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chocolate moose
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Fri, Jan 25 2008, 12:35 pm
Even different CAPs are different.
I had a cpa young fellow neighbor do our taxes last year over a cap older lady landlady ovr the past bunch of years. The new guy refiled old taxes and got us back mad money.
I know how cpas are trained and even they differ. kal v'choimer with someone who isn't even trained....
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BrachaVHatzlocha
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Sat, Jan 26 2008, 9:21 pm
cheapest: do it yourself
after that, a program, as listed above. the past few years I've used H&R block. If you have to do state,too, it's probably under $40
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TwinsMommy
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Sun, Jan 27 2008, 12:18 am
For what it's worth....
Having taken a lot of advanced tax training (I was a tax advisor in a former life), I'd HIGHLY recommend an EA over a CPA anyday for complicated business returns. For even the very most complicated PERSONAL tax return, the usual CPA is probably fine, but know that EAs have more *tax* training than CPAs in most cases.
CPAs certainly know more about bookeeping and record keeping aspects of money managment, but EAs know a lot more about intricate tax law for corporations and such.
And they get giddy over knowing the differences between all the different methods of depreciation which makes them a little dorky and kind of fun.
I took advanced tax courses with CPAs and EAs. I was neither, and decided never to become either, but preferring tax law over bookeeping and auditing and such, if I ever in a million years want to go back into the field, I'll become an EA.
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TightRopeWalker
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Sun, Jan 27 2008, 8:58 pm
rosehill wrote: | TightRopeWalker wrote: |
I understand all the technicalities, but all I was trying to say was some people view it as lucky (although yes of course many factors come into play) when they received a refund yet paid nothing (just ss/med). |
Got it. Just like some people think that the "better" your CPA, the more $$ you'll get back. Not always so simple.
What does ss/med mean? |
I guess I should have just said FICA.
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TwinsMommy
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Sun, Jan 27 2008, 9:36 pm
wasn't it Hilary on the Fresh Prince who got her first paycheck from her first job and said "who is FICA and why is he getting all my money?"
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