Telamon wrote:
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dave wrote:

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.

More from my post than lips but, pray tell, what would you advocate in
the place of rational thought?

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 made larger retirement contributions than I originally expected to
make due to the stock market crashing as I elected not to invest last
year. If I don't get my refund in a reasonable amount of time from the
state and Fed's I will decease my withholding accordingly.

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.

They are not human and they make mistakes. They don't care about you.
The mistakes are usually omissions so the IRS will not care either. You
go to these people to have your taxes done and you end up paying more
then you should. Not so smart.

Including efile it's under a $100. I have used tax guys in the past.