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I have never paid anyone to do my taxes, nor have I paid for software. I was very proud and all superiour thinking about this until last year, when I discovered that for three years, I hadn't been taking advantage of a particular loophole I could use. I read about this loophole in Parade magazine, of all places. So I went back and filed amended returns for three previous years, and got $200 for each amended return I filed. Took about 2 hours of research and paperwork to get that $600 back. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it,) my income is just over the threshold for being eligible for that particular loophole this year.
After discovering that my incompetence nearly cost me $600, I'm not nearly as cocky about doing my taxes myself, but I still do them because I am cheap.
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