TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A46   
   MSGID: 1:106/127 16f79f82   
   REPLY: 1:396/45.29@fidonet ecc59dbc   
   TZUTC: -0600   
   On 25 Jan 2021, August Abolins said the following...   
    AA>  AA>> If you're just managing the tax filing on your own right   
    AA>  AA>> now, it may be worth getting someone to do the next one   
    AA>    
    AA>  SH>   I only do the GST part on my own and this year not even   
    AA>  SH>   that.  I have a really good accountant who knows all the   
    AA>  SH>   regulations.   
    AA>    
    AA> Unless your accountant is just a bookkeeper, the accountant part     
    AA> of the process should be able to advise you where you can make     
    AA> adjustments for improvement.   
    AA>    
    AA> Look who's talking. My last accountant was a CPA but she did not     
    AA> offer any practical advise at all.  She missed an entire expense     
    AA> category - that I provided data for - for the last 6 years that     
    AA> amounted to about $10K.  I assumed her work was accurate. I only     
    AA> found out about her mistake a few months before she announced     
    AA> that she was retiring.  As a result, my reported income was much     
    AA> higher than it needed to be, and I ended paying unncessary     
    AA> taxes. I had to borrow to cover it!   
      
   I have always done my own taxes.  My first wife had a cousin that was an   
   accountant/book keeper who did most of their families taxes. She was slightly   
   miffed that I did both my own taxes and those for the business that I was   
   part owner and sole employee of.  So one year I ley her figure my taxrs and I   
   did as well.  She had me owing around $250, plus her fee, I had that I had   
   overpayed by $1500.  So who should do my taxes?   
      
   --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)   
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