dropdeded 0 #1 March 15, 2009 If you're having someone do your taxes, how much?------------------------------------------ The Dude Abides. - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahC07 0 #2 March 15, 2009 me + turbotax 2008 = $60 bucks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvtofly 0 #3 March 15, 2009 me + taxslayer.com = $10 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #4 March 15, 2009 A couple of hundred bucks to an accountant, but she barters with my wife's business. Well worth every penny. Funny to think that I need an accountant, though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #5 March 15, 2009 Quote A couple of hundred bucks to an accountant, but she barters with my wife's business. Well worth every penny. Funny to think that I need an accountant, though. I use an CPA as well and it's WELL worth the cost of a couple hundred. What she found has brought me much more of a return than I could have found on my own this year. :^) ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #6 March 15, 2009 QuoteIf you're having someone do your taxes, how much? I use a Tax preparer. Not a CPA or accountant ect. About $90, plus 5-10 for each "extra" Itemizing, Sched D, ect are "extras""There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #7 March 15, 2009 125 to my CPA less costly then the mistake of useing H&R blockhead, and much greater returnsDivot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,468 #8 March 15, 2009 Hi drop, My CPA charged me $200 this year; but my refund will be $5900 YEE HAW JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnDeere 0 #9 March 15, 2009 About $2000.00 Per year, but she does more than just my taxes. Nothing opens like a Deere! You ignorant fool! Checks are for workers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #10 March 16, 2009 I know one friend who paid an accountant $200, another who paid H&R Block $400. Sounds like it varies as to how complicated your return is.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrewEckhardt 0 #11 March 16, 2009 QuoteHi drop, My CPA charged me $200 this year; but my refund will be $5900 YEE HAW JerryBaumchen When you're getting a $6000 refund you need to fire your accountant. If you'd paid the right amount of taxes and put the money in CDs instead you'd have about $100 in interest to spend on skydiving or an OK dinner for two. Accountants can do wonders for you up front. Telling you how much to pay yourself as an employee and how much to take as profit distributions from your S-corp (not subject to the > 15% tax rate for both halves of FICA and Medicare) is worth something. Telling you that your hourly rate isn't as high as their other clients in the same profession is worth something. Once it gets down to actually filing income tax returns, they are unlikely to do better than your favorite tax program (Turbo Tax, H&R block's Tax Cut, etc). Especially for those of us whose fortunes aren't "ineresting" who get assigned a junior firm member to do our taxes. I spent $450 the last time I let my accountants do my taxes plus over an hour reviewing their work to find out why their numbers disagreed with my back-of-the-envelope estimate (they left off one page out of a unified 1099 which they'd received. Oops!) It would have been less work and money to just dump the numbers into my computer up front. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,468 #12 March 16, 2009 Hi Drew ( which is my son's name BTW ), Your post assumes I work for a living, which I don't. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dropdeded 0 #13 March 16, 2009 Well, the wife did it I think with that turbo tax thingy and looks like we owe something like 3 or 4 grand so a co worker suggested a tax preparer place and looking at like 250... Guess Im using this year as a learning experience one way or another ------------------------------------------ The Dude Abides. - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orchid 0 #14 March 16, 2009 I usually pay around $150 - 300....it's well worth the cost for the return I get."Love is doing small things with great love." Lacrosse: Legally beating men with sticks since 1492 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #15 March 16, 2009 QuoteI know one friend who paid an accountant $200, another who paid H&R Block $400. Sounds like it varies as to how complicated your return is. H&R block charges by the form, so they file unecessary forms all the time.Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airathanas 0 #16 March 16, 2009 I go to AARP - they have volunteer centers that do your taxes for FREE. And no, you don't have to be a senior citizen or a member of AARP. Check out their website and you can look up where the closest location is to you. I have done this a couple of times. If you need to file state taxes outside of the state you live in, you're on your own though.http://3ringnecklace.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dropdeded 0 #17 March 17, 2009 Cool!! Was just under 2 hundred but way, way, way worth it!! ------------------------------------------ The Dude Abides. - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
