Telamon wrote:
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dave wrote:

Telamon wrote:

Wow, that's quite a non-answer. Cost/benefit has nothing to do with
people dying or not, it has to do with the best use of money and effort.
That is absurd on its face

So the way businesses operate is absurd then.

From your lips to God's ears.

If you cut a check every year and you are more than 10% off you will be
paying another assessment.
I didn't say a minimal amount of skill wasn't required

What skill would that be? Keep moving so they don't catch up with you?

The skill is keeping your liability below the trigger level for
penalties. I cut a check for a couple hundred bucks.

I try to have my tax deductions keep pace with my obligations but things
change throughout the year. My tax guy was worth way more than his fee
this year.

I use HR Block Tak Cut Premium. Way more accurate than a human.

I deal directly with a human being, a friend actually, instead of some
corporate entity like H&R Block.

HR Block Tax Cut is a computer program. It is very accurate.