OK, I just caved to the IRS gods

[davester]

This year I switched from having my accountant do the taxes to doing them myself. The reason for the switch is that our taxes got simpler...I'm an employee, not self-employed and other complications have disappeared. Granted we still rent out a part of our house and have a home office for my wife's business but that should be pretty simple, right?

I got my taxes almost completely done using Turbotax but then realized that my accountant has been depreciating parts of our house and various improvements at all sorts of different rates and schedules and hasn't provided me with the schedules. Guess what...getting your former accountant to supply data the week before tax day to a guy who just laid her off is pretty much an impossibility. I got so close but then had to file an extension. Darn! At least it's 95% done. Anybody else filing an extension?

[C(-)ris]

You don't get copies of the forms and worksheets from her for every year? The calculations should be on them.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....doing taxes....can be taxing.....

[rgG]

Extended here.
It is complicated as to why, but necessary.

[lost in space]

Every year I bow to the procrastination temptress and file an extension before April 15 and get to put it off another six months. Yeah, baby!

[sekker]

Had to deal with 5 different submissions, 3 are done, two have extensions.

One of the three had 5 different state filings, too.

I decided to do my own this year, saving me thousands of $$.

I figure it's also job security if I decide I want to quit current crap...

[jdc]

sekker wrote:
I decided to do my own this year, saving me thousands of $$.

Im a little confused by this -- you saved thousands cause your old tax guy effed them up so bad -- or -- you saved thousands cause he charged you thousands to do them?

My guy charges us $350 -- even with me being self employed...

[Carm]

Just finished TurboTax Paid $1,534 to CA, Fed Refund of $6

[sekker]

jdc wrote:
[quote=sekker]
I decided to do my own this year, saving me thousands of $$.

Im a little confused by this -- you saved thousands cause your old tax guy effed them up so bad -- or -- you saved thousands cause he charged you thousands to do them?

My guy charges us $350 -- even with me being self employed...
Both. Charged me thousands and screwed them up, costing me both $$ and time.

[raz]

I deal with it all in February - as soon as the forms come in. It's an hour or two to sort the various paperwork that's accumulated over the course of the year and enter it into TurboTax.

What's the big deal?