Here are the reasons why you shouldn't go to H&R Block, Jackson Hewitt or Liberty Tax
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Poorly Trained Employees: These places pay their employees poorly; often only minimum wage. This means that they have a high turn-over rate and can mostly only hire rookie tax preparers that have, on average 13 weeks of full-time experience.
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High Dependence on Advertising: How good could their service be if they rely on tv, radio & billboards so heavily? Turns out, they have to find hundreds of thousands of new clients every year to replace the clients that finally found a good income tax return preparer.
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High Fees: This is the part that is shocking; H&R Block, Jackson Hewitt & Liberty Tax charge outrageous fees for income tax return preparation! And for what!? For the honor of having a rookie prepare your income tax return?
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Hurried Atmosphere: Even really good income tax preparers cannot do a good job for you if they are just trying to see how many income tax returns they can do in an hour. A good income tax preparer needs to spend time asking questions and making sure that you understand the questions being asked.
Preparing your own income tax return can be a task that leaves you with more questions than answers. According to a study released by the US Government's General Accounting Office last year, most taxpayers (77% of 71 million taxpayers) believe they benefited from using a professional tax preparer.
Whether we like it or not, today's tax laws are so complicated that filing a relatively simple return can be confusing. It is just too easy to overlook deductions and credits to which you are entitled. Even if you use a computer software program there's no substitute for the assistance of an experienced tax professional.
Here's what you get...
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Your tax return will be checked and rechecked by our computer software identifying potential problems the IRS may look at more closely and reviewing the math to limit IRS contacts.
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Your tax return can be filed electronically so you will get a refund back quicker.
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Our staff will show you how to adjust your payroll withholding to get more money back each week. Why give the IRS an interest free loan for up to 16 months.
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We will show you potential deductions to limit your tax liability for next year. In addition, we will give you a sheet of commonly overlooked deductions to limit the following year's tax liability.
Books a Mess: No Problem!
If you own a small business and haven't kept up your bookkeeping, don't worry. We can help you. We'll prepare your bookkeeping for the year, prepare a full Schedule C, as well as your personal income tax return. Then we'll help you set up an easy system that allows you to keep your books in tip-top shape next year.
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