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"...Filing your taxes has never been faster or easier, especially if you do it online....the DIY approach may cost little or nothing....Most of us prefer free software..." foxnews.com/tech/best-tax-software-to-use-in-2019
This one is a little like the Emmys. "Best site for DIY tax prep" is TurboTax. "Best online tax site if you need a little help" is H&R Block. "Best site for earning bonus points" is TaxAct. "Best tax prep site to protect your identity" is TaxSlayer. "Best tax site for experienced DIY-ers" is Jackson Hewitt.
And for those that are wondering, I do pay taxes. As little as possible!
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 12 2019, @05:13AM (5 children)
I don't have that complex a tax return, but it does take between 4 and 6 hours to do. I still do it manually, because fuck Turbotax and fuck the IRS, they can deal with my paper forms. Fucking bastards have all the figures anyway, it's just senseless busywork to trip yourself and others up in.
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Tuesday March 12 2019, @05:41AM (4 children)
Yeah, that's nice, for you.
Some of us have investments. Some of us have depreciation schedules, rental income and costs. Some of us have to report foreign assets.
Try doing that manually.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 12 2019, @06:03AM
I do. Your point?
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday March 12 2019, @06:09AM
Gee, I bet some of you can easily afford an accountant (or marry one) to manage all that stuff.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 12 2019, @12:09PM
As a small business owner that does my own taxes, it indeed takes... 4 to 6 hours a night for a week or so. Using helpful software. I break it up over the course of a few weeks since I usually have everything I need, or can proceed pretty far while waiting for some straggler documentation to arrive from a business partner or something, but... the last time I did a 1040-EZ was the last tax year before I had moved out from my parents.
(I still have the workbooks from some of the paper forms; the IRS guides over the years include photography that pretty much reflects an era 10 years prior to the tax guide's distribution...)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 12 2019, @01:57PM
I have rental property and medical expenses but use jgnash/gnucash to keep track of them during the year. That makes it much easier to get all the information together to either do your taxes manually, use tax software or a tax service.