1. Make sure they will be there next year for you. Don't pick a tax person one year and then another one next year. You want to keep the same tax person over years.
2. Don't just pick someone. Find someone you can trust. If they cost a bit more, that is okay. This is not the place where cheap is always better.
3. Make sure you can contact that person throughout the year. You may have questions that need answering in July.
4. Make sure they are on your side and want to do your taxes right.
5. Make sure that your tax person will back you up if you are ever audited. They will need to explain how and why he did what he did with your tax return.
I have had the same tax person for the past ten years. I like going to him. He knows me. He knows that I am a writer. I know that he wants the best return for me. I can call him in July if I have a question.
Start saving those reciepts and if you don't have a tax person you like this year, start looking now for one next year.
2. Don't just pick someone. Find someone you can trust. If they cost a bit more, that is okay. This is not the place where cheap is always better.
3. Make sure you can contact that person throughout the year. You may have questions that need answering in July.
4. Make sure they are on your side and want to do your taxes right.
5. Make sure that your tax person will back you up if you are ever audited. They will need to explain how and why he did what he did with your tax return.
I have had the same tax person for the past ten years. I like going to him. He knows me. He knows that I am a writer. I know that he wants the best return for me. I can call him in July if I have a question.
Start saving those reciepts and if you don't have a tax person you like this year, start looking now for one next year.
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