Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New to the area and pricing CPAs. One quoted me a minimum of $350.

We are a simple case; filing jointly, mortgage, one child, no businesses, and no retirement (don't judge, this is another topic for a another thread). HHI $175,000 if that matters.

We have already decided on a CPA vs. H&R block, but I could be convinced otherwise.

How much do you pay to get your taxes done?

You will probably never have money to save for retirement if you do things like spending $350+ on a CPA when you could use TurboTax.

Touché

Op here. Thanks all.

And to the $4000 PP, holy moly!

Whatever Tax Act charges me.

I think $350 is pretty reasonable. This is for Fed and state both, correct? H&R Block would probably run you $250 for both for simple returns.

Do people who use turbotax have stuff like capital gains and dividends and charitable donations? I'm afraid I'd screw it up.

$600, which I think is a lot. We have an out of state rental property, I'm an independent contractor, we just bought a house. DH keeps saying he'll just use turbo tax, but never does. . .

275- rental property, regular job, plus web based side business,

I would just do turbotax - just as easy as using a guy.

For you, OP, sounds like all you need is TurboTax. That's $55 not on sale, I think.

Anonymous wrote:New to the area and pricing CPAs. One quoted me a minimum of $350.

We are a simple case; filing jointly, mortgage, one child, no businesses, and no retirement (don't judge, this is another topic for a another thread). HHI $175,000 if that matters.

We have already decided on a CPA vs. H&R block, but I could be convinced otherwise.

How much do you pay to get your taxes done?

You will probably never have money to save for retirement if you do things like spending $350+ on a CPA when you could use TurboTax.

$4000 this year. Ours are pretty complicated.

600. Significant net worth, trusts etc.

I pay 750.00. We have some rental properties in different states and my wife does some on the side consulting so its worth it to me.

We've never paid someone before, Turbo Tax has always sufficed, but this year seemed complicated enough that we decided to pay someone. We sold a house, bought a house, and in the process liquidated some stock and will have to pay capital gains. Plus we have a nanny and will have to file a Schedule H (though that's not new and isn't that complicated).

All of that said, we were quoted $300.

New to the area and pricing CPAs. One quoted me a minimum of $350.

We are a simple case; filing jointly, mortgage, one child, no businesses, and no retirement (don't judge, this is another topic for a another thread). HHI $175,000 if that matters.

We have already decided on a CPA vs. H&R block, but I could be convinced otherwise.

How much do you pay to get your taxes done?