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Do you prepare your own taxes or does someone else?
Dear Abby Asked by Dear Abby
7 months left

Do you prepare your own taxes or does someone else?

I do them.

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Someone else does them.

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I do them.

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Carl Evans
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Carl Evans

Retired. The taxes are simpler now.

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Sports Fam
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Sports Fam

I use HP online and submit them myself each year.

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Tina Bouthillier
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Tina Bouthillier

I am an accountant so of course I do lol

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rover6rover
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rover6rover

My husband does them using a popular tax preparation software package. Our situation is generally pretty simple.

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Terri Compton
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Terri Compton

I've been doing my own taxes since my first job at 16. Mom taught me how and I've done them every year since. Using a computer has made the task so much easier and faster.

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Hilary
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Hilary

My mother taught me how to fill out a 1040 as a child. After that I started doing them for her. She hated math. On occasion, she has an expert do it for her. I use to do myself, using a 1040EZ, now I use a tax website.

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Someone else does them.

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Sandra Carmony
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Sandra Carmony

My husband used to do them, but when our tax returns and investment portfolio got more complicated, we decided to let a CPA do it. The additional 87,000 IRS agents that the Biden administration has hired will increase the odds of an audit, so a CPA will be well worth the money it costs.

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Carol Hawrylak-Giordano
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Carol Hawrylak-Giordano

I don't need the stress. It is well worth the cost to have my accountant do them. He is so nice and knowledgeable.

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Carol Hawrylak-Giordano
Carol Hawrylak-Giordano

Also, when I was a child, my father used to do our taxes. I am one of 4 children so he had to list 6 people and all of our medical, dental ect. He would take a whole weekend and the tension in the house was really bad. I guess that has caused tax PTSD in my head, LOL!

Abby Normal
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Abby Normal

They have gotten too complicated. I used to do our taxes using H&R Block software. Each of the last 6 years there are more and more changes to the tax code. We've even had to amend our taxes because of the "updates" that only show up in April.

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Maureen Hannon
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Maureen Hannon

I used to always do it myself. But, after getting married, having a child, having investments, etc., we decided to have someone do them for us who knows all the ways to increase the refund.

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Is it OK to play Christmas music on Thanksgiving?
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1 year left

Is it OK to play Christmas music on Thanksgiving?

Yes

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No

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Yes

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No

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Do you clean your residence more or less frequently than you used to?
Dear Abby Asked by Dear Abby
1 year left

Do you clean your residence more or less frequently than you used to?

More frequently

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Less frequently

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More frequently

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Less frequently

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