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Why Don’t More People Do Their Own Taxes?

Why Don’t More People Do Their Own Taxes?

First, I need to get this out of the way: I don’t consider using tax software to be “doing your own taxes.”  I hear that kind of language all the time, but I disagree with it.  When you use tax software, you are not using your brain and you don’t gain any understanding of how income taxes are calculated or why.   I have observed that very few people I know prepare their own tax returns, despite … Read entire article »

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