Next Door Neighbors by Pat Sandy for March 01, 2021

I haven’t a clue anymore. Glad to pay someone to figure it out.

I do my own along with Mrs business taxes. It is getting more and more difficult, or maybe that is my age starting to show.

I stopped doing my own when the online program wouldn’t allow me to deduct state and local taxes. That’s a big chunk of change and I’d rather just pay someone to do it for me.

Did my own taxes until a time when I had self employment income and it got too complicated for me

Just straight income again now, but I decided its still too much hassle

Sounds like Norm is either getting caught up in the weeds, or answering her question simply and directly.

Someone seems to have little faith in Norn’s ability.

Me- single filer, retired, standard deduction, do gig work now and then, and my returns were 28 pages long. Good luck, Norm.

Take it from me; the less you make, the easier the tax return.

Doing my taxes is the worst fifteen-minutes of my year but I’ll be darned if I’m going to pay someone else to do simple math.

I’ve always done my own taxes until a few years ago when I was a contract instructor. I had income in California, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania in a single year. So I went to Blockheads (not the real name but you get the picture) hoping they’d find some deductions I didn’t know about. When I found that I had to explain to their senior tax guy about per diem and being a resident of SC while working at other states, etc. I decided that the $700 he wanted to charge me was not a good idea.