[Hidden-tech] Suggested tax people?

[Ed Bride]

Agreeing with Jan here: you're going to need to have your paperwork in order
regardless of whether TurboTax asks you the questions or a human accountant
asks you the questions. I used a local tax accountant a few years ago, and
they had an online questionnaire. Basically the same questions as TurboTax,
at about 20x the cost. Ever since, I'm a TT advocate (working from home,
self-employed, drawing Social Security). TT Home and Business, yesiree.

The fact that everything is saved for the following year's return is no
small benefit, as Tom Adams suggests below.

Ed

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[mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Jan
Werner
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 4:19 PM
To: Ron Miller; tom's gmail
Cc: Wolaver Designs; hidden-discuss
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Suggested tax people?




I would not recommend using online tools, but I do recommend using TurboTax.
Home & Business for self employed and small business owners, Premier for
everyone else.

If you are at all knowledgeable about taxes and do your homework, it really
isn't that difficult to do your own taxes, unless you have some very
peculiar circumstances. But if you feel more comfortable having an
accountant do them for you, you should do so.

However, you should pay an accountant for his/her knowledge about the tax
code, not for doing the work sifting through and organizing your data to
file the returns. So it's definitely worth the $60-$80 it will cost to buy
the appropriate version of TurboTax that you can use to organize your
information as required and prepare a draft return with all the supporting
documents your accountant will eventually need.

Jan Werner
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Ron Miller wrote:
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> If you are self employed and your taxes are at all complicated, then 
> I've found it's extremely difficult to do it yourself using online tools.
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> I've used John Sherbow at McGarrigle, Sherbow and Delisle for years.
> He's highly competent and he knows the tax rules inside and out.
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> (413) 785-1150
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> Ron
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> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 9:41 AM, tom's gmail <tomadams at gmail.com 
> <mailto:tomadams at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     We went with turbo tax after paying an accountant for 20 yrs. If
>     you're small enough, turbo tax makes it "almost" fun and everything
>     is saved so the next year is "easier"... Thought it worth a 
> mention
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>     Regards,
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>     Tom Adams, Director/Owner
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>     Reelife Productions & Folktography
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>     www.ReelifeProductions.com <http://www.reelifeproductions.com>
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>     (from my virtual office/iPhone)
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>     413.575.9707 <tel:413.575.9707>
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>     On Jan 20, 2016, at 8:58 AM, Wolaver Designs
>     <mattw at wolaverdesigns.com <mailto:mattw at wolaverdesigns.com>> wrote:
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>>     Hello Hidden Tech,
>>     My tax guy retired last year and we are in need of a new
>>     accountant to prepare our 2015 personal taxes.
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>>     Any suggestions welcome!
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>>     Thanks.