handy.
John.E

Mike, one of my sisters has been doing my taxes for the past several years since my accountant retired. When he retired I was worried, having to look for a new accountant to replace him seemed an impossibility, so when my sister said let me do it and she was really good, I was relieved and very happy.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.