[quote name='ryanbph']sorry to thread hijack here...I work for a small family business. Since the pay is nowhere near what I was making when I worked for a big corporation, I have a variety of small ventures that I own/run that makes up the difference in taxes. The largest portion of it is thru ebay sales of the products we make at the family business. Using turbo tax, is it easy to get that done? I itemize alot of items, and have to file multiple tax forms. I used a disc based tax software about a decade ago.
I have used both a local accountant (who cost way to much and didn't get me as big of a refund as H&R had gotten me the year before) and h&r block over the past couple of years. (about a decade ago I had used a tax software, don't remember the name, when I worked for a corporation). While H&R will run my wife an I about $400, I would prefer to pay that then 1.) have to deal with an audit on my own 2.) miss some deduction that a real life person would remind me of, rather then a software based tax filing[/quote]
Honestly? Find a better accountant. I myself have some self employment money, as well as a salary, Roth IRA investments, capital gains, home mortgage, and various other line items. My accountant charged me exactly $145 to do my taxes last year, and $135 this year. I cringe when I hear someone paying $400 to get their taxes done at H&R block. If you find out that your accountant missed something, file an amended return.
If you think H&R is honestly going to help you during an audit, you have another thing coming.