Quote Originally Posted by Dizaster View Post
Another suggestion is to pull out your copy of your last years tax return documents.. If you havn't changed jobs or had many changes to your living conditions, most of the stuff should be pretty straight forward... Make sure you are clear on what things you can claim..
My accountant was good like that and made sure I was able to claim all sorts of things that I didn't have receipts for like Stationary, a percentage of my phone bill, dry cleaning of work clothes, some of my petrol (he tricked me into saying I used my car for work when I really didn't). That has been the bonus of getting a professional to do my tax the last couple of years,, but i've got copies of those and am pretty familiar with what sort of things I can claim, so I feel confident I could probably do it myself this year...

Other things to look at is the effect of having private health cover etc on the return.. Sometimes if you say that you DO have private health cover, you'll get more of a refund, or maybe less refund, so check all that sort of stuff out... It's good to learn that sort of stuff anyway even if you get your tax done professionaly...

If you have investments or anything like that, you probably should see a professional as it's easy to mess up how much you need to pay for that, and could end up getting a bill that is more than you should actually be paying..

Anyway good luck! Let us know how you go.
hey bro, i tried doing efile by myself at irs.gov. It took to damn long and it just felt more complicated so I just headed out to the local tax service. The guy took care of everything in less than 10 minutes, which made me look like a fool cause i couldn't even figure it out for 3 hours. I didn't claim all that extra stuff, all i gave to that tax service guy were my work income tax and my school claims. I left feeling glad i just finally had them take care of it, cause man my tax refund is up the chart. $$,$$$ woohoooo its 3 times more than last year.